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Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of Chasing the Sweet Things in Life, the Sweet Paul podcast. Yes, here we are. Here we are. What's up, James? Nothing much. Just cleaned the house, soaked in the hot tub a little bit. So now I'm ready for a nap. It's been a really rough morning. Oh my God.
Yes, as you can see, the lifestyle in Palm Springs is very rough. It's rough for us. Yes. I want to start with something really cute. So if you guys listened to a previous episode, I talked about this girl, Rudy, that I used to work with. I didn't used to work with her. I used to play with her when I was a kid and she was in my class. Rudy's mom sent me a picture on Facebook saying,
And it is... Incredible. Me and Rudy, age two. It's 1968. And it's the 17th of May, which is Norway's Liberation Day. Oh.
Is that why you have sort of like a... That's why we kind of like dressed up a little bit on that picture. And I will post that picture on Instagram so everyone can see it. You're going to post it on the Sweet Paul Magazine. Yeah, Sweet Paul Magazine. Okay. Definitely go look at it because this picture of Paul, he's wearing like white shoes, dark trousers. It's a black and white image. So dark trousers, a little double-breasted like peacoat with like...
A brooch? No, that is... Or like medallions? That is the Norwegian flag. It's a little like... Like a pin. Pin that everyone wears on the May 7th. And a little collar and maybe a tie and scarf. And he's wearing a little like sailor cap in a way. Like a cap. Like it's literally the most darling thing ever.
Two years old, standing with his little hands clasped together. And she's in all white. You have to go look at it. It's so cute. It's funny because it's 1968, but it literally looks like... It looks like the 30s. Yeah, it really does, right? It's because probably Norway was...
I mean, did you even have color film then in 1968? I don't know. I don't know, but clearly... No, we did. We did. Clearly, Norway was still a little bit... We were a little bit behind. But it's gorgeous. Like, everyone... It's so cute. And I thought about it because I was like...
Oh, why were we like kind of so behind? But I have to remember, it's just 19 years past the Second World War. Yeah. So you probably didn't advance in leaps and bounds. Until we found oil. Oh, yeah. Which I'm not sure, but I think that was in the 70s sometime. Yeah.
So just a few years later, you became the wealthiest nation in the world. More or less. Yes. Still to this day. Okay. Yeah. That's so cute. So check that out on Instagram. Please do. And big thanks to Randy. Randy Klaas that sent me the picture. I love that this is now becoming sort of like a dialogue with our listeners where they're able to send in evidence. So we know that Rudy did actually exist. Paul isn't making things up.
She's now actually kind of a famous actress in Norway, which is fun. What's her full real name? Or do you know what her... Rudi Klaas. I think, yeah, her name is Rudi Klaas. Klaas, like K-L-A-S-S? No, C. C-L-A-S. Klaas. Klaas. Yeah. Yeah, we'll look her up. She was in Norway's first...
Like soap opera. Oh, really? That would play every day. Yes. It was called Hotel Caesar. And I think it was a big... Hotel Caesar. Oh, my God. Hotel Caesar. And it was a big hit. And she was actually really good at it. That's awesome. Yeah. She started out as a dancer and now she's an actress. Well, when we start bringing people in to the fold here in the podcast to join the conversation...
We'll have to try to talk to her. That would be amazing. I know. That would be really fun. We can go to Norway and interview a few people. That would be fun. Get some extra tea. She'll be like, you were really mean to me. You were a terror. You were a horrible little child. Oh my God. Hilarious.
I want to ask about, we've talked about all the obviously strong, amazing women in your life. But we haven't really touched completely on all the men. And I know a couple of them, a lot of them died young or early, at least when you were young. Can we just first say that there's not an owl in the background? It's Lestat snoring again. Yeah, it's always Lestat. And he's right under me. Yes. Let's start with your...
You've mentioned them a couple of times, but it didn't really like click for me in my head. But your father's parents. Yes. And can I just say, it's so much easier where I come from because here in the States, you just have grandparents. Yeah. So when I talk about Murmur, Murmur means mother's mother. So Murmur is my mom's mother. Murfar is... Your mom's father. Yes. And then Farid.
Farfar. Is your father's father. And Murfar. Yes. So it's so much easier. Yeah, that makes sense. Yes. So we should change that. Can we change that? Yeah. I think people probably have nicknames for their different grandparents. They maybe call one...
Yeah. Grandpa or grandma or Nana or, you know, they come up with some way to distinguish it. But this makes more logical sense, which most of Scandinavia is more logical than the United States. So anyway, tell us about your father's parents. So my father's parents, they lived in the city.
So they lived about like 45 minutes away from us. How should I put this? We know that they didn't give you the poodle. No, I never forgave them for that. The poodle incident. You know, it's difficult because I was living with my grandmother, my mormor. Yes, I imagine that caused a little bit of... Yes, there was definitely some jealousy there. Yeah, of course. Yeah.
And I felt like I never bonded with my father's mother. Really? Or father, yes. I never felt like I could like... Like they... I never remember them saying to me, I love you. Yeah. I can... How often would you see them? Maybe like a few times a month. Oh, you saw them often? Yeah. But it was more just like a platonic relationship. Yes. Yes. Because I had such a loving relationship with my grandmother and my great aunt. Yeah.
And, you know, they really understood me. Yeah. And I felt like the other two, they just didn't understand. I think they just felt like I was a very peculiar kid. Yeah. Did your parents, was it ever a topic of discussion or like a little dissension about it? Like, oh, we...
spent all the time with your mother and you barely see my like was there any i know i don't remember any of that but the crazy thing is that my murmur and my father's mother they never ever called each other by their first name it was always mrs oh really yes isn't that so formal yes so i don't know if that was something to do with the age like how people were brought up
Yeah, I never remember. They just weren't friendly. Yeah, I think there was definitely a rivalry. And I think also, as a kid, I was a little bit like the kind that said things that I maybe shouldn't say. Yeah. One example is that I would always listen into conversations and hear things. Yes, I was kind of terrible when it came to that. Yeah, and there was like, on my father's side, there was a great aunt who was dying of cancer.
I can't remember her name. But we all got invited to a big party at her house. And I was young. I must have been like... One of your father's aunts. One of my father's great aunts, yes. And we're all sitting around the table. And of course, I had overheard many times that, you know, yeah, she's dying. So we're all sitting there at the table eating. And I say...
Well, please don't die while we are here. No. Yes. You did not. I said that to her. And she said, well, okay, I'll try, Paul. And my mom and dad told me years later that the looks that they got at that table was... Oh, my God. So I always like...
Because that's not even like, I love you, please don't die. It's like, while I'm here, can you please not inconvenience me by dying? I mean, Paul. Yeah, more or less. I know it was terrible. But yes, I had this thing where I would like overhear things. Yeah. You were a little kid. You didn't. Yeah. I mean, yeah, I think I was like two or three. Yeah. I was really small. I can't remember any of it. Yeah. But I just got told. Oh my God. I know. I know.
Yeah, so there definitely was a rivalry. And there also was a rivalry in cooking. Because I didn't like my grandmother's cooking. Your father's mom? Yeah, I didn't like her cooking. Oh my god. Well, it's sort of inevitable that you were fully loyal to your mormor. I mean... Yeah, I was. Because she was the one who was always there and took care of me and told me that she loved me.
And, you know, this other woman never told me. But she was tall. She was very skinny. She always wore wigs. So as a kid, I thought it was like a little scary to go into her bedroom because it was this styrofoam heads with her wigs on. Yeah. That was a little scary. And apparently, I can't remember this at all, but apparently in the restaurant once I tried to pull her wig off.
You're a monster. I know, I know. Now it's coming out. Sweet Paul. Not so sweet anymore. Oh my God, you tried to pull her away. Apparently I did, but she managed to like... Yeah, I know, I know. Wow. Because apparently we started this tradition where they wanted to take me out.
And we would go to this bakery and get a piece of cake, and I would get a little Coke, and they would have coffee. And I think it stopped after that incident. Yeah. But I was too young. I can't remember. But yeah, so much for that tradition. Yeah. Yeah.
Oh my gosh. When I was a little bit older, I remember that we got me, my cousin, which was a year older than me. And we would go away and I remember we went away on vacation for a week in summer with my grandparents. And I was really worried because I was so worried about like, what would we do and what we would talk about and stuff like that.
Something terrible happened at that vacation. Who was on the vacation? So it was me, my cousin, and my grandparents. Okay. They had rented like a little cabin by the sea. And it was actually very charming. And we had a fun time. But I remember that movie all about Susan or it's... No. Never mind.
Okay, short story. What's it called? Short story long. Oh my God. The name of this podcast is now short story long. Short story long. I caught my peepee in the zipper. Of your pants? Of my pants. And it bled like absolutely everywhere. And I remember so embarrassing to have my grandmother help me like
Oh, something about Mary. Yes, exactly. Yeah. Oh my gosh. That happened to me. That's the exact same thing. And I still have a little scar.
Oh my gosh. Yes, yes. Yeah, I remember it was so embarrassing. Yeah. I mean, I think I was like... And your cousin was a girl? No, a boy. He was a year older. And he was your dad's sibling's child? Yeah, my dad's uncle. Did you get along? Yeah, we got along. I think we had, yeah. You had some fun? Yeah, we totally had fun. So when you zipped yourself up, you were like in the bathroom or something? Yeah.
I think I was in the bedroom and we were going to go do something. And I also have to admit, when I was a kid, I didn't like wearing underwear. Yeah. So I guess I was just, you know, put my pants on and sipped them off. Ouch. Yes. And you screamed? I screamed and...
And it was a lot of blood. That's crazy. Yes, I know. I know. But the craziest thing was that I thought it was so embarrassing. Yeah, of course. To have like, you know. Yes. Yes. Oh my God. Okay. We'll take a break to recover and we'll be back.
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And we're back. We're back. All right, let's talk about your father a little bit. Yes. What's your father's name? So his real name is Jan Erik. Jan Erik. That's very classic. Yes, very classic Scandinavian. Yeah. But he's known as Jasen. Jasen. What does Jasen mean? Jasen translates as jazz man. And it's not because he was into jazz, but when he was a kid, he had a very distinctive walk. Ah.
Like a strut? Yeah, so people always... It was like he was listening to music. Oh. Yeah, so ever since he was a small kid, people called him Jazzman. Jazzman. Yes, son. Oh, that's sweet. I know. And you heard some terrible stories about that I did as a kid. He was a terror. Really? Yes, he was a real terror. How many brothers and sisters? He had one brother. One brother. Yes, that was, I think, two years older.
So they both got born right after the Second World War, late 40s. And it was still into the 50s, you know, there was rationing with food. There was a shortage with food. And one story is that my grandmother had just got her, I think once a month, you got like a ration of margarine used for cooking. From the government? And she went out...
to do some errands and the boys were home alone. And when she came home, they had painted the entire kitchen with margarine. Oh my God. How old were they? Must have been like four or five. Yeah. Yeah.
So all the margarine was gone. So you couldn't just pop up and buy some olive oil or... Yeah, I mean, that was not funny because it was a ration. Yeah. I mean, we don't know how that feels. I mean, it must be terrible. Stressful. Yeah, I remember my mother, she told me that they would try to find alternative ways for food.
So she would grind bark from trees and put in bread mixed with flour to make it like, you know, she said it was terrible. But edible. Some sort of food, yeah. Yeah, that's awful. Apparently my dad was so crazy that my grandmother would tie him to the flag post outside. No. Yes.
So he was on a leash. Just like some dog. Christmas story. Yeah. And they lived in this big building with a lot of houses that had like a courtyard in the middle. So he was like tied up. And every time he like...
would get away or up to something. All the ladies would, you know, lean out of the windows and scream to each other, oh, he's up to something again. Come get him. Come get your son. Oh, my gosh. Yes, and he's running away again. That is so funny. I know, I know. Yeah.
Different times. Different time. Yeah. Well, I hope I get to meet your father. He's actually quite handsome. Yeah, my dad growing up, he was very handsome. He had, you know, dark hair that he sometimes would get a perm on. He looked like a mixture between Charles Bronson and Bert Reynolds.
Oh, my God. Yeah. He was very handsome. He always had a mustache, a beard. Girls would actually come home from school with me and play with me. And I suspect it was just to, like, look at my dad. Really? Yeah.
Once, oh my god, I remember this so clearly. I think it was before Christmas. One Sunday morning, the entire family was downstairs, except my dad. He was in the bathroom. He comes down and he has shaved off his mustache. No, stop it. Yes.
My mom and my sister both started crying. Of course. Oh, my God. That is hilarious. I know. And my sister was screaming, oh, my God, you're so ugly. I can't look at you. I can't look at you. You're so ugly. Yeah. Isn't that crazy? That's hilarious. Yes.
I know. Well, clearly you and your sister said we're a little bit too blunt sometimes. I know, but, you know, we were kids. Yeah, but that's what's so fabulous about kids is that they will literally say whatever they think. Yes, yes. It's hilarious. Yeah, I know. It's a little too much sometimes, but, you know, whatever. Yeah. Yeah, no, so my dad was definitely... A handsome guy. Still is. Yeah, I remember I was very, like, when they got dressed up and we would go places, I was very, like, proud of...
Yeah. I thought they looked very chic. Yeah. Yeah, because this was the 70s and it was a lot of... I remember my mom had a suede, like brown, beige, like a wrap dress, like a Diane von Furstenberg. Yeah. And my dad had kind of the same color, like pants and a jacket. And there was like flares in the pants and he had like boots and stuff. Yeah, it was very cool. Was he tall? Yeah, tall like me.
Yeah. Wow. My mom was kind of tall, too. I come from a tall family. Yeah. Well, we definitely need to see more pictures of your dad in the 70s. Yes. Dig him up. I'll call my sister and see what she can find. If you're listening, find some pictures. Love it. Yeah. So we'll come back to my dad, of course. Of course. It's time for questions. It is. Let's take a break and then we'll come back for a What's Up, Sweet Paul podcast.
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Okay, question time. Yes. Okay. Veronica from New York asks, all this talk of Palm Springs is making me really want to go. What's the best time and is there anything I must do? Oh, yeah. How much time do you have?
Well, if you... This podcast will be an hour and 25 minutes just telling you, walking you through Palm Springs. Well, if you love 120 degrees weather, then you should come in summer. Yeah. Don't come in summer. It's not high season. And some of the... Some stuff is closed in summer. And by summer, we mean July and August. The best time of year is honestly... I mean, now is amazing.
I would say October through April. Yes, I totally agree. It's 70, maybe 80 degrees. Usually sunny. Sunny all the time. It does rain in winter, but we don't mind it. The pools are heated. Yeah. So I would say fall and winter are the best times.
And as far as what to do. So much. I mean, there's a lot of great restaurants. There's a lot of great hotels. There's a lot of great Airbnbs. You have to go up to the desert. It's only 45 minutes away. Then you're in Joshua Tree. Yeah. Just take some drives. You can go to Idlewild up the mountain. You can go to the high desert, Joshua Tree. It's just so gorgeous. And the spring blooms are incredible. Those are in March.
March, April. Yeah. Then everything, like all these mountains that are usually kind of like brown, grayish, just becomes like yellow and green. And it's just, it's really gorgeous. It's something you've never seen before. Yeah. And I mean, honestly, it's really just about coming here and relaxing. I mean, just driving around town and because it's the desert, the view is so beautiful.
You can see for miles and miles. So you're always in this like gorgeous surrounding and environment and viewpoint. So it's really just like my favorite thing is just to like when I travel is just to do the stuff that I love doing. Yeah. Like, you know, relaxing. Yeah.
eating, maybe even going to see a movie. Like I don't try to really do like too much. I just want to relax. Yeah. But if you, if you want to do, there is, you know, you can take the tram up to the mountains. There's a beautiful modern museum here with great arts. There's botanical gardens. There's Indian reservations. There's casinos there, you know? Yeah. There's, I mean, whatever you want to do, there's fabulous shopping, uh,
It's whatever you love to do, just come here and do that. And just by the nature of the region, it'll just be a new experience. Yeah, it's truly a spectacular place. And it's only like an hour and a half from LA with no traffic. Yeah, absolutely. Okay, we'll see you soon. Yes. Say hi when you come. Yes.
Mike57. Does that say Mike57? No, it says Mike87. Mike87. Sorry, I don't have my glasses on. What is the hands-down best meal you have ever had? Ooh, that's a good question. I want to know what James thinks, too. Oh, let me think while you say. Okay. I think...
The best meals I've ever had was all the Christmas meals we had at home. You know, we have, when my mom was alive, she made the best Christmas Eve dinner ever. Is that the pork belly with crackling? That's the pork belly with the crackling. And what she would do, so she would cook the whole thing in the oven. Then she would take it out. You know, I'm talking like a big slab of like pork belly.
And then she would cut them up in little squares and she would put them back in the oven so that every side of the pork got crispy. Oh my God. Yeah, it's true. I mean, I cannot make it as good as she could. Well, yours is pretty good. It's good, but it's not. So that's your favorite meal of all time? Yeah, because, you know, it was the family and it was all the histories and the...
Yeah, I think I'm sure I've had better meals, like meal experiences. But to me, that's the ones that means the most when it comes to food.
You know, experience, memories, company. It's true. I would say for me along those lines, again, we've had a lot of amazing dining experiences throughout our life. Yeah. But I would say what my holiday experience is, which is also for Christmas, is we would always go to my grandmother's.
Josephine and my grandpa Sal, Salvador. They lived with my auntie Yoli, Yolanda. So we always went to her house and they, again, it's like when you're telling your stories about your upbringing, it like the connections with my upbringing are, it's like there are little points of, of connection. Yeah. Because they,
They would get everyone out of the house and cook literally what is this? Maybe like a 10-gallon pot of menudo. And then the assembly line of tamales, which is not a simple task. They would make dozens and dozens and dozens of tamales, and there's this assembly line. And
my family would do beef with red chili and what I, you know, cause I tend to like drier food rather than soppy food. It's because they did them on the dry side and they put a black olive in them as well. Mm-hmm.
So Christmas for us was going to East LA to my aunt Yoli's house with my dad's family. And we would have tamales and menudo for Christmas. Menudo is so delicious. What is it again? It's hominy and tripe, which is...
I think it's cow stomach. I would think, yeah. But again, it's one of those things that I grew up eating, so I don't have... I'm not squirmish about it. But it's all about... You know, it's in this like wonderful clear broth, but then it's all about all the condiments. So you squeeze a lemon in there. You put gobs of white onion, gobs of cilantro, some oregano. And we would eat it with tortilla, like corn tortillas with butter and dip it and eat it. And I mean...
So delicious. That sounds amazing. And then, of course, all the tamales. So I would have to say, yeah, that's kind of like, I'm sure it's similar to you where it's like consistently you got it every year. It was just as good every year. Every year. You know what I mean? And it was satisfying and fabulous. Every year. And every year it was a fight between me and my sister who got the first bit of like the crispy skin. Yeah. Yeah.
And to this day, on Christmas Eve, my sister would call me and all I hear on the phone is crunch. It's crunching. Oh, my God. I know. She's like, I win. Crunch, crunch. Paul has made that meal for us a couple of times and it's extraordinary. We'll do it again this year and maybe we'll eat it while we record a podcast and we'll crunch the Christmas gift. I know, I know. I have to say, we're actually planning...
to do a special Christmas edition. Yes. So if you guys have questions for us about that... Christmas specific. Yes, Christmas specific. We'll be doing...
a Christmas holiday episode. So you can send us a direct message on Instagram, Sweet Paul Magazine, or an email, podcast at sweetpaulmag.com. Yes. Okay, last two questions. Carla from Oklahoma City asks, we all have darker days. I sure do. What do you do
To lighten the mood and feel better. That's a really, really important question. I will watch Golden Girls. I would watch Golden Girls or the movie Auntie Mame.
which I love. It's one of my favorite movies. Yeah. And have a threesome with Ben and Jerry. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. It's true. Even me, I'm an emotional person and I, and I have mood swings and, and a lot of it has to do with whether it's work or just your own thoughts where you,
might start to turn and get into a mood and you do have to take an active role in, you know, in sort of like changing. That's Hugo drinking. That's Hugo drinking. Just taking it by the reins. So for me, it would be maybe just going to the hot tub and
Or honestly listening to some music that... You know, if you listen to music that is upbeat or like inspiring, it will literally change your mood. And it's really about just not indulging in... Yeah. Not giving into it. Yeah, exactly. And sort of either telling yourself the truth or...
Or changing, you know, taking in something else through your senses that will change your mood. Because feelings aren't necessarily the truth. No, that's true. I mean, as you grow older, you'll find out what works for you when it comes to like getting rid of those dark thoughts. If it's going to the gym or...
as you say, going to the hotel. And honestly, sometimes it's just turning off CNN or getting off Facebook because there were times in the last couple years where I felt myself so angry all the time. And it's because I'm literally scrolling through Facebook while CNN's on and just, it's like,
We cannot live in that. I know, it's totally overdose. We can't live in that place. So what you do is you just change your environment. Yeah, you turn it off and you go... Whether that's what you're looking at, what you're reading, what you're listening to. Go do something else. Where you are. Take the dogs for a walk. Put on some, you know, Britney Spears. Whatever you need to do to like...
Put on some Britney Spears. And start whipping your ponytail around. Like, whatever it is, go to the gym. Yeah. Wash the dishes. Just do something else. Just get some of that negative energy out. Yes. And I have to say, Golden Girls, really freaking... Isn't it amazing? How old is that series? It's from the 80s, right? Yeah, probably early 80s. And it's still so relevant. It is. And it's so fun.
and well-made. I am amazed. Yeah. Amazed. So Golden Girls, the answer to all your troubles. Yeah. Totally.
Okay, last one. Last question. Camilla from... It's pronounced Aarhus. Aarhus. It's a little town in Denmark. Oh, great. I'm a 28-year-old Danish woman who is about to move to LA for work. Oh, cool. As a fellow Scandinavian, what tips can you give me for life in America? And I love the podcast. My more more was my hero just like yours. Oh, sweet. So sweet.
What tips? Tip number one, don't eat all the food. Yeah. I know it's all on the plate, but you don't have to finish everything. Yeah. Yeah, because... Or she can if she wants. Yeah, she can if she wants. But she doesn't have to. You will gain weight. The portions here compared to Scandinavia are...
Yes. Yes. I have heard Americans go to Scandinavia unlike... They're starving to death. Twice as expensive and less... Yeah, a lot less food. Less for your money. Yes. Well, when you came to America to work, what can you relate to her? I think the main thing is to try to stay grounded and don't get too overwhelmed.
Because, you know, Denmark and Norway is very similar when it means that it's few people. Yeah. I think Denmark is like 5 million, the same as Norway. Yeah. And what, you know, the shock will be is, you know, the amount of people that are here. Well, and you're going to LA, honey, so...
buckle up literally because you're going to be in traffic all the time yeah yeah so luckily there's you know you have gps on your phone and stuff but you're going to be driving a lot get used to the chaos of of driving in la yeah and find your i think yeah and especially when you drive
I think it's very important to find your happy spot. We talked about dark days. I think if you drive every day in LA, you will have some dark days. So you'll have to find something to... The thing is, I moved to Seattle and then I moved to New York. And those are both actually very small towns. And you can walk everywhere. LA is not that.
Depending on where you move to in LA, a lot of the neighborhoods have risen up like Los Feliz and Silver Lake Echo Park where people do live and work in the same neighborhood. So that can help. But if you're renting an apartment a little bit further out, you'll be driving a lot.
The great thing is Scandinavians are quite popular in the world. So I'm sure you'll make lots of friends. Yeah. And kind of, you know, this is America. It's LA. It's very different. You just have to embrace it. You know? I don't know. She doesn't say how long she's going to be here. Maybe it's just a few years. Maybe it's forever. But, you know, it's...
It's fun. It's different. People are, I have to say, Americans are very nice. It's extremely nice and polite people. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah, embrace it. Just have fun with it and enjoy.
Everyone might seem like they're in a hurry and distracted, but if you ask for help or directions, people will help you. People will stop and say, oh, yeah. Because I remember that from New York in the beginning, you know, I would always,
I didn't realize that in New York there was a west side and an east side. Oh, yeah. It's really confusing. The streets. The streets. There's a Broadway and a west Broadway. That was very confusing when I was like, I'm at the address. Where is the place? Exactly. Because I was one block over. Yeah. I've done that so many times and stopped people and they were like, oh, yeah, you're not from here, are you? Yeah, exactly. Exactly.
Yeah. Yeah. Embrace it. Have fun. And I'm
I'm sure there's tons of other Danish people in LA. So, you know. Yeah. And just do what you like to do. If you love the beach, go hang out at the beach. If you love art, go to openings. If you like to do ceramics, go take a class. And then it'll lead you to the people that are, you know, your tribe. Exactly. And it's such a great place with so many, you know, possibilities. And maybe she's going to be a famous actress. Yeah. I'm sure she's gorgeous. Danish girls are gorgeous. Yeah, they are.
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