It&apos;s Halloween weekend and I&apos;ve got murder on the mind!  Ok, not like that, but I do love a good true crime story or podcast....like so many others.A few things referenced in this episode are being shared below.  Make sure to check them out!A book I found, ordered and can&apos;t wait to read!Why We Love Serial Killers:  https://amzn.to/3mptpFu   My favorite crime podcast recommendations:Morbid: https://www.morbidpodcast.com/Crime Junkie: https://crimejunkiepodcast.com/Serial: https://serialpodcast.org/S-Town:  https://stownpodcast.org/This article is full of reasons explaining why we all love hearing about serial killers.  A quick, enjoyable list: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559256/why-we-love-true-crime 

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Amuse Bouche #16 - Why do we love Serial Killers?

Did you know that "Keep The Balloon Up" (the game you play in your house as a kid) is a legit sport? Yep, Bridget discovered this week that keep the balloon up is indeed a sport, and it helped bring a little joy to an otherwise stressful week!Here are links to some of the things we talked about this week:If you don&apos;t believe us, here&apos;s the SB Nation story about the Keep The Balloon Up World Cup.People really are scalping Curder Burgers!Fits Socks are super good socks - you&apos;ll thank us later if you pick up a pair or two.Nick loves External Hard Drive Enclosures as last ditch ways of retrieving data when your computer breaks.Remember our new Wine 201 Podcast has just released its first season! You can listen by searching for Wine 201 in whatever player you&apos;re using to listen to this episode, or visit the Wine 201 Podcast website. If you like what we&apos;re doing here on the Dinner Plus Drinks podcast,  here&apos;s how you can follow along and get in touch with us:Watch on YouTubeVisit our websiteLike us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramGet links to follow the podcast in your favorite appOr email us at: hello /at/ dinnerlusdrinks /dot/ comThanks for listening, we hope you have a great week!~ Bridget and Nick

Keep The Balloon Up - Dinner Plus Drinks #96

We popped bubbles to celebrate Simona&apos;s birthday and the launch of our new Wine 201 podcast! If you like our wine episodes, and would like to hear us interview incredible people in the world, go ahead and download our Wine 201 podcast. It&apos;s a totally separate show and is released in seasons. Season one is out now and features 6 interviews with experts on grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, and more.Listen on Apple PodcastsListen on SpotifyListen and find more information on the Wine 201 websiteOr find the podcast listed just about anywhere you listen to podcasts!Also, we&apos;d really like to know if you got a Curderburger from Culvers - it&apos;s very important you write in and let us know what you thought of the burger.Here are links to what we talked about on this week&apos;s show:Check out this awesome Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake ice cream Bridget found!Nick&apos;s not kidding, a French retiree really did eject from a fighter plane while on a retirement gift joy ride.Know your washing symbols - Bridget has another great laundry-related product recommendation!Support what is by far the best team the world has ever seen, Arsenal, with a Gunnersaurus mascot stuffed animal!Finally, check out these expensive Celebrity Kid&apos;s Birthday parties and judge for yourself which one is the most ridiculous.If you like what we&apos;re doing here on the Dinner Plus Drinks podcast,  here&apos;s how you can follow along and get in touch with us:Watch on YouTubeVisit our websiteLike us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramGet links to follow the podcast in your favorite appOr email us at: hello /at/ dinnerlusdrinks /dot/ comThanks for listening, we hope you have a great week!~ Bridget and Nick

Just A Few Tangents - Dinner Plus Drinks #95

It&apos;s spooky season and I am basically spending 12 minutes reminiscing on my college years.  Because those were the years of my very finest Halloween costume creations.I wanted to release this episode now, so you still had time to get your craft on and make some of the best DIY Halloween costumes for you and your friends or family.  I promise, you&apos;ll especially love each and every one of these costumes if you grew up in the 90&apos;s like I did!

This is for the 90's Kids - Amuse Bouche #15

We brought in 4 guests and 3 different types of beer for this one friends - it&apos;s the biggest, most epic, and most fun we&apos;ve had on an episode yet: it&apos;s The Wedding Game Episode!On this episode, we got Bridget to pick a new favorite Oktoberfest beer, dropped some bomb product suggestions, and then, got to playing a fun game that we like to call "Design A Wedding." This game consists of having to make a choice of venue, music, food, drinks, and guests for your hypothetical wedding - cost is no issue. The catch is that you have to pick from the options provided, and you can only select one option in each level of options: epic, great, good, meh, and oh noooooo!We got some of our favorite people to call in a join us for the game, and we invite you to play along as well. You can find a picture with the layout on dinnerplusdrinks.com or check out the text description here:VENUEEpic: A beautiful, historic mansion with every amenity possible. Great: A fancy resort with on-site accommodations for all your guests.Good: An idyllic barn that&apos;s open to the elements and a bit musty.Meh: In a tent in your backyard - it&apos;s a bit windy and mosquito-eyOh no: The local VFW Hall - the floors are sticky.MUSICEpic: Britney Spears and JT perform an incredible concert set for you and your guests.Great: An 11 piece live cover band.Good: Dueling pianos.Meh: An okay DJ that mostly does what you told him.Oh no: The guest controlled "iPod experience."FOODEpic: Gordon Ramsay prepares the food specially and personally for you.Great: The best caterer in the area did a special menu for you.Good: Your friend who likes to cook put together a food spread for you.Meh: A chicken based buffet. Vegetarian option is the side salad.Oh no: Subway sandwich platters.DRINKSEpic: All you can drink top shelf everything - let the bubbles flow!Great: A nice open bar with call level liquor, good wine & beer, and something you really enjoy.Good: Crappy wine pour with dinner, cash bar for the guests with generic products.Meh: Got some kegs of Miller Lite and boxes of wine: BYO flask!Oh no: 2 liters of soda are available and the bubbler&apos;s over there: help yourself!GUESTSEpic: The people who matter to you and can hang at an epic party. No one more, and no one less.Great: You get to invite most of your friends, your parents get to invite some of their friends, and your annoying step-uncle has to be there.Good: All of your annoying family is there, your parents picked most of the guests, but you got 2 tables of friends.Meh: It&apos;s all your family, your parent&apos;s friends and work acquaintances. You have to talk to each table.Oh no: There is no guest list - anyone in the entire world who wants to come can show up.Let us know your choices, we&apos;d love to hear your picks. Email us or drop us a voicemail on our website!Also check out these links from the episode:San Francisco Street ArtHistorical Women QuartersGirls Can CrateNorthern BrewerThanks for listening, we hope you enjoyed this episode. We really enjoyed making it and appreciate all of our guests popping on to help us this week. Have a great week, get in touch with us, and stay healthy.Cheers!~ Bridget and Nick

Our Biggest Episode Yet: The Wedding Game - Dinner Plus Drinks #94

Ok, it&apos;s not quite what you might consider wedding planning season, but for me, weddings are on the brain!  I am helping a family member plan their wedding this week (as they visit from out of state) so we&apos;ve been planning all week long.In a previous life, I planned weddings (and have probably planned hundreds at this point), so I&apos; sharing three quick wedding planning tips to help jump start your wedding (or any event really!) planning process on the right foot:Make a guest list ... like right away.  This will dictate your entire budget and what venue(s) you can even consider.Pick a priority - SO important!  This will guide all of your wedding planning decisions if you can settle on one mutual priority that is non-negotiable.Ask a friend - your (already married) friends are a great (free!) resource  Ask them what they regret?  What they may have forgotten to do or what they would do differently?  What was the best part of the day etc.?  You will almost always find a hidden gem of advice in there!Happy Planning friends!Don&apos;t forget to follow us on Instagram and Facebook @DinnerplusDrinksPodcast

It's Wedding Season? - Amuse Bouche #14

Bridget came up with a genius segment and quizzed Nick on Britney Spears songs. You&apos;re going to want to make sure you listen to hear how much Nick knows about Britney Spears, as well as singing from both Bridget and Nick. Congrats Britney on your legal victory, we&apos;re happy for you! #freebritneyIn addition to the incredible Britney talk, here are a few links from this week&apos;s episode:Check out the good news about the Culver&apos;s Curderburger!Nick is a big fan of the James Bond franchise and loved this story about Daniel Craig becoming an honorary Commander in the Royal Navy!Do your dry fit shirts sometimes not launder as cleanly as you would like? Check out these washing machine pebbles that Bridget recommends. They&apos;ll help keep your clothes smelling fresh!Nick is a huge fan of Noel Philips, a travel vlogger type that makes videos showing off reviews of airlines, trains, and much more. If you miss traveling, are curious what air travel is like in Africa, or want to know what trans-oceanic first class cabins look like, visit Noel&apos;s YouTube channel.MACs Moving and Storage in Lake Geneva, WI is a great resource for moving and storing things! Both Bridget and Nick highly recommend them. Thanks for listening, it&apos;s been a weird week. If you want to learn a bit more and hear some perspective on the burn out and stress that we all have been facing and keeps mounting, make sure you listen to this week&apos;s episode of Amuse Bouche. Bridget takes it on with a great article that Nick thinks you should listen to! Find it one episode before this one in your podcast feed.Quick programming note - there is no YouTube episode this week because Nick&apos;s computer got fried and the video was stored on that. Audio only :(If you like what we&apos;re doing here on the Dinner Plus Drinks podcast,  here&apos;s how you can follow along and get in touch with us:Visit our websiteLike us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramGet links to follow the podcast in your favorite appOr email us at: hello /at/ dinnerlusdrinks /dot/ comThanks for listening, we hope you have a great week!~ Bridget and Nick

It's Britney, Nick - Dinner Plus Drinks #93

No, it&apos;s not exactly what you&apos;re thinking.  Get your mind out of the gutter.  Listen in to hear about an article that was able to pinpoint exactly how I have been feeling.Find the original article here: https://thestripe.com/a-lack-of-stamina/ Find Grace Atwood here: https://www.instagram.com/graceatwood/ And loudly enough for everyone in the back:“Be nicer to yourself. Easy to say to others, harder to say to yourself.”  - Grace Atwood

A Lack of Stamina - Amuse Bouche #13

It was a beautiful fall day, so we decided to hit the road and record live from the patio at The Candle Mercantile in downtown Lake Geneva. Remember when you were in school and it was a nice day outside, so your teacher has class outside? It&apos;s exactly the same.We hope you enjoy this slightly different episode that also visited a few other of our favorite places to hang out in downtown Lake Geneva. If you&apos;re a local, now is (arguably) the best time of the year to get out and enjoy our community. If you&apos;re not local, it&apos;s a b-e-a-utiful time to come visit and check out these spots:The Bottle Shop - a wine bar and so much more with spirits, beer, snacks, and an incredible patio to enjoy fall. Haverly & Co. - a fun boutique stocked full of great finds at reasonable prices that our friend Emily operates in a back corner of The Bottle Shop&apos;s patio!Topsy Turvy Brewery - an urban brewery in a renovated church Lake Geneva with a patio made for people watching while sipping on delicious beer.Clock Tower Pizza - kitty corner from Topsy Turvy, Clock Tower pizza whips up pizza, smash burgers, and hand cut fries that are worth every single calorie. We&apos;d like to extend a huge thank you to the entire crew at The Candle Mercantile for their hospitality hosting us. You need to stop in to pour your own fall themed candle, or pick out one of their perfectly scented pre-made fall scents. While you&apos;re there, enjoy a glass of wine, beer, or cider, and enjoy a snack at their indoor candle bar or on their patio. Did you hear our Pinkies Up release this week? It&apos;s all about German wine for the Oktoberfest season. You can find it wherever you&apos;re listening to this episode, or watch on YouTube to see all of Bridget&apos;s facial expressions.If you like what we&apos;re doing here on the Dinner Plus Drinks podcast,  here&apos;s how you can follow along and get in touch with us:Watch this episode on YouTubeVisit our websiteLike us on FacebookFollow us on InstagramGet links to follow the podcast in your favorite appOr email us at: hello /at/ dinnerlusdrinks /dot/ comThanks for listening, we hope you have a great week!~ Bridget and Nick

Live From The Candle Mercantile - Dinner Plus Drinks #92

Dinner + Drinks is a podcast about all the things you share over food. Co-hosts Bridget and Nick release Sunday night episodes talking about the delicious things they ate last week, funny kid stories, meal plans for the next week, life, and, of course, all the drinks. Additional interview episodes featuring guests with interesting viewpoints on food and drink topics will be release semi-regularly!Do you have a question you'd like answered on the podcast? A suggestion for a great guest? General feedback you'd like to share? Just drop us a line at hello@dinnerplusdrinks.com with your comments - we'd love to hear from you!This podcast is brought to you by Lake Geneva Country Meats, and previously was called Reduce by Half. You can find the old episodes marked as Season 1 of Dinner + Drinks.Thanks for listening - we appreciate you spending time with us!

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