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If you’ve been asking yourself, “What the heck happened to Sara & Laura?” - today is your lucky day. We’re excited to announce that we are FINALLY launching our new podcast! Say hello to Blank Plate Pod - a podcast for Swifties with an appetite! Take a listen and see what we’ve been working on. We would absolutely love your listenership and support on this new adventure we’re taking, so please subscribe and leave us a review. Love you always! - Laura & Sara

It’s our final episode! (At least for now …) Sara had her first eye surgery done, and Laura is “over” the school year but recently wrapped up a few other things in her life. The rest of this episode is all about our favorite yearly activity, the Feast of St. Pizza. This year’s festivities took place in Harrisburg, PA, so you can hear all about our findings there, plus we answer a few generic questions about how we plan our pizza crawls. Thank you all SO much for listening - we love you!

Laura is dealing with some negative self talk but had a fun birthday trip to Philly, and Sara is getting over a cold but recently got a cute haircut. We’re diving back into listener-submittted controversial food opinions, plus another advice question and a JUICY update from last episode’s advice question. There are also recommendations for night lights and paper goods.

Laura is dealing with general life madness but had her middle school’s musical, and Sara has some sad news but had a fun weekend in Cleveland. The main topic of discussion is about planning travel from a foodie’s perspective, which is essentially the heart of this podcast. We’ve also got a juicy listener advice question and some recommendations.

Sara and Laura recap their Taylor Swift girls’ night and discuss how old they feel before diving into non-alcoholic spirits. There’s a taste test of various fun products, plus a taste-off between alcoholic and non-alcoholic whiskey cocktails. As a little bonus there’s a tasting of two newer Girl Scout cookie flavors, plus an anonymous advice question and recommendations.

Sara and Laura give an update on their Covid New Year’s, plus Sara has an update on her eyeballs, and Laura is feeling adrift amidst an existential crisis but is loving snow day season. There’s a frozen pizza AND ice cream tasting, and a California Pizza Kitchen-inspired stroll down memory lane. We finish off with some New Year’s resolution check-ins and recommendations.

Happy New Year! We are revisiting last year’s resolutions to see how we did, plus diving into our plans and intentions for 2022. There’s also astrology talk, some juicy salty-sweets, an announcement of a new project, and some great recommendations.

The gals are enjoying the season of Red (Taylor’s Version), Laura’s cat is exhibiting troubling bathroom habits, and Sara is hating the process of changing her name but she dyed her hair. And then for the longest episode yet, there’s an extensive interview with Evan Howe, the Director of Coffee at Passenger Coffee in Lancaster. Get ready to be a coffee expert by the time you’re done listening to this one. To wrap it up there are a few listener follow-ups and recommendations.

For our annual gift guide we’ve got you covered with the topics of candles, decor (lots of plant things!), “fun stuff,” food and cooking, and beauty. For more ideas, don’t forget you can still refer to last year’s gift guide episode. Happy gifting!

*Note: If you’re listening to this episode with headphones, you’ll notice that each of our voices only come out of one earbud: Sara on one side and Laura on the other. We apologize for this little hiccup; it should be fixed by the next episode. Thanks for being patient with us as we get used to our new recording equipment. Mercury is in retrograde, Sara’s divorce is finalized … there’s a lot going on! Laura’s allergies continue to be a problem for her but she is enjoying using Notion to stay organized and motivated, and Sara was able to spend time with Robert’s family due to a sad event. Then we’re chatting about all of our favorite travel items, from clothing to toiletries to our favorite packing gear. To finish up we’ve got a shoe recommendation from Laura, and Sara gives us a full rundown of a new favorite makeup brand.

Season 4 has arrived! This season’s schedule will be a little different, which Sara and Laura discuss in the beginning of the episode. It’s time for an in-depth summer recap, so the gals touch on salty-sweets and several other topics: life changes, summer travels, thoughts on camping, antidepressants and mental health, new hobbies, summer outfits, favorite songs and more. There’s also a listener question about packing lunches for work at a school, plus recommendations.

It’s the season three finale! Laura has a bone to pick with being called “kid” in a professional setting and she’s excited that Book It has been relaunched; Sara is stressed because the Covid lifestyle is coming to an end but she’s enjoying the pleasure of anticipating a new album. There’s a frozen pizza face-off (all three are from Whole Foods), a conversation with a special guest about family traditions, an update on the gals’ summer plans, and recommendations.