Can Summer Be Fun, Even In The Fall? In The City S1E1

Top Chef S23514; The Final Toast and an Emotional Win

It's a Top Chef finale, y'all!  We have gotten to the top of the literal mountain and three chefs remain.  It's up to each of them to cook the meal of their lives with help from special guest sous chefs and impress a serious table of judges and guests one last time.  Simply put, sure.   An impossible feat?  For sure.   One will be standing for the confetti dropping, bottle popping, tear grabbing conclusion and its beautiful as always, let's go!!   Also, remember Carolina?   Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.  Please someone email jeff@pinotpod.com

Vanderpump Rules S4 Reunion parts 1 & 2: brought to you by slut shaming

A chaotic end to one of the best seasons of reality television, the season 4 reunion was nothing if not thorough. We couldn't get it all into one episode, here are parts 1 and 2, and we'll tack part 3 on to the "Secrets Revealed" and predictions episode next week. Join us for the season 23 finale of Top Chef and the last part of the Summer House reunion next week.  The Pinot Pod is officially in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.  Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Mega Mini Crossover: Top Chef, Summer House and our streaming recs

Sundi, Emilie AND Jeff all get together again for our weekly talk of what we're recapping, other recommendations for your viewing and also a few things we say to avoid.  While poring over the Summer House drama, the current Summer House drama and the shouting matches of Vanderpump past we are also giving you insight into what else we're watching and it's hilarious as always.     Recs: Widow's Bay, Couple's Therapy, Rafa and The Four Seasons   Maybe Avoid: Calabasas Confidential, The Boroughs, Backrooms Find us on Mondays as  take a look (and rank) the remaning cheftestants as we count down the final 4. It's been a great season, y'all. The Pinot Pod has left London and is heading to the Hamptons and then the city. We're watching the Summer House reunions and Emilie is applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.  Find us for vintage VPR on Wednesdays  and Fridays. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

If "Push Comes to Shove" you know it was gonna be Kristen on Vanderpump Rules S4E20

In the season finale of one of the greatest seasons of television ever been made, our WeHo dummies are being the most iconic versions of themselves. From The Bubba's engagement party at Villa Rosa, to Stassi and Jax mending fences, to Lala and Kristen fighting over the White Kanye West, it was a ride.  The Pinot Pod is in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. And we are discussing the Summer house reunions as well... how could we resist? Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.

Summer House Part 2 doesn't disappoint and In the City gives us "Mimosas and Mayhem": S1E3

Part 2 of the Summer House reunion and episode 3 of In The City have some juicy bits. It's a West and Amanda pile on in the former and Kenny-is-a-douche in the latter.  New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering every Tuesday. Check your feed. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go to sundi@pinotpod.com. Leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.