RUNNIN' VEGAS - The John McNamara Podcast
Talking local sports, business and real estate.
RUNNIN' VEGAS - The John McNamara Podcast
New Year, New Momentum
Hey guys, it's John McMahon host running us. We're talking local sports business real safe.
SPEAKER_01:You guys like me see subscribers? I got my coin, Mr. George Hernandez in the house.
SPEAKER_00:What's going on, guys?
unknown:Woo!
SPEAKER_00:And we have Ricky Cruz.
SPEAKER_01:Special episode. Happy New Year 2026. We've got it.
SPEAKER_00:Finally. Numerology, it's awesome. Number one. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. I haven't seen you. Yeah. Two weeks. Yeah, yeah. Oh God, here we go. Are you one of those people that says, see you next year?
SPEAKER_02:Shut up.
SPEAKER_00:You gotta do the hands though.
SPEAKER_02:See you next weeks.
SPEAKER_00:Or even worse, it's like, I haven't seen you since last year.
SPEAKER_03:No, I'm not, but I'm gonna start using that.
SPEAKER_00:Okay. All right. Yeah, so we have a good, a good pod. We just it's we're starting the year off with just you and I. So it's gonna be fun. And we have a lot of big things for running Vegas this year. Um feels like it's gaining momentum, and it's people are we're getting more and more conversations about people telling us they're liking and watching our videos. You guys, and it's kind of new to me just because it's sometimes be like a local celebrity. Yeah, no, I would never want to be famous or a celebrity. You guys, when I go out out, you know this. I I don't want to see anybody I know. It's weird yet I see everybody I know. So I must manifest, just getting it it's the weirdest thing. But where was I going? No, I just go.
SPEAKER_03:It's the weirdest thing, yet he says hi to everybody. I do. And he makes friends with everybody, but he doesn't want to see anybody. So I don't know what to tell you.
SPEAKER_00:Right, as my dad would say, he's like, stop saying hi to people. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Just say it's pretty simple.
SPEAKER_00:But where was I going with that now?
SPEAKER_03:So I actually saw something on the way here. Okay, and I don't know when it is, but sometime this month, Run and Vegas is gonna have its hundredth episode. Oh, that's really cool. I think it's I think it's the next one. Oh wow. Okay. I think so. But we'll have to do, we'll have to we'll have to count them. A big a hundred celebration or something.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, we made it.
SPEAKER_03:That was the original goal of Run in Vegas, make it to a hundred episodes and then go from there. And I already feel like it's starting to it's shifted so much over the last couple years that it's it's gotten a lot of great momentum, especially because of you. You've been a big part of that. So it's exciting.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, uh, you know, I'm excited. We've had really awesome people last year. We did. And it's like really, really cool people, and it's just good vibes. Everyone's part of our tribe. Um, we're doing a really good job about that. And now I forgot the first.
SPEAKER_03:Well, we went to uh so shout out to Virtue Real Estate.
SPEAKER_00:Thank you for making me remember.
SPEAKER_03:Well, I'm gonna try. I think this is where you're going. Okay. Shout out to Virtue Real Estate Group. Uh, anyways, uh I don't know what you were thinking about, but I got a single. When I have opportunities to talk, I gotta take them with you. But uh yeah, we were in Henderson yesterday. Congrats to Virtue Real Estate Group. They opened a new office. So if you're a Henderson agent around there, you want to check it out, let us know. We'll get you connected with Darren and Amber and the manager down there, whoever that is. Uh we met him. We did? Yeah. Nice guy. Yeah. Um so that office was awesome. It was fun to see that, but I think where you're going this way, we met, we saw an agent we haven't seen in a while who's actually one of the first guests on Run in Vegas. Yes, oh my god, you read my mind. I know. Yes. So it's it's it's I'm not done. Oh and what she said was, I well, I still watch you guys in your podcast. So, okay, go ahead. All right.
SPEAKER_00:So what I was gonna say is, yeah, it's cool when people have seen the pod, and I forget that this you know goes out to YouTube and then they bring up conversations, and I'm like, wait, how do you know this? I'm like, oh yeah, the pod. Yeah, we have a pod. So it's really cool. I was uh talking to my uncle during uh Christmas break, and I was like, Yeah, we have a Pilates teacher. He's like Katie Richardson. I'm like, oh, do you know her? He's like, Oh, I watch your podcast. I'm like, oh, like that's cool. So Uncle David. Uncle David, so Uncle David. Yeah, so yeah, so I we made some questions just so we can kind of go through the year, see what our uh what would you do?
SPEAKER_03:I would say it's kind of like a we don't necessarily have a synopsis on this, it's almost like a recap of 2025, but also what we're looking forward for 2026, right? Yeah. Is that a good way to put it?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, screw 2025. I'm over 2025. So we're doing 75 hard. 75 hard? Yeah. So tell me, what's the best part of doing 75 hard right now?
SPEAKER_03:Uh best part, it helps my ADD because part of 75 hard is. Oh, what? Yeah, it's your ADD. Yeah, because I always have something to do. Oh. Yeah, so alcohol does that for me. Well, exactly. Yeah, it does that for me too. And part of 75 Hard is not drinking, but you have to. So just give you guys a breakdown of 75 Hard, what it is. It's 45 minutes work workout inside, 75-minute workout outside. Uh you eat 10 pages a day, you take a selfie or take a picture of yourself, you log that. Uh, no cheap meals, no alcohol. You drink 120 ounces of water a day. So that was a little bit challenging at first because I think I drink like two to three jugs or 32 ounces. So getting that extra jug of water, I have seen uh by the way, we got new whoops. I we love whoop. So it tracks your recovery. Sponsor us, sponsor us. That'd be a great sponsor. Um it tracks your recovery. I I tell people about it all the time. It's been a game changer for us. Like it's like a game of like, how well did I sleep last night? How well was my recovery? A big part of that is the water intake. So if there's anything I'm getting out of 75 hard, is drink a lot of freaking water every single day. So a hundred. Recoveries in the green. Recoveries in the green. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:So how about I love aha big aha for 75 hard. For 75 hard. You guys, it's been very, very weird for me. I'm like, I've been doing 75 hard, and every day I've woke up and I feel like, and I don't get hangovers, but what I would presume what a hangover feels like, and I'm just tired. So 75 hard, I don't know. I hope at the end of 75. You guys, in all honesty, I think it's just a mindset thing. If for not I think, I know. I've I've John has also, but since I've been 25, since I've went to no, actually, since I've been 23, I've done no drinking, I've cut out drinking anytime once a year, from anywhere from 30 to about almost three months. I don't know if I've actually done 75 days, I doubt it. Um, and it's just more or less to tell my mind, my brain that hey, I'm the one in control, you don't tell me what to do. Yeah, it's like the little rebel in me, it's like my soul and then against the brain. Yeah, and I've said this many, many times. I wish I could say we lead pretty healthy lives. Like we eat pretty healthy, we work out every day. Um, so I wish I got like the what people are like, oh, I'm glowing and my skin looked better, and I lost weight. I don't get none of that. And I've been, it's been since 23, it's over a decade, and I've done it once a year.
SPEAKER_03:And so I think you actually gain weight when you don't drink.
SPEAKER_00:It's like uh uh so you guys, I gained five pounds and I bulk because it's 75 hard, and now John's telling everyone, oh, it's bulking system season. But I also don't learn my lessons. I like love eating cheese and it screws up my sinuses. Like my sinuses are messed up. Oh, but yesterday at that broker's open that charcuterie board, nobody, the the the person that made the charcuterie table, it wasn't even a charcuterie board, it was a table. They're like, I just love making uh charcuterie boards because realtors don't eat. Yeah, it's just here for show, it's just art. Not me. You got three things of it. Yeah, I just heard you laughing over there. Yeah, I was eating the cheese I was eating. I'm like, I'm just grazing the whole time.
SPEAKER_03:Hey, take advantage of it.
SPEAKER_02:Free food, man.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, whatever. But I will say this is 75 hard. Um I have like had zero thoughts about alcohol just because there's so much to do every single day. And I was telling you this the other day. It's like that's the one, I think that's the best part of it. Because so if it is a challenge for you not to drink out there, whatever your addiction is, I think we all have one that's of something, right? That it keeps you on a skin. You have to do so much every single day, plus your job or your life. Um, it keeps you so focused that you're not thinking about alcohol. For me, anyways, it's just it's been like, Yeah, I gotta do the next thing, the next thing, next thing, you know, even into the Sunday.
SPEAKER_00:So it's been cool. I think it's different for everyone, yeah, because it's just you kind of replace everything with something, right? Right for me, I love the bar scene. And I had a conversation yesterday with Murphy, and I was like telling her, I'm like, hey, I like the bar scene. So even though I'm not drinking, I'm still a fool, and I'm like, I want to go out, and I I'm very disciplined in the sense that hey, if I'm saying I'm not drinking, and we've done this many, many times, sometimes you've been drinking and I have not, or vice versa, um, I don't need a drink, and nor do I crave one just because I'm at the bar. Right. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:So yeah, that was a big one for me because in September I did a 30-day no-drink and um went to happy hours, went to the bars, and I had a blast not drinking. So I think But I think it's part of us like we have in our heads, right? Um, like we need to drink to have fun. So it's good to have those challenges for yourself that you can have fun without drinking.
SPEAKER_00:So yeah, I think we need to give up something once in a while to just kind of realign. I I I've been celibate before. Have you? Yeah. For a whole month, and it was very uh empowering. Wow. Yeah, I'm thinking about, I'm considering it, doing it again. And I'm like, it is, it's a different mindset. I'm like, okay, cool. So then what do I do with that time? Because sometimes you don't even know how much time you're allotting for certain things.
SPEAKER_03:Oh, sure. Yeah. Well, it's all yeah, I mean, that's what we're talking about 75 hard, right? It's just it's time. Yeah. That's really what it comes down to. And are you taking the time to put positive things in your life or you know, other activities, whatever that is? So is it an alignment? It's an alignment, right? Absolutely. So I think I think that's good. You know what's funny? You you must be a navy SEAL. But uh former coach uh who's been on this pod, Thompson, he actually says that every 30 days is take something, it could be coffee. Oh well, every 30 days, every 30 days. I'm not doing that. I'm not a navy SEAL. Uh but every take something you really enjoy.
SPEAKER_00:Uh maybe there's one year we'll have to do that.
SPEAKER_03:That would be fun. Yeah. All right. That'd be fun. Okay, I'll be down for that. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_00:I think coffee would be the hardest for me, though. Uh, me too. My dad's like, just have a cup of coffee and stop telling us you have a headache.
SPEAKER_03:I did it like three years ago and it was the worst. But I remember it was like after two weeks. Well, you weren't drinking coffee for a while. Yeah, well, I meant I meant no caffeine. I'm not saying coffee. Oh, no caffeine. I just I went hard on no caffeine, and it was the longest two weeks of my life, but I remember at the end of that two weeks, like nothing could affect me. Like, I know why did you get back on it then?
SPEAKER_00:Because coffee is so good. I know. It's the taste.
SPEAKER_03:I think coffee, I I if I had a choice, alcohol or coffee, coffee. It's not even close. Like, I it's funny, I'm not a big coffee. I think it's like I like caffeine. Even I told you, like, hey, let's go get an Amazon. Yeah, so I'm like, I have half a red bullet.
SPEAKER_00:I'm not drinking, so I have my my Amazon. Yeah, you just replace it with something different. Yeah, yeah. So I I I want to hear, I want people to know what's one L you took last year that secretly made you way better. Because I want to hear 2025 was a shit year for me. It was horrible. By far the worst year of my entire life.
SPEAKER_02:Hmm.
SPEAKER_00:Of my entire life. And I've been through some weird things here and there. And it's really physically, mentally, spiritually, I was drained. Last year was not my year. I took a lot of not time off per se, because you and I were always in constant communication, but uh I took time off from what I wanted my life to look like. Um, so I want to hear what your big L was, but was secretly like something that was empowering that made you bigger, better, whatever.
SPEAKER_03:Overall, I thought about this a lot. Oh. Um, that was like because I went through these questions last night and I actually like skipped it and came back to it. Oh, so I think the big L for me, it was a good year for me. It was not like my worst year or anything like that. It was actually overall a good year. I'm grateful for 2025. It wasn't a great year though. Um, I think now I'm not getting into details on this stuff, but I was humbled in a lot of ways in my business, in my personal life, and it was perfect because I one of my big things going into 2020, we are in 2026, is changing my identity uh elevating my identity. And I think I needed to take a little bit of a step back and be humbled to get myself to that next level. So that was my big L, but I don't even know if you call it L. It's like a learning lesson. Oh, no, it's an L. Yeah. Yeah. Um you just made it, yeah. I like that. No big deal. With the double L. Double L. Yeah.
SPEAKER_01:Big L. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Uh big L's. Uh but yeah, it was it was a humbling year for me for sure, and I'm grateful for all of it because I've learned a lot, I've grown a lot from it, and I'm excited about this year. So Done.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah. Yeah, very cool. Very cool. Uh can I ask you a question? Uh sure, you already have. What is the most That's not my question?
SPEAKER_00:Can I ask you a question you just said?
SPEAKER_03:Yes, that's it. Done. Yeah. What is the most Vegas thing you saw this past year? And you made you say only here.
SPEAKER_00:Only here in Vegas? Uh I feel like there's a lot. Have you seen the people walking in the street? Uh yeah. Well that's yeah. What's one vegas thing that I saw? Or heard. Uh huh. Or heard. Or heard? Um you know what? I don't know.
SPEAKER_03:Okay. Yeah, what what about you? Mine was, I think it would be well, hopefully, well, maybe it'll be that Las Vegas was the economy was crumbling and everything was falling apart. I feel like this is the one town that you hear on the news every single year where the economy's bad, the real estate market's gonna crash. Like it didn't happen. You can be on a Tuesday somewhere, it's packed. So I felt like that was a very Vegas thing because nobody cares about Denver. Or, you know what I'm saying? Like, people don't talk about they talk about Vegas. For whatever reason, Vegas is every year is talked about in the news.
SPEAKER_00:And yeah, you know what was annoying? I actually, I don't know if it was on the pod I said it or on my no, I think it was on my Instagram stories. Um like how Vegas is dead. You and I have been to the strip many, many times. It is crowded. Crazy. It is crowded. It is, I'm like, they're taking videos at 3, 4 a.m. So I actually told somebody and I'm like, so what time did you do the video? No response. Right. Yeah, so so propaganda. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:You heard her here first. Yeah, oh, for sure. All right, what was so I know you wasn't your best year last year, but what was what was a win for you?
SPEAKER_00:Um let's get a let's see. As I like what was a big W. Big win. Um big win was understanding that things can wait. Health comes first. I think I think what my biggest learning lesson was um understanding what living in alignment looks like or what it should look like and what's gonna feel right for me, and it's just being with the people I love. Um so what to keep it in simple terms of sh short story long or long story short, it's uh I I want to go back to I was very happy when I was a college kid, and I didn't have a lot financially, houses, cars, and all of that, but I was really my happiness level was through the roof. And it was just like nothing uh nothing phased me per se, nothing scared me. I to give you guys an example, it's like I could take a road trip with not a lot of money, and I would not like now, right? I'm like, what if the tire blows out? Then I gotta get that fixed. And it's is my car gonna make it to Henderson, or is it not charging enough? Is it not making it to Henderson? That's a problem. Yeah, right, right. Um, so minimalism. Minimalism was my biggest learning lesson. It's like uh being minimalist, so it's like simplifying my life, just being healthy, happy, and finances, and just keeping good people around me, which I I've said this multiple, multiple times. I'm the luckiest kid in the world because I have such good relationships. I have good human beings in my life, and it's a lot of them. It's my family, it's my friends that have good values, run their own businesses, are financially stable, are growth-minded, are always looking to uh be in alignment, you know. So um, yeah, my tribe. My tribe is yeah, it's like minimalism for myself, however, my tribe, because it's just alone, nobody can get through life alone. We need community.
SPEAKER_03:We do. Absolutely. Yeah, I think I learned that lesson too this year was uh slowing down as well. So yeah, that was a big I think for both of us because we can just go, go, go, go, go. So we gotta make sure to be present and yeah, gratitude too. Having gratitude and reframed, you know, even negative stories. We all use negative stories in our heads, reframing those stories, having fierce conversations with people, you know, overcommunicate with people. Yeah. So yeah.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, very cool. Um, all right, so let's let's pick a fun one. Oh yeah, let's pick it up. Yeah, yeah, let's let's pick it up. It's I don't want to do anything real estate. I was surprised those questions were in there. I'm like, you want to talk real estate? Well, because we're starting the year with but what's something you have?
unknown:Huh?
SPEAKER_00:What's a question you have? Did you have one put it on?
SPEAKER_03:So a fun question, I had to go through this one again too, is what was uh the if somebody was gonna watch one pod on Run in Vegas to check us out? Uh what's the one pod? It was actually surprising for me. Okay. Because I went through them all and it was one that stands out for me. But uh, do you want me to go or do you want to pick yours?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, well, I want to see how did you choose it? Was it like the highest views or no? Did you feel I thought about that? Dr. Leia. Or did you choose it?
SPEAKER_03:She's like 500 views.
SPEAKER_00:Shout out Dr. Leia, she's still in Vegas. We need to go to lunch.
SPEAKER_03:We do. He's a boss. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Uh that was great pod. That was up there. For me, it was actually surprising. Okay. It was Javi from P Chase.
SPEAKER_02:Oh. So Okay, tell me more about that. He's a good soul.
SPEAKER_03:He's so chill. So I think that's why. So if you guys ever go to Pinches, say I had a Javi. Awesome dude. But the guy's the owner, guys. He's the owner.
SPEAKER_00:Give them contacts.
SPEAKER_03:But he just like talks shit the whole time. Like, it's I didn't know Javi. He just talks shit, but he's like fun and he's really nice. He gives you a big hug. Yeah. He's welcoming. Like he talks shit in a nice, like in a fun way, right? Like, but when he came on here, it was a whole nother side of spirituality, and the guys. Been running businesses for 18 years. He was he was a lot, he was a lot deeper than I thought. Yeah. It was like I was really like zenned out like after, and I'm like, I learned a lot from that pod. Yeah. So I really appreciate it. Shout out to Javi. Um, I feel like I haven't seen that guy in a while. We haven't seen him in a while, but um, that was a really good pod. So that not so much it had more to do with him. Good. That's what's important. Right. So uh so if you guys want to just pick up on some good energy and some good life advice, Javi just he crushed it. And I gotta watch the pod again because I'm very cool.
SPEAKER_00:I'm gonna have to see it again too. Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's a good kid, yeah. Yeah, he's a nice kid. Yeah, and and he doesn't take anything personal and he you you feel like you've known him for a while.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:It's like you guys, so I like that's good, but I like pozole, and it's this Mexican dish. If you guys don't know what it is, it's like a soup, I guess you could say, with hominy in it.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And I so Latino people, Mexican people, or Hispanic people, they eat that when they're hungover. Like that's a cure. Like you'll eat that and like as a family. That's how I need it every day. It's that's why I get it every day. So I'm at um that's exactly why. That's why it should be on the menu all the time. That's where my story's going. So I get there and I'm like, no posole, and I'm like, who would take posole off the menu? So Javi's there, and I'm like, bro, like what is going on? Why would you take like posole off the menu? Yeah. So literally the next day we were there, and um, he's like, We have pozole in. I'm like, since when? And he's like, Since you yelled at me yesterday. So, and true. It came out in this big bowl, yeah. And uh it's like, more people order posole. And it's like, yeah, it's like so, yeah.
SPEAKER_03:I like Javi, he's a good kid, it's a good dish. It's like much as I joke about you being hungry, this guy doesn't get hungover.
SPEAKER_00:So I don't get hangover, so yeah, I don't know. Thank God. I um took um, we were in Park City, and I was taking oh guys, talk about refusing. So I refuse to admit ever that I'm sick, and uh so so I I'm so John knows this. John's the same way though. He's like, Oh, I'll be 100% tomorrow, I'll be 100% tomorrow, I'll be 100% tomorrow. And I'm like, like my niece Sophia is the same way. Like she cries, you can see she's sick, like you hear it in her nose, you see it in her eyes. So I had been sick for what, maybe three, four weeks, and finally, uh um Jess Clymer, she's like, You need to go to the doctor. Some things do get worse. Guys, I had a sinus infection in an ear infection, and that's why all of it wasn't making sense. Yeah, it was 2025. That was 2025. We're leaving that behind, man. So we are leaving it behind. The point of the story is that we have uh the um, they gave me antibiotics that you take for 10 days, and I had a couple drinks, and it made me really sick, and the next day I would I felt like what I presume a hangover feels like. You guys, if that's what a hangover feels like, I would never drink again. I don't understand people that are like, yeah, I have a bad. I'm like, if that's the feeling, that would have been enough for me to never drink again. Yeah, I'm like, that is crazy how some people can go through something that traumatizing and then be like, I've never seen you so quiet in my life.
SPEAKER_03:Like traveling back, and he was just on my this. He didn't say anything 24 hours horrible. I'm like, this is not it. Yeah, but welcome to the world for everybody else. Yeah, I'm like, oh god. Um, so what was the moment last year you thought we're building something with running Vegas?
SPEAKER_00:Um, I think at the time where I started just being more on the show.
unknown:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:As you know, that's not uh something that I aspired to I I love being here. I'm gra yeah, I'm grateful I'm here. It's just it's not something that I had in the books for me. It still worked for me. So to be completely honest with you, I I I don't go back and look at it like you do. Like John's uh very professional. You go back what you could do better, how you sit, how you speak, how you, you know. Um I'm not that kid. I don't go back and look at myself. So, you know, um you don't want to hear the sniffles? Yeah, I don't want to hear the sniffles. As you can see, I'm like, I'm like, oh god. And I'm like, but um what was the question?
SPEAKER_03:Oh, so what was the one moment um last year that you're like we're building something when we run in Vegas?
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. Um, you know, when I finally wrapped it around my head and I'm like, you know what? And I had it. It was one of those nights when I I have a lot of nights when I don't sleep, but it's like 2 a.m. and I'm like, oh, John McNamara with interruptions by George, because I always interrupt you. So um we gotta add that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, we gotta add the picture too. It's just I want it to be make sense, so I want different pictures for us. But uh yeah, that's when I realized I'm like, you know what? I'm committed to this because it's like if I'm putting my name when like if it's my name's on there, then I feel responsible for it. Yeah, and but I do like to be more behind the scenes, yeah. That makes sense. But I gotcha. However, I'm having yeah, fun. I want to know this the about this year. Can I answer this, sir? Um no.
SPEAKER_03:So a big thing for me, it's okay. Amy Stevens coming down all the way from St. George being the pod. I thought that was really cool.
SPEAKER_00:That is really cool, and we're gonna have her back on. She's having her, yeah, she has another business. Uh she's starting off. We we talked to her briefly while you were doing CE classes. So we'll have Amy Stevens. Um man, I would love that. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:Um, you'll be on at this time too. So it'd be great to get your ass back. It's kind of fun now because I've had a lot of guests over the years, but um you've been kind of consistent over the last six months. So now we can kind of redo these interviews with you. So I think it brings a completely different dynamic. So I don't think we're re-treading, like, so to speak. Yeah, we can kind of get a different. Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:And yeah, and then yeah, I think it'll be fun. We still need Justin Spring if she's out here. We'll see. Yeah, we'll see.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, and it's like I need to feel a little sense of urgency here. Yeah. Justin said he was in combat here, and then he left us on red.
unknown:Right.
SPEAKER_00:Justin, Justin, our renewal is coming up, bro. This might make it work, bro. Tell us, bro, yeah. Uh, so what's what is one goal this year that scares you a little when you say it out loud?
SPEAKER_03:Um right down. Oh, thank you. Um, there's a couple, but I'll just we'll do the one. Uh 30 million. 30 million volume. 30 million volume close. Easy money. Easy money. Easy money. Scares me a little bit out.
SPEAKER_02:Yeah, I shouldn't.
SPEAKER_00:How about you? Uh just building my brand. I think I'm just gonna double down on social media, the CUI stuff, uh, which I know I excel at and I think it's gonna be really good. Um, and then just finding what I like and don't like. So yeah.
SPEAKER_03:I like that. Awesome. Uh what's the most underrated thing living in Las Vegas?
SPEAKER_00:Underrated? Yeah. Um I think just being able to eat whenever you want.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:You know? Yeah, that's underrated. I'm like, but it's like just having access to a restaurant at all times. That's awesome.
SPEAKER_03:Uh mine is just going downtown on Main Street. Nobody it seems like nobody thinks it's fun and cool, but like I love it.
SPEAKER_00:Like I do too. I do too. And I like that it feels like a real city. I'm not a strip person unless I'm gonna see a show in something fancy, but I never feel like the value is there. And it sounds like I'm talking mess about our city. But you guys, once upon a time, like tips were you know, to make sure you got good service. Vegas, I do, you know, I I'm all about fierce love, Vegas, especially service industry, especially if you're on the strip and everybody's spending a lot of money, stop acting like that's owed to you. Like, service needs to go up. And it's like I go to other I travel a lot. We travel a lot, and we go to places where it is out of this world, it's Hawaii, Mexico. It is that is what true service is. Yeah. Now people almost expected, like, okay, you look pretty, but you look pretty five minutes ago. Now what else? It's like your personality is that one of a rock. I'm like, what are we doing here? Right.
SPEAKER_03:It's interesting because Las Vegas used to be a leader in service, and it's really gone downhill. And you and I, speaking of pinches, full circle here, we met a someone in the industry and they talked about that during COVID because a bunch of people either got laid off during COVID or they left the state and it it brought in a whole different group of folks, but they lost the leadership of service, and that's what occurred. And that was like a learning lesson for me because I'm like, what's going on here? Because I used to we used to have the best service in town, and it's gone downhill.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah. You guys, you know what happens too? It's I like I am uh uh as much as I say the Americans, I am from San Francisco. But being from the Bay and Napa and all that area, it's you get good service everywhere. Everyone's friendly, everyone talks like they know each other. It's just a culture.
SPEAKER_04:Yeah.
SPEAKER_00:So it's unfortunate to see a culture here where that has gone down. Yeah.
SPEAKER_03:And it's just we've never been really nice to each other here, but we at least we had the service, and now it's like it's kind of like that has gone into the service, which is weird.
SPEAKER_00:And to your point, I think the arts district does bring that. It's like all the kids are friendly, they can all joke, you're like, okay. And you feel connected.
SPEAKER_03:Right, right, right, right, right. All right, I got two more questions for you. I know we've got to wrap this up. What's your perfect perfect day in Vegas?
SPEAKER_00:While I'm at work or not work.
SPEAKER_03:Whatever perfect day, yes.
SPEAKER_00:Um, I like to go into the office, you know it humbles me. So it's like, so I'll say going into work, whatever time I please, getting stuff done, uh, going to a brunch. I love brunches. Um if I am drinking, um I I still like to be in bed by eight, even if I don't fall asleep. Um so spending time with my dog Luna, my friends, that's my perfect day in Vegas. And sunny weather outside. It doesn't have to be hot, but if it's under 80, uh, it's a little cold for me. So above 80. He's in hibernation mode right now, guys. Yeah, you guys, I don't do well in the cold. And uh yeah, that's the perfect day. It's just a brunch, go to the office, hang out with friends, hang out with my dog, go out for a walk, get a true fusion class in.
SPEAKER_03:So ours are basically the same. Oh, okay. The only thing I would add to it, I had sunny, uh, my coffee in the morning, uh, go on a hike, which you and I have gone away from. I don't so that should that should be part of our 75 power game that back in.
SPEAKER_00:We used to go in COVID during the weekends.
SPEAKER_03:Yes.
SPEAKER_00:Yeah, but then you started dating.
SPEAKER_03:Yeah, I know. Am I waiting? Yeah, then all of a sudden. Instead of brunch downtown. There you go. Okay, at the end of this year, how will I ask that one? How will you know you actually became the person you said you want to be? Go.
SPEAKER_00:Uh, just being here.
SPEAKER_03:Being here. What about you? Uh 108 pounds. Uh uh elevate my so lose weight. Uh but you look so good the way you are right now. Thank you. Elevate my identity and help change people's lives.
SPEAKER_01:All right, guys, we're running Georgia.
SPEAKER_03:Thank you for having me again. Take care of yourselves, guys. Cheers, guys. Cheers. Happy New Year.