00:00Try that.
00:01Dave wouldn't lose it.
00:02I can't wait till he sees this.
00:05I'm like, oh.
00:07Get much better.
00:08Mm-hmm. Yeah.
00:11Hey, everybody.
00:13It's Bottoms Up with LBF.
00:15Bottoms Up with LBF.
00:17What are we making today, LB?
00:18Well, here's the thing.
00:20In today's episode of Bottoms Up,
00:22we're missing two things.
00:24Dave Falcone and booze.
00:27Yeah, why did I get to be the special guest
00:29when we're not having alcohol?
00:30Well, because Dave's not here and-
00:32And you don't have a drink?
00:33I don't have a drink.
00:34But also, everyone's like going on vacations
00:36and Melissa and I are constantly calling each other
00:38and saying, don't you feel like a glass of wine tonight?
00:41And then we'll say, no, no, we're not going to have one.
00:43So why-
00:43Because it's usually Tuesday.
00:44Yeah, exactly.
00:45So a mocktail might be a fun thing to have.
00:47Yes.
00:48So that's what I'm going to make right now.
00:49Okay, exciting.
00:50I'm going to get some ice.
00:51Wait, we're going to help?
00:52Why don't you introduce yourself?
00:53So I'm Melissa Mayer.
00:54I've been best friends with Lauren Beckham Falcone
00:58since I was a freshman in high school and she was a sophomore.
01:01And it has been nothing but a fun ride.
01:04No kidding, right?
01:05Right? We are very old now,
01:06but that's okay because we look great.
01:08Okay, here's what you do.
01:09I'm supposed to muddle these.
01:11They look frozen.
01:12They are a little frozen.
01:13Here's why it's a great idea to use frozen blueberries.
01:16In your drink? Because it makes it cold?
01:19Lemon?
01:19The other thing too is these blueberries.
01:22Minch are not explosive diarrhea blueberries
01:24because they're not fresh.
01:25They're frozen.
01:26So that's important.
01:28Also, I didn't get that on, right?
01:29Can you add the parasites on the blueberries as well?
01:32I thought it was just in lettuce and Taco Bell.
01:34I don't know.
01:37I'm not taking my chances, all right?
01:39What we're making, by the way,
01:40is a blueberry lemon spritz, okay?
01:41So I'm going to take these.
01:43Thanks, Melissa.
01:44Take these berries, good job,
01:46and I'm just going to muddle them like this real quick.
01:50Oh, this is actually really confused.
01:52Sometimes people are like,
01:53oh, fancy toys, things like that.
01:55We don't need fancy toys.
01:56We need a will to live and this.
01:59Okay, so that's muddled.
02:00Muddle the way.
02:01All right, then cut these in half.
02:04Do you need two?
02:06I'm not going to strain this.
02:08Okay.
02:08We're not straining.
02:09We're not Dave Falcone.
02:11No, so we got this.
02:12Ice.
02:13You want to do this, Melissa?
02:15I'll do this.
02:15Melissa, while we're here, while you're doing this,
02:19I don't measure, by the way.
02:20One of the things that Dave does that I don't do,
02:21I don't measure, I wing it.
02:23And this isn't a cocktail, so you don't have to.
02:25Did you squeeze enough of that?
02:26Yeah.
02:27Did you leave any?
02:27I mean, jeez.
02:28Let me use your arm.
02:29My muscles, you go to the gym.
02:31Yeah, all right, perfect.
02:32Okay.
02:32Do you want both halves then?
02:33Yes, please.
02:34Okay, both halves of lemon.
02:36And?
02:36They're on the Food Network right now.
02:38Right, exactly.
02:39This one's, these lemons are a little cold.
02:41I know.
02:42So a cold fruit, as we like to say, is a stingy fruit.
02:45They were on the fridge.
02:46Oh my God.
02:47Oh God.
02:48Oh my God.
02:49I did a workout yesterday.
02:52Melissa, you're in the real estate biz, right?
02:55Yes, I am.
02:56Tell me, what is the number one thing a person can do if they want to sell their house?
03:01This is agave syrup.
03:02Paint!
03:03Oh, this is agave syrup.
03:04We're just going to put a little sugar in there.
03:05It's fine.
03:06No big deal.
03:06It's fine.
03:06No big deal.
03:07And then we're going to muddle some.
03:09Well, let's do this.
03:11Smack them in.
03:12You like to smack it.
03:12Punish it.
03:13Yeah.
03:13And smack pieces in there.
03:16You can do it too.
03:17The more the merrier.
03:18The more the merrier.
03:18The more the merrier.
03:20Smack it.
03:21I'm going to stir this up a little bit with the muddle.
03:24Okay.
03:24All right, answer this question.
03:25So painting.
03:26Painting is the number one thing you can do regardless.
03:30If you're selling, if you're not going to sell for five years, is get the entire interior
03:33house painted.
03:35Do something neutral.
03:37Make it bright and light.
03:39And if your exterior needs to be painted, please paint the exterior.
03:42That's the first thing people see when they pull up.
03:44People get nervous because it costs so much to paint.
03:46She's literally straining.
03:47I think it's the-
03:49I don't think it's going to work because they're frozen.
03:51That's okay.
03:52We'll just do what we do.
03:55So it's a little bit expensive to freeze.
03:58You mean to paint?
03:59To paint.
04:00Not to freeze.
04:01I feel like it's the biggest bang for your buck.
04:05It's the biggest return you're going to get is painting.
04:07If you paint before you list, and I always like to say to my sellers, paint a couple of
04:13years before you're going to list.
04:14Just a nice coat of paint so you can also enjoy it.
04:17Right.
04:17All right.
04:17Enjoy that splash.
04:19Smile.
04:27You can never get enough blueberries unless they have cyclospora on it.
04:31Unless they have cyclospora.
04:32This is your blueberry lemon spritz.
04:34Cocktail, mocktail.
04:36Listen, you could throw some vodka in there if you want to.
04:38You could put gin in this.
04:39Yeah, you could.
04:40So wait.
04:41What time is it?
04:43It's not Tuesday.
04:48Did you get a little, I probably should strain that a little bit more.
04:51No.
04:51What's it need?
04:52I think it needs a little bit more sweet, but it's very refreshing.
04:56Let's see.
04:57And if you put tequila in it, it would actually be even better.
05:01Oh, yeah.
05:01You know what?
05:02It does.
05:02It's a little tart.
05:03It's a little tart.
05:03Watch this.
05:04But that's okay.
05:05See, we just, we improvise.
05:06We're not.
05:08Listen.
05:09These two girls used to drink in the woods.
05:11We know how to improvise.
05:11Yeah, what's wrong with the kids today?
05:12They don't drink in the woods anymore.
05:13No, it's silly.
05:14All right.
05:14Try that.
05:16Dave wouldn't lose it.
05:17I can't wait until he sees this.
05:20Okay.
05:22Yeah, much better.
05:23Mm-hmm.
05:24Yeah.
05:24Okay.
05:25Use a little bit more of the agave syrup.
05:27It's not bad for you.
05:28No, that's delicious.
05:30Okay.
05:30That is fabulous.
05:31Cheers.
05:32Hey, this is Melissa Mayer joining us by Bottoms Up.
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