Join Anne & Kelli for their 234th NEW episode of #ilovemywife podcast. They are again podcasting from home!

They start by wishing a happy birthday to Anne’s Musical Director and bestie Will. They wish him the best day and year ahead and can’t wait to continue to travel the world with him.

Before getting to the holidays, they first talk about going to see the movie Wicked! They went to the IPIC theater at Fulton Street in Manhattan that serves drinks and food and had the most amazing time. They loved the movie and the performances and highly recommend it to everyone!

Now they get to heading down to Louisiana for the Thanksgiving holiday. They started in New Orleans where they stayed at their favorite hotel there, The Ritz Carlton. They love the club level there and all of the fabulous holiday decorations. They had wonderful lunches and dinners with Kelli’s brother Charles and sister-in-law Kath, got Botox from Kelli’s sister Claire at her practice, Audubon Facial Plastics, and had a family dinner at Peche.

Next, they headed to Baton Rouge for the first Thanksgiving since losing Kelli’s father Joel. They knew it would be an emotional trip but it felt so good to be surrounded by their huge family. Every night was a different theme dinner night from Lebanese to Mexican. Thanksgiving Day started with the Macy’s Day Parade and then a lunch in the country at Kelli’s birth father Charles’ home surrounded by that huge family with lots of young children to enjoy. They then headed back to Kelli’s Mom Melanie’s house for their traditional Thanksgiving dinner. This was where Joe’s presence was missed the most as he always carved the turkey, did the blessing and led a circle up with everyone saying what they are grateful for that year. Melanie did a great job leading the prayer and saying something beautiful to honor Joel. After dinner we all watched the Green Bay Packers win to make the night end in the absolute best way!

The rest of the weekend started with the cousins annual Black Friday shopping trip. While they were away, Kelli’s brother Charles made his delicious Chicken and Andouille Gumbo for dinner that night. It also happened to be their daughter Vivi’s 22nd birthday and Charles’ 55th birthday so they had a cake after dinner. Now that all the cousins are young adults, they decided to take Vivi out for her birthday and lucky for her, our son Blake offered to be the sober driver. They all had quite a night and Blake and his wife Teresa ended up being more of babysitters than they expected. Needless to say, everyone but Blake was totally hungover the next day. They all headed to the airport on Saturday with some flight delays, but even so, they were happy to be back home again.

Finally, they talk about what comes next for them. Mostly they are excited to be home now through the holidays. They will start packing for their big move after Christmas and they are not looking forward to that. Anne also talks about her next concert that is coming up in Ft Lauderdale at Sunshine Cathedral on Feb 1st. You can find all of Anne’s tour dates and info at www.annesteele.com

If you want to join them on a gig trip, email Kelli at Kelli@Kelligreggtravel.com For more info on Kelli’s trips go to www.kelligreggtravel.com

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Join Anne & Kelli for their 232nd NEW episode of #ilovemywife podcast. They are again podcasting from home. First, they thank everyone for their support during their time of loss. After losing Kelli’s father they have been in a difficult headspace but of course life goes on and they have been trying to process their feelings while still working and traveling.

That leads to them talking about Anne’s work trip on the Oceania Insignia sailing for 11 days from New York to Montreal. It was her debut as a headliner on this brand and she talks about her shows and connecting with the guests. They also talk about hanging with the Cruise Director Carson, the booker Katie coming on board to see Anne’s show, Kelli’s weird room service voice, almost going to the wrong cruise port in NY and all of the cool ports they experienced along the way.

They talk about ending the trip in Montreal and staying for 2 extra nights to experience it for the first time! They stayed at the Warwick Le Cristal and had the most amazing corner suite with a fireplace and a giant soaker tub! They talk about their Day One and going to Old Town, Mexican food at Sabrosa, Vietnamese food for dinner at Le Red Tiger and heading to the gay Village area for karaoke at Le Normandie. Next it was Day Two and they took a Secret Food Tour that took them all over the Mile End area of Montreal with food stops at Wilensky’s for fried baloney sandwiches, St Viatur for bagels, the walk up window at Comptior for gnocchi, Poutineville for poutine with smoked meat on top and finally Café Grazie Mille for cannoli and espresso. After all of that, they ended the night with Thai food room service by the fireplace!

They also talk about being excited to head home. Kelli got her next covid booster, Anne made lists and went grocery shopping, the saw Sunset Boulevard on Broadway and LOVED it, they cooked in a lot, and had some lunches at local places including Blue Anchor in Jersey City. Next Kelli heads to Baton Rouge for some time with her Mom and then is off to Las Vegas for an annual travel conference. Anne will stay home and get the apartment decorated for Christmas and work on music for her upcoming annual Christmas show on Dec 4th at Green Room 42 in NYC. There are also LIVE STREAM tickets if you aren’t in NYC. Also don’t forget that Anne has an upcoming show in Palm Springs Nov 16th at Toucan’s Tiki Lounge! You can find all of Anne’s tour dates at www.annesteele.com

Finally, they talk about their former podcast guests Gillian and Kim that own the Asheville Bee Charmer. They lost both of their stores during Hurricane Helene and they could definitely use some support. Their online store is still open and it’s the perfect time to grab some gifts or stocking stuffers and support a lesbian owned business. They 40 different varieties of honey, beeswax candles, body care, t-shirts and more! Check out their website and definitely check out or favorite, the firecracker honey! www.ashevillebeecharmer.com

If you want to join them on a gig trip, email Kelli at Kelli@Kelligreggtravel.com For more info on Kelli’s trips go to www.kelligreggtravel.com

As always you can stream on the DNR Studios app or you can listen anywhere you get your podcasts for free! Follow them on socials here:

IG: @ilovemywifepodcast @theannesteele @kcarpenter123 @kelligreggtravel

FB: ilovemywife theRealAnneSteele KelliGreggTravel