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it's today with jenna and chanel with today's guest actress and comedian sherry shepherd it It all starts right now. Hi, everybody. Thank you for being with us today. It's Thursday, October 22nd. We made it till Thursday. It's Thurs-day. There's no word for Thursday. No, I don't like it. Can I just be honest? Yeah. And sorry, Craig. The Fri-yay Eve? I don'T like how he says Friyay. I just don't Like it. What is it about Friay Eve that you don't love? Well, not only does it give me sort of dad nerd vibes, I'm telling. I feel like I drank some sort of, like, tooth serum. Yeah. But also, let's just give Thursday its own day. Right. Let's give it its own way. Okay. All right. And, you know, now, are you of the opinion that not every day needs a thing? I just am like, it's Thursday. And, by the way, in college, Thursday was a very fun night to go out. That is true. Oh, yeah, that's true. Thursday has its own thing. I still, I like Thursdays because I'm like, tomorrow's Friday. Yeah. But I don't need to call it Friday Eve. So it's like, essentially, Dear Thursday, you are enough. Yes. Okay. Yes. And can I say something else? Sure. I don't really like Friday while we're at it. Oh, really? No. Just call it Friday. We all know that it's fun. We don't need to call it Fry-yay. It's implied? Friday is fun, but the record show that next Thursday, I'm going to have Craig come walking out of the show. Can I say somebody else? Uh-oh. I don' t like Hump Day. Oh, you're just going for the jugular. I don't like how they say hump day. It's like it's just Wednesday, you know? And we know that Wednesday is in the middle of the week, and therefore it's hump day, but I think it's virtuous. So do you not like the Sunday scaries? Well, Sunday sceries, I think, is a real thing that describes a feeling. Oh, my gosh. I think the Sunday scaries describe how people feel, and I think sometimes when you have a case of the Mondays, that's a real case. A case of a Monday. Just hump day- So, come Tuesday, drop all whatever's. Yeah, I don't like Tuesday if he makes it a thing. How about Taco Tuesday? I like having a taco on a Tuesday. Again, that's an act of doing something. Listen, this is what... Having the scurries is an act of doing a thing, as opposed to just... Having a case of the Mondays means you've spilled something, you're, you know, not having a great day. Hub day, it's just hub day, hub day. You know, it comes... It's from that commercial. I know. What was it? I like that camel. I don't like hump day. The camel is retired. Okay. All right, Jenna has spoken. Sorry, guys. I feel opinionated today. Should we talk about Kiki Palmer? Let's talk about Kiki Palmer. And don't tell Craig. Meanwhile, his Instagram's like, ping, ping, pong. So we all love Kiki around here. So she was on the Friends Keep Secrets podcast. She opened up about her struggles with flirting. Look at this. This is how I'm flirting. Tell me if you feel like that this is flirting. Yeah. Look at you. Okay. Yeah, love it. Yeah, you better go. I think that's great I don't think you're talking to a kid or something as I start talking they getting this friend zone I think as soon as I started talking because I'm just trying to be uplifting. Yeah Churchy maybe I'm a little like yeah That's hilarious I get it that is definitely aggressive All right, you know what? I mean? It's like she's like aggressive. It's a very cheery or something or like the thing is that's her personality it is her she's like that when she's with us and i think most people love kiki for that yeah but maybe it takes the right kind of man to take that energy and raise it or or like you know do something for her maybe yeah but i love that she's a like a cheerleader yeah do you know what i mean i'd like you go you yeah but I'm sure he's like are you into me dang right but i feel like the right man kiki will take that energy and like Sean Evan is that his name yeah do you know what I mean maybe that's he needs that and what's so interesting is if you look at this video I don't know if we can roll it again look how hot she looks like gorgeous she's got legs for days she tells me she was telling me she does like all sorts of like squats and stuff like that look at that she's off the show I mean she's a sexy young woman yeah do not I mean she definitely is so maybe she's I mean you know I'm not like I said I'm not gonna tell her to reel it in because I think the right man now if you had to teach Kiki how to flirt. I think I have a Kiki syndrome. Let's pretend I'm a date. I just think I dominate. Okay. Ooh. No, no, no. Why is everybody so? Frye. Yeah, y'all. A little thirsty Thursday, huh? She is. I know you flirt. Wait, do you use your eyes? No. Do you? Yes, you do. First of all, this show. Yes, This show made me realize that I do that. Like, I don't do that on purpose. It looks like I just get Botox in one. No, it's a flirty. It's kind of. So am I flirting with the viewers when I have breaking news? Let's see how you do it. Like, if I say, like, breaking news today, it goes up. But if I stay, you're so cute. Oh you do it. So maybe it's just this whole little personality. Which one which one is the one that goes wrong the left or the right? Well you tell me. Okay say something. Okay hey you want to go out tonight? Yes. It's like your eyebrow speaks for you. From here to here it's like if I think you're hot this part of my face will tell you. That little eyebrow comes to attention. Right? What about you? Did you flirt with Henry? Sure. How old were you when you first met him? Like 23. Okay. What did you do? I kind of, I mean, I probably was like geeky bummer too, but exactly. We kind of are alpha personalities. So I kind OF feel like as opposed to trying to reel in the alpha, find a guy who can alpha the alpha. Yeah. And if you can alpha my alpha, then. Ooh, if you could alpha my Alpha, that needs to be sewn on a pillow. All right, you guys. Halloween is nine days away. So if you haven't gone out to party city or DIY did or whatever you do it's time to do it now and many people are excited except a friend of ours creator Eli Rallo she is calling Halloween her bench holiday okay my bench holiday is Halloween and by that I mean I sit on the bench for Halloween a few years ago I came on TikTok and said everybody needs a bench holiday that's just a holiday you sit the bench before it doesn't mean that you dislike it it just means that you like don't want to participate it's just too much for me to also do the Halloween thing and then that's not to say I dislike it like I love to do in my own way but I'm benched I'm really benched you look what are you being probably I'm like nothing nothing I love Eli but wow she was talking fast an espresso martini before yeah exactly I have a theory go ahead okay so I think the reason why for her Halloween can be a bench holiday is because of the season she's in in her life yeah if you're on a block with a bunch of four-year-olds good luck with your bench holiday your phone your doorbell is gonna be ringing off the cork just Just you wait just you wait. Where's that from a Hamilton. She likes to pop out. She did it the other day in Ireland too And I'm like, we're what was that? I don't remember what it was. You're like, I don' know. You started singing like Anyway, so I think that's easier said than done to have a Halloween be a bench holiday Yeah, wait till you're a parent because then you're like all in yeah or in a neighborhood where there's like toddlers all over the place. I feel like I'm nervous. I'm about to join her. I feel like i'm aging out. I don't understand why you can't put on us a little put on a little costume. Why are you trying to make me a hot mama? Put on a little spandex and go to the club. Why can't you make it your own? Can you imagine? Yes I can. Me putting on some spandax first of all and going to what club? Where I don' t look like the 50 year old in the club? I know but I just mean, why can't you get some girlfriends? Like, why couldn't you host a little Halloween party? That sounds pitiful. Why? What are you doing? See, go ahead. Tell America what you're doing. Going trick-or-treating with my seven-year-old. Can we tell them what you'll be doing? Yeah, sure. Okay. I'm going to be Diet Coke, and Henry's going to be Coke. Why? Only Sean clapped. I'm like, look in the kitchen. People's faces are like, wait, they don't like it. Y'all don't know what I'm talking about. Y'All don't want to be like it? No one clapped, literally. I think that's funny. Do you have, like, a can outfit? I'm wearing a can. I think that's funny. And Poppy's going to bedazzle mine. What are they going to be? Poppy. Oh, you can't say. Oh, Poppy. Oh, she can be Poppy. But I have to DIY that. You would. And I'm not good at that. Well, I don't know yet. So have they aged out as, like. The family thing where everybody's. Oh, they won't ever do that. Have they ever? They did when they were little, right? Oh, Hal was once a New York City rat. And I was a slice of pizza. Right. But now he won't. He won't play. They won't do it. Well, enjoy. Wait, sorry, you're going door to door? Oh, yeah. But we go to a friend's house before. We have some drinks. So you make it like a party. Last year, I was a mall walker. I don't know, y'all. It's fun. I think it's fun, too. I usually, can I tell you a little secret? Yeah. Okay, so they're very strict about the Halloween costumes here on the Today Show, right? I'm almost scared to say it, but the statute of limitations, I think I'm good. So, like, you don't have to wear the costumes. You're not supposed to wear it. You're supposed to take off the costumes, so we definitely have to take out the wigs, because those are from Saturday Night Live. But sometimes my costumes are, like... Well, like last year at Beyonce. So did you go out? There's one. Can I tell you which one I took? Which one? I'm just worried that the 30 Rock guys will come find me. It's too late. You're never going to find it where I hid it. So like when I was Janet Jackson. You took Janet Jackson? Now what have you? So, okay. Now we know you have the attire. But here's the problem. Now I have it. I'm like, what do I do with it? You dress up as Janet and you have your girlfriends over. you serve a little Aperol Spritz and y'all dance. Okay, I'll keep you posted. I wore it out that, I remember I wore to the village and I'm walking around. Or you go to the club. Maybe, but it was very military-esque. Remember Rhythm Nation? Oh, yeah. And I remember all the kids were like, are you a police officer? And I'm like, I am Janet Jackson. Who? I'm, like, you know what? You're, like bowed down to Janet Jackson Anyway. All right. Well, we've got a great show for y'All today. Actress and comedian Sherri Shepherd is here. She's going to tell us all about her history making role on Broadway. But first, we are solving your social dilemmas. Don't miss it. It's time to help our viewers figure out some tricky situations in a series we like to call Social Dilemmas, okay? Here's the first one, ready? My sister wants me to watch my nieces while she travels. I told her they cannot bring their iPads since I don't allow my kids to have them. She thinks I'm being too strict. I said, my house, my rules. What do you think? I love it. Totally. Yeah. We're all for it. I failed. So if you win, I would love for my kids to come over there and be like, sorry, auntie Jenna says no. You know what I mean? It's more work for you. Exactly. Have fun being no on no technology is a serious job, but if you're up to it, we're up too. We say yes. Let her do it. Okay. Next one. Ethan and I recently made it official after four months of dating, but when he introduces me to people, he still just says, Oh, this is Kelly. Not this is my girlfriend Kelly shall say something why are we the hmm from the background should I say something even the Diet Coke cost like do you care sometimes I don't think I wouldn't care would you did Henry say oh this is my girlfriend probably does he have like names for you like honey or boo or sweet cakes no if He called me, if he called me sweet cakes. Wait, by the way, earlier this week when I was wearing red, remember this? And I walked onto the set, and Al goes, hey, big red. And all the girls are like, no, no, don't say that. I was like, did you just call me big red? Yeah, and Savannah's like, oh, my God, I can't believe you did that. And then Al leans over to me, and he's like, what did I do? And I said, you can't say anything that takes up space. You can't call somebody a woman big. I was like, say skinny red, you know? And then he was like... And then, he came up with all these other things. But it's so funny. Yeah, he was, like, sorry, tall red. Yeah, we were, like... No. Not okay. But do you have a name? Is it a secret? No, I think he calls me, like honey a lot. When we were really young, he called me shiny. Shining? Shiny. Like, hey, shiny. Hi, shiny, why? I don't know. That was our nicknames for each other. And what was yours for him? Pup. I know. Who am I to say no to Fri-yay after all? Who amI? Can you put pup in a sentence, please? Hi, pup. All right, last one. Okay, moving on. My friend got married. Yeah. She got married last weekend, and another friend brought her new boyfriend as an uninvited plus one claiming she didn't read the invite carefully the bride refused him entry due to strict per person fees and now they refuse to speak oh who is right and what do i do you oh you stay out of it yeah you don't have anything to do with it yeah that's true i mean you can't i mean don't you just scoot over and let him sit down i guess so and then I do think it's strange that to a was it to a wedding yes it's weird to bring somebody that's not invited to a wedding without that is weird you know what I noticed a lot of people did my siblings and their friends I looked up at the reception at my wedding and all of a sudden it was like extra crowded and it's because they came in the reception people came people crashed your wedding they didn't crash well like yeah they did that's an outrage yeah my dance floor was pretty crowded was it fun that they crashed I didn't even care I mean we had horns and yeah you weren't going to say please leave. I was like, hey! Open bar! Have fun! You know what I mean? Whatever. I know. I think people take things too seriously. I think everybody needs to just breathe. That's true. You know? So maybe just tell your friends, you stay out of it. Yeah. And they'll figure it out. Or they won't and it's none of your business. Okay. There you go. All right. If you have a social dilemma, tell us about it at JennaAndChanel.com. Okay, up next, the show, Sherri Shepherd. She's stepping into some big shoes on Broadway and making history. She'll join us right after this. She is an actress, talk show host, and comedian who has been making us laugh for years. And now, Sherri Shepherd is taking her talents to a whole new world. Don't you dare close your eyes. Sherri is making Broadway history as the first woman ever to play the genie in Disney's Aladdin. Sherri, how does that sit with you? Breaking boundaries. You know what? Just the fact that I'm taking on this iconic role. You remember Robin Williams from it, Will Smith from it. I James Aguilhart, who won the Tony and Michael James Scott. It's like, wow, to be the first woman. And they and they refer to me as, you know, welcome to the genie club. That's what Michael James Gott and James Aguhart said. And I was like, oh, my gosh, I am part of this genie family. But to know that I am opening doors for other women to come in and play this role. and you know little girls to say i want to because everybody wants to be then maybe they don't want to be the princess right yeah but they want to be The Genie you can see it you can be it you can absolutely so did you have to kind of change it up a little bit because you are a woman like the dynamic of your character honey let me tell you something genie been in that lamp for 10 years she hot flashes okay all right it's it's there's things going on here you know that's cute and yes there's a and it's a lot more you know with the male genies it's joshing around it's broke yeah with a female genie for me it's like she's been in the land for 10 years you think she doesn't want a child and now aladdin is there he sings a song called proud of your boy he doesn't have a mother oh so it's now that you like now yeah so instead of like joshing around i'm fixing his clothes i'm touching him i'm proud of him i'M GIVING YOU THINGS THAT I WOULD NEVER GET BECAUSE I LOVE YOU SO BEAUTIFUL IT'S A LOT MORE OF THAT GOING ON WITH THE FEMALE GENIE And now I'm excited because when they open the door for a genie that's in her 20s, she's going to be like, Jasmine who? I'm right here, baby. It's a different kind of chemistry. So you make it your own. We've talked with a lot of Broadway stars. It'S a lot. I mean, it's eight shows a week or however many you do. You're dancing, you're singing. How are you feeling? I want to give a shout out to the entire Broadway community because it's physically demanding. It is emotionally Demanding I mean just singing because you're giving energy to an entire theater. Yeah, so it's not like hey girl. It's I just blew out my sound. I'll probably Every time let's say I live in Des Moines and I come in it's the first time I've been on Broadway and I want To see Aladdin so there's so many people in the audience where it might be their first And so this may be your umpteenth show but you still bring it come out I have to come out with so much energy because I want you to feel it all the way in the back Yes, you know, so it is that and when I'm off the stage, I'm just like, okay Yeah, okay last time you're here. You actually asked us to set you up with a short king Yes with good credit and we've got a nice teeth. You did You know you got it because I was telling everybody I was selling everybody so yeah fair I got him, but now you guys she got a man. He brought his own teeth in his own credit I love it because he's retired military. Thank you. I heard he can come to him. Thank for your service And he's like and he cares nothing about Hollywood like I asked him if he wanted to meet Tom Cruise He was right there. He said, we're going to see the movie. What do I need to meet him for? That's what I like. And he cooks, girl. Yes, he does. He's been cooking. Well, you're on the health journey. Is he a healthy? What does he cook? Girl, he made pork ribs with no barbecue sauce with asparagus. He made a ribeye. He makes salmon. He can make sea bass. We were saying you look amazing. Honey, because he feed me. He is feeding me. That is the weight of my heart. and my butt okay he is look at this what is happening you're lifting weights well you know what when you get in this season of your life you must be lifting like heavy weights yeah it's no longer and i'm a thing of going i'll go to the gym when i get a chance you gotta go to the gym or or lift something yes or move you now we have to start moving yeah our body because now we're getting you know things like sciatica start happening you know what's on my you know what's my on my um timeline for social media it used to be being cute and you know pop it like it's hot. Now it's hip mobility exercise. No. Okay? How to be sexy with your hips. You don't realize how much you need those hips till you can't do a squat. Oh my goodness. So your son Jeffrey, he recently started college. He's in college. Are you an empty nester in a sense? Is he away? Girl, he is away. I'm wandering around a place like a ghost. Yeah, that is. I love it that he's so independent. He calls me every once in a while. His voice, he sounds like Barry White. I mean, And he is like, he's independent, which I love, but I still want my baby. Oh, my goodness. So, you really are in a new era. I am in a New Era, girl. It's a girl he likes. I was like, what girl taking my place? And, you know, it's like she gets to call him, like, pet names. You know, I am a New Era. You're on Broadway. You got a man. He's cooking. Girl, he is cooking. And thank you for your service again. He is cooking! It is nice. It's nice to have somebody to laugh with. You deserve that. I get to travel now with somebody. Because it was always the ladies, girls. We would travel together, all my girls. I'm like, I ain't calling y'all for another three years. I'm good. My God, Sherri, we love you so much. But you're not going anywhere. Sherri's going to stick around. We're going to see if she'll grant some wishes. Yes. In a fun game. We're gonna play right after this. Sherri. You are the fun game, whenever you're with us. we are back with one of our favorite sherry shepherd who is making magic on broadway as the genie and in latin so today we are playing a game called granted or banished we just had to slow down and breathe okay so sherry yes on one shoulder you'll see an amazing wish okay but on the other shoulder there's a catch okay so we're going to read both to you and then you have to decide if the wish is worth it. All right. Are you ready? All right, okay, the first one. You can date any celebrity you want. But your son has to come on every date. Do you grant it or do you banish it? Well, if he got to come on every day, I'm banishing it. Banishing it, I agree. What's the point? Banish it. Okay, here we go. Okay, the next one. You can have an unlimited designer clothes for life. Yes. Let me let you live in that for a second. Okay. Now, but your ex gets to pick every outfit. Oh, you know, my ex that I paid the alimony to. Granted or banished? Who take me to court? Banished. He'll have me in a potato sack. Oh, gosh. We want you to get one wish. Who's not throwing in my ex-husband? and Jeffrey. Okay, here's another one. Here's another ones. You get an all-expenses-paid luxury getaway with your bestie, Niecy Nash Betts. Yes. Are you ready? But every conversation you have gets played on national television. It actually could be a new hit podcast. Y'all don't even want to know what goes on between Niecy and Nash. Granted or banished. You know what, though? I'm going to have to say granted. Yay! There you go. That's a podcast I'd listen to. That's your podcast. There you go. Next one, you can marry your longtime crush, Lenny Kravitz. Oh, yes. Yeah, your boyfriend won't mind. Yeah, because he eats the whole past. Boyfriend who? What? But here's the deal. You have to always wear leather. Leather at all times. Girl, we will be the leather twins, honey. Yes, I'll be chopping down trees in leather with Lenny Kravis. Yes. Yes. Okay, last one. You can win a Tony for your performance in Aladdin. Oh, my goodness. All right, you want to live in there for a second? Okay. Okay, now it's my turn. But you have to give your acceptance speech in your underwear. Do you grant it or banish it? Well, as long as Disney don't mind, grant that wish. Maybe not be for the kids, but I'll be right out there in that doggone G-string. With her Tony. With my Tony. I love it. All right. We love you, Sherry. We love Sherry the best. Be sure to catch Sherri as the genie in Aladdin through January 3rd at the New Amsterdam Theater right here in New York City. Yes, if you're coming to New York for the holidays, Thanksgiving, Christmas, go see the genies. Ladies, come on out because there's a lot of dancers with no shirts on. Hey! Come on, fellas. There's a whole lot of singers and dancers and we'll be right out there in the back on the stage door. Come on. Yes. We're going to make it for a girls' night. That's it. Thank you, Sherri. Coming up next, creative Halloween costume ideas you can DIY right after this. Love, drink, All right y'all it is crunch time for Halloween costumes and if you still have no idea what you're going to be this year you're in luck. Lindsay Pierce the owner and chief party girl at the craft studio here in New York has some creative costumes for everybody today. You know what we still have time to DIY. You have time and I am a true believer DIY should not be super hard. These things you can do easily you can get some stuff from the store a little glue gun magic we got my mom once made me a juicy fruit box costume you know what sometimes the homemade ones the DIY ones are the ones you remember the most exactly okay I was a DIY present okay so with that said the first step we have the toy of the year oh yeah so here we have Luke as a neato You guys look great. These costumes are amazing. Aren't they cool? These are completely DIY. Luke, this is my little guy. It's a box. Say hi, bud. With printed out logos from the internet and some dot stickers. And then I just shoved that squishy in a hole in the front of the box. And you're a neato. That is perfect. You can't find it on the shelf, but you can be one. My kids always look for the dumplings at Five Below. But this is the cutest dumpling I've ever had. But this is the cutest dumpling I've ever seen. Skylar is crushing it. I took a bento box and just weaved an elastic string in for the hat. And then the dumpling is old school paper mache, newspaper and glue around a big balloon and fabric that I just stapled on. So cute little face. Guys, you did a great job. Thank you so much. Are you guys going to wear, do a thumbs up if you're going to wearing it on Halloween? Yay! Okay, where do they go? I don't know where to start. I like it. Good job, you two. So cute. Okay, for a pop culture moment, and actually you were saying this was going to be a big one. The bad bunny in the grass. We knew this was, oh, that is hilarious. This is a great duo costume. And this is a good one for teens because I feel like, right, pause right there, you two. They're ready to perform the halftime show. For teens, it's hard to find something they'll like, and Carlos is rocking it out. You can find all this beige stuff at like, you know, at any clothing store, inexpensive. And then I actually bought the iron-on transfers and made the sweatshirt. Oh, cute. You know, you don't have to buy the expensive real thing. I ironed on the name and the numbers. We had a football. We had some shades. So cute. I think those are some hockey pads. Oh, the grass. The grass. Right? And this is so easy. Jane is a trooper. It's a sweatsuit that she can reuse, and I just pinned faux branches, too. So you don' t even ruin the sweatshert, right? The thing is you got to go everywhere together so enjoy. Yeah, I do for a duo part. Yeah, good job guys look great. Thank you. We have besties with Grayson Diana. Oh yeah, he did rivalry hockey player. Oh, yeah, hockey player look at that. I love it. Okay guys so everyone fell in love with hockey this year because he did rival re and you know adults get invited to parties and you don't know what to do right. How about a pair of mom besties being the couple? Right? Yeah. The famous hockey couple. They're crushing it. We bought the costume version of the jersey, so we didn't spend a ton of money. We cropped it to make it a little cuter, rolled the sleeves, and, you know, they look great. By the way, I love that. I love the fact that you can, like, buy the costume and then put in the feathers or add, make it cute. Absolutely. That's a really cute idea. Jenna's been talking about this, like taking Halloween, even if you don't have kiddos, but just go home with your girl. She's having a girl's party, and she's being Jenny Jackson. This is a really good one. I know. Adults need Halloween fun, too. Let's have fun. Thank you, Leigh. You guys are crushing the Halloween adult fun. Finally. Good job. We always dreamed of having a family costume. Oh, yeah. So this is the Krause family, and the Savannah Bananas are wild right now. Oh, yes. Let's talk about them. Let's check them out. Look at the Kraus family. Oh, my gosh. We have Mom and Margo, the oldest daughter. Look at her go. We have the twins, Cece and Kent as bananas. And look at dad, the founder, Jesse Cole. Dad is a trooper. Dad is amazing. What are you guys doing? Hi, come here. I mean, how cute are they? This banana is great. This banana that's going rogue is my favorite banana. I know, the best. The best. And it's easy and it's not like so cumbersome on them, right? Oh, there you go, Kent. Oh, I love it. I mean you guys are like the real bananas bringing the fun. And what's your daughter's name? That's Margo, right? Margo. There you go. This is so cute. It's so cute! Are y'all going to keep it? It's super cozy. The pants make it, right, Spencer? The pants are a little tight. Hi! I love that dad can't sit. That is the best. You're taking it for the team. I know, literally. Wait, the dad can sit? tonight. Why not why not bring all of our back and all of our cute. Okay, okay, okay here comes a bad funny. We got He did rivalry stars. Oh, yeah. He wants to go up. He's like, oh, yeah! Here, you want me? Do you want this way? He's, like, no. You want me. Here, I'll get you up. Oh, yay! I'll give you up! Come on over. You want to take this? Good job! Look at the star of the show! Look, I love it! Oh, wow. All right, you guys. Coming up next, quick weekend getaways. Good job, Terri! From the cozy comfort of wine country to a vibrant escape. Nice. If you're in the mood for a relaxing reset or an adventurous outing a quick weekend trip is all you need here to show us Where to go for the ultimate getaway is our travel expert and really our travel guru Mark Elwood we're constantly texting mark and being like, where do we go now? I'm happy to help here Are you annoyed by us? Always. Tell us the truth. Okay, let's kick off. Pretend we're going on a girls' weekend. We want to go somewhere on the West Coast. You say, let'S go to Sonoma. So what I want you to do is I want to picture yourself wrapped in cashmere, a cozy log fire, a glass of Pinot Noir. We can do that. We just did that last weekend. I want me to picture Sonoma in the winter because we often think of Sonoma County in the summer. Right. But there are way fewer crowds in the summer, spectacular scenery, and the wineries are all still open. Plus in February, which is when I'm going to send you there, you've got a crack crab festival, so delicious crab. Usually there's a Sonoma County restaurant week and you've got the Cloverdale Citrus Fair. How cold does it get in Sonoma? Like we're talking 50s, 60s? Again, we're taking Northern California, so it's neither too hot nor too cold. It's sort of Goldilocks weather. And where should we stay? So I'm gonna send you to Petaluma, to a hotel in Petalumna, which has a lovely classic building from the 20s. Beautiful. Spanish revival architecture about 80 rooms plenty of really large rooms and super convenient because it's right downtown oh i love that that's gorgeous okay let's go to the east coast now you say providence rhode island yes so we're talking about weekend easy weekend getaway right and i think everyone in boston thinks of course i can go to can i tell you something i don't think i've ever been there exactly you know i don' t want to say why but yeah i just yeah do you know how long it would take you from here three and a half hours really and when i go what am i gonna do so you're to go in November and I love November because water fire happens. That's soon. Yeah, which is really soon. Water fire is the weekend before Veterans Day. Look how beautiful. Look at this and they celebrate veterans through these bonfires on the water, fairs and music. So a really joyous celebration of the people who've really put their lives on the line to protect us. You've also got Comic-Con that weekend so you can dress up in a crazy outfit, meet Christina Ricci, meet John Sainer. So you can do both. Where should we stay? Now this is quite a fancy hotel. I think it's great value at around 250 a night. This is the Beatrice. It is a luxury boutique hotel. It's gorgeous. With the Bellini rooftop bar where you can have a cocktail. It''s a bit of like a private members club, but if you're staying there, you can get access to it. Oh, look at that beautiful architecture. I'd like to have some oysters up there. Okay, a ski weekend. Maybe we're thinking later in December, January. So I'm talking about December in Sun Valley, Idaho, which is a couple of hours from most major west coast cities and the reason i love sun valley of course it's great because there's ski there's skiing conditions for experts on baldy you've got dollar mountain for starters but in december for most of december i want you to picture snow plus anything christmas yeah they do it oh i love that christmas market skating with santa beautiful so you're getting you're that i think eastern european style christmas marketplace vibe right there in idaho where we stay yeah we're gonna stay you see what I what I love about this this is Sun Valley Lodge which is part of the custom-built resort there they've got a great promo in December which throws in it's you can check on the website but essentially when you book a room you're gonna get some of your lift tickets thrown in wow so it's really good value and there's a 20,000 square foot spa so if you do strain a muscle or two there you wait maybe that's where I'm an average and I would say below average snowboard yeah I do the pizza and I don't stop so I would like to But maybe you take the boys to snowboard there. Because they love to snowboard. And then I'll go to the spa. You and me, but I'll get to the spa. Okay. Lastly, we have an international destination. You say Cuyahoga District and Belize? Indeed. So Belize is fascinating because it's very accessible from most major cities. Two-hour flight from Houston. Lots of the major airline hubs have flights to Belize City. Okay. And I love Belize because if you're a bit nervous about an overseas adventure, you're worried about language barrier, Belize, it's a place where you Belize. It's a Central American country that's English-speaking. Oh. So it's celebrating its 45th anniversary from Britain this year, and there's a big promotion through sort of the middle of November, so I want to send you soon, where you could save up to 45% off your night at a hotel. Now, where are we staying? And this is obviously not... I've been to the beach in Belize, but we're staying more in the mountains. I want it to be a little more unexpected. The beach is gorgeous. Was it gorgeous? Oh, I loved it. Yeah, yeah. So in the mountain, I'm going to take you up into the lush, tropical mountains, a bit like Costa Rica. Where you can go you've got rope bridges. I had no idea and you know what the Mayan culture spread into what's now Belize They didn't follow the country borders we created So although we think of Mexico as the Mayans hub you can take a Mayan cooking class at that hotel You can go and see Mayan ruins. You're in the jungle and the world is far away Well mark, I'll continue to get emails from Because we want to know where to go and when we're going So and you so much those were some great travel this all right, we'll be right back after this. Tomorrow model designer and the next lucky charm Jordan Woods will be here of her have a good day everybody by. You guys thanks for watching now come join us for all the fun every weekday on NBC. And don't forget to take us along when you're on the go. 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