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Love & Best Dishes: The Lady & Sons Restaurant Tour | Savannah, Georgia Restaurants
Sep 5, 2023
The Lady & Sons Restaurant Tour | Savannah, Georgia Restaurants - Paula's showing you around her flagship restaurants in Savannah, The Lady & Sons restaurant. She's showing you the history and design behind this iconic Paula Deen restaurant.
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0:00
- Hey y'all.
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I know that y'all have always enjoyed the tours
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that we do at home,
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so I'm gonna give y'all a tour of the Lady and Sons.
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Those of you that have not been here in the past 20 years,
0:16
or maybe 21 years.
0:18
We spent five years down the street on Congress Street
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and then this building came available for sale
0:25
and we took the leap.
0:28
The building's over 200 years old and we tried to leave
0:32
as much of the architectural mechanical things
0:36
that we could.
0:37
And this is one of my favorites right here, Eddie.
0:41
And I think this was worked as a pulley,
0:45
like for the elevator.
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And I can't remember what this building was originally
0:53
used for- - Besides the hardware store.
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- When we bought it, the last business that was in here
0:58
was White's hardware. (coughs)
1:01
But like I said, the building is 200 years old.
1:06
So, (coughs) I've got a frog in my throat.
1:09
This is my favorite area over here.
1:13
It's just cozy.
1:15
A place for a couple to have a drink
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and talk sweet nothings to each other.
1:25
Like this couple right here,
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maybe they're talking sweet nothings.
1:29
Are y'all talking sweet nothings?
1:31
Oh, yay.
1:33
Well, do tell, do tell.
1:36
- Okay, we're on vacation. - Where y'all from?
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- We're from South Carolina, from Columbia.
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And she's 15 months pregnant.
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- 15 months?
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- I mean 15 weeks.
1:49
- I was gonna say 15 months?
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You're having a elephant. (laughs)
1:55
- Yeah, this is our last vacation before the baby comes.
1:57
- Okay, is this y'all's first one?
1:58
- It is.
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- Congratulations.
2:01
- This our last little vacation before we have baby.
2:04
- Oh, that's wonderful.
2:05
- [Lauren] We planned it before we found out, so.
2:07
- Oh, you had it booked before y'all found out?
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- Yeah. - That you were pregnant.
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- Looking forward to coming down here and drinking a little.
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(everyone laughs)
2:14
- Oh, well, that put a nix on that, didn't it?
2:16
- A little bit, yeah.
2:19
- Well what is y'all's names?
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- I'm Dakota.
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This is Lauren. - I'm Lauren.
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- Oh, oh, oh, I love that, you're Dakota.
2:25
I love that.
2:27
I love that name.
2:30
There's an actor named Dakota, isn't it?
2:33
Is there an actor or actress?
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- [Lauren] Dakota Fanning?
2:36
- Yeah, Dakota Fanning.
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- Yeah, I guess that's who I'm thinking about.
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But that's a great name.
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So when is y'all's baby due?
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- It's due in January. - January.
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- Gonna be a little girl.
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- [Paula] Oh, it is?
2:49
- Yeah.
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- Well you know what?
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I was born in January and I was a little girl.
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So-
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- If she's anything like you we'll be happy.
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- Oh, thank you.
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Have her on the 19th.
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- The 19th, okay.
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- Okay, we'll hold out, yes.
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- Well, I'm just so happy for y'all
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and hope the heat's not been too bad for you.
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- Not too bad, yeah.
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- Just (indistinct) a little bit.
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(everyone laughs)
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- Well, good luck to y'all.
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Thank y'all so much for coming in.
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- Thank you.
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Glad we stopped by.
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- Good.
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And letting me horn in on y'all's date.
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- No problem, any time.
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- Bye, bye.
3:33
All right, Eddie.
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We can come up here and see pictures of the family.
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Of course my sons and my two daughter-in-laws
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and then Michael and me.
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And down here on this wall we are so blessed
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to have art by Bob Christian.
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Bob Christian is a very well known decorative artist.
4:03
He and I are both from Albany.
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Both of us live here in Savannah.
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And so I've had the privilege of having a lot of his art.
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It's just wonderful being his friend.
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But I think there's a lot of Bob Christian here, isn't it?
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- [Eddie] I love, I love the ones in this dining room
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in here.
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- Yes. - The kind of whimsical...
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- All right, now this, this is the awning from 311,
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our very first restaurant downtown.
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And it meant a lot to us so we couldn't,
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we just couldn't leave it, we had to bring it with us.
4:48
And I told my boys, I said, (laughs) when they hung this
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the S was kind of hanging off just a little bit.
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They had not mashed it down good.
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And I said, okay, boys, you know if y'all don't work hard
5:05
and help me, it's coming off. (laughs)
5:09
They didn't think that was funny.
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So I love the colors in here.
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They're very peaceful.
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And all the paintings on this wall
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are also Bob Christian paintings.
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So tell everybody where you're from, what your names are.
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How did y'all wind up here?
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- My name is Maryanne Evans and we wound up here
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because I wanted to see Lady and Sons.
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Because I just follow, we follow you guys
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and I really wanted to see it.
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So when we were planning vacation, we planned to come here.
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- [Paula] Yay.
5:53
- And we went to Charleston first
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and then we ended here and we're thrilled.
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The food is delicious. - Oh, thank you.
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- I mean it's such a dream come true.
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- Thank you so much.
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Well, I thank y'all so much for coming.
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And y'all need some more drinks, don't you?
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- I'm good.
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- You're good, but-
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(diners talking)
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- What was your favorite?
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What was your favorite thing?
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- I bought the salad dressing because it's delicious.
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- Our salad dressing is so good.
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- Oh my gosh.
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- You're talking about the (indistinct).
6:26
- I bought that and I'm gonna go back down
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and get the biscuit mix, is that down there?
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- Oh my gosh, that biscuit mix is so incredible.
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Just make sure you use buttermilk to make it.
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And I like to mix mine up and then pour it out.
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Here, we use an ice cream scoop so that every biscuit
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will be about the same size, but I like to knead it
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with some extra flour and pat it out
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and then use a biscuit cutter.
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- Okay. - But you can do it
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either way. - But it's not (indistinct).
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So I can do it.
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- You can do it honey, you can do it.
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Eddie, I am looking at six beautiful children.
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Or is it seven?
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She is, she's the oldest child do you think?
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(mom laughs)
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I've just got to know, are all these your children?
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- They are.
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- [Paula] You gave birth to every one of 'em.
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- I did, with the help of-
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- [Paula] And you're so tiny.
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Come in here, here's the hero. (laughs)
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- Welcome.
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- [Paula] Oh my goodness.
7:35
All right, so is there any twins?
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- No twins. - No twins.
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- All two years apart about.
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- [Paula] You look so young.
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- Oh, well, thank you.
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- [Paula] All right, so what's your age baby?
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- 11. - 11?
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- Five.
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- [Paula] Oh, come on.
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Come on, Superman, you can't be five.
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How old are you darling?
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- Nine. - Nine.
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- 13.
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- 14.
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- Seven.
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- All two years apart (indistinct).
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- [Paula] This is a beautiful, beautiful family.
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Where are y'all from?
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- North Carolina.
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- That's God's country.
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It's a state that's in the south that has four seasons.
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- That's right.
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- We have two here.
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Hot and hotter. (laughs)
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Well I hope y'all enjoy your meal.
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Our mac and cheese is mighty good, Superman.
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- He loves, all of 'em love mac and cheese.
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- (laughs) Well y'all enjoy and I thank you so much
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for coming in and and sharing your beautiful family with us.
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- We're excited to be here. - Thank you.
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- [Mom] Yes, thank you, nice to meet you.
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- Where y'all from?
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- Charleston, South Carolina.
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- [Paula] Our sister city.
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- Yep, pretty much.
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- And you know what they say?
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And I bet they say the exact opposite in Charleston.
9:02
Savannanians have been known to say,
9:05
yes, Charleston is our sister city,
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they just happen to be the ugly sister. (laughs)
9:13
And I bet Charlestonians say yes, Savannah's our sister
9:17
city, they just happen to be the ugly sister, right?
9:20
(Paula laughs)
9:21
- I've never heard that.
9:23
Everyone I talked to says, you gotta go visit Savannah.
9:26
- Well Charleston, I wanted so badly to open a restaurant
9:30
in Charleston.
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I have a, I have,
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I don't know how many removed grandfathers he was,
9:41
but he actually landed in Charleston.
9:44
- Wow.
9:45
- Dr. Paul.
9:47
And so I've always felt a connection to Charleston.
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It's a beautiful place.
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- It is. - Yeah.
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- It's absolutely gorgeous.
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- Well I hope y'all enjoyed your meal today.
9:59
- Oh my god.
10:01
- Thank you.
10:02
- (indistinct) my grandmother was always watching
10:03
your shows.
10:05
- Oh my goodness.
10:06
Well I so appreciate y'all coming.
10:08
Couldn't have made it over the last 20 years
10:11
without this elevator.
10:13
Of course no employees are allowed to use the elevator.
10:16
We all have to use the stairs.
10:18
But it's helped us so much in getting our guests
10:23
to where they need to go.
10:24
And the walls in here
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are to me so beautiful.
10:36
Bob Christian did this and it was the way he did
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our first restaurant down the street at Congress Street.
10:45
And we just loved it.
10:47
We thought it was just such a,
10:49
had such a nice southern ladies touch.
10:53
And so we did without it for quite a few years.
10:56
And finally we decided we could not stand it.
11:00
We're going to have to go back to our original look
11:03
to go along with Bob's paintings.
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I adore it.
11:09
So Eddie, look who I ran into as we were leaving
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to go back over to the chicken box.
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I met a bride.
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- Yes. - A bride with a birthday.
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- Yes.
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- And another birthday.
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And I wanted to know if there was any other
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special occasions going on with this group.
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So what's your name bride?
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- My name is Bree.
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- Bree. - Yeah.
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- And where are y'all from?
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- Little bit north of Atlanta.
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So it's Dawson County.
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- Yes, north Georgia where it's beautiful.
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- Yes, absolutely.
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- And a little bit cooler, right?
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- Yes, yes.
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- Now what are y'all, are y'all bridesmaids?
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- I'm maid of honor.
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- Okay, and you and Bree share a birthday?
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- Yes we do.
11:53
- That's wonderful.
11:53
- Yeah.
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- And where is mama?
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- Mama unfortunately is not with us
11:59
but she has her stand in aunties here with her.
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- Oh, that's wonderful.
12:03
So y'all two are, you know what?
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I lost my mother when I was 23 years old, Bree.
12:09
- I was 21, yeah.
12:11
- And I had an aunt, my aunt Peggy.
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- Yep.
12:16
- If you watch my YouTube shows, and she has been
12:20
so wonderfully supportive of me over the years.
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So these two aunts, I know how important they are to you.
12:28
- They are, I couldn't do it without 'em for sure.
12:30
- I know, and thank goodness for 'em.
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- Yeah, yes.
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- Well, when's the wedding?
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- September 9th.
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- That's soon.
12:39
(everyone laughs)
12:43
- Where's David's little head?
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- Is this the bride groom?
12:50
- Yes. - Yes, this is the groom.
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- This is the man.
12:53
- Well, hi bridegroom.
12:54
(everyone laughs)
12:56
Just the kind of husband I like.
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He don't talk.
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- There you go.
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- And will you say hi to her stepdad Michael?
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He's on the phone.
13:04
- Hello stepdad, Michael
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- Do you know who you're talking to?
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- No, I don't. - No I don't.
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- This is Paula Deen.
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- [Michael] Yeah.
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(everyone laughs)
13:16
- Your father always has perfect timing.
13:19
- Michael, I'm serious, this is Paula Deen.
13:22
(everyone laughs)
13:23
- And you can watch (indistinct) Michael.
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- [Michael] (indistinct) and I don't believe
13:27
you've ever been on TV.
13:28
- Oh my gosh.
13:30
Well, we're filming, we're filming for YouTube.
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My YouTube channel.
13:34
- [Michael] Now you sound like Paula Deen.
13:36
- Well ain't that funny? (everyone laughs)
13:39
That's funny how I sound like her.
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So you can see this on YouTube on the Paul Deen channel
13:49
and you can see that nobody was pulling your leg.
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(everyone laughs)
13:56
Well, good luck to y'all.
13:57
Have a wonderful, wonderful wedding.
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- Thank you. - Thank you.
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- And thank y'all for coming in.
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- I appreciate it.
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- Bye.
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- Bye.
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- Well y'all, that kind of wraps up the tour.
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I hope y'all have enjoyed it.
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Like I said, I know that y'all enjoy the ones that we have
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at the house.
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So this is our second home.
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So hope you enjoyed.
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And if you get close, please come by and see us.
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We'll be here waiting on you.
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