Greg: "the word dash in old recipes is inconsistent" Also Greg: "A blump of simple"

Dashes and Splashes would be a killer name for a bar, to be honest lol.

"We both might be having surgery at the same time" Perfect, the show is best when both of you are here.

Hope everything baby related goes well for Meredith and Mrs Meredith.

You should make Meredith a non-alcoholic cocktail in each of these afterparties. She'd having something to drink and it'd teach us some cool recipes.

I really dig this extra casual vibe with all the banter with Greg and Meredith. This is just lovely

Just wanna mention, I like this chill chatty drinky relaxed vibe a lot. Best of luck to Meridith and her wife, hope it works soon! And good luck to Greg with the snipsnip.

Loving these Thursday shows. More Meredith for the children!! And more... children... for the Meredith? Gonna workshop that one

greg has to do an episode on ancient recipes for booze how tasting history did, but the twist is that greg has to put those ancient boozes into a modern-ish cocktail

Hey Meredith, I read an article from NPR recently (dated Jan. 26) about a nonalcoholic drinks festival in Washington DC. One of the organizers said "All of the early bartending manuals include nonalcoholic drinks" but after Prohibition "people stopped treating people who don't drink alcohol like adults." It's a really interesting article if you want to google it. It also mentions there are nonalcoholic bitters that might be interesting to try. I don't know if any of this would work for content on the channel, but I thought I'd mention it in case you're interested for personal use. Also, good luck to you and your partner. Trying to get pregnant can be incredibly stressful, especially if there are medical procedures involved. I hope it all goes well.

The dash conversations reminds me of making coffee for my wife in the morning. We use "sploop," "sploosh," and "blip" as measurement for more cream or coffee and it tends to equate to how long it take me to say it out loud.

When I had twilight anesthesia for an orthopedic procedure a few months ago, I woke up in the middle of the surgery and told the surgical team “my foot hurts” and they all scrambled because I wasn’t supposed to be conscious

Story about Twilight anesthesia I’ve had a few surgeries in the past 5-6 years and the second one the anesthesiologist told me they were going to try twilight method. After my surgery I woke up like an hour later than expected. When they came to see me afterwards they told me that I had an “interesting reaction” to twilight. Instead of sedating me and allowing for the surgery to continue I started to try and get up because the surgeon said I needed to be repositioned so “Wait I can do that for you.” Anesthesiologist said it was the first time he’s ever had full conversations with someone under twilight and I have total amnesia from right around when he injected me with the cocktail to waking up afterwards. They had to put me under general anesthesia to continue the surgery because I wasn’t going out lol. Since then I’ve told every single anesthesiologist that I do not want twilight, and they always give me a look of “how do you know about this” and then I tell them the story. Edit: oh and when I woke up I almost got violent and they were ready to restrain me because mixing twilight and general is a whole nother business lol

loving the increased screen time and banter with Meredith, they bring a wonderful energy to the show, much love from Australia!

I have never felt more seen then when Meredith said boxcar children. No one I know remembers the books

Meredith is just great, y'all bounce off each other so well and it really helps keep the pace of episodes and give it more direction. Truly enjoy seeing her featured more! And Columbo is soo good.

The accuracy of "as a gay you might like it" in reference to Tank Girl is 10000% spot on.

I used to be really stressed about anesthesia, but genuinely, having surgery made me less afraid of dying. I understand it’s different for everyone, but the absoluteness of the nothing I perceived under anesthesia-not even the *awareness* of having missed anything at all-was really reassuring. I felt groggy after I finally woke up, but after the fact it’s been a helpful experience. (I also used to be worried I’d say/do something crazy after being under, but apparently I was just quiet and tired both times, so that’s another fear out of the way lmao)

I love all the pre-1900s drink history on the show!

"You ever seen Tank Girl? As a gay you might like it" He's right, you know.

I reeeeally liked this episode. Just the two of you shooting the shit and making cocktails is such a comfy premise. Please keep them coming!

Love that Meredith is featured way more in these videos, feels more casual and natural with some banter.

Love Lori Petty in Tank Girl. "How much did they pay you to spy on us?" "Two dollars a fifTEEN cents!"

Greg, I had a vasectomy right in my PCP office about 12 years ago. They gave me something in an IV to relax, numbed everything up, and I was out of there in less than an hour. No pain, wide awake...was surprisingly simple.

I really hope to see a H2D collab with the Whiskey Tribe - the chaotic goblin energy from Rex & Brianna would pair supremely well with Greg once he's had a couple drinks 😂

I'm sure everything will work out for Merdith and her partner, she'll definitely make a wonderful mother! Also I'd love to see a collab with bartalk and cocktaills!

I would watch Greg do all of Anything Goes doing every role at once.

My high school did Anything Goes my sophomore year (might have been junior year). I was in the pit orchestra, and rather than being down in the pit under the stage we were all in white tux jackets up on top of the set just out of the main stage lights. Since the show takes place on a cruise ship, the set was built to look like the side decks of an old time cruise ship, and we were the ship band out on the upper decks. It was a lot of fun, although we had to actually look presentable rather than the filthy pit goblins we were for most shows.

Also I love that Meredith has a cam now it's so fun to see what goes on on her end

Tank Girl was very popular with all the alternative friends I had. And definitely seen as gay-positive, but it was much more apparent in the comic than the movie. All sorts of fun watching Lori Petty and Malcom McDowel chew the scenery. :>

Good luck to Meredith and Meredith's Wife and their hopefully soon to exist baby!

Honestly: I do have nights where it just feels like someone pushed a button, and then I am just out. Because one moment it is evening, then I blink, and suddenly it is next morning. It can happen in the middle of me doing something as well. One time it happened whilst I was writing an essay for school. Besides not feeling rested at all, it also feels really uncomfortable not having any control over my own body, at what feels like the push of a button.

really enjoyed this "after party" of random drinks and chatting, this is what I like to do :)

Meredith’s eyes widening at “Tomato Wine” is all of us.

Ginger Rogers singing , "We're in the money" in Pig Latin is one of the funniest things on film.

I like the part where Greg says he likes the Vermouth, so Meredith adds that they were given that one by a sponsor. I would guess there is a legal or policy compliance issue involved for anything they were given . Doing good work even after hours. Seems like there are hundreds of bottles in the studio, so I wonder if she just remembers where every single one came from?

Meredith is a DELIGHT, lovely to see them having such a good time here! xD

id looooove an episode on musical themed drinks, maybe a phantom of the opera drink 👀

According to cocktail historian David Wondrich, a dash is about 1/4 of a teaspoon. Personally I use that measurement when making old cocktails. It makes more sense when using syrups or liqueurs than the more modern interpretation of 1/8 Teaspoon. Here are some more old measurements used in cocktails: - 1 Wine-glass (or sherry glass) = 2 Ounces - 1 Liqueur-glass = ~1 Ounce - 1 Pony Glass = 1 Ounce

There is a set of measuring spoons, I think from Martha Stewart, that had a whole set devoted to "pinch dash, tad, smidgen." I find that interesting the older I get how they quantified those.

Anesthesia was dope for me. I had shoulder surgery a year and a half ago. I went in, they put me to sleep, and woke up with a shoulder that won’t dislocate. They tried to keep me longer after surgery but I wasn’t driving so I said no no you can wheelchair me out and I’m going home. I was certainly not ready to move as I got up from the wheelchair walking a manhattan block to my brothers car and realizing I certainly should’ve stayed longer but I made It safely back to Long Island and a year and a half later my shoulder has not dislocated!

I'll be real, yeah, I'm pretty much edit-cut-to-morning when I sleep. I mean, if a sound happens I'll wake up, but I'm not surveying my surroundings while I'm sleeping. I can imagine anesthesia would be pretty spooky to someone who's "online" at all times like that. I didn't know that was actually a thing, I thought it was anime bullshit

I went under for my wisdom teeth and it was exactly like I just edited out that portion of my life. Greg's description of how aware he is when asleep has convinced me that he astral projections his consciousness all night.

Love the Roundabout Theater Co. Anything Goes shoutout! I ran and called spotlights on that when it toured, it was an amazing show! Warmed my heart to hear it mentioned after all this time ❤

You spoke of the different scents of west coast pine forests. Have you ever experienced the area of Yosemite where the forest smells like chocolate? So surprising and delightful!

Glad Tank Girl is remembered, what a weird but great movie

Fingers crossed for Meredith and her partner, best of luck with the ivf! And also fingers crossed that things go well for Greg! The only time I went under anesthesia was when I was so stressed at taking my wisdom teeth out that the doctor was like, "you want to not be awake for this" and I just went "yes please" 😅 and I didn't wake up for any of the process and I still appreciate that

I am obsessed with the Meredith time we’ve been getting, it’s the perfect balance. Wishing her a dash of luck with IVF (one dash = several gallons)

Unrelated to the episode but I LOVE the new overhead cam and the cutting board/drink mat/art deco thing (?) that you’re using now. Adds something to some of those shots that I didn’t know was missing

If you ask an LGBTQ person how it went when they came out, and the answer is “I love my parents,” it went poorly.

Yes. My sleep is literally a timeskip. I might have dreams, but I don't experience them in the moment. I remember them AFTER.

There's something so much more casual about the conversation, Meredith's presence here and everyone just mumbling and singing Everything Goes for the whole video. I think I got a new favorite HTD video!

I love that we are getting more and more Meredith. I think Greg has so much more fun when he can play off someone.

Also I love Meredith’s idea of making a wish list of drinks and then Greg makes them all!

Old cocktails and murder mystery talk? This must be Christmas

Sooooo basically all those British shows like death in paradise and father brown with their fantastic backdrops, whimsical characters, and wholesome plot lines... Where someone gets murdered every single week somehow...

Omg I'm so happy. The brandy cocktail(the fancy one but served on the rocks instead of up and with boker's instead of angostura) and the morning glory fizz are two of my all time favorite drinks(which I did get from old cocktail books: the first edtion of the bon vivant's companion and harry johnson's bartender's manual).

Yes! I'm loving these after party episodes

Loving the afterparty videos. The banter was fantastic and very entertaining, you can tell that you're friends. Keep em coming and I'll keep a watchin.

Forever bottle of bourbon? What's that? Also, yes, Greg, when I go to sleep I'm not aware of literally anything around me unless it's particularly jarring. There's effectively no difference between sleep and anesthesia for me - the time I'm asleep is like a scene cut in a video; time just jumps.

I had my Vasectomy done in the back of a van (nicknamed the nutcracker). Instead of anesthesia they offered me some valium which worked wonderfully. The only bad part was being able to smell the skin burning as they did it.

Yay! Happy to hear the good news. Good luck on hopeful parenthood!

What a wonderfully laidback episode full of banter. Loved the dynamic and the glimpse into their personal lives

Cheers to a Meredith drink wish list after party in a year!

Yay, more Meredith is always a good thing

This is so good. I love the honesty with Meredith and Greg. More please!

Really liked the format of this video. Just you two chillin'; the view popping back and forth between the two of you. Good vibes

Please do one of the drinks from Monster Prom, Camp, or Roadtrip

Lol I thought you were just joking about not wanting to get pregnant 😂 then I was like OH ✂️

Yeah I'm a heavy sleeper and I rarely dream so most of the time sleeping basically feels like a time skip, I have near zero environmetal awareness when I'm sleeping. Went camping at a family friends cabin when I was a kid, I was sleeping in a room with windows facing the back where they fell a huge tree in the morning and everyone was shocked that I slept through the massive tree trunk slamming into the ground. That being said I understand fear of anesthesia, not because of the loss of conscious awareness but anesthesia affects people differently, and is dangerous when administered incorrectly.

This is my first time seeing an afterparty video, and it's a very good format! gives podcast-y vibes

139 years ago. That sounds like insanity and I’d love to try it.

Everyone has a different reaction to going under... personally it's no more than a hard nap for me. I pop back out of it quicker than I wake up on an average morning. Hopefully you both experience similar. (Freaks the nurse out when you start having a lucid conversation while being wheeled out of the OR, too. Bonus!) 😉

I am loving the banter in these newer episodes. The back-and-forth between Greg and Meredith is just very pleasant to listen to👌

I like how chill the after parties are. Glad you are talking to Meredith more lol

Congrats on starting down the How To Baby road, Meredith! Hope everything goes smoothly and easily. ^^ (Also, “In olden days, a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking, but now god knows! Anything goes!” It’s on the Fallout 4 soundtrack, and thus on my phone. xD; )

You've said before that you wanted to do more non-alcoholic episodes/variations. Could be a good way to include Merideth and give some ideas to your underage fans.

I love the Afterparty format. The banter between Greg and Meredith is pretty great and we don't get enough of it during "feature" episodes.

What a fab video. Really like the conversational format. Nice to see you not poisoning yourself even if not all of the cocktails were to your taste. Felt like I was in a room with friends having a chat about stuff and making cocktails - my idea of a fab afternoon / evening.

Htd ep: have Meredith watch Tank Girl then her and Greg switch places and she hosts and comes up with the drink with Greg sassing

ok but love that we get much more Meredith, who isn't your wife and is married with her wife, on screen during Afterparty. Hope we have a baby soon!

I wasn’t sold on the After Party format but this one was great to unwind with after work! Keep it up!

I really liked this episode… the cosy atmosphere with small talk and Meredith being more a part of the show ❤ love it

two camera setup is nice

Has…has Meredith’s wife been editing the whole time??? Did I miss that somewhere or is this a new development?

Having gotten my wisdom teeth out a couple months ago, and similarly being freaked out of my gourd about it because I'd never been put under before, it actually went pretty well. The worst part was just getting the darn IV in at all; I have thin veins, and the surgeon had to try the needle three times before he got it right. The constant flicking me in the crook of my elbow was really starting to hurt by the time he switched to putting it in my wrist, but once it was in, I was out so hard I didn't even remember falling asleep. Nothing particularly notable happened beyond that, just woke up an hour later, groggy as hell and with a mouth full of gauze, and shuffled my way to my mom's car.

As a long time viewer I enjoyed the more free form style of this episode. I love the primary edited style more for the majority of videos, but seeing the fun back and forth camaraderie that gives a glimpse into the more personal lives really makes for an enjoyable viewing experience. Keep it up guys!

Ive been a subscriber and watcher of this channel for like 4+ years now. And when Meredith showed up I always thought that was his wife!! Imagine my shock in this episode when I find out that is not the fact lol

Greg does not want to get pregnant and is always aware of what happens around him even when asleep. I'm not sure it was possible, but Greg keeps surprising me

the back and forth type of nature of the video is really cool because it almost mimics what its like being in a bar and having the bartender just conversing.

Yay Meredith and your partner! I hope it all goes well for you both and thank you for sharing!

I love that Meredith is becoming more a part of the show. She has such a good vibe with Greg.

Ok ok Greg im sorry but I NEED to know what you mean when you say you’re trying to not get pregnant I’m very confused

“A newt?” … “Well I got better.”

I've been enjoying the after parties! It's fun seeing the banter between you two!

Can confirm that Tank Girl is a pretty gay movie.

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This was a great episode. We get to learn more about Meredith, we get slightly drunk stories and singing, rambles, and the synchronized "OH NO!" on the spill... Fantastic!

I really like the casual conversation between you two to start the video it made me smile 😊

I love cozy mysteries. The cat who books are fantastic!