Randy and I were honored to be interviewed for the awesome Los Angeles ‘zine, the LAist!

CHECK OUT THE INTERVIEW HERE and find out how Randy and I got started doing the PGP, what the strangest gifts we ever gotten are and what we have planned for the future of the show!

Many thanks to Caleb Bacon for taking an interest in our show writing a kicka$$ article!

I recently had the pleasure of going back to the grrrreat plains for the wedding of my dear friend Jenny.

It was amazing to see old friends and to take in the sweet, thick Kansas summer air.

I even had time to go to one of my very favorite places in Kansas…The Louisburg Cider Mill, where I get my cider doughnuts, apple cider, bbq sauce and other goodies from the general store.

Kansas can get a bad rap - flat, conservative, dull - but I have to tell you…it can also be really beautiful.

I had the great pleasure to go to Las Vegas this year with my co-host Randy Wang, my PRO-ducer Elijah Black, our good buddy Tim, and a WHOLE LOTTA PGPeeps.

We saw shows, gambled, rode rides, ate a ton of food…but best of all - I got to jump off the SkyJump at the Stratosphere Hotel.

I’m not lying when I say this is one of the scariest things I have EVER done. (Many big, burly tough guys I know REFUSE to do the jump!)

There was tons of fear and TONS of tears, but when I finally jumped, I really felt like I could do anything.

I then started learning how to shoot guns…

Fish…

Snowboard…

And lots of other SEEMINGLY scary things.

But the jump…that’s truly what started it all.

Can’t wait to see what else this year is going to cook up for this reformed ‘fraidy cat.

I’d been pretty stressed out.  Lotsa personal and professional stress and I really needed a break.  It was then that my friend Gabby stepped in and said (to summarize), “Pack your sh*t. I’m taking you to my favorite place. We’re going to Mammoth”.

So Gabby, my buddy Becky and I went up to the most beautiful, magical winter wonderland that I have EVER seen.

Just a short trip from balmy LA in late May, Mammoth Mountain in all of its high altitude glory, was snowing to the point of white out and it was just…perfect.

I took snowboarding lessons, went to the peak at 11,000 ft elevation, I went hiking in the Sierras and even relaxed in an outdoor hot tub, drinking snugglers, with snow falling all around us.

This was JUST the break I needed and I can’t wait to go back.

Click here to see one of the happiest moments of my year…

And they’re going fast! You can grab one or two…or five for yourself!

All you have to do is CLICK HERE and git’em while they’re hot!

Randy and I are so honored to have our very own monthly show at Toadhop Studios on HeidiandFrank.com!  Heidi Hamilton and Frank Framer are true radio legends in Southern California and they are kicking a$$ with their internet radio show now.

“The Gina And Randy Show” webcasts the last Sunday of every month at HeidiandFrank.com and it’s a freaking blast!! Join us for this interactive call-in experience!!

PGP listener, Matt Marikian drew this for me and I say it’s pretty damn great!

Meanwhile, check out co-host Randy’s character as well!

For my good friend Matt’s birthday, a bunch of us went to an AMAZING spot downtown called The Cicada Club!

It was a night of great food, classic cocktails, old time-y music, swing dancing, Judy Garland and Bea Arthur impersonators and even a dance by the dancers from “Burn the Floor”!

We rounded out the night at the lounge upstairs and then a nightcap at the Biltmore Hotel.

Such a magical night!

Tim Conway Jr., radio legend and (oh nothing) close, personal friend of Randy and I, stopped by the Pretty Good Podcast to gossip about life and work and everything in between!

He also gave us 2 EXCELLENT plugs on his radio show which can be heard weeknights from 7-10pm on KFI am640 here in Los Angeles!

We’re huge fans of his and are honored to call him our friend.

One of our AMAZING podcast listeners invited us to the 9th annual Weho Awards at the Playboy Mansion and co-host Randy and I had a BLAST!

It was a drag-tastic night, complete with exotic birds, playboy pinball, risotto cakes, fine wine and great people! (The drive-on didn’t hurt either…)

I  can’t WAIT to go back…thank you, George Chung!!

xoxo

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