 Weirdly enough, I feel like there's not that much country music here in Austin Hey, all it's up. Welcome to a new vlog. My name is Sonali and my boyfriend's in town Today's a really exciting day because we have a reservation for sushi bar E.T.X If you guys are in Austin and you've heard of this place, you know how hard it is to get in to this restaurant I believe it's a 10 person seating dinner I think 10 or something and it's omakasi and it is Literally so good. I dream about it almost every single day. I'm a sushi addict So that was like one of the highlights of my life this morning We are starting off the day by going to get some breakfast and some coffee. I think I'm probably gonna get a chai I've been at this place before it's actually on U.T.'s campus. So we're like pulling up and there's so many people walking I Sometimes forget I I mean technically we do live in a college town because Austin is college town, right? But obviously like we don't live like right next to U.T.'s campus So I don't see like students walking every single day, but there was like a big mass of students just crossing the street It's like holy shit. That's crazy But we're gonna check out Lucky Lab coffee. I've been here before the chai was really really good so Stoppers They're here messed up like that Hi stoppers I forgot to show you guys an update on my click and grow in the last vlog So let me show you guys what it looks like. I am so freaking hyped. I think this has been about three weeks or two weeks I think this is going to be basil Definitely cilantro and then I guess that leaves this one as mint which this one's struggling I'm not really sure why but this one it grew first and then this one Sprouted like honestly a week after but that now this is like way taller. So that's kind of crazy And I haven't filled it up. It seems like there's still water in there I haven't filled it up since I did the first time. So that's pretty awesome too because if you're gone for like two weeks Let's say it's still gonna self-water your plants and the light turns off Like for eight hours. So it's like kind of like on a cycle But yeah, I need this one to grow because I feel like I like to use mint the most out of all of these herbs but I'm so excited to finally start using all of these when they grow a little bit bigger and Especially just stop wasting herbs. So at 1 p.m. I actually have a follow-up for my veneers And we're gonna do my full like video shoot today. My Dennis and his team are so good at social media He has like almost three million followers on tiktok and that's how I found him in the first place I'm currently headed to dr. Patel's office and then after that. I'm going to meet the videographer at the domain I'm not sure like exactly where or if he booked a studio I kind of hope so just because it's gonna be hot, but oh my god this morning I walked out and I took Sophie out. It was so nice It was like so chilly and cold and I was like what the heck I Like forget what the cold feels like if you live in Texas. I bet you feel me on that I agree we're in the selfie studio thingy at the domain and Introduce yourself. What's good? My name is Dominic Tolger and I'm a tiktoker and we're here You know I'm saying make some content about our teeth or smile. Yes And I'm Jared I work for a Delta Patel who Smiles yes, I'm gonna get some really cool content. There's like a bunch of rooms That's a cool one More oh wait, whoa This is at the domain so Anyone can come here? Wow. Oh, I think that's what it's called in the selfie galleries Like this would be fun for like a tiktok Should have brought my tripod. Oh, that's a cool one Oh How cool this tunnel is and it was a mess getting home, but I'm back home It just changed into a dress me and Ryan are actually gonna head out to get some like chips and salsa somewhere I just feel like we need like something in our systems because dinner is at 9 30 We're going to sushi bar ATX so freaking pumped that is like way to wait eat For dinner because I don't think I even really had lunch. I just had What I had at Lucky Lab But we are gonna go get some chips and salsa then we're gonna go to like a PR event for a wine Company or maybe a winery. I'm not really sure. We'll find out more when we get there and then we'll go to our reservation But bachelor in paradise is on tonight. It's the first episode of the season. So I'm kind of bummed I'm missing it I usually have my friends over to watch bachelorette and I'll probably continue the tradition Because I feel like it's just like I feel like it's just a nice way to get together during the week And it doesn't really involve drinking unless people want to drink wine, which I'm totally fine with but It's just like a nice little Way to hang out with your girls during the week So I definitely want to keep doing that. You're wondering why I'm standing in the garage Just because I forgot my key. I like transferred my purse over to this one and Remember to put my car key in it. So I graciously went back to get it But it is almost 6 p.m. Which is when the event starts This is to the wine community here awesome and even folks that consider themselves Novice in wine you give a bit of education. It's in a fun Engaging environment sexy Spits you have to come check it out. We are available for wine tastings Wednesday through Sunday We'd love to have you And we have a couple of different offerings. We do Sparkling tastings on Sunday We have a classic tasting and if you're a real newbie on Thursdays We have a wine 101 to where you can brew out and learning about wines so that you can be You can take your wine journey Our vision was to create kind of a speakeasy lounge where people could just come in and feel really comfortable and Kind of swanky little environment But really like unassuming from the outside So we were just like wanted you to kind of walk in and be really surprised about the outside I'm going to talk to you unless you're like four walls deep And then you might have some issues We're not going to bring you back But you're going to use all your senses. So the first thing everyone says you can eat with your eyes So you're going to look at the wine It's very easy if you have something white on the background If not, not a big deal Sight is one of the least important factors But you're going to want to turn your glass so you can see directly through A portion of your wine. It's easier for me because my glass is so big and I have a lot less But you're trying to look through it Because what's your first looking for making sure there's nothing in your wine? That's no no But also the color can tell you certain things White wines, for instance, like a very boat chardonnay will be very golden in color A lot darker than like a sauté en blanc That's typically going to be very, you know, almost sea fruit So with red wines, certain things like peen and a lard, very light colors, certain things like merlot Sera, cap, a lot darker of color Anyways, again, it's not that important Next thing you're going to do, smell the wine So smell is the most important sense you're going to use here Smell takes about 80% of your flavor or your taste So when you smell it, there's a couple of ways. It's where I said it might get a little weird But you're going to stick your nose in and just do big whips. That's very common A lot of people like to smell in that way How I do it is I actually smell on each side of my nose separately So different sides of your nose will have, yeah, exactly. People typically do that You don't even do that. You can like, here's what I do. I kind of cut off one side And then you can roll it back and forth But the reason being is that one side of your nose is doing all the work Actually, it's like 90% of the work every hour of the day, but it will change constantly So you don't know which side is actually working. It's crazy if you smell on different sides It will smell bad My nostril doesn't have a smell And then like 20 minutes from now, it might switch So it's important to smell on both sides Sound like your nose Also, I don't have a side for this one, so we're not going to worry about the taste of notes But after you smell it, swirl the wine So swirl the wine. You can put it on the table if that's easier Do nice little tight swirls Yeah, it looks kind of cool, but it actually does a lot That's what I'm so, exactly So especially with like a cold white wine, it's very important because All those compounds and molecules are loving up on one another. They're all tight They're all hanging on Introducing the nausea is going to break those apart Open up the aroma. You hear the phrase open up that wine with the wine breathe These are things that you're doing by swirling that wine After you swirl it, smell it again It may smell more, may not It actually does give a little more fragrance, at least in my perception A lot of dark fruit here. When I say dark fruit, I mean like blueberry, blackberry Boys and berry, those types of fruits Versus like a red fruit lecture Then the best part, you taste it. So when you taste it, all you're thinking about Is eating every part of your palate. It's your palate, your tongue, you don't even swish it around your teeth But different parts of your tongue have different sensory receptors For most people, it's sweetness in the front, bitterness in the back, sourness on the sides You really want to coat that whole palate, so you're kind of hitting all those points And hitting the holes here in some of that wine It's like this. Maybe you smell good All right, we're going to get sushi And it's funny because I was literally sitting next to Sushi Girl ATX as her handle And I was like, what the hell? I think we're going to get like Some Iroko or something What? Sushi bar ATX, so I'm just getting sushi We're going to sushi bar ATX. Guys, you don't understand how big this is But if you do understand, I appreciate you Okay We're going to bring those coasters down closer to you We just ask that you put them back up on this ledge so that we can give you that nice push You guys also have some pickles in front of you right now These are going to be treated as a couch One of these are throughout Nice, it's kind of like Bittersweet day because we are selling our first ever couch Sophie was just enjoying it before I started the vlog This was one of the two items that I saved up for in college because I knew I Could not just settle on something post-grad So a white couch was one of my main things I wanted so bad when I got my first apartment And then a smart tv which is behind you and I'm never regretted any of these purchases I love my smart tv so much, which I feel like a lot of tv's nowadays are smart But I feel like it was a big deal back then because I never really had like a tv that you didn't have to have like a whole separate apple tv Like it was just all built in there and I thought it was so cool I could like cast my youtube videos on it. Anyways, I still love that tv But this couch is getting picked up in like about 15 minutes It was from Wayfair and I did a whole video on it So I will link that down below as well as like the link to this couch If you guys are so interested because it's um, I think it's like under $2,000 Which definitely sounds like a lot at first But this couch was so comfortable number one and number two couches are not cheap Fridtenture is not cheap And that is definitely more on the affordable end for like really nice big sectionals like this I would say So But I actually just posted a video about my West Elm couch in the other room Which obviously that one's going to be way more expensive because it's like a big brand name I got so many comments saying that like the couch was so expensive low ball Like why did I buy that? It's a sleeper sofa And I'm like are we hating on sleeper sofas like I literally said it was a purchase I will never regret I never said it was cheap And I think people on tiktok sometimes they're trained to think that everything will be a dupe And that everything is going to be more affordable But I was just showing off my couch that I freaking love so much that turns into a guest bed And saves me some space in my tiny little office So anyways, I'm actually upgrading my couch and it's getting delivered tomorrow I bought a new one off of Wayfair and it's a little bit bigger It is I believe like wider because this um Fabric is conversation pearl if you're looking at the specific couch So I would say it's like an off-white It definitely got a little bit dingy over the years I mean we've had this thing for three years and I'm not really sure like the actual lifespan Of a couch it is still going strong. It is so freaking comfortable I remember when we first moved here. We were looking for couches in store So that I didn't have to wait a while because I did have to wait like maybe I don't know one or two months for this definitely worth it So just keep that in mind But the couch I'm getting today shipped so fast And that's like another reason why I was very like intrigued and wanted to purchase this new one But anyways, this is so comfortable like I'm gonna miss my naps on this And I'm really hoping the new one is just as comfortable Or hopefully even more because it's more like spacious. I think it looks like it at least Um, so yeah, very exciting and the new couch has like this ottoman like that Chase part. I don't think it's like actually connected so you can like move around the ottoman And it has storage and ottoman I'm like, I feel like every couch should have like storage underneath it. That would be so nice So all those blankets are definitely going in the ottoman Because I think the couch will be too big for that basket to even be there. I also purchased a new rug, which is going to come October I think it already shipped so it should be coming like soon-ish I'm actually very surprised at like the shipping times on all this stuff because I think they literally just weaved my rug I got it on etsy and it's gonna be so gorgeous. I'm so hyped But one more thing I want to get for the living room is Just a floor lamp because I feel like whenever we're watching tv at night I hate lights on when I'm watching tv because I feel like my eyes are very distracted by other light But I feel like I've seen so many other apartments where they have like one like nice yellow warm light on And it's so vibey at night. So I really want to look into that Um But for now we're just gonna wait till the couch gets here See how much actual room we have to work around because I'm not really sure If I'll actually have a lot of room to work with but any more She looks so cute today As you can tell the couch is gone And I also gave her my rugable rug because I ordered another rug And I was just like you can just take it if you want because I was gonna have to get rid of it anyways And I just didn't want to deal with that. So I got $200 for the couch and I think I paid like definitely 1000 something for the couch And you guys are probably like what the heck like why do you not sell it for more? But it was really dingy It just had a lot of pilling and I didn't really want to like shave it So I was really willing to take the hit on that Um, but I'm glad I got that taken care of and tomorrow's the day that I get my new couch I kind of want to vlog tomorrow separately We're also going to a whole swindell concert tomorrow with all of our friends So that's gonna be really fun. I have not been to a country concert in so long I don't think whole swindell would have been my first choice But weirdly enough, I feel like there's not that much country Music here in austin at least like big artists. I feel like they always go to like san antonio houston dallis nondallas I feel like san antonio houston. Oh my god, that scared me I feel like they never really come here, but we did get a new Concert venue. It's called the moody center. It's like right next to ut so hoping that they come To austin like more often, but i'm really mad because I think i'm gonna go to georgia Like in october late october and I just saw that parker mccullum is playing When i'm in georgia I'm so sad because i've been telling myself. I really really want to go see him live All my friends already saw him live and I can't remember why I couldn't go that day, but I know I couldn't go Yeah, I'm just really sad, but hopefully he'll come back And not be like too crazy expensive Um, but we are actually going to another kind of like pr event type thing The well is featuring some new drinks and some new appetizers and food on their happy hour menu so I got invited to try it and Ryan is going to come along with me Let's do an outfit of the day because i'm obsessed with this outfit. So cute starting off with my shirt I feel like these checkered patterns are really in right now This one is from revolve and I know it's under a hundred dollars. I think it was like 68 And I bought it when I bought like all of those going out tops So I have not had the chance to wear it yet because it's been so hot But this morning was so nice and I feel like I keep saying that but it just keeps getting cooler this morning I woke up and it was 59 degrees out. I put on my sweat set. I put on my uggs like I was not playing out here Um, but these jeans are actually new. I just got them from abracombie. They're kind of like a boot cut style and I really like them because they have like contrasted stitching I think that's what it's called. Um, but yeah, I think they look really good And then shoes are my nose heels from dolce vita I feel like I always want to like step out of my comfort zone and wear other heels, but These are just so comfortable Can't chance it, you know, and then the bag is from Pot Bay. It's like from an instagram ad, but it's so cute. I love it and now I'm just realizing I need to put on some earrings And into literally we'll get around to dinner. Get some sushi. Maybe just like one roll or something I walked by a Lambert's today Oh, and it smells really good It's barbecue Wasn't this the first barbecue place we went to in Austin's Lambert's? Because terry blacks was too long It is Friday today, we're going to the coleswandel concert going to be so fun and we're also getting our new couch I'm so excited. Um, they're supposed to come between one and five And it looks like I'm going to be like the last delivery So it'll be probably closer to the end of the day, which isn't great because we're going to go Um up to the domain to pregame at someone's house literally right at 5 30 So I'm just hoping that they get here like more in the middle or like earlier But we'll see hopefully it all works out. Um, but I have my aloe sweat set on Because I'm going to go get some breakfast lunch with my friend, Andy Shugging this water. I feel like every time I go out, I just need to My apartment I got the courtesy call from way fair that there are about 30 to 40 minutes out So perfect timing. I think we'll get here about two. I'm so excited to see it in person They didn't have like a bunch of reviews because it looked like a newer couch So I'm going to be doing like a whole video on it because my last couch video did really well And I feel like this is a very similar vibe like it's a white sectional But this one's more like that crowd couch feel We got our new couch listening peak, but I'm going to show you guys in a full other video So like I said, we're going to a coleslaw and del concert and we are going to drive up to the domain in pregame at a friend's house And then go to the concert. Apparently the concert starts at 6 and it's like five 5 19 so I don't know if we're gonna miss a lot of the openers or what but Let me show you guys my outfit. Let's talk about these boots first I am obsessed with these the feeling of them is more of like a soft Like it's not really like super stiff, but it's just like so high quality They're tukovas and then these shorts are abracombie I believe yes, and then the top is revolve. I love the shirt It's very like revealing but also like it's the same color as my skin So it kind of like looks weird, but I just love like the fit of it I think it's very like snatching so but I really really like the fit of it I feel like it's super flattering And I'll try to link everything Down below and I'll probably film the rest of the vlog on my iPhone. It's Ryan's last night. I'm really sad But hopefully we'll make it the best last night