Juneteenth Father's Day Celebration

[00:00:03] Speaker A: Yo, welcome back to philosophy talk show, man. This is a special edition. This is a Juneteenth edition right here. Oh, yeah. Juneteenth edition right here on. They call it Levy. I hear people say it's called it Levy park. Is it Levi park or Levy Park? Levy, I think, was the man's name who they named the park after. He was a doctor. Doctor levy. Okay. And a lot of people call it Levi. Levi park. But it's really levy or Levy. You know, that's really the correct pronunciation, right? So we here with the man, uncle Buddha, and I want, man, what's going on out here right now on Levi levy. Levy park, man. What's happening? Well, we got a beautiful day going. First of all, I'm glad y'all came out here, man. Thank you for bringing philosophy the show out here. Appreciate it, man. I love the show, man. I love what you're doing. Thank you for coming out here. Just paying us some attention, because we've been doing this for, like, 25 years. This is the 25th year I was actually doing it when Juneteenth wasn't really popular, you know what I'm saying? But now that it's a national holiday, a lot of people are, you know, taking part in it. And so today it's Father's day. We're doing something for the fathers, and we're celebrating Juneteenth at the same time with a big concert, vendors, and everything else, man, happy Father's day. Yes. Happy Father's day to all the fathers out here. Happy father's day, brother. I hear a lot of people say it ain't enough attention on Father's day. Yeah, right. I just think you surrounded around the wrong people, because this man has, for 25 years, been doing something for fathers and Juneteenth every year. That's enough attention. We gonna meet some of the vendors today. But what inspired you to start doing this 25 years ago, man? Well, I really can't remember, to be honest with you. But I know I had an opportunity to have a date on this park, and it ended up right around the juneteenth, and so we just kind of tied everything into it. Over the years, it's had different names. It's been the Buddha fest, it's been the flow jam, and things like that. But it's always on the same date around juneteenth, so it's always a juneteenth celebration. Word, man. We got Uncle Buddha the legend. He gonna have a really busy day today, and we look forward to capturing some of your experience as well. Check it out. To share on the show, man. You wanna give people the location? Exact location. Florence, South Carolina, man. The Magic city, they call it. 356 South Jefferson street, right here on the east Florence community. That's where we do the event every year. Levy Park. Levy park. Whatever you want to call it, man. We're out here today, so make sure you come on out. It's a family fun event. Like he said, they'll be speaking to some of the vendors and taking it around to the tables and things like that. And this year, we're doing a concert. So we got a live concert, southern soul concert, some different r and b artists on the stage, and a live band. Got the band out here. Got the band. So it's gonna be off the chain this year, man. I just wanted to take this time right here now, to give you your flowers, bro. Yes, sir. Because since I was legit, I've been listening to Uncle Buddha on the radio, man. And you've been doing it, and you've been consistent the entire time. And I know that's very difficult to do just in life, period, is to be consistent. And now you spreading the love. I always knew you to be in the community as well. So I want to give you your flowers publicly, you know, for what you've been doing for this city, man, and we need you out here. I appreciate that, man. Thanks for the love, man. No doubt. Thank you, man. I appreciate you. Yeah, for sure. Y'all come out to Levy, Levi. Levy park today for the Father's day juneteenth episode of Life. That's right. Celebration, baby. Let's get it. Hey, so y'all know what we out here for, right? We got some vendors out here at the Juneteenth Father's day celebration on Levi park in East Florence. And this is one of the first vendors that I had an opportunity to speak with, Miss Deborah Montgomery. Miss Deborah Montgomery and her business. She just told me the name of her business, and it's called the National Council. [00:04:06] Speaker B: National Council of Negro women out of business. It's actually a national organization. [00:04:13] Speaker A: Oh, okay, okay. Get me right now. Get me right. Okay. So this organization, the National Council of Negro Women, we about to learn a little bit about that. So, Miss Debra, what's up with that? What's that about? [00:04:25] Speaker B: First of all, the National Council of Negro Women was founded by Mary McLeod Bethune herself back in 1935. [00:04:33] Speaker A: I heard her. [00:04:33] Speaker B: And the mission of it is to lead, advocate, empower women of african american descent, their families, and our communities. We are an organization amongst organizations, we're over 2 million women strong. [00:04:49] Speaker A: 2 million, sir. [00:04:52] Speaker B: The national headquarters is in Washington, DC, at the Dorothy Height building, I just believe. Dang. [00:05:01] Speaker A: So how you get into Florence? Like, how did that come? [00:05:05] Speaker B: Matter of factly, Mary McLeod Bethune herself started our section here in Florence way back in the day, with a number of influential black women here in Florence, man. [00:05:18] Speaker A: So Mary McLeod Bethune, does she. She got anything to do with McLeod Hospital? [00:05:22] Speaker B: No, she does not. Mary McLeod Bethune was an advisor to many presidents during her time. [00:05:29] Speaker A: Word. [00:05:30] Speaker B: That's right. [00:05:32] Speaker A: And she created this for. [00:05:33] Speaker B: She created black women for black women. However, it is open to people of all race, gender, and ethnicity and sexual orientation as well. Men can become associate members as well as women. [00:05:50] Speaker A: Yes, men. [00:05:52] Speaker B: That's right. So we have a number of men that are members associated. Not only that, we have other organizations that partner with us. A lot of the divine nine have partnered with us just to name a few y'all. [00:06:06] Speaker A: So y'all just gonna sound like y'all just gonna continue to grow. [00:06:09] Speaker B: We're gonna continue to grow. We're gonna continue to move forward. [00:06:16] Speaker A: So how does someone, like, become a part of the national Council Negro women? [00:06:21] Speaker B: I'm glad you asked that. What we have is we have applications out here today for anybody to fill out. There's a membership fee that they have to pay. It's a. That's good for a year, but you could also become a life member, and that way you would only have to pay no more national dues. You just pay your local dues around $26 word a year. [00:06:47] Speaker A: Word. Man. We gonna have to. [00:06:50] Speaker B: We have several projects that we do. We do our harambe, which are african celebration of community coming together with empowerment. Yes, sir. [00:07:02] Speaker A: And that's all in local Florence area? [00:07:04] Speaker B: That's in the local Florence area. We have other sections. We also have the Florence. The food section. We have a section in Darlington, so it's all around. [00:07:16] Speaker A: Okay. All right, well, may y'all come out and meet Miss Deborah. What was your last name again? Miss Debra. [00:07:21] Speaker B: Deborah Montgomery. [00:07:22] Speaker A: Miss Deborah Montgomery. Man, she out here doing something special. I actually would want to get, like, some more people to speak on this, like, on the show, just because it's such an amazing thing that I'm hearing. So we're gonna have to dig into it a little bit more. At some point, we're gonna be out. [00:07:37] Speaker B: Here, so feel free to come back. By that time, we'll have one of our officers, Andrea Johnson, back so we can talk to her as well. [00:07:45] Speaker A: That's what I'm talking about. Well, thank you so much for your time and your knowledge and wisdom that you just dropped on the philosophy talk show. [00:07:53] Speaker B: Thank you for promoting us. [00:07:54] Speaker A: Yeah, for sure. Thank you. [00:07:55] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:07:57] Speaker A: All right, we here with another vendor, Dolce delights. Tell me your name again. [00:08:02] Speaker B: Shanice White. [00:08:04] Speaker A: She just told me this right before we. My bad. [00:08:08] Speaker B: It's all right. [00:08:09] Speaker A: But, Shanice, it's a pleasure meeting you. We bumped into each other before. [00:08:13] Speaker B: We have. [00:08:13] Speaker A: We have. But what you got here with Dolce delights? [00:08:17] Speaker B: With Dolce delights, we specialize into specialty cakes, but really, we can make anything you want. [00:08:23] Speaker A: Okay, okay. [00:08:25] Speaker B: But more. I'm more of a out of the box and characters type of cake, so if, like, I had a client here that requested a bowling ball cake. [00:08:34] Speaker A: Bowling ball cake? [00:08:35] Speaker B: Yes. So it's a bowling ball with bowling pans and. [00:08:38] Speaker A: And all that cake? [00:08:39] Speaker B: Yes, all that's cake. [00:08:40] Speaker A: So you're an artist? [00:08:41] Speaker B: Yes, but also I do carving fruit carvings as well. [00:08:45] Speaker A: Let me show this baby. [00:08:46] Speaker B: Yes. [00:08:47] Speaker A: So y'all see what she's talking about. [00:08:48] Speaker B: I do fruit carvings as well. I do any kind of homemade pound cakes, any chocolate covered fruit or vegetables, but most people, they like my chewies. That's what I'm famous for, my chewies. [00:09:02] Speaker A: Okay. [00:09:03] Speaker B: We call them Congo squares, but some people call them chewies, so. [00:09:07] Speaker A: Okay, so what type of chewy is this? [00:09:10] Speaker B: Pretty much pecans, brown sugar, you know, flour, butter, eggs. That type of word. Yeah. [00:09:16] Speaker A: Okay. How long you been doing this? [00:09:18] Speaker B: Honestly, I just started doing this maybe two years ago. [00:09:21] Speaker A: Word. [00:09:21] Speaker B: But my grandmother, I have to say, I've been in the kitchen with her about my whole life. [00:09:25] Speaker A: Oh, so this tastes like an old woman. Cook this, baby. Okay, okay. So that you said the chewy is your most popular? [00:09:33] Speaker B: Yep. [00:09:33] Speaker A: All right, what inspired all of this? What inspired you to start? [00:09:37] Speaker B: Actually, I always loved to bake, but what inspired it? I would have to be her. And just one day, I was in the kitchen, and my boyfriend, he wanted a southern caramel cake. And I said, you know what? I'm gonna do that for him. [00:09:50] Speaker A: Okay. [00:09:50] Speaker B: So ever since I made it for him, I always made these for our family, the chewies. But ever since I made the southern caramel cake for him, it just took off. [00:10:00] Speaker A: Then it was. So what about you? You from Florence? [00:10:05] Speaker B: No, I'm actually from Mullins. [00:10:06] Speaker A: From Mullins. Okay. [00:10:08] Speaker B: I used to play basketball and volleyball for Muller. [00:10:11] Speaker A: Okay, so you're an athlete and an artist. [00:10:14] Speaker B: Yes. [00:10:14] Speaker A: You made that? That's handmade, actually. [00:10:17] Speaker B: He made this. [00:10:17] Speaker A: Oh, you made that he made that. Okay. All right. Okay. Lemonade. You can't go wrong with that. But I definitely appreciate you. Dolce delights. [00:10:25] Speaker B: Yeah, Dolce. [00:10:26] Speaker A: Dolce delights. Dolce. I'm saying it right. For what? Sweet. [00:10:32] Speaker B: French for sweet. [00:10:33] Speaker A: A word. Okay. How you learn that? [00:10:36] Speaker B: Actually, I learned from a lot of people because I come through the court system. I have work also doing that. So I have a lot of people who come into criminal justice, and they teach me a lot. [00:10:45] Speaker A: Word. That's what's up. So how can people get in touch with you? [00:10:49] Speaker B: I have a Facebook page, which is my name, but also I can be reached at. Besides Facebook, I want to give out. I can't give out my personal number. Yeah, I wouldn't, but just Facebook right now. I do have an Instagram, but I'm barely on there. But you can just hit me up. I always check my message. [00:11:05] Speaker A: Okay, what's your Facebook name? [00:11:06] Speaker B: Shanice Applewhite. [00:11:08] Speaker A: Shanice Applewhite on Facebook. Like, hit her up. Check out that. I definitely gonna come back and get these chewies, though. You know, that's nimoro uno, you know. So I'll be back over here. Thank you so much. You got anything else you want to share with the people? [00:11:21] Speaker B: Just. I thank everybody for supporting my business. I thank you for the opportunity for interviewing me today. And come check us out. We got some tasty, tasty, tasty, tasty treats. If you're a butter pecan fan, we got some of that. If you're just a straight vanilla fan, we got some red velvet shots, and we got some Oreo Oreo cheesecake for you guys. [00:11:43] Speaker A: All right, come on through, y'all. We had the juneteenth Father's day event on Levy, Levi Levy park today in east Florence until you know what time it's over. [00:11:53] Speaker B: 07:00. [00:11:54] Speaker A: 07:00. So come on through. It's a little warm out here today, so come prepared. Hey, yo, we back with another vendor at the Juneteenth Father's day event on Levi park. I'm probably yelling in the mic. He just now told me not to, but, man, we got a dope person. I met her at the last event, the juneteenth event last week, I want to say. And she came with some energy, so I'm super excited about this conversation right here with ine african clothing. Tell her what's up with it. Tell me what's going on over here. [00:12:25] Speaker B: Hey, it's your girl. Y'all already know me, Katina from ani african clothing. We make statements with elegance. Okay, we have menswear. We have jury. Exotic jewelry. We have shaes. Lynette. We have bags. Ebony's bags. We got it all. You want it? We got it, man. [00:12:47] Speaker A: Yo, see? So y'all see what I'm feeling right now, man? [00:12:51] Speaker B: The energy. The energy. [00:12:52] Speaker A: That good energy, man. I see what you wearing around your neck. See what you got on your. [00:12:58] Speaker B: I'm a queen. [00:12:59] Speaker A: You are. I feel that from you. [00:13:00] Speaker B: I'm a queen. [00:13:01] Speaker A: I feel that from you. [00:13:04] Speaker B: Let me tell y'all, this happened. I call it birthing through my pain. It's my purpose through my pain. Because I used to work for federal government, 25, 26 years, and I got hurt. And right after I got hurt, I lost my father. I had to have a surgery. I lost my mother. Right after I had another surgery, I lost my grandmother. And I was just angry, and I was upset because I like being around people because that's what I love to do and share. Good word, you know? So God told me to get it right. Start doing jewelry, start doing clothes, things that I love, that I wear and share. Cause everybody will say, oh, I like that. I like that. So then I started doing it. I said, purpose to my pain, you know, I call it my pain, but God just birthed me into another level. So I can still do my ministry. This is my ministry. I call it my upper room, where it's joy, peace, love, and happiness. That's all you getting over here, yo. [00:13:55] Speaker A: I can vouch for that. Oh, yeah. I can vouch for that. Because the very first time I walked past your booth on the live last week, they were excited that. [00:14:08] Speaker B: See if I'm excited. You excited. [00:14:09] Speaker A: That's true. [00:14:10] Speaker B: It spreads. It's a spreading type thing. So I always try to give everybody encouraging word. Cause I got encouragement with Katina as well. And I try to give people an encouraging word. Cause you don't know what nobody going through during the day. You know what I mean? So I bless. I always pray over my clothing. I always. God, ask God. Anybody who crossed my path, anybody who purchased anything, I say prayers for. I want them to prosper. I want them to keep going, do what God called them to do. Because suicidal is real, depression is. So I pray for everybody every day. Every day. Not only me, my family, my children, everybody. Because everybody need an uplifting. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I'm right here for Flo town. Born in Charleston, went to DC for a while, came back to take care of my mother and father. But God rest, they so they already gone, but I'm here to stay. You know what I mean? Yeah, I'm done sitting out in flow time, yo. Cause if you know me, know me, y'all already know I'm your girl from I need, baby. [00:15:12] Speaker A: I look forward to building forward with you. You such a. You got. You have such a pure energy about, you know. And I can. I can feel it. [00:15:21] Speaker B: Yeah, that's why we connected. [00:15:22] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:15:22] Speaker B: That. While we connected. [00:15:23] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:15:24] Speaker B: Because I guarantee you, you met me for a reason. I met you for a reason. [00:15:28] Speaker A: That's a fact. [00:15:28] Speaker B: There's purpose in everything. [00:15:30] Speaker A: That's a fact. [00:15:31] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:15:31] Speaker A: That's what I'm talking about. Let's go. All right. Yo, y'all come check out I need out here on Levi park, levee Park. But it's Juneteenth Father's day celebration. And come feel this energy, man. Cause it's really all love. [00:15:48] Speaker B: Everything on sale today, baby. [00:15:50] Speaker A: Everything on sale. [00:15:51] Speaker B: All men's well, 40% off. Everything on sale. [00:15:53] Speaker A: Ooee. Ooh. [00:15:56] Speaker B: All right. You can text me on Facebook, Katina, Lynette. Or you can go to my I and e african clothing page on the book. I'm on the G gram as queen. The love. You don't want to miss it so much. [00:16:09] Speaker A: I appreciate that. For real. Yeah. That's all love. All right, we back again with another vendor at the Juneteenth Father's Day event. [00:16:16] Speaker B: Yeah, it's June 16. [00:16:17] Speaker A: June 16. And today, right now, I got j and B photography and design with me out here. And tell me a little bit about what we got. Who do we have here, and what do we have? [00:16:27] Speaker B: All right, so my name is Jaleesa. I am actually the owner of JB photography and designs. I started off with photography, then I got into designing t shirts. Everything that I do now, I'm making it on hand. I do t shirts, aprons, totes. You name it, I put it on it. I also sell a little bit of this and that as well. Zodiac sign necklaces. I do customized necklaces from lost loved ones to, you know, if you just want your boyfriend or girlfriend on it. I got that, too. We do some. A little bit of everything. As long as you ask me, I can make it possible. [00:17:01] Speaker A: How long you been doing this? [00:17:02] Speaker B: So I've been doing this for three years. [00:17:04] Speaker A: What made you start? [00:17:05] Speaker B: So what made me start was I was like, dog, I got tired of paying people to make my shirt, so I was like, I'll make my own shirt. But then my sister in law just passed recently, my first sister in law, and she inspired me because she was such a strong woman. Her son had cerebral palsy, so when he had cerebral palsy, it made me want to do more awareness, more strong women that dealing with kids with different disabilities. And it really brought something on to me. [00:17:33] Speaker A: That's what's up. Where you from here? [00:17:35] Speaker B: Well, I'm actually from, but I'm mostly in Florence, dealing with everything, with my business, but I do surrounding areas. I'll travel out of town if I have to. [00:17:43] Speaker A: Man, you. You ain't playing. [00:17:45] Speaker B: No. [00:17:46] Speaker A: You was acting like you weren't prepared for this. What you been. You knew I was coming today. [00:17:49] Speaker B: No, I didn't. I didn't. You caught me on a good day. [00:17:52] Speaker A: Yeah. Yeah, man. It's definitely a good day. I feel the energy. I feel the love. I like those shirts. I might want to get one of those. [00:17:58] Speaker B: Yeah, I do kids shirts, too. Kids, babies, all that. I design baby bags. I got it all. [00:18:04] Speaker A: So. So what. What does a shirt. A shirt cost? [00:18:07] Speaker B: Okay, so I usually do from small to extra large, $15. [00:18:13] Speaker A: Okay. [00:18:13] Speaker B: And from two x on up, I do $20. And if you want it custom made with, like, something on the front with something. I don't know. [00:18:21] Speaker A: So once somebody give you what they want, how long does it take you to make a shirt? [00:18:25] Speaker B: My turnaround time is about two to three days. Sometimes it can be 24 hours. It depends on what I got going on. Right. [00:18:32] Speaker A: Okay, so how can people get in touch with you so they can get they stuff? [00:18:35] Speaker B: All right, so I am on Facebook. It's JB photography and designs. I also have my Facebook, personal Facebook. It's Jaleesa Brown. You can see me on TikTok. I am on TikTok. I'm also on Instagram as well. JB photography and designs, and my name as well. My phone number is 843-22-0062 you can also contact me there. And I have an email which is JB photographyanddesigns 22. Mail.com, man. [00:19:03] Speaker A: See? Ready? You need to be doing what I'm doing right now. You trying to switch places. I sell this for you. You need to talk to people, man. I appreciate you. Jalisa, right? [00:19:12] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:19:12] Speaker A: I appreciate you, man. Thank you so much for your energy and your willingness to get on camera and kill it. You kill that. That's what I'm talking about. Come out and see. She said I did. Y'all come out and see. Julisa, JB photography and design over here at East Florence today. I think it's over at 07:00 today. So, you know, you gonna be out here all day? [00:19:32] Speaker B: I'm gonna be out here all day. Okay. [00:19:34] Speaker A: All right, we'll see. I gotta bring her some waters or something. You got some water over here? [00:19:37] Speaker B: Cause we gonna need hydrated. I'm ready. [00:19:40] Speaker A: I need me some water. Well, I appreciate you again. Y'all tune back in for the next vendor here at the Juneteenth celebration. All right, y'all, we back with another vendor. I'm here for the Juneteenth Father's Day celebration on Levi Park. I have Derek here with me, man. There, there. Let's hold. Let's hold it like, there we go. All right, so what we got here, man? Well, we got southern charms food truck. Southern charms. Southern charms. Yeah, we do a lot of homemade, original stuff. Okay. Our burgers are Angus burgers, 30 pound burgers. Okay. I make a homemade seafood egg roll. Okay. [00:20:20] Speaker B: From scratch. [00:20:21] Speaker A: It has salmon and shrimp and crab in it. Dang. We have our own house sauce. You said. So that's a sandwich. It's an egg roll. Egg roll. Okay. Okay. [00:20:30] Speaker B: Roll. [00:20:30] Speaker A: It's called a seafood roll. Seafood roll. Yeah. You can't get no place for it. That sounds good. I gotta take a couple of them home. [00:20:36] Speaker B: You can't buy that at the store. [00:20:38] Speaker A: Word. Yeah, we have our own house sauce called Twengie. Twengin Twengie. That's the name of the sauce. Word. Twengie. [00:20:47] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:20:51] Speaker A: It'S a good sauce. It's twain. It has a twang. Yeah. Word. We have our own house homemade strawberry and mango lemonade. Okay. Yeah. It's all pre bottled. Word. Yeah. So you buy, you get lemonade, not ice. Okay. And I normally have brisket. I normally smoke brisket, but I didn't do any today. Word, man. Where you from, man? I'm originally from Lake City, South Carolina, but I live in Olanta, South Carolina. Okay. Okay. Where, how long you been doing this? I've been cooking all my life. Word. The food truck now probably about three years. Word. So what made you be like, man, I'm gonna do a food truck. I got tired of driving trucks. Oh, that's what you get? You come from driving the truck? Yeah, trucking company. And it's just cookie. Just come in my blood. Right, right. I was like, why not get paid for doing it, man? That's real. That's real, man. Well, I definitely look forward to tasting some of this stuff. I'm gonna go back. I'm gonna go all around. Cause I'm doing this with all the vendors, man. Like I said, it's a philosophy talk show. So I'm giving everybody the opportunity to introduce what they got, man. But I definitely. That's seafood egg roll. Yeah, you gotta try it, man. What? The twanging sauce. Go on. You. Can we do the twinge? Sauce on the. On our wings. On wings? Yeah. Okay. Sauce on wings. Okay. Rose have its own dipping sauce as well. Word. Word, man. So how can people find you, bro? You can find us on facebook. Okay. Southern SC charms. Okay. [00:22:27] Speaker B: Twitter. [00:22:28] Speaker A: Southern se charms. Okay. All right. And they got a number on here. 8439-3988 so I'm definitely gonna get some of that. Go ahead, like, and share. Yeah, yeah. Like, and we gonna see y'all this, too, so you can show your people you out here getting it. Hey, when we got. Yeah, that's what I was about to say. I was just not about to get in there. He got out of the trunk. He was like, bro, you know, I don't really be what you felt like, how you felt. Yeah, you. You good at what you do. Hey, bro, I appreciate that, man. I told you it was nice, man. That's what I'm talking about. Thank you, man. I appreciate you, man. Thank you so much. Yeah, you too. I definitely. Come. Come back around and try to. Yeah, come try us out. Absolutely. Thank you, man. All right, we're back again with another special vendor out here on Levi park for the Juneteenth Father's Day celebration. We have Miss Janice here with the pink owl. All right, so the pink owl. Tell me about the pink owl a little bit. [00:23:27] Speaker B: The pink owl is my brainchild. [00:23:30] Speaker A: Your brain child? [00:23:31] Speaker B: Yes. [00:23:31] Speaker A: Okay. [00:23:32] Speaker B: What that means, I've always been crafty. My family's always called me the black Martha Stewart, minus the insider trader. But I've always been crafty. I've worked in the corporate world forever. I got sick in 2016 with an autoimmune disease, and so after I couldn't work anymore, I started doing this full time. [00:23:56] Speaker A: And it's just. [00:23:57] Speaker B: Yeah, it's just developed. [00:23:59] Speaker A: Okay, so tell me what you got. What is this? [00:24:02] Speaker B: I have sublimation cups. That I do. [00:24:05] Speaker A: Okay. [00:24:07] Speaker B: These are also sublimation earrings that I do. [00:24:09] Speaker A: Okay, I see Wilson got one over here. [00:24:12] Speaker B: Yes. [00:24:12] Speaker A: Okay. [00:24:13] Speaker B: I actually sat down and made that design by myself last night. [00:24:17] Speaker A: Oh, you did that last night? [00:24:18] Speaker B: Yes. [00:24:19] Speaker A: Dang you quick. [00:24:20] Speaker B: Yes. So I do t shirts. I take wine bottles and I repeat some or words. I'll either dip them or I'll paint them. I'll put decals on them, and these are actually lights. So they light up. [00:24:37] Speaker A: So this will light up red. [00:24:38] Speaker B: It's a clear light. [00:24:40] Speaker A: Oh, word. Okay. [00:24:42] Speaker B: And I make tiki torches. You fill these with cinchonella oil or whatever you want to use to put them out on your patio and glide it up. They're just wine bottles. Aprons. I do wood cut, sand, paint, and put my own decals on my bottle openers. I do door signs. I do noodle boards for your stove wall decals, floor decals. I just picked up a screen printing system, so now I gotta teach myself. [00:25:16] Speaker A: Oh, you about to get busy. That's what I'm talking about. [00:25:18] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:25:19] Speaker A: So it looks like you got pens. [00:25:20] Speaker B: I do pens. Those are with epoxy, actually. [00:25:24] Speaker A: You said with a. With what? [00:25:25] Speaker B: Epoxy. Epoxy or resin. I take the pen, I take it apart. I'll print my label or whatever I want to use it. I'll wrap it, and then I'll take epoxy or resin and I'll put it on it and seal it. And these pins are refillable. [00:25:41] Speaker A: So how do you even learn this stuff, though? Do you just say, oh, this is something that I want to learn how to do, or is it something you just go in and just dig into it? So you a genius? That's what you said. [00:25:52] Speaker B: No. Well, I'm far from that. You know that sometimes being up to fine line between a genius and an idiot. [00:25:58] Speaker A: But you know what? [00:25:59] Speaker B: But I actually go around. I teach people how to craft as well. [00:26:02] Speaker A: Worse. So you got classes? [00:26:03] Speaker B: I go to their house and I do one on one word. [00:26:06] Speaker A: So tell. Tell us, how. How can we get in touch with you? [00:26:10] Speaker B: I am on Facebook. My profile is public. Janice bar McKnight. Or you can look up my page. The pink owl. I'm on Instagram as well. I'm on tick tock. Any of those avenues. [00:26:23] Speaker A: What? Today we are wishing for a super successful day out here at this event. Thank you for your time. And you're so calm. [00:26:32] Speaker B: Thank you for having me. [00:26:32] Speaker A: You're so kind. And it's dope to see how you survive and pass an illness that's autoimmune. [00:26:37] Speaker B: Disease that could have changed your life. So I have to be really careful. I just try not to live my life in a bubble, you know, I'm just real careful. I keep hand sanitizer. I keep something to keep my hands clean and keep it moving. [00:26:50] Speaker A: Well, thank you so much, man. Y'all come out here today and support the pink owl. Pink owl. Support the pink owl. Trying to. There we go support the pink owl, man. You see how she coming with it? You see her? You can check her vibe. She's a feel good vibe over here, so I appreciate that. We look forward to seeing y'all out here at her booth. [00:27:12] Speaker B: Thank you so much. [00:27:13] Speaker A: All right, so we're here with another vendor here at the Juneteenth Father's Day celebration on Levi park today. We got help catering. Yeah, help catering. And help is an acronym for something. So. So what? So what is help catering? Help catering. Stand for help. Helping every last person. Helping every last person. No job too big or too small. Every now and then, everybody just need a little bit of help. No, no, that's real talk. You just told me your name. What's your name again? Kevin. Kevin. Kevin. Kevin. All right. So when I asked Kevin, you know, if he wanted to talk, he was like, man, I'm gonna let the grill do the talking. So what we got on the grill, man? We have smoked sauces with onions and peppers. We have smoked ribs, chicken wings, and barbecue ribs, man. They do look kind of tasty, too, bro. Especially no wings. What type of wings is that? I got my own special seasoning that I put on them. So I'm not going to tell you what her name is because, I mean, we got an inside joke about it, but it's a season that I came up with a couple of years ago, and this is what I put on all my meats when I'm cooking. Word. So how long you been. How long you been doing this? I've been cooking down probably about 25 plus word. Like this? Yeah, my late partner, Mister Joe McLaughlin, me and him started out together. Word. Where he passed away? Yeah, he passed away. Oh, word. Word. Word. Okay. So you from this area? Um, yes, sir. Yeah, I'm about the west side. Mister Jovan was from over here. Oh, word. And y'all been doing this for 25 years, man. 25 plus word. So how can. How can. How. So what inspired you to start it as, like, coming to vendor shows and making it available for the public? Because everybody call us the cook phone. We just started going out cooking. So you just started, like, at the crib, just kicking the people, ordering food from you there? No, we go to there. Go to their setting and just cook for them there. Oh, and that's what you do now? Yeah. Okay, so all we got to do is call help. Yeah, call for some help. Call for some help. We got you. Y'all got us. That's it. So what's your specialty? Anything on the grill. All grilled food, pretty much. Word. All right, so if y'all need some grill, boo, just call for help. They got you. Let me see the back. It got some contact. So how can people get in contact with you, man? I have a Facebook page, and my number is 843-453-6822 how much notice you usually need in order to normally? Two to three weeks. Two to three weeks. And it's a deposit for them to put down before. How you deposit when we sign the contract. Word. Okay. All right, man. Y'all please hit Kev up. Kevin up for. Okay. He said what? So he said, come on in here, man. So we got the northern. Northwest Park Men's club. Okay. So, okay. All right, hold on. So we got a whole nother segment. Okay, so tell us. Tell us about. Somebody tell us about it. Who want to know? The Northwest men's club is we help the seniors and kids out over in Northwest, in West Lawrence. We've been doing this now for about 1515 years. Every year we do, we take care of the kids at summer camp on a roll. We do an east egg hunt from Halloween and Thanksgiving. We do, like, senior citizen, homeless. Everybody come eat free for Thanksgiving. Word. Dang, I ain't never knew. I never knew all that was happening on. How long y'all been doing that on Barn street? Yeah, we do that. Like I said, about 1520 years. We're doing that. Dang. Yo, man, shout out. That's our respect. I appreciate y'all. Cause most of the time. Most of the time, whenever we bend. And just like, all the proceeds from this would go to help us with the Thanksgiving dinner coming up, man. So y'all got this. So they ain't just out here selling plates. They out here making a difference, huh? Yes. Y'all making a difference in the community through the belly. That's what I'm talking about, man. Well, thank y'all. So that's Northwest park men's club. I appreciate that, man. Appreciate what y'all doing. Call for help. So they helping in multiple ways. It ain't just on the grill, man. They really out here in the community, and that's what I aspire to be doing, too. So I definitely look forward to taking a part in what y'all. The difference that y'all trying to make, because that's all I want to do, is make a difference. Reach out. That's all you gotta do. Think I called for help. All right. All right, man. I appreciate you, man. Thank you so much. So we got a special one. I'm super excited to do this one right here. I'm probably more excited than her, both of us smiling hard. But we have my first kid vendor, Miss Summer bee. Lemonade. How you doing? Good. What's your name? [00:32:46] Speaker B: Summer. [00:32:47] Speaker A: Summer. So you like making lemonade? [00:32:50] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:32:50] Speaker A: What's your favorite lemonade? [00:32:53] Speaker B: Strawberry. [00:32:54] Speaker A: How long you been doing this, Summer? For real, how old are you? Four. [00:33:00] Speaker B: You? Four. [00:33:01] Speaker A: You've been doing this for a long time. That's what I'm talking about. So what, you remember your first time making some lemonade? You remember your first time trying it? How was it for you? Word. This is this. Let me see. Make sure you're talking in there so they can hear you. All right. So they say you was excited about this. This is a big lemonade stand. Have you ever had a small lemonade stand and kept going? You never had a small lemonade stand? You just out here killing it, huh? Yeah. So tell me about your lemonade. [00:33:34] Speaker B: So we have cheesecake and we have lemonade, and everywhere we go is good. [00:33:43] Speaker A: So you have cheesecake? You said cheesecake and lemonade? [00:33:47] Speaker B: Yeah. [00:33:47] Speaker A: I'm gonna have to get you some of your cheesecake. What type of cheesecake do y'all have? [00:33:51] Speaker B: We have strawberry and another kind of strawberry. [00:33:58] Speaker A: Man, she four years old. I can't believe this. This is amazing to me, man. You're going to be super, super successful. So we have some people out here watching on the camera. You have anything you want to tell those people in the camera? Yeah. What you want to tell them? [00:34:13] Speaker B: That the lemonade is blessing and good. [00:34:17] Speaker A: She said the lemonade is busting and good. That's what I'm talking about, Summer. That's what I'm talking about. Thank you so much for doing this for me. Thank you. You're amazing. Good job. Nice. So this is gonna be on philosophy talk show, and we're gonna send you the video later so you can have it and you can share it with all your friends. That's cool. Thank you so much, Summer. Good job. [00:34:42] Speaker B: Do you have a podcast that you're passionate about? Are you looking for a professional studio to help bring your vision to life? Then look no further than Crux Media Group studios. Located at 903 West Evans street in Florence, South Carolina, Crux Media Group Studios is a full service podcast studio that offers recording, editing, consultation, live streaming, video recording, and more. We have state of the art equipment and a team of experienced professionals who can help you create a podcast that is professional, polished, and engaging. Whether you're a first time podcaster or a seasoned pro crux Media group Studios can help you take your podcast to the next level. Contact us today at 843-407-1673 to learn more about our services and to schedule a consultation. [00:35:38] Speaker A: All right, y'all. So we back again with another vendor, man, and I had a pleasure of bumping into cops at the mall yesterday. I want to say. Bumped into him yesterday with this amazing energy that he has. How old are you, bro? [00:35:51] Speaker B: Twelve. [00:35:52] Speaker A: Like this. This twelve year old young entrepreneur, man. And I want to introduce him. I'm gonna allow him to introduce himself on the show and as well as what he has because it was impressive to me yesterday. You know what? I got the experience from you, Kai. So, man, tell us about your company, man. [00:36:11] Speaker B: So this company is called LNC. Unlimited by my parents. They first started it when they wanted to do something about it, and they wanted to start making shirts, you know, help people with Juneteenth and all. Everything, you know, make sure for people, make them happy with their date. And we started doing that. We started making some shirts, and it started going uphill, man. [00:36:34] Speaker A: That's what's up. That's what's up, man. So how long you been in a sales position? Cause that's. You do a good job at it. How long? [00:36:42] Speaker B: Two years. [00:36:43] Speaker A: Two years. What you like about it? [00:36:45] Speaker B: Everything. I get to have my good energy. I get my breaks. I get my walks. I get to make people laugh happy words. We travel around the world, do our stuff. We send people insurance. Make them laugh, you know, make them. [00:36:58] Speaker A: Have a good day, man. That's what's up, kyle, man, I really like your energy. So what y'all got out here today? [00:37:04] Speaker B: So today we have celebrating. Juneteenth. Juneteenth. And all of our legends on, like, Martha Luther King Junior and Rosa Parks. We also have Juneteenth. Normal Juneteenth. We also have stepping into Juneteenth. Stop giving seat pr to dance situations. Long story short survives. And if y'all originally from South Carolina, we have South Carolina for life. [00:37:25] Speaker A: Word. [00:37:26] Speaker B: Every. You're either on my side, by my side, or on my way. My God is a win maker. Not today, devil. God did it. And every single time I get a decent paycheck, you're gonna decent bill, just like I was telling you yesterday. [00:37:38] Speaker A: Yeah, man. Yo, you. So you got me smiling over here, man, because you suck your. Your tenacity behind what you're doing and your excitement behind what y'all are doing here, man. It's amazing. And I know that it's. It's only gonna grow, so be prepared for your growth. How many is this? Your first vendor show. [00:37:59] Speaker B: No. [00:38:00] Speaker A: Word. So I'm glad you. I'm glad you out here, man. Are y'all from Florence? [00:38:04] Speaker B: No, we're from. We're originally from Chicago. At least they are. I'm originally from Wisconsin. [00:38:11] Speaker A: Okay. [00:38:12] Speaker B: So that's why I think I got my energy from. And they're riggy from Chicago. [00:38:17] Speaker A: Word. That's what's up, man. Well, it's such a pleasure. How can people, if they don't come out here today, how can people get in touch with y'all to get some product or some merchandise from y'all? [00:38:26] Speaker B: We have a website called Bless beyond measure clothing BBM. [00:38:32] Speaker A: Bless beyond measure.com. [00:38:34] Speaker B: Yes, sir. No, bless beyond measure clothing.com. [00:38:37] Speaker A: Blessbeyondmeasure. Clothing.com. y'all can find them and their merchandise to be able to get whatever it is. So y'all can make anything on shirts? [00:38:46] Speaker B: Yes, sir. [00:38:47] Speaker A: Word. [00:38:47] Speaker B: That's a s. Once you get that website, send us a text tone, tell it how you want it, and we'll get it from there. [00:38:57] Speaker A: Word. Word. That's what's up, man. Well, thank you so much, kyle. Do you guys have anything you want to tell the people before we go on? [00:39:04] Speaker B: Just be yourself. Always have energy. [00:39:06] Speaker A: Word. [00:39:07] Speaker B: You know, make people smile, make people happy. That's how I do it. [00:39:11] Speaker A: That's what's up, man. Well, thank you for being a part of the philosophy talk show, man. You got really good energy, man. I look forward to where you go in your life, man, because you. You have a very bright future, bro. For sure. Thank you, man. [00:39:25] Speaker B: Yes, sir. I'll see you. See you next time. [00:39:27] Speaker A: All right. All right, y'all. So we back again with another vendor here at the June Father's Day Juneteenth event on Levi park. Today we have BB and B. It's Bailey breakfast and brunch. We got Miss Bailey right here, man. She about to. She gonna break it down for us. What you. What. What you got out here, Miss Bailey? [00:39:48] Speaker B: Well, today we have loaded baked potatoes with broccoli, steak and cheese. We have some seafood salad with crab and shrimp, and then we have some low country boiled peanuts with McDonald's. [00:40:01] Speaker A: Word. You ain't playing. Where you from? [00:40:05] Speaker B: I'm from Florence. [00:40:07] Speaker A: How long you been doing this? [00:40:09] Speaker B: Well, this particular thing, vending. I don't do vending. I do catering. [00:40:14] Speaker A: Okay. Okay. [00:40:15] Speaker B: My sister bought her food truck. She wanted me to come out with her just to support her and the company that I work for. At work, children's home, we have to do so much marketing per month. So I said, well, let me kill two birds, own make a dollar and promote foster care. [00:40:28] Speaker A: Word, man, that's what's up. That's what's up. So what, what made you get it? What made you make the decision to, man, let me start making these plates or this food catering and let other people have it. Like what inspired that? [00:40:41] Speaker B: Well, the catering itself. I've always been the best cook in my family, so. And they always ate for free. And see, one thing with me, if it don't make money, it don't make sense, okay? So I originally was working at JP Morgan Chase, got laid off and so I went back and got my degree. And so I'm now with mental health therapy. So one thing that I've learned is to always have a next in your spirit. So I do catering, I do events, I do, we own a trucking company. I do health therapy. [00:41:08] Speaker A: So, man, that's what I'm talking about. [00:41:12] Speaker B: You'll know you always got to have a husband. So there's nothing that I won't do for me. I'm trying to figure out another way to make a doll, man. [00:41:22] Speaker A: That's what I'm talking about. Miss Bailey. I love what, I love what I'm feeling, feeling from you. You know, I feel real genuine. I feel that hustle, you know what I'm saying? Inspiration to me and what I, and what I'm doing. So you mentioned child foster care that you out here promoting as well. So tell us about that. [00:41:43] Speaker B: So basically, I work in a department, I run an organization, excuse me, I run a program called Home Builders and we work for an agency called Home Edward Children's Home. So one portion of it is that kids are placed across the kids. I'm on the other side. I am the therapist that go into the home to kind of work with families to kind of get their kids out of the system. So I was just speaking with one of the young ladies and she was telling me how desperate they are. Kids are now living in DSS office. [00:42:12] Speaker A: Check out the man. She's in murder beach. [00:42:16] Speaker B: My job, I get all of my returns automatically. So I'm just really helping her promote foster care. [00:42:21] Speaker A: So how do you keep yourself? Cause for me, the softest spot I have is kids. So how do you find that balance in your own emotional stability and dealing with children that's in situations that's not stable for them and they, it's like nothing they can do to help themselves. Like how do you balance that well. [00:42:44] Speaker B: I had to learn, first of all, to not take it home with me, and I had to also come into the mindset that every mother and father that birth a child is in. So some of these kids deserve a second chance, and some of these parents deserve a second chance. So I'm on both ends. I understand where some kids truly deserve to be in the system until they find their forever home. And some kids or some parents need a support to say, gss, get out of their business. They're doing everything they did. It was just a secret mistake, because you know better, you do better. So we're in there training them different hearing techniques, you know, because we were ready to. You show off, you get whipped, you know, beat em down. You know, it's a way to parent and also discipline without killing your child. You know, you don't have to have the clay mentality. You don't have to whip them in shape. Sometimes one look or one pop is enough. You know, just make sure you pop them in the right place. [00:43:39] Speaker A: Right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tell me about the bus. [00:43:42] Speaker B: So the bus. On the bus, we teach about. We could teach up to 20 students. We have two. I'm a former preschool teacher. We do have one of our, which is elder James Johnson, executive assistant. Shout out to Miss Hannah Saka. She's still a teacher, 30 year vet, history teacher. Her not being on there, crushing it. [00:44:02] Speaker A: Word. Word. [00:44:04] Speaker B: Crushing it. Giving them kids all the stuff that we need. Make it fun, make it interactive. Making sure that they're learning at the same time. But we got big things. [00:44:13] Speaker A: So how does a kid get on the bus? [00:44:16] Speaker B: So they go to our. Go to our website. Let me tell you this. Go to my socials, because we just got a new website. [00:44:23] Speaker A: Yeah, what's the social? [00:44:25] Speaker B: So on Facebook, it is at Lanika Shelly Williams. Lanika is l a n I k a. Shelly. Shelly. And then Williams on Instagram is the real baby bounce back queen. And then TikTok at the bounce back queen. So y'all reach out to me. Dm me, I can send y'all one thing. People say I'm very personable, and I'm very accessible. I ain't never hiding. [00:44:53] Speaker A: That's what I'm talking about, man. Y'all see some of the hats you wear. A motivational speaker, author, activist, philanthropist, mentor, coach, entrepreneur, and a host. That's. Man, that's what I'm talking about. Y'all reach out to her. It's definitely a good vibe. Y'all can tell. Y'all can tell how she coming? Y'all can tell that she ain't. She ain't playing. [00:45:12] Speaker B: I ain't playing with her, but I'm. Look, I'm sweet as our homemade banana pudding, but I don't play either. Especially about our people. Cause we need. We need that word. And we don't stand up and be like, you know what? We ain't about to put up with this no more. [00:45:24] Speaker A: Right? [00:45:25] Speaker B: They're going to keep doing it. And it's sad to say, especially in the south, because that's been conditioned to be in our minds. And I tell them, I ain't gonna look. Damn. And wait for you cross the street. If you can't say excuse me, I'm a stand here until you say excuse me. Oh, you want to get by. [00:45:39] Speaker A: We all. We humans. We humans. We can't be treated less than. I appreciate. I appreciate. [00:45:44] Speaker B: And you know, we less than you know. We'll be here. [00:45:48] Speaker A: We the original. That's what you about to say. [00:45:50] Speaker B: We the ogs. [00:45:51] Speaker A: Yeah. So, yeah, you know, I know where you're coming from. [00:45:54] Speaker B: They all come from us. [00:45:55] Speaker A: I know where you're coming from. [00:45:56] Speaker B: And that's why they do us like that. Because they don't want us to know what they know, man. [00:46:02] Speaker A: Well, you know, the knowledge is a little bit more accessible now. It's up there. I feel like it's up to us at this point. [00:46:07] Speaker B: Absolutely. Absolutely. [00:46:08] Speaker A: I appreciate you so much. Thank you so much. This is dope. Y'all come check her out at this father's day juneteenth event on Levi park today. Y'all probably won't see this today, but eventually, if you do see parts of it come out and support. [00:46:25] Speaker B: We got a get with me. We got a independent study going on to help combat the things in the district, to clean the school district up. [00:46:34] Speaker A: Okay? [00:46:34] Speaker B: And all you do is give your survey. And doctor Charles Bell, he gives you $50 Amazon gift card just for your survey. [00:46:44] Speaker A: Oh, wow. [00:46:44] Speaker B: All you're doing is giving your opinion. So go ahead and get. And get with me and reach out to me. [00:46:49] Speaker A: Yeah. Okay. Thank you for everything that you do. Appreciate you. All right, y'all catch us on the next one. All right, so we here with another bendix. You got multiple streams out here, the way it's supposed to be. And her business partner, man, introduce. Y'all mind sharing the same mic? All right. Yeah, man. So introduce. Introduce the business. Slap your mama LLP. [00:47:15] Speaker B: This is slap your mama LLP. This is my partner, don't. [00:47:19] Speaker A: Okay. Don. [00:47:21] Speaker B: We love to cook our mothers love to cook, so, like, we know how to cook. So we started this, what, like a month ago? We got everything together in a month. And we're here. We're ready. We got collards, rice, smoked neck bones, Mac and cheese, yams, cupcakes, lemonade, hog malls, and rice bowls. We got everything. We got turkey wings, stew, beef and potatoes, and beef ribs, and pork ribs. We got everything. [00:47:51] Speaker A: Word. Man, this is amazing. When I walked over here, I'm like, this is definitely eye catching. It's professional. This dope right here. Thank you. How long you say y'all been doing this? [00:48:04] Speaker B: Just a month. This is our first event. [00:48:07] Speaker A: Word. [00:48:07] Speaker B: First event. [00:48:08] Speaker A: We just out. Come out here and support slap your mama. They sound like they got some everything. [00:48:16] Speaker B: We got everything. [00:48:16] Speaker A: So what's your top dish? [00:48:17] Speaker B: We got fruits, collards, smoked neck bones, everything, like Mac and cheese. [00:48:22] Speaker A: She said you can't go. You can't go wrong. [00:48:25] Speaker B: Yeah, it's going down. [00:48:26] Speaker A: She said, you can't go wrong at all. [00:48:30] Speaker B: Oh, Marsha got the phone. [00:48:33] Speaker A: They working. We know y'all working. We know y'all working. We just wanted to introduce. Come, come support slap your mama here at the juneteenth event, Father's day event here on Levi park. [00:48:44] Speaker B: Happy Father's day, y'all. [00:48:45] Speaker A: Happy Father's day to everybody. We appreciate you and y'all grind. Thank y'all so much for the vibes. We appreciate y'all. How can people get in touch with slap your mama? [00:48:56] Speaker B: I got a scanner thing right here. I got a website. [00:48:59] Speaker A: What's the website? [00:49:01] Speaker B: Slap your mama. [00:49:02] Speaker A: Slap your mama.com. [00:49:05] Speaker B: They could just scan the thing that comes. [00:49:06] Speaker A: Okay, y'all come through and support y'all. Thank you so much. [00:49:09] Speaker B: Slap your mama. [00:49:10] Speaker A: Hey, I appreciate you. Thank you. Hey, welcome to the next vendor station. What's the name? What's the name of the business, man? What's the name of the business? Is called edible. Edible amenities. Edible amenities. Man, I catch him every place. He always get into it. So let's tell the people what you specialize in. What you got? Everybody know, for specializing in bone, peanuts, spicy and regular, I got the pork skins, the chicken skins, I got the cracklings. Instead of crackling. Not the cracklings, but the hog skin. Hog skin? Yeah. The same kind of skin you see on the barbecue salad. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Word. Word. So what, I know you sell the sauces as well, so is it different flavors of sauces or is it all the same flavor? So it's all the same flavor. Word. Word, man. That's what's up, man? So how long you been doing this? Man, I've been doing this since 2018. You. You from Florence Timmonsville. Yeah, man. Ever since, I think the first time I bumped into you was out here and you was. Maybe it was last year or the year before last. You was down on that end. Yeah, I was down on that. Yeah, you was down on that end. And ever since then, I'd be seeing you getting out and getting it. So what made you start. Start doing this, or what was your first product? Or was it all at the same time? First product was the ball peanuts. Okay. Okay. And I always get it. Every time I see you, I get a bag of the original because those joints busting. But you also have the Cajun, right? The Cajun joints. Yeah. So come on through. So how can people get in touch with you if they wanted to place an order with you? Well, I got my name and my number on my packages. Okay. Okay. Mister Lindsey Zimmerman. Yeah. All right. Mister Lindsey Zimmerman. I appreciate what you be doing because you be really out here getting it, man. You be really doing what you need to do with your product, and you always behind it. So I got major respect for you. I mean, regards to that, man. You got anything you want to tell to the people before we go to the next vendor today? Come on out. Come on out. Get you some ball peanuts, some skins, barbecue sauce, go with the skins. Just have a good time on this Father's day. Yeah, man. Happy Father's day. We are at the Father's day Juneteenth event here at Levi park. We got multiple vendors out here, and this is another special vendor that's out here that I wanted to introduce to y'all, man. Thank you so much for your time, man. I appreciate you. All right. Yo, we back with another vendor here at the Father's day Juneteenth event in East Florence. Levi park. Our levy park with Mario Smokehouse. Man, I'll be seeing. I be seeing this a lot. Yo, this ain't. This ain't no ordinary vendor right here. Look, you can look at it and tell, man. So tell us a little bit about it, bro. What you got going on over here? Well, today we got going on. I got some of my famous smokehouse ribs, some of my famous macaroni cheese. Everybody know before. Well, I ain't got the turkey wings, but I got nice, juicy turkey legs. They all over the book right now. If you tune in, this ain't live. It's live. No, we record. Okay, then. All right. And my grill back here if they can get it. But I've been doing this for about. Going on about ten years now. Decided to leave my job about three years ago and doing this full time. Got a catering business, and now I'm getting ready to go on push and get a barbecue trailer and work on my way to a restaurant. So what made you be like, yo, I'm going to start grilling, and I'm going, what was it family that told you, like, they rocking with it? Was it friends that told you they, man, you need to be selling this stuff? Like, what made you? I heard that a lot. I heard it a lot, as, when I was working, they were saying, man, you can start selling some food. I start off with passion. I started cooking for family members, friends cookouts, family reunions, and people birthdays. And then since I got a passion for it, it's something I love to do. So I said, well, I'm gonna go ahead and turn it to a. A full time job, which is, man, that's something I love to do. That's what's up, man. So you said the famous macaroni. Is that your biggest seller, your macaroni and cheese? It's one of them. I got a couple items that are big sellers, the turkey wings, the ribs, and the Mac and cheese and the lemonade. My auntie famous lemonade as well, too. Word. So I got a couple of items that's real big at selling word. A lot of people called me for word, man. Yo, if y'all any place around the area, Florence, Darlington, Hartsville, wherever you at, man, come to East Florence. Word, man. Thank you so much for your time and what you're doing, bro. I appreciate you, too, man. Thank you. All right, yo, so we got another vendor. What's the name? [00:53:41] Speaker B: What's that with Iman? [00:53:42] Speaker A: Juiced up with. All right, so I had heard juices before, I think last year here or the year before? Last year. [00:53:50] Speaker B: It was last year. [00:53:51] Speaker A: Last year here. Yeah, I got some juices from her the last time, and they were bomb. So let me say that. And I told you that before, so this ain't just standing for the camera. Her juices were bomb. But tell us a little bit. Tell the people a little bit about what you got going on, who you are and what you got going on. [00:54:06] Speaker B: So my name is Tia. I have a business called juice over Iman. So it's a bartender business. Not only that, I make drinks. I'm a certified misologist. So I've been certified three years with my bartender license. Also, I train girls to be bartenders who never had the experience, and they want to get the experience. So we go do anybody that book us any type of events, weddings, any professional, any outside you see, and we bartend. But today I'm doing on my own, just networking. [00:54:38] Speaker A: Yeah. [00:54:39] Speaker B: And that's the main thing. Networking. [00:54:41] Speaker A: Well, this is where I met you at, you know. So you said you. You teach people how to bartend. So you do classes. [00:54:49] Speaker B: I do bartending classes. So females are males. Females or males that want to learn how to bartend. I do a bartending class, a one day class, and we go over all the fundamentals. How to bartend, the ABC laws, ways you can get certified, because I can't certify you yet. I'm in the process of getting that. So different ways of how to bartend, how to make a mixed drink, recipes, you can come up on your own. What tastes good with brown liquor, what tastes good with white liquor, because brown don't taste good with everything. [00:55:20] Speaker A: So, yeah. So what's your biggest, your biggest one or your favorite drink? [00:55:26] Speaker B: My best one that everyone always buy is the strawberry lemonade. So you can do tequila or you could do brown, but tequila is the top one. Everybody loves tequila. [00:55:38] Speaker A: That's your favorite one. That's what. [00:55:39] Speaker B: Juiced up with Iman's on Facebook. On IG is juiced up with the dash. No spaces on Emon's. And on Facebook, it got apostrophe in the Emas, Ema, and apostrophe s. And also it has my email. You could contact me at juiceup with [email protected] or else you can text me at 803-525-9706 well, Tia, I appreciate you. [00:56:10] Speaker A: You did great. It's Tia, right? [00:56:11] Speaker B: Yes, Tia. [00:56:12] Speaker A: All right, so I appreciate it. [00:56:13] Speaker B: That's my nickname. Can't get the government name. [00:56:16] Speaker A: I appreciate you, man. You did amazing. You. I know you. [00:56:19] Speaker B: I'm a little scared. [00:56:21] Speaker A: I know, but you did good. I appreciate you putting it out there like that. If y'all see this today, if y'all, y'all. Y'all come across east Florence Park, Levi park today for the Juneteenth Father's Day celebration, man, stop by and see what she rocking with. [00:56:35] Speaker B: Yeah, come get y'all. Good old mixture. It's. Right now it's a little hot, but the breeze is coming in a little bit. A little bit. Just stop on in. [00:56:43] Speaker A: Well, I appreciate you. Thank you so much. [00:56:45] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:56:46] Speaker A: All right. All right, y'all. We with our next vendor here at the juneteenth Father's Day celebration on Levi park with Uncle Buddha right here. We have joyful squeeze with us. And who do we have to play of speaking to? [00:57:01] Speaker B: I'm Madison. I'm one of the employees at Joyful Squeeze. [00:57:03] Speaker A: Okay, so she gonna be the spokes lady for joyful squeeze today. So tell us a little bit about joyful squeal. [00:57:09] Speaker B: We started this business after we lost our grandma. We wanted to do something in memory of her. Here we specialize in flavored lemonades. We have flavors from strawberry all the way down to apple. [00:57:20] Speaker A: So word. What's the biggest, what's the biggest, biggest seller, you think? [00:57:24] Speaker B: The blueberry pineapple mix, that's your favorite one? No, my favorite is a strawberry coconut. [00:57:31] Speaker A: Oh, word. [00:57:31] Speaker B: The biggest seller is blueberry pizza. [00:57:34] Speaker A: Blueberry pineapple. So how long, how long have y'all been doing this, you say? And your grandpa, grandma passing, right? [00:57:42] Speaker B: I don't believe it's been a year yet. [00:57:44] Speaker A: Oh, for real? [00:57:44] Speaker B: Yeah. I don't think we've been in business for a year. [00:57:46] Speaker A: Word. That's what's up. I'm super happy that y'all are out here. If they want to. Do y'all do like, special orders or anything, or just like, pop ups? [00:57:55] Speaker B: No, we just pop up all around town, so you gotta catch us. [00:57:58] Speaker A: Oh, word. [00:57:58] Speaker B: Word. [00:57:59] Speaker A: But can they follow you? Can people follow y'all online or anything? [00:58:01] Speaker B: Yeah, y'all can add us on Facebook at joyfulsqueeze. [00:58:04] Speaker A: Joyful squeeze. [00:58:05] Speaker B: Yes. [00:58:05] Speaker A: All right. Word. Well, I appreciate Madison, right? And I appreciate you stepping in, Madison. You did a heck of a job. [00:58:10] Speaker B: Thank you. [00:58:11] Speaker A: I appreciate that. Come by if y'all see this. Come by Levi park to joyful squeeze. I'm probably, I'm about to get me lemonade now because it's hot out here. And this, I think this is probably our last vendor for other day, so I appreciate y'all having the time, sparing the time to talk with us. Thank you. All right, thank you. Hey, thank y'all for tuning in today. This is, this was a real, real special one, a special edition of the Juneteenth Father's Day celebration that happens at Levi Park. I appreciate Uncle Buddha for allowing, allowing me to come out and show some love to each vendor. It put me in the mind of something that I tell myself about acorn. Everybody in there, they were starting. A lot of people out there that were starting a new business, a small business, a lot of small business vendors out there. And so my message to everybody today is to just start where you are. Use what you have right now and just start doing what it is that you desire to do, creating what it is. Because we are creators. We were created by creator to create. So my challenge to y'all and my message to y'all is to just start exactly where you are. Start right now with what. What you have. What can you do right now to get you to where you desire to be and just start it? Don't overthink it. Just do it. Because without you doing it, it's not gonna happen. It's your dream. It's your imagination is your desire. You can only do it for you. Nobody can do it for you. It's the only way that it's going to be what you desire it to be is if you put the work in, you draw it out, you make it happen. And it don't happen without a beginning. All big things start off small. So I want you to start small and keep nourishing that garden, keep nourishing that plant or that seed that you plant into the universe and watch it flourish. I appreciate y'all peace.