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Retail Therapy by Sunday Scaries

A Sunday in New York City (with Brett Merriman)

Retail Therapy by Sunday Scaries

Sunday Scaries

Arts, Fashion & Beauty

4.82.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Everyone’s version of New York City is a different one. From the brownstones in Brooklyn to the tourists in Times Square, you’d be hard-pressed to find two people whose views of the city perfectly align. This week, Brett Merriman joins me to describe his experience as a 22-year-old who moved to New York City with nothing — tips for moving there yourself, his favorite go-to spots, and how he spends his Sundays. Shop Sunday Scaries Varsity Crewnecks: www.sunday-scaries.shop Shop Sunday Scaries Scented Candles: www.vellabox.com/sundayscaries Support This Week's Sponsors Theragun: www.theragun.com/scaries Honey: www.joinhoney.com/scaries Follow Along Sunday Scaries on Twitter: www.twitter.com/sundayscaries Sunday Scaries on Instagram: www.instagram.com/sunday.scaries Will deFries on Twitter: www.twitter.com/willdefries Will deFries on Instagram: www.instagram.com/willdefries Credits Podcast artwork by Alfonso Ruiz and Tristan Pigott All music by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

My name is Will DeFries and this is a Sunday Scaries Podcast, your cure for the Sunday Blues.

0:15.0

Everyone's version of New York City is a different one.

0:17.4

From the brownstones in Brooklyn to the tourist and times square,

0:20.1

you'd be hard pressed to find two people whose views of the city perfectly aligned.

0:24.0

I've never been shy about describing my love-hate relationship with New York.

0:27.6

Normally, I arrive on a Thursday night ready for a weekend of indulging,

0:31.5

and on that arrival day, I always seem to get overcome with emotions of wanting to live there.

0:35.6

But by Sunday, when I've truly never slept in the city that allegedly never sleeps,

0:39.8

my direct flight home can't come soon enough.

0:42.3

But in the back of my mind, New York will always be an itch for me that will never be fully scratched.

0:47.0

This week, I welcome a familiar face of the show to describe his experience living in New York

0:51.5

out of college. Ladies and gentlemen, the director of business development at Washed Media

0:55.9

and the host of the mail-in podcast, Brett Maryman.

0:59.7

What's going on, Will the Freeze?

1:01.4

Welcome, Brett.

1:02.2

Thank you for having me on the first-ever podcast that I listened to in the Wash Media Networks on his

1:07.8

character.

1:08.0

I'd love to hear that.

1:09.3

As many people know, you and I work together.

1:11.5

Do you mind telling the story of how we met and where we were when we originally met in the first

1:15.8

place?

1:16.3

Yeah, so it's one of the uniquely 21st century, I think, in how people kind of get to know each other.

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