Welcome to Is This Real Life, a Bravo podcast that relates our favorite shows to our own lives in the world around us.

I'm your host, Mandy Slutszer. Let's get to it.

Hi, everyone. I hope you had a wonderful week. As you guys are listening to this, I am finally on

summer vacation. Ah, I'm just so glad to be done with work, to get to spend some time outside,

hiking, kayaking, swimming, all the fun things. I'm going to be in Door County, Wisconsin,

but I was able to record before I left and chat all things. Atlanta, OC, some of the drama going on

with a potential Vanderpump Rules spinoff. There's just, you know, it's all happening.

For those of you who can't get enough of me, you can also find me this weekend.

I was on Pet Shop Boys podcast, Life on the B list.

So be sure to check out that.

I'll, you know, post about it and everything on Instagram.

So this week I have Kelly Lasko on. She's the manager at the Duplex Diner, which is an LGBTQ bar in Washington, D.C. I met her when I was there for a Vanderpump Rules watch party and a

Bravo-themed trivia, which was so, so much fun. Just a quick reminder that I am still doing a

fundraiser for HIAS, which is an organization that helps refugees

and help to resettle my father. I actually ended up talking to someone this week from Iran

who was resettled six years ago by HIAS, and that was incredible. So if you're interested

in donating, please go to my Instagram page at Mandy Slluetsker and click on the picture of my dad's family and there'll be a button to donate.

I am matching all the donations.

So any little bit you can give would be greatly appreciated.

As always, if you enjoy this podcast, go ahead, give it a five-star rating and leave a kind

review. It helps me get good guests, new guests. If you have ideas for guests, reach out to me,

let me know. I think I am getting close to 400 reviews on Apple Podcasts. So if you haven't ever

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