You're listening to the Girl Next Door Podcast. I'm Kelsey. And I'm Erica. We're two former

next door neighbors and good friends who love a good chat and a good laugh. We're inviting you

to come on in, have a drink, and stay a while. Hey, friend. Hey friend. Today we're going to be talking

all about our adopted hometown of Gilbert, Arizona.

We'll share what we love, our recommendations for where to eat, and what to do, and the

unique aspects of living here.

But first we want to share that our spring book club pick is Ask Again Yes, a novel by

Mary Beth Keene.

It's described as a profoundly moving novel about two neighboring

families in a suburban town, the friendship between their children, a tragedy that reverberates

over four decades, and the daily intimacies of marriage and the power of forgiveness.

That episode will air May 6th, so grab a copy and join us. Okay, so let's get into our topic today, which we are calling Gilbert Love, because we have a lot

of love for this desert town we call home.

We also get a handful of messages every year from people who are coming to visit asking for

our recommendation, so we thought we could just put together a whole episode and that this

would be a great way to capture all those ideas in one spot.

Love it.

So first, since neither of us are from here, can you give a quick recap of how you found yourself living in Gilbert, Arizona?

So we came to visit some of our very best friends from college in February-ish of 2009.

Okay. They were living in Queen Creek, which is like one little town over from Gilbert.

And we were at spring training games when the weather was perfect and it was the worst back in Wisconsin.

And so we, through a series of events, decided to move here,

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