Rico Gagliano joins Liz, Lian and Julie to talk about his book Brunch Is Hell, summertime entertaining and his impending fatherhood. He'll become a first-time dad in September and Urban Nana has some totally unsolicited advice. Rico is Liz's co-host on her the podcast Safe For Work, a weekly workplace advice show.

We also discuss guilty pleasures (Lian does not like the term), why we get sick on vacation (the let-down effect) and and a few of entertainment recommendations. Julie just saw the Guggenheim exhibit Basquiat’s “ Defacement”: The Untold Story exhibit centered on painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat commemorating death of artist Michael Stewart and found it very powerful and timely. Liz has picked out a classic audiobook by Bill Bryson for her road trip: A Walk In The Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail.

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