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Dave Phinney

May 16, 2026

18:46
Where did the name for these wines come from?
18:49
Oh, geez.
18:50
Advice from John specifically is, is a book that Samantha Smith, who's...
18:54
I hate to call her my assistant.
18:55
I, I just...
18:56
She's, uh, my work wife, runs my life, has for fifteen years.
19:00
Um, when she first started working for me, asked for some, you know, PTO, and I said, "Oh, sure," you know, "Where are you going?" And she was single at the time, and she said, "Oh, I'm going to Austin and, and New Orleans." I'm like, "Wow, that sounds like a good time." I said, "What are you doing?" She said, "Well, I've been taking photographs of what people write on the insides of, uh, of bathroom stalls over the last couple years." And I was like, "Geez, that's fascinating.

9 MINS LATER

28:28
Mm-hmm.
21:25
Where did the name for these wines come from?
21:27
Oh, geez.
21:28
Advice From Jon specifically is, is a book that Samantha Smith, who's...
21:32
I hate to call her my assistant, I, I just, she's, uh, my work wife, runs my life, has for 15 years.
21:39
Um, when she first started working for me, asked for some, you know, PTO, and I said, "Oh, sure, you know, where are you going?" And she was single at the time, and she said, "Oh, I'm going to Austin and, and New Orleans." I'm like, "Wow, that sounds like a good time." I said, "What are you doing?" She said, "Well, I've been taking photographs of what people write on the insides of, uh, of bathroom stalls over the last couple years." And I was like, "Geez, that's fascinating.
22:00
So you're taking your vacation to go to dive bars and take photos?" She's like, "Absolutely." So she compiled, I think it was either five or seven years, thousands and thousands of shots of what people write in bathroom stalls.
22:12
And then unlike, you know, your buddy who the coulda, shoulda, woulda, "Oh, I'm gonna do this.

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31:06
Mm-hmm.

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