In this episode of Excuse My Granda, Kim says what she can't say in front of Grandma. From previous rosters to current plans for this season, Kim shares it all. Get a peak into Kim's summer plans and how she's spending time with her boyfriend.If you're ramping up for a season of dating and going out East, listen to Kim!Follow us onInstagram @excusemygrandma @kimmursteinTikTok @excusemygrandma Watch on YouTubeSpotifyMusic By: Guy Kelly
Chapter 1: Who is speaking and what is the premise of this episode?
Some of these actually, both of these, I don't think I ever told my grandma. So buckle up. Welcome back to Excuse My Grandma. This week, it's just me, Kim. Grandma's not here, so we're gonna get into the things I probably wouldn't wanna bring up if she were sitting here next to me. So this week, I'm gonna talk about getting back into city life.
the birthdays in my family coming up and what we have planned and what I'm planning on getting them, spring flings of the past versus having my boyfriend now, building a roster and all my tips, and what it's like just having a boyfriend heading into this summer when work is crazy busy. So let's get into all of it. So I'm officially back from Palm Beach for the season.
Chapter 2: How is Kim transitioning back to New York City life after Palm Beach?
I won't go back again until November. So I'm easing my way back into New York City life again and soon the Hamptons. So most days I've been uptown because I want to get stuff done with my grandma. And it's also just a...
easy middle ground between being in Palm Beach and in downtown New York City and seeing my friends to kind of have that like a few days on the Upper East Side it eases you back in from super old school of Florida to New York life again and it's It's going pretty well, I think. I've been really happy to be back. Zach, my boyfriend, has been here too, which has changed my social rhythm a bit.
He's visiting from LA and we've been making lots of plans because he doesn't always, you know, I want him to meet all of my friends who he really hasn't. And he doesn't get to like experience my life here in the way that I do. So I always get excited. I want him to, you know, I make double dates with everybody and I make group plans. So we really have like every night busy.
I also am going to take him uptown to see where I grew up at some point because it's so nostalgic for me to go to all those childhood spots, which always makes me feel so connected to the city again. And I usually split my days between being uptown where my grandma is and I kind of get that creative side of my job because I'm filming with my grandma so much and getting that content done.
Chapter 3: How is Kim balancing her time between uptown and downtown NYC?
And then downtown at my apartment is... you know, where I get to do the behind the scenes producer writer type work and do calls with my team and calls with brands and really the business side of things. So I kind of feel like work from home
is at my apartment and then like going into the office is going to see grandma gail so that's really how my days look and the whole spring like the weather in the city has been amazing it's all anyone can talk about like it's all giving reset energy With wardrobe, like we're, you know, putting the coats away and we're wearing our new outfits. Our routines look different.
And I feel like even with relationships and dating, you kind of...
Chapter 4: What changes has Kim noticed in her social life and dating this spring?
naturally every spring and summer start a new roster of new people and like you're adding I feel like you're going out more just like happy hours and everyone's in a good mood so you're going out on the weekends and the weather's nice and maybe you're going somewhere away for the weekend so you're always meeting new people and I in the past feel like it was always the busiest time for dating.
So even, I mean, I know this sounds, I'm so old school and I'm such a romantic, so this sounds like the opposite, but I would literally like have a note in my phone of guys I was going out with, guys that were after that, like few guys in the roster, if they didn't work out, the ones that I'm planning on adding in,
like either I just got their numbers or I want to ask a friend to set me up with them or whatever it is, and even new interests. So they were all in the phone and it just like, to be fair, I was treating dating a little bit like a job because Obviously on Excuse My Grandma, we talk about dating and relationships and it felt a little bit like research.
And now that I'm in a relationship, like just whatever those topics are, I'm just thinking of my boyfriend in my head and like my current relationships. But before when I was going on lots of different first dates, there was a lot to work with. So I'm just filling my nights in different ways.
Like before it was first dates, now it's date nights with my boyfriend or nights with my friends or a lot of the time, work events because brands will do like activations and things especially in the city um like pre or post dinner and i get to meet some people which is always great and then fashion wise i'm definitely deep into grandma core like
It's all I can think about, whether it's home aesthetics, which is like cottage, vintage pieces, antique, and then clothing too, like also vintage, but cardigans, cozy, like cool stuff. But it has not been my aesthetic. It's really been my grandma gals.
And I really want to lean in and I'm getting obsessed with like sourcing and finding these vintage pieces that feel really personal and also remind me of my grandma. So if you guys know any like...
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Chapter 5: How has having a boyfriend changed Kim’s dating and social routine?
spots to find these kind of things either home clothing whatever it is like please let me know because I'm making it a personal project for the summer and that's really fun and exciting to me also this week we have my grandma's birthday my mom's birthday and then my grandpa's birthday three days in a row and by the time this episode comes out it'll already have been my mom and grandma's birthday so I can share a little bit about what I'm getting them and stuff um
I am a birthday person. My grandma Gail, not so much. I will make the whole month of February about my birthday. She knows what she wants. She's like, I don't need a gift. Actually, let's not even go to dinner. Like I'm over you. Like, no, I'm kidding.
But because we're going to dinner the next two nights for my mom and grandpa's birthday, she's like, we don't need to go to dinner with the same group of people three nights in a row. Like we'll have lunch. So that's our plan so far. I'm going to go to lunch with her and my mom at, The new private club that I joined, San Vicente, which is in the Old Jane Hotel in the West Village.
And she hasn't seen it yet. And she, like, loves that kind of stuff. So I think that'll be fun. And then I got her a gift from Christian Dior, one of her favorite designers. And she totally deserves it with all the work that she puts in with Excuse My Grandma. But it's hard to get this lady a gift, I'm telling you. Like, I think she...
has high standards and also wouldn't use a lot of things unless like she really liked it so I know she likes Dior and I couldn't really afford a sweater or like a bag from there but there's a beautiful like glass bowl that I got her it's like an ice bucket and I think she'll really use it a lot in East Hampton and it gives that like you know, vintage vibe. So I think she'll really like it.
Very classy. And yeah, then for my mom, I got her a pair of sunglasses she's been eyeing and I still need to get something for Poppy. By the way, what'd we think of the Poppy reveal? I feel like it was so exciting to finally show him. And it totally snuck up on me when we reached 500,000 followers that I was like, oh my God, I just have to post him now.
Like I didn't even get to tease it out as much as I would have wanted. But I know we only got to see him for a second. I'm hoping we get a podcast with him or something that we can really get to know his personality or I know his personality that you guys can really get to know his personality. And, you know, maybe when we hit a million because that feels like a big deal.
But we're going to hit 500,000 on TikTok pretty soon. So let us know what you want to see for that. Like maybe I know we haven't seen my mom yet. So maybe that. So anyway, if you guys are listening and don't follow us on TikTok already, go press follow. Tell your friends, tell your daughter, tell your mom, whatever. And yeah, I feel like we're growing so much. It's really, really exciting.
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Chapter 6: What is 'grandma core' fashion and how is Kim embracing it?
It's so fun to see. And there's so much more in store to show all of you, including an event that we're doing May 7th at Blushington that we're actually going to meet all of our community in person. Like you can buy a ticket that's going to bottomless closet, which is an amazing charity and come and hang out with us and we'll take pics and we'll chat. Um, again, it's at Blushington.
You can get a little mini glam moment, um, You can have champagne, light bites. We're going to walk away with an amazing gift bag with like a lot of our favorite items. So hopefully we see you on May 7th. The link is on our Instagram. If you just check there, we have the link in our bio and we'll be posting about it up until the event.
Okay, let's get into past spring fillings, little situation shifts that I've had. Some of these, actually both of these, I don't think I ever told my grandma. So buckle up. The first one, okay. Unfortunately I have a thing for guys who have motorcycles. I'm sorry. Like I think I've outgrown it to be fair. Cause like I have a bad back and I would never do it again. but I did have a thing.
We're not gonna talk about the main situationship whose bike I was on a good amount. We're gonna talk about this guy who, we're gonna talk about, what am I saying? We're going to talk about this guy who I went on two dates with. He was a great guy. Ended up not being my type, but really nice. And I knew, I was in the Hamptons staying with my parents because it was summer.
And I made this date from a dating app on the weekend. And I told my parents I would never date a guy with a motorcycle again. But of course he, I didn't know he had a bike, but he texted me. He's like, I'll pick you up. I have this 1970s Vespa. That's all you have to say to me to like melt. I'm like, oh my gosh. Like I love old vehicles. I love nostalgia. I want to be on the back of the bike.
I want my Roman holiday moment. I'm Audrey Hepburn. I'm envisioning it. But if my parents saw this bike come up to the apartment, I would not be allowed to go. So I literally told him to meet me down the road because, you know, safety, independence, all that. Um, I still wanted to go, but if, yeah, I couldn't have my parents see or hear that happening. So I'm like, okay, bye mom and dad.
I called an Uber and it didn't come to the front of the house. And I like walked down, this is three or four years ago at this point, FYI, but And yeah, I walked down the street and the guy was like, why didn't you want me to pick you up in front of your house? And, you know, it was easier just not to. I was like, don't worry about it.
And we actually had a nice date, but, you know, just didn't align. Um, speaking of not my type though, there was another date I wanted to tell from summer and I love creative date ideas.
This was a beach picnic date that I went on, but this is just to show you how codependent me and my family are, or actually I should just say how my parents really have no boundaries when it comes to me and my love life. So this guy who I think was also from a dating app, uh, might've been a setup. I don't remember, but he, um, picked me up in a car.
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Chapter 7: What are Kim’s plans and gift ideas for upcoming family birthdays?
and we went to the beach and did like a beach picnic and you kind of lose track of time on those kind of dates because there's no waiter coming over and it was a nice date. And so I think three hours went by My parents thought I was murdered. They were texting and calling, which I didn't see because I was rude. I wasn't looking at my phone.
And they decided to get in a car with my brother, too, and drive to the beach because they knew where I was. They could see and find my friends where I was because they have me on there since they're nuts. Love you guys, but, like, you're nuts.
And they thought I must have just, like, drowned in the ocean since it had been three hours, so they decided to drive to the beach, pretty quickly see where I'm sitting on the beach, but that's not enough. They want to, like, you know, stake out and watch the whole date go down like it was a live episode of The Bachelor.
And they stayed for a while, but then they eventually left, and then the guy took me home, and... and like walked me to the door and my dad opened the door and was like, hi. I was like, why do we have to meet on the first date? You don't even know if I like this guy. The whole thing. It's a little hard to date from home, I will say. But you need your parents to like the guy, right?
So, you know, at the end of it, I could easily say not my type for either, but it was fun and creative date ideas. I do like the outdoor dates. I used to do a lot of walking dates, and my grandma was always like, why are you walking? What are you, Forrest Gump? And I was like, you know what? Fair. I think the days of the walking date might have to be over. We should probably...
sit at a bar or a restaurant like normal people. I am excited for the Hamptons this summer. Usually my social scene there was like trying to get into these trendy bars like Surf Lodge and Talk House, because that's where everyone would go out. But I get tired pretty early now. I mean, I always had this inside me, but it's really like stressful to get into those places.
Like it's never really been my vibe. And I always gravitated toward parent parties.
it's so much nicer if you if your friends parents are having parties or your parents are having parties just bring a few friends to that like it's free food it's like way chiller of an atmosphere they probably have like music and a pretty setup it's not like you're not drinking out of solo cups like i love that stuff um i can think of like over the last year or so like i went to a shabbat that was really nice at one of my friends houses um
One of my friends, her parents had a party and invited us and our dinner party, you know, and they like, they had great food and they had a karaoke machine that Zach and I like hogged the whole night, which was so much fun. I've always been an old soul. So maybe this isn't appealing to people, but I'm finally leaning into that instead of pretending that like, oh my God, I love the bar scene.
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Chapter 8: What upcoming events and community activities does Kim mention?
and we're even in separate rooms actually uh because my parents it kind of began as a rule when i was younger and then it became my rule because i was like we'll sleep in the same room but like i love having my closet in a separate room getting ready in a separate room doing my hair and makeup and then like i'll go over and visit his room a little bit during the day and then we can have a sleepover and we'll hang out and whatever but like it's nice to have the separate
um spaces and uh I'm trying to think if he stayed with us for an extended amount of time I think it was just in Palm Beach he was with my grandparents for like 10 days straight um and yeah that was the longest amount of time but that's honestly like
when you know that after 10 days everything went well like it shows you how much you like really vibe with someone and I always think I feel like a question my friends ask me and like that I would always stress about is like oh I just started seeing someone new but like should we do the weekend trip together is it too early like should they meet my parents and I honestly think if you want to you should do it like obviously don't do it after two dates but
after 10 dates and you're like, is it still too early to like have him stay with my family for the weekend? Like I did that with Zach before we were even boyfriend and girlfriend because it's kind of a nice way to not test it out, but like you see how they interact with your family. Like you see, were you sick of them by the end of the weekend?
And if you're pleasantly surprised, like I think that's a really good sign to try it with someone. So this summer, I definitely want to enter with intention, both professionally and socially, like literally from my parents supervising my dates to now hopefully planning some adult dinner parties with people I actually want in my life. It's a really full circle moment.
So I really think this summer is going to be about blending the social and the personal, staying grounded. keeping work creative, and being intentional about who and what I spend my energy on. So I'm really happy we could talk this week, you guys.
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