Spanish Cleaning Products and Storage

Hello and welcome to the luxury podcast. My name is Jonathan Vernon Smith and with me is William Hanson. This is the podcast that helps you live a more luxury life. Hello, Jonathan and I here to help you creraate the everyday moments of luxury that make life worth living whatever your budget. So welcome to another bonus episode of the luxury podcast where William and I trade tips and stories from own luxury lifestyles, as well as delving into our lovely great big overflowing male sacks. William. Yes. you've had a busy week. I've had a very busy day, very busy week. We've opened Titank. Yes, Yes. I've noticed My big opening in the west end. Wow. How's your opening going down? It's going down Better than expected, is it? Yes, I've only done two shows at time of recording. Got my third tonight and show for clarity. and it's going nicely. I'm enjoying it. I feel I sort of vaguely know the show yet to have a big. to have a big mess up. Ride edited that And u Look, don't you stop bringing your thes being waste to this luxury podcast Mouth like a navy? Yes. But no, everyone's lovely. it's gorgeous, it's nice, sot I can't really complain. So has the novelty worn off yet? No no, no, it hasn't. No. When dot you think it will wear off? When do you think you'll think, Oh, I'm exhausted. Wednesday. Wednesday No Be I am coming to see you in July. Yes, it might be quite good by then. Am I going to get the best of you? I think so. I think you'll get a good version of the show. Even I mean, everyone's got a pretty good version of the show, but I think we'll all as a cast, we will all completely relax into where the beats are and the laughs and where you can Right. same And have you found the audience to be drunken gays Everyone's been quite sober so far I'm told the weekend shows, which we are yet to do at time of recording, are wild. Well, When I went there The audience was full of drunken gaze Absolutely full. Well, roll on the weekend. I see. Anyway, well I'm pleased it's going well. Now before we get onto your weak and general wellbe It's a very exciting day at Luxury Bodcast Towers It is an exciting day. Yes On so many levels. Look who the cats dragged back. the kangaroo. Hello And goodight right? Good. you're old producer. O producer. Producer only practically dead to us. But it's nice to see you. And why are you, backad Yeah, why? It is We've moved on Yes He said I looked He said I looked like I was dying, Jonathan did told. No, I didn't say die. I said you look pasty. Yeah I thought he'd come back looking all health in Australia summer overver there. No. Oh winter 't I'm not they're in winter now aren't Well, now but you went over there in January. Yeah. I had a good time then. How did you? Yeah. Okay. Shaved off all my hair Yes, what was was that a cry for help? No, it was just a bit cheaper than the normal hair cut I thought And I didn't really know what a crew cot was when he said G do you a crew cot? And then I found out quite quickly. Did you like the crew cot? I did actually. Yeah, it was a bit of a change. Okay, nice. And what's your favourite thing about Australia? Um, Well, the move was there And Is it the history in the cult yes Anzac cookies are great. Try an Anzac cookie if you go to Australia. What's an Anzac cookie? It's like oat and coconut in a cookie. Oh good. They do cookies in general very well. I, I'm sure they're lovely, but I'm not sure that warrants an entire relocation Or even a long long journey on a holiday. Yes, It's a long way to go for a cookie hie. Yeah. I'm sure there must be some way you can get them here. What are the people like? People are lovely. I've met two lovely luxury listeners. T Not just Corey, who are? Coreory and Stephanie. Stephanie, are they together? They're not, they're separate. They haven't met yet, but they're going They are both coming to my thirtieth and you actually mentioned what I'm doing for my thirtieth in your birthdday episode doing laser tag And they're gonna come. So your thirteen is not your thirteenh you're going to LaserQuest, otherwise known as Laser Tag in Australia. Yes. And your new friends are coming. Yeah, My new luxury listeners are coming. Olly this isast eacholute you're tragic You've left your luxury London lifestyle and look what's happened to you It's tragic. Yeah But are you looking forward to it? I'm looking forward to it very much How many people are coming to Luxury Tag? or whatever you call it. Laser tag. L Luxury tag. We could open our own laser quiz. Live show. Luxury tag. Luxury tag. Come and Zap a better class of person. Do Yeah, how many people are coming I actually think twenty which is twenty twenty new friends. We've met twenty people.. Are they all a very positive people not wriggled with cynicism. A negivity like usperate. Yeah, exactly. Oh and you liking that or is it getting on your nerves? So far quite nice actually Yeah. And have you relocated because you have you can't stay in one place longer than six months Is that correct? You can't What did the court say It. U You can't work for the same company in Australia for six months. so I can actually stay U until they catch me, I could stay in the same place. Well, as long as you don't broadcast that, ye gosh. Next time you're were watching border security You'll see producer Ollie being dragged out by a hefty Australian at the border. Popping a latex glove on his hand. Yes You didn't try and smuggle any of those insects you can in, did you I the UK. No, into Australia, it's a recipe for disaster. The Chinese are always doing that ise just a snap a good way to get another I get a free crew car. Yes. Yeah Yeah. cheheck everything. Well, it's lovely to What prrison aircut a prison aircut. That's a good idea It's lovely to see you. It's lovely to be here. This is just for one week only, isn't it? Thank very much. So it's really nice, really nice to see you all nice to see Sadum Rodo Hey everyone Good. Yeah. well. it's nice to have you back. Thank you. Now welliss all. So Jonathan how other than obviously being Boyed silly that we've got Ollie back briefly for a week. How has your week been? My week has been quite stressful actually It's been quite stressful. I've had Mirror gate, William. Oh Miriggate you looked at it? A I'll get to that a second. I'll get to that. You know, I had my luxury air conditioning fitted by Sheelllly room, Charlie, C call it down K. Yes They've gotten cold on me as well, but have they? Do you need me to chase them up? I've I nudged today. Oh, okay. They're very busy. They're doing three a dayays. Yes, I know we're about to have another heat wave. Exactly. Well, they're trying to squash them all in Anyway, so Chilter Rom Charling C it Down Kev installed air conditioning for my bedroom. It went on the wall of the room. had a very big mirror You do you remember have you ever seen my big mirror in the bedroom Yes. and So I had to take the mirror off to have the air conditioning fitted. Yeah, o Now I wanted to put it back up It needed to come lower down on the wall So my brother who inherited all of the practical skills, he came over last weekend And he put it up. And when you attach the brackets, the brackets, bearing in mind, this IKA mirror now is over twenty years old And it's been on and off the wall several times with redecoration, moving, etcetera and the little brackets have lost their strength And as we try to attach it to the wall brackets kind of gave way and this massive heavy mirror fell off the wall and took a chunk out of one of the walls of the bedroom So that was a bit annoying And I thought, what am I going to do? And then I thought, I know My friend David He will help me. So I texted him the next day. I said, David, I need to attach the mirror to the bedroom wall. Could you help me? He said, Yeah, there's no problem. We just need some special brackets So he told me what to get. I went off, I got the brackets And the next day he came ran in the afternoon And we attach the brackets to the wall And then he had to attach the other part of the brackets to the back of the mirror At which point he was drilling through, and all of a sudden I just heard this Ollie get rid to beepit Ohom And when he turned the mirror over, he'd accidentally And I think it might have been my fault drilled the screw through the glass And the mirror had cracked from one corner down to the other. And there was that moment where we both kind of looked at each other And I went Well, that's that then, isn't it So I then had to spend the rest of the week I had to get new glass cut. Do not be cheap. I mean, I don't want to be I really am not being rude here, but I would imagine I know what you're going to say and I have justification for it. Okay fine. Bizarre decision, I know. Mirrors here. Yeah. I would imagine they' not that expensive. No. It was a new mirror. It wasn't that expensive. However, It was a very nice mirror. It looked good in the room and they don't make it anymore discontinued And also, by this point, all of these new brackets are now fully installed on the wall So I'm thinking, well If I buy a new mirror I've now got to take all the brackets off the wall. The whole bedroom now needs to be redecorated. all because of this mirror And I've now this is snowballing into a massive problem. So I thought the best way I can deal with this in my mind is I'll get some newew mirror gllass cut. Just like an episode of Mr. Beanris David comes around, we dismantle the mirror now We've taken it apart There' glass all over the room, all over the bed Dastrous And I then phon up this glass company and I said, this is the measurement. Could I have the glass? He said, no problem. comeome over. I'll cut it now for you. Oh. So I drove straight over, picked up the glass I get the glass back in my car And you made a little joke earlier about you looks in the mirror Have you ever looked into a mirror like this at this angle? What? L down. Looking down And I caught a glimpse of myself. M for anticipating in what you're gonna say I got anwer myself And there was this O Turkey name And there thiss kind of these jowls And this face And I thought Jesus Christ, that's me And I don't know if it's the new mirror or whether in the course of this week I've aged a lot. but that I looked errible in the mirror. Anyway we got the mirror out of the car. And David and I then put this mirror together. And David, I thought very in a very observant way, he suggested that we were like two bomb disposal experts this rem back into the frame without cracking it again. Yeah after an awful lot and we were both literally perspiring We managed to get it fixed Back on the wall My mirror has now been installed to and above British standards. Well gosh that's Herculeons. Absolutely exhausted I was. I'm exhausted listening to it. Ridiculous. seventy two pounds fifty for new glass I don't think that's terrible because that's a sizeable mirr It is a whopper, absolute whopper. But thankfully, when I looked at it on the wall, I didn't look quite as awful. I think it might have been the. I think it's all about the angle. Yeah, it's all about the angle. It's like when if you've ever open your phone and the camera's facing forwards and it's the same principle. You look absolutely hideous. Well, let me show you now So if I'm gonna put I'm gonna put this no, I know what it. I don't want to look at myself. No, we just put that on the desk. I'm putting the camera on the desk. Now lean over that and look I look herrific Imagine that in a big mirror Look at it ' how they look quite h And then of course, the trouble is when you look I o there it is again, that face And then you think, thank goodness, no one would ever see me looking like Is it time to consider Botox? I think it might be a bit past Botox Yeah. Yeah. What can you have done to you nextck Oh, you can have all sorts. Shall I have my neck done? Yes. Can I have like a turkey neck removal. Yeah. And the jowls? They could all go Could I? I can introduce you to people. C I bet could. This time next year, you're gonna look at Joan Collins. Yeah. Yeah're right Oh, Joan Collins, I loved her Pares still the life Jon Collingss. Oh, no, that'soe Riververs who Either works. I was gonna say. Joan Rivers from the front. Yeah toards the end of her life. 'cause how old was she when she died? Aes. Under the knife of a plastic surgeon. Did she die under the knife? Yeah, she is. Well, let this be a lesson, Madiam I haven't had a knife near me, but she had she had had quite a lot of work done So from the front she should look quite young When you saw behind her It was like the little old lady in Tesco with the shopping truck. from behind All of the scin had been bunched up How old was she when she died? eighty one. eighty one There's no age nowadays. No. M cling on Yeah, thanks. So it's been quite a stressful week to be honestess you. It sounds like you need a break. Oh. Well, funny you say that. Well, tell me all about your holiday. It's coming up in a couple of weeks, isn't it? It is Yes. It's very exciting for you. Can't wait. It's a little reconnaissance visit ahead of my state visit Yeah, so I'm going to fgleianna slash N And what's rather entertaining is that Rodrigo, say hello, Rod Rrigo Rodrigo It's going be there as well. Nice. So I'm going to take Rodriga out of the Mercadona before I take you up there. Love Rodriga, you can tell me if it's worth it I w paraphrase one of our favorite comedians you can recreate Hmpster teeth for him Yes. Yeah What you mean Let' we get a break Bcket heads, we're going to read your questions now. So let's dive into our heaving bags of post. Do remember, if there's something on your mind that needs a luxury touch, postman at luxurypodcast. co. Uk is the place for your queries and your questions This first one is from Jessica, Darest William and Jonathan, I'm writing to you need of desperate help regarding an upcoming trip with some friends. I had made plans with friends to visit Barcelona over summer for a short city break. Eager to commit to the event, I confirmed my attendance and put in my annual leave request. I optimistically began browsing apartments which definitely appeared to be up to and above British standards. Therefore you can imagine my horror when my friends agreed that a hostel was an appropriate accommodation and proceeded to book this immediately. Oh I would consider myself a better class of person and I typically only frequent establishments which are a minimum of four stars or above Please can you advise on how I can make this hostel experience more luxurious while sharing a room and bathrooms with nine other ladies for three nights? I will very much be out of my comfort zone. However, I do want to ensure I can try to enjoy myself to the fullest whilst mingling with the commoners Yes, myself and my mum Aison, are huge fans of the podcast, enjoy the intergenerational listening experience. We eagerly await the next luxury live. Oh well you're in luck. Many thanks, Jessica. Well U have you ever stayed in a youth hostel? I have, have you? mightight surprise you to learn many years ago, well, naturally. And it was when I un taken. It was when I was at school. Yes. we went on a band trip And why was it banned? It wasn't uil we went to it. And I had to stay in a youth hostel and it was Sbsolutely awful. Is this the where you had the accident No, that was another one. Oh, it was another one. But same group of people really But yes, it was a youth hostel. And there was a young chap who was sleeping on the bunk above me because everyone sleeps in bunks And he had a dry skin condition and Every morning I awoke to him sitting on the edge of the bed, having a scratch. A scratch. He was having a scratch. Yeahah It wasn't much fun So I don't think there's anyh you can make a youth hostile luxury. It's just absol Fain illness, donon't go on the train. No, exactly. Stay well away Yeah. I wouldn't stay now. I'd rather And I know finances are different for everyone. but call me old fashioned, I'd rather stay at home than go anywhere less than a four star. Yeah. I'm just not staying in anywhere less than a four star. You could take your own pillow Potentially is the only thing you could do, Jessica Curt And maybe a Spanish Britz. Yes, or your own pillow and a pillow protector as well. I mean, if you're taking your own pillow, you probablyably have all the stuff on it orr if you can't take your own pillow, att least take a pillow protector because it's amazing how many hotels don't have them, and I don't cast aspversions on hostels when I've never stayed there But I' met In a youth hostel, you'd be sleeping in a big room with strangers Ugh, It's wager of hell. Can you imagine Oh just be awful. In all seriousness, in this day and age with all the stuff that you hear and the awful stuff that you hear in the news, I am genuinely surprised youth hostels are still going a recipe for disaster. It is. I would imagine when we're sitting here well, when I'm sitting here in fifty years, I suspect they would have all been banned. They would have all been banned. Yeah. Jessica, make an excuse and don't go. Yeah. It sounds awful. Joe's been in touch William says Hi, William and Jonathan, just a quick one from me What's the etiquette for asking a lady Her natural hair colour. Is' this after we ask S do this Best, Joe that I didn't I didn say it You. It was when I said that you could be played by Rupert Grint I think I offered up the natural hair color myself. Yes. which is whichich is what I would say is fine. Yeah. I don't think you can ask male female whatever natural hair color I think you could say, W your hair the same color as a child and see if they bite Wh the curtains match the carpet. The drapes There's a there's a Dame E in a joke I'm paraphrasing here. You could ask them to do naked cartwheels Yeah I just don't think you can joke Why dod you need to know? But why not? Why do you need to know? If I said you Oh I like I do like your hair colour. Is it natural? What's wrong with that Well, true But I mean, it depends how natural the hair looks. Right. If it's like, you know, Bue Mrs. Sloan Blue. you can't really go what's the By the way, while we're talking about hair color, can I say something controversial? Yes And this is directed at male bucket headads notot female bucket heads. Okay Please men Don't die a. Please do not try and dye the grreay out of your hair You're fooling nobody It looks like you've covered your hair in shoe polish It is not comverts in colour it You mean if they've got black hair orark, very dark hair? Well, cinnamon sage. Do you remember inrasia wasable? When was Aable, That's. Do you remember when Marty Crane dyes his hair brown Just whenever a man dyes his hair, I just think it's so obvious. Yeah. I mean, I think if you are going to do it, I mean, we're lucky because we're both fair, so it hides grays, etceter Um, more or less. and I Ollie said Jonathan, you're looking very blonde. Which Sadie thought was hilarious Ireland long tips But I if you're going to dye your hair, I think you have to start. immmediately, sooner rather than later before you start getting grae because that's how it then hides it. It's when you are like Marty Crane in Fraser, You are great And then you choose to ge another color It it wass ridiculous. But being gray For a man Absolutely lovely. Yes. and M need to accept this. Yeah. There is absolutely nothing wrong with going Greay as a man. Lovely. Arguably there's nothing wrong with going grreay as a woman You just need to have in my view the right cut this And it needs to be the right gray And there's been some very distinguished men with grreay hair Philipp Scay Field Thank you Edward What's wrong with it Clooney, Yep There's nothing wrong with the Georgeia Carinet It's got questionable taste on what makes good coffee, but other than that it's fine Anyway, for goodness' sake, go great This is from Emma Dear William, Jonathan On a recent visit to a dear friend in Southeast London, I found myself enthusiastically pressing your podcast at pra Praising your podcast pressing your podcast the window and confessing to being something of a devotee of your weekly musings When my friend inquired as to the subject matter, I offered as an example, Jonathan's well documented appreciation for Spanish cleaning products. att which point her eyes widened with theatrical delight as she quite literally sprang from her chair In a state of excitement, she revealed only a few doors down from her own residence lies an emporium dedicated entirely to Spanish cleaning products. She had often wondered whether such a niche establishment could possibly thrive entirely unaware of the cult like reverence these products command in certain more discerning circles. We took a brief promenade to admire the premises, it shut on Sunday so I couldn't go in, but I can confirm with great pleasure that the window display features many of the very products he so elegantly champions on the podcast presresented in all their fragrant glory. For your reference, this establishment is called Sense of Espania Located at fifty three Chatterton Village Bromley. their Instagram is Sense of Espana, UK I've attached photographs of the shop frront and I'm already looking forward to returning for a proper visit next time in the area With warmest regards and an ever growing curiosity for Spanish detergents Fantastic. Look there is the photograph. There, there it is Oh gorgeous. Spanish cleaning product. Asevi. Look, they've got the last T in the. They do. I can see Asevi and quite make out the other ones. There's the nice Roma fabric softener. that's lovely in the Habel de Masseill. I can't see a tolder though There's no charge of this and floor This more, There's a bit of anuo over there Oh and Rodrigo, guess what there is Tuna pan egg grout. Now he get it It tragic None of us has been in touch with I wish I was coming on your holiday N' so very Oh So Anonymousays, deear gentlemen We're a family of four living in NYC That's New York City We have a clutter problem I've taken to stacking storage bins and covering them with tablecloths. to both craft side tables and hide our belongings. It's a practical solution, but it does not feel luxurious Sadly, we have average ceilings, thus limiting our shelving space. Rnting additional storage is not an option for us either If anybody can elevate our pseudo furniture It is you too. I'd love to hear any other unorthodox storage solutions No to Brooklyn. Have you New Jersey? Have you sorted out under the bed? I mean you can get it under a bed Yeah. on top of top of a wardrobe Yeah. some smart boxes. Yeahes, with nice labels Yeah. Fabr canvas, I would say, so you can't see the clutter inside rather than sort of see through perspes. An Ottoman or some furniture that has storage inside Something like that, but other than that Or you caddles if clothes, clothes take up an awful lot of space and I'm tempted to do with our clothes or my clothes, I can't do it with Mike's clothes, but the trick where I mean, I assume you're like me all the. Chiners hang one way. Oh yeah, yeses But then what you do is on the stuff you then start to wear, you put it back with the hangers the other way and then after a month or two you have a look at items of clothing you have not actually touched. have a clear out and then you go w want to get rid of them. Other than let's say, well I'm not wearing that because it's the height of summer down And then you have a clear out and I might do that because I'm convinced I could get rid of loads. That's a good idea. Yeah. So you could do that if it's a closeed issue Well Isn't that lovely? What a gorgeous episode. This has been a lovely, lovely episode. Fome we've had. that's more than enough luxury for this week. We will of course be back next Wednesday. Got a great talk What are we going to be talkking about But Jab, donon't tell everyone. No it's funny. Let's leave it as a surprise. All I'll say is my brother suggested this. Yes and you won't want to miss it. But for now Goodbye