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Sara Weinshenk on Valley Girl Nostalgia, High School Antics, and First Times

Ryan SicklerApril 10, 202537 min26,731 views
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Growing Up in the Valley

  • 🚗 Sara Weinshenk reminisces about her childhood in the San Fernando Valley, riding in the back of her parents' white Mercedes station wagon with a tan interior.
  • 👧 She recalls playing 'sweet and sour' by waving at people from the back seat, a game her mother would playfully question.
  • ☎️ The conversation touches on the era of landlines and the casual way of answering phones, contrasting with more formal family traditions.
  • 🏫 Weinshenk describes her experience at Louisville, an all-girls Catholic high school, which she found made her "wild as hell" due to the lack of boys and strict uniform policy.

School Days and Nostalgic Items

  • 🖊️ She discusses the iconic feather pens from the "Clueless" era and contrasts them with earlier troll pens, noting how children's toys have evolved.
  • 📚 Weinshenk shares a humorous anecdote about faking illness by sniffing a scratch-and-sniff Berenstain Bears book with an onion scent to get out of school.
  • 🏫 Her high school experience included unusual PE classes like "power walking" and "firm and tone."
  • 💔 The topic of losing virginity at 14 on the 4th of July is mentioned, described as a generally terrible experience rather than a romantic one.

College and Early Adulthood Mishaps

  • 👯‍♀️ In college, Weinshenk shared a room with two other roommates, leading to awkward situations like a roommate wearing her specific Valentine's Day underwear.
  • 👕 She also recounts feeling violated when a former classmate wore her shirts without permission.
  • 🚲 A memorable incident involved being pulled over by the police while riding on the pegs of a boyfriend's bicycle, both of them having been drinking.
  • 🚗 The conversation also touches on early car phones and pagers, highlighting the evolution of personal technology.

Family and Personal Anecdotes

  • 🎁 Weinshenk recalls how her mother ensured she and her younger sister received identical gifts to avoid arguments.
  • 🚗 Her father learned to drive in an '87 5-series BMW, which also featured a non-functional car phone.
  • ✈️ Family vacations included trips to Palm Springs and Hawaii, often involving local activities rather than extensive travel.
  • 🎤 Weinshenk promotes her podcasts, "This B*tch" and "Shenk," and her Instagram, "Princess Shank," for show dates.
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