Sara Weinshenk on Valley Girl Nostalgia, High School Antics, and First Times
Ryan SicklerApril 10, 202537 min26,731 views
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- 🚗 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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