The vibe ✨
You know that magic post-girls'-night feeling —when the conversation leads to a new show to binge, a hot podcast for the ride home, juicy gossip, and a beauty haul already ordered and en route? That’s the vibe we’re bringing to our group chat girlies live show — and don’t worry, if you were there or not, we’re taking the notes.
After each event, we’ll send a Recap + Reco newsletter with all the tea, so you can stay in the loop with what the girlies are buzzing about — coast to coast. Got a group chat that would eat this up? Don’t gatekeep — share the love and get them to subscribe!
Catch us irl next in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood at The Bohemian: A Wine Bar on 5/22. See you there! 🍷✨
Ok, time for the good stuff. We had almost 50 girlies come out to ThriftPony at Camp North End in Charlotte and here is what they recommend –
Netflix & yap: 🎥
Apparently, the girlies love a little trauma! The current fave? The Pitt (Max). Other hot picks: Hacks (Max), Yellowjackets, and Slow Horses (Apple TV, Prime).
K-Drama fans, rise! 🇰🇷
New to it? Start with Descendants of the Sun, It’s Okay Not to Be Okay, or Crash Landing on You (fun fact: the leads are married IRL!). Stream on Netflix, Prime, or Viki.
🔪 True crime girlies, we see you: everyone’s glued to the Karen Read trial happening live right now.
Still need more? Add The Chestnut Man (Netflix) and Text Me When You Get Home (Hulu) to your queue.
And if reality TV is your Roman Empire, the girlies recommend The Valley and Paul American (uhh... we have some follow-up questions on that that one 👀).
It’s Giving Winner of a Personal Pan Pizza: 📖
The girlies are still deep into Sarah J. Maas and CoHo (that’s Colleen Hoover if you’re not on BookTok). If you’ve already visited Spring Court and processed Verity, here’s what else they’re reading:
Part of Your World series — Abby Jimenez
The Wedding People — Alison Espach
Tell Me Everything — Elizabeth Strout
Never Saw Me Coming — Tanya Smith
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead — Olga Tokarczuk
Special shoutout to our new friends @newfriendsbookclub for sharing your book club with us! Find them on instagram to see what they are reading this month. 📚
I’ll Have Whatever Lindsay Lohan Had: 💄
No gatekeeping here: Glass skin sometimes comes from a glass bottle... aka Botox (avg CLT price: $13–$16/unit). Girlies also spilled their skincare MVPs:
Medicube Zero Pore Pads — If you still relate to Karen from Mean Girls hating her pores.
Medicube Night Peel Mask — Night moves for your skin.
Tower28 Lip Gloss — Get that gloss girl.
I’m From Rice Toner — Life-changing for dry skin.
Centella Asiatica — Game-changer for redness.
Caudalie everything — Especially for dark spots (available on Cocoon Center — shipping’s pricey, but European pharmacy prices oui oui).
Looking for medical grade recos? Stay tuned for Carol’s skincare deep dive.
For your hot girl walk: 🎧
Need a new podcast bestie? The girlies say you must listen to Good Hang with Amy Poehler (all hail the Queen).
Other hot audio picks:
Good Guys
If Books Could Kill
Maintenance Phase
Witch
The Toast
Handsome
Translash
Shoutout to @charlottegirlswhowalk for coming through! Check their Insta for monthly events.
Did You Get the Rez? 🍸
Top restaurants the girlies recommend in CLT:
Supperland — Do not sleep on the sausage gravy croquettes.
Ever Andalo — Head to Bar à Vins first for a glass of wine, get on the waitlist.
Oshen — $12 lunch Bento Box = chef’s kiss.
Other shoutouts: Bird Pizza, Mr. Tokyo, Noble Smoke, Custom Shop.
Hard skip: Barcelona. The girlies said what they said. 🚫
The heart of the chat.
We covered a wide range of topics and answered some burning questions. TBH, group chats = girlie fight club, so we won’t reveal everything that was said, but here are some nuggets we all felt like sharing:
Sometimes a stat sparks the tea. Here are some stats that got us spilling: 📈
🫖 80% of kids under 18 lie about their age online.
🫖 38% of men lie about their age on dating apps.
🫖 Infidelity is highest among women 50–59; men peak cheating in their 40s.
🫖 PSA: Maybe avoid open parking decks in CLT.
We’ve all wondered about starting our own business, and some of the girlies in attendance were thinking about it too. We brought it up to the group and the girlies say it’s 100% worth it if you’re passionate — and one well-rounded gcg even dropped a local resource to help.
Things that divided the group: Diamonds 💎, Nuuly 🛍, and Pickleball 🏓.
Things that united us: 45 minutes is too long for… that…and every tiny house deserves a bidet 🚿.
ISO: Fashion Rentals That Slay 👜😎
Still searching for a rental service that offers handbags and sunglasses?
Vivrelle was recommended for handbags (pro tip: Bachelor/Bachelorette contestants sometimes drop discount codes on their instas👀).
Still no good sunglasses service — if you know one, tell us! Or maybe an industrious girlie will start one... 👛👓
The Dating Scene in CLT: 🚩💘
Someone asked if the apps are worth it in Charlotte — the crowd said... mostly no.
BUT a few success stories exist!
Save a girlie from endless swiping: Vetted recs > Apps.
Have an eligible bachelor or bachelorette in your life? Submit them here!
OG Girlies takes and take aways? 📝
Skylar: Being a girlie has no age limit. Getting to chat at this show with girlies in their 20s-70s made me giddy. Every generation present was ready to chat, laugh, share, and learn. Once a girlie, always a girlie. Other gcg topics have got me thinking about the phenomenon of friend ghosting, I want to talk about this more! And I think I am still going to be a pass on pickleball.
Carol: Girlies go through phases, some are slam dunks and some hit…just around the rim. The real ones aren’t afraid to give the details everyone is looking for. My weekly hyper-fixation: deciding if I care about resale value of my future diamonds? Future grandchildren fighting over my possessions is deeply aligned with my personal brand. But I’ve never appraised any of my grandmother's jewelry. Oh, and everything I wear is Nuuly.
Don't miss the next GCG show! The Bohemian: A Wine Bar on 5/22.
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