Dark Energy Tuesday (Love Island Finale, Summer House Updates, Taylor + Travis Wedding) 

**Sophie** (0:00)
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**SPEAKER_4** (1:28)
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**SPEAKER_3** (1:29)
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**Sophie** (1:33)
It was 100% a wrong choice.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:35)
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**SPEAKER_2** (1:36)
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Think you have what it takes?

**Sophie** (2:01)
Hey, everybody. Welcome back to Snark Bait. I'm Sophie.

**Christy** (2:05)
I'm Christy. And this is Sophie and I's first recording in two weeks for Dark Energy Tuesday.
It feels like we've been- It's been so long, doesn't it?

**Sophie** (2:16)
Yeah, it feels like it's been- Well, we recorded What's the Snark end of last week, so this isn't our first recording together, but this is the first time you guys are hearing us together again for, you know, it's been a minute. So I'm excited to be back. I don't know about you, but it feels good to be back.

**Christy** (2:31)
It does. Regularly scheduled programming from here on out. How was your- Yes. Past couple of days?

**Sophie** (2:37)
Past couple of days were good. Had a very low-key weekend in the city. Yeah, because we just got back on Wednesday from Carousel, which was absolutely beautiful. Highly recommend Carousel. It was gorgeous, has a cute little town called Willamstead, and then also just beautiful, beautiful beaches, amazing food, amazing restaurants. This was my first trip where I was going off of TikTok recommendations, which I don't know why I had never done before. I found the best recommendations from TikTok.
Yeah, it was just beautiful. I highly recommend. The weather was perfect the entire time. Almost too perfect because I got sunburn.
But yeah, it was absolutely stunning. So definitely felt refreshed after my vacation. Thank you so much for holding down the fort and thank you to Rachel and Olivia for holding down the fort. Couldn't have done it without you guys. I can't wait for you to take a vacation so I can return the favor.

**Christy** (3:36)
Oh my gosh. Yeah. No, thank you also for subbing in for me the following week.
What was your favorite activity when you were there? Did you guys do excursions or were you just laying out?

**Sophie** (3:48)
Actually, this isn't that interesting to people, I feel like, but it might be.
The oldest synagogue in the Western Hemisphere is in Carousel. It actually was founded in the 1600s, when Jews in Spain were escaping the Spanish Inquisition. That was something we didn't realize when we booked the trip, and then we were doing research on activities. We're like, whoa, this is so cool. Obviously, Henry and I are both Jewish. We're like, this is awesome. So we did a tour of that synagogue. The entire floor is sand, which is really cool. They still do Shabbat services every Friday and Saturday. Unfortunately, we missed it because we got there and we didn't realize that it was happening, and then we were gone by Wednesday. So we didn't get to go, but that would have been awesome. And then they also have a really cool Jewish museum. And the town, Willemsted, it has a lot of Dutch influences. The architecture is really beautiful, and it's just exploring the town was really cool. And then also just laying on my ass on the beach. Those are, I mean, I had a little bit of everything. You know, I love to explore, and you know, I love to lay on my ass. And I, you know, I wrote this in the newsletter. I finished three books, so finally had time to read.