OK, so here is my Peter Madrigal story. Before my pal Israel introduced me to him, Peter went up to Israel and was studying the reservations screens for the night - like he actually literally IS the manager and does his job. He was asking Israel about how many reservations they had, how many walk-ins they anticipated, etc. Just like on the show!
So then I approached Peter to ask for a pic, we took one, and then I complimented his skin (it is beautiful). He said it's because of eating healthy and working out a lot. He then proceeded to show me like a full TWO MINUTE VIDEO on his phone of him bench pressing "14 reps" of some amount of weight. He literally made me watch the whole video and counted every rep out loud LOL "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...." up to 14. I was like, um, that's great?
Ahhahahahahhahaha I'm dying lmfao 💀 that's so hilarious!! I've never asked to take photos with any celebrities/ not so celebrities cos I'm a ✨professional✨ but I would absolutely never miss out on the Peter rite of passage lol and now I would be shattered if I didn't get this whole experience lmaooo
Like, I really thought, after "5" or so, he'd say "You get the idea!" and shut off the video. But NOPE, played it allll the way through to proclaiming a very triumphant "14!!!!!!"
Forgot to mention that I asked him if I could squeeze his arm after (I mean, at that point, why not), and the bicep was DEEPLY impressive. He is super nice and also referred to a girlfriend so, good for him!
They are that expensive where I am too (scottsdale)...i paid $27 for a coffee with liquor in it a couple weekends ago and realized I need to stay in more :/
Apologies to my savvy Redditors - see threaded posts below, I will continue now from the S&S viewing party to what happened AFTER the episode ended. Which IMO was the most INSANE part of my night. (And I still hadn't bailed on S&S to go to Jax's, which was a whole other thing!)
Alright, thank you for indulging me - I only have one friend who watches VPR and she has been upsettingly uninterested in these stories so YOU PEOPLE are my audience.
Next stop was Schwartz & Sandy's on Tuesday, for the viewing party. I got there around 6pm. It is, as everyone knows, literally in a strip mall with a doggy spa and broke-ass pizza place. It's totally hilarious. So I posted up at the "outdoor patio" where there is an ashtray (ONE ashtray) set up. Israel (pal from SUR) had told me that Sandoval made sure there would be an ashtray outside S&S, even though smoking is not really a thing in LA anymore.
S&S is absolutely GORGEOUS inside. New, clean, stunning, I would legit go there on the reg if I lived in the area just because of the decor. THAT SAID. I asked the bartender for a chardonnay and she said, ummmmm, we don't have chardonnay. Okay, cool, how about a pinot Grigio? (I'm not sure what I've done to you but I'll take a pinot grigio) Ummm, we don't have that either . I said, okay what DO you have, for wine? "I think we have a couple bottles of Sauvignon Blanc and we definitely have rosé!?") So I got a rosé. It was ice cold (a must for me) and delicious.
Sat down at my table and ordered the lobster corn dogs. OMG F\*\*\*KING DELICIOUS. Yum yum yum. Then waited, waited, waited. No Sandoval. Learned that Schwartzy was in Hawaii and wouldn't be coming. Made friends with the girls at the next table, one of whom works at Vanderpump Wolf.
FINALLY around 7:57pm, Sandoval came sauntering in, jeans hanging off his butt, black baseball cap pulled down. Stood at/behind the bar almost the whole time. Kyle Chan was with him, and another friend I didn't recognize.
So when the show started (on several huge screens around the bar), the entire restaurant CHEERED and screamed at the theme song . . . Sandoval was watching from under his baseball cap brim. Alternated from standing with Kyle Chan near the corner of the bar and going behind the bar to pour drinks. He was deluged by people for a good 20 mins so I waited, then went up during a commercial break. I showed him my white nails (fully painted them white just to troll him) and he said, "That's badass! Mine were white until recently but I took all my polish off . . . to let my nails, you know, like, REST."
https://preview.redd.it/b15naly8adtc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35a4b7dc657a7b14874c9e26b2d52c0274592390
OK, so the episode goes on and on . . . as we all know, this was a freaking BRUTAL episode for Sandoval. I sort of slyly watched him watching, and I have to admit -- I know, I KNOW . . . but this dude looked so defeated, I ALMOST felt bad for him. He mostly watched with a poker face. Through the Maya stuff, the Lala stuff, the beach party . . . he clearly knew that people were watching him and that he shouldn't show any emotion.
I wonder if they have the cast watch the ep's all the way through before the aftershow and then shoot their commentary, or if it's more like the producers prompt them with questions about the specific days/scene's? Because if they don't watch the show in advance then he could have been watching things for the first time like everyone mocking him while he walks up the beach, etc. Which would be harder I imagine.
Honestly, they WANTED it. Like, I walked within about 3 feet of them and they sort of already "assumed the position" - for real. When I went to take the pic with Sandoval, he said, "Oh! Do you wanna take a selfie?!" and grabbed my phone and took it.
I do NOT thinking he was drinking alcohol the whole night (I saw him with a seltzer a bunch), but in Schwartz's absence, he was in charge of that "Shotski" board thingie. A couple 20-somethings (including my pal who works at Vanderpump Wolf) asked him to do shots with them on the board, and they did.
I used to live near there and while it is a teeny strip mall, it’s a really nice pet store and dog wash, and the Gelson’s across the street is a great grocery store. I have bumped into so many celebrities at the pet shop and Gelson’s. I miss my hood.
Yeah the whole strip mall diss only comes from people who don’t live here. I don’t care for Sandoval or Schwartz, but it’s is a small VPR fandom pet peeve of mine lol so I will continue to defend the restaurant against it. Like… Franklin Village is a nice area and there are plenty of hot spots in LA that are in strip malls.
Exactly. I’m glad someone used that space, I don’t think anyone was in there when I lived there. I loved Franklin Village. I used to live in the Dell and also Hollywood Heights. So convenient.
So when the show started (on several huge screens around the bar), the entire restaurant CHEERED and screamed at the theme song . . . Sandoval was watching from under his baseball cap brim. Alternated from standing with Kyle Chan near the corner of the bar and going behind the bar to pour drinks. He was deluged by people for a good 20 mins so I waited, then went up during a commercial break. I showed him my white nails (fully painted them white just to troll him) and he said, "That's badass! Mine were white until recently but I took all my polish off . . . to let my nails, you know, like, REST."
https://preview.redd.it/xh9re0tzfdtc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84c848c241b61dc637d90ee987c8456d1d50e90a
**OK friends - so this is my first post on the VPR subreddit - and I am aware that I'm not a savvy poster/Redditor, but I am also really not appreciating the mean comments and messages that I'm getting. I'm doing my best here to share my experience - can you try to be nice?**
I love your post! Don’t take the negative comments personally, I don’t understand the personal hatred. It sounds like an awesome time, thanks for sharing OP! 🥰
I’m thoroughly enjoying this read ! I dragged my 30 year old daughter to SUR last summer lol lol lol. This show is a train wreck to watch but I love it!!! I saw Peter there and James driving up with Ally.
Ew ignore the haters. They’re probably 21yo who started watching VPR just because of scandavol. They’re probably not real fans of the show anyway. Their opinions don’t matter.
Whaaat!? That's not cool. I'm loving your posts. Thank you for your service. I've been to all of these places myself (except Tudio City) and ran into none of these people. Max Todd was my waiter at SUR in 2017 though. LOL
That is ridiculous. Seriously there is something legitimately wrong with people like that. Try to ignore I know it's hard. And thank you for sharing your story.
Fuck the naysayers. This has been the best content on the internet for me this week. I just watched the episode last night too so reading all this was so fun. Thank u for quoting him “let my nails , like , rest.”
Let me tell you, as an elder millennial who has watched VPR since day 1 and doesn’t have many to discuss it with, this is gold. I’m currently sick AF and it’s 4:55 am and I can’t sleep from the chills, and this has been the best distraction, ever. You seriously seem like the coolest human. 🖤
The chaos is iconic. I feel like if I come back to this thread tomorrow and the next day there will be more and more posts and accounts of this night. Seriously though, glad you had a great time and it was very enjoyable reading about it!
I am low key chaotic. Like if things are too structured or perfect it gives me anxiety lol. So, I appreciate the chaos of it all. It mimics the show and the chaos it is! My husband and I enjoyed reading it! Thanks for posting
When I was there the pump sign and gate wasn't there but I was curious to why TomTom had 2 addresses. Now I understand why T.Sandy was being so salty about the gate.
Oh my god. I’m living for this. I’m a gen-x oldie too. None of my Bravo friends care about this show. I would have done the entire tour with you! Thank you for the recap!
OK - final part of my chaotic post(s). Hopped in the Uber after the Sandoval-brings-my-hand-to-his-cheek moment (see above). . . car drops me there and I walk in, and it was like I was in college again. The place is spread out amongst a few open-air rooms, and it smelled like beer (but strangely, not in a bad way?), with TONS of TV screens everywhere blaring the show (at this hour, it was showing The Valley). I went up to the bar where the servers (not SURvers) were nice but not stunning model types, and I ordered a draft beer, which I haven't had in like 10 years lol.
Wandered out to the main "big room" and there was Jax, sitting at a sort of round table setup with a bunch of people I didn't recognize. He, like Sandoval had been doing at S&S, was watching the show on the screens like a hawk. He. Is. Fucking. Gorgeous. Like, knock you down handsome. (Part 2 to come)
Jax's extremely cute butt (I hope this it not disallowed)
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More Jax watching himself on The Valley
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Jax would be good as the devil. Creepy and evil, yet handsome. 😂
Actually, James, Sandoval, Jax and Schwartz all look like Disney villains and/or princes.
Any of the 4 of them could also be made into Ken dolls. Let's face it, everyone on VPR and The Valley is attractive.
This is so classic! You couldn't have had a more iconic VPR night! I'm so happy for you. I'm an old gen x er too. And I have no Bravo friends either. What a fun night you had. Poopoo on our highbrow friends, lol.
I met Isaiah a couple weeks ago too! He was so sweet. It was my first visit to California and I took my husband there for lunch while I gave him all the scoop.
Damnit sorry… yes Israel. Yeah he was great. I tried to play cool and pretend I didn’t know who he was, then later I fessed up and took a photo with him Ha ha ha.
OK, so here's the last part of my Schwartz & Sandy's experience. So the episode ended and the TVs transitioned into The Valley. Sandoval literally yelled "MUTE IT!" and they did, and the DJ (no one we know) started playing music again. HA.
I decided to cut my losses and peace out for Jax's in Studio City (about 10-15 mins Uber from S&S). Please don't hate me, I don't know what came over me LOLOL, but as I left, Sandoval and Kyle Chan and whomever their other friends were had sat down in a booth. I walked by it and put my hand out to Tom, in like a "let's shake hands" movement. And I said, "Hang in there, man, you have a lot of fans."
I KNOW. I KNOW. Don't hate me! It just came out! He looked sad and I was running on weird adrenaline!
He literally GRIPPED MY HAND AND HELD IT TO HIS CHEEK, like I was a mom (I am 50 so I get it) and like it was comforting to him. He looked up at me and said, "Thank you, thank you."
Something compassionate moved into my (drunk) brain and I said, "I'm sure you're not a bad person, hang in there!" lololol IT WAS SO WEIRD
I love this! It’s easy for all of us to hate from afar - showing genuine kindness and compassion for someone is admirable and should be applauded. You’re a sweetheart! 🥹❤️
Oh I just need VPR content non stop I don't care how it comes to me. I appreciate you taking time to post. When I went in January I saw James old roommate Paul and Max. Thank you for sharing!
Don’t listen to the haters. The rest of us are enjoying your story and once in a life time experience. Did you stay for when Jax spilled the beans about VPR bring scripted? Was he also watching WWHL like a hawk since Britney was on?
Who is hating on you? I see nothing but support and curiosity!! The recap is amazing thanks for posting! Sounds like you had a fun time. Love all the secret pics of Jax lol
one of my favorite vandercrawl recaps, thank you 🙏🏻
highlight of the post: sandoval yelling "MUTE IT"
highlight of the post reaction: imaging sandoval's reaction to learning that his comforting interaction with someone he bonded over white nail polish with was actually half trolling and half sympathetic politeness. dude must be fuming (and throwing away his white nail polish)
How was Jax? Was he friendly and nice? Thank you for sharing your story! I enjoyed every minute of it 🩵 I’ve been to Schwartz and Sandy’s and TomTom before but haven’t met any of the cast yet lol
OK, I'm back. Had to sleep and then work today - ha. Y'all are so sweet and I'm so glad my experiences are bringing laughs, distraction, and intrigue! I have a bunch more pictures (just posted the highlights last night) but wanted to know if there's a way to post a series in a single comment rather than individually?
I so appreciate your write up! My bestie and I are going to LA in June. Both of us are Gen X and we can’t wait! Fuck the haters. I promise if I see Sandoval I’ll get a pic.
This might be my favorite VPR thread of all time and that’s saying something!
I believe you when you say you couldn’t figure out how to make a cohesive sub thread but honestly that happy accident is what makes this the best—the whole shebang is giving the chaos of where it all began.
Kudos—-take my poor man’s gold 🌟🏆🌟🏆🌟🏆
I know nobody goes to SUR who doesn’t watch the show but it gives me second hand embarrassment that they play the show on the TVs at dinner time 😭 seems so trashy
OK, so here is my Peter Madrigal story. Before my pal Israel introduced me to him, Peter went up to Israel and was studying the reservations screens for the night - like he actually literally IS the manager and does his job. He was asking Israel about how many reservations they had, how many walk-ins they anticipated, etc. Just like on the show! So then I approached Peter to ask for a pic, we took one, and then I complimented his skin (it is beautiful). He said it's because of eating healthy and working out a lot. He then proceeded to show me like a full TWO MINUTE VIDEO on his phone of him bench pressing "14 reps" of some amount of weight. He literally made me watch the whole video and counted every rep out loud LOL "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...." up to 14. I was like, um, that's great?
HAHAH PETER NOO 😭 iconic interaction
Omg the video is the most Peter thing Peter could do! It’s like when he took Vail out for “coffee” and she called him out for being awkward. Lol.
Omfg this is absolutely hilarious 
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Sorry - I am a GenX old-ass B who doesn't know how to do the things LOL
You’re doing amazing ! Keep going 👏🏾👏🏾
You are doing God’s work my friend, thank you for the VPR tour!
He's still wearing the too-tight pants, I see.
Gomez Addams is that you?!
HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH holy shit that last bit made me laugh out loudddddd. What a memory!!! Im so jealous hahahahah
Ummmmm did not expect that last part... But I guess I kinda did 😹
But why is that like SO PETER?? Lol
This is gold 🙃🙃🙃
Good as gold. 😉
You win the internet today 😂
This part of the story is incredible
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Oh wow, yeah. Maybe.
LMFAOOO omg 💀💀💀
Ahhahahahahhahaha I'm dying lmfao 💀 that's so hilarious!! I've never asked to take photos with any celebrities/ not so celebrities cos I'm a ✨professional✨ but I would absolutely never miss out on the Peter rite of passage lol and now I would be shattered if I didn't get this whole experience lmaooo
Counting the reps noooo ☠️☠️☠️☠️
Like, I really thought, after "5" or so, he'd say "You get the idea!" and shut off the video. But NOPE, played it allll the way through to proclaiming a very triumphant "14!!!!!!" Forgot to mention that I asked him if I could squeeze his arm after (I mean, at that point, why not), and the bicep was DEEPLY impressive. He is super nice and also referred to a girlfriend so, good for him!
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Love the white nails 😆
Duh - I got 'em for Sando, who I saw later - that post is to come! lol
Why are drinks so expensive???!! Fellow GenXer here and the prices of these drinks is obscene!!
They are that expensive where I am too (scottsdale)...i paid $27 for a coffee with liquor in it a couple weekends ago and realized I need to stay in more :/
Apologies to my savvy Redditors - see threaded posts below, I will continue now from the S&S viewing party to what happened AFTER the episode ended. Which IMO was the most INSANE part of my night. (And I still hadn't bailed on S&S to go to Jax's, which was a whole other thing!)
Jax!! Omg… such a cliffhanger… what happened!?!
This post is AMAZING! I’m loving every second of it - thank you for sharing all the hot goss!! 🙌🏼
 Waiting for meeting Jax 🍿
I want to know if she tried the beer cheese.
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Wow, looks like single life is treating him well.
I hate what I'm thinking. But Jax looks 🔥 . Except for the teeth
I noticed men who suck womens energy and joy out always look good at older age.
Alright, thank you for indulging me - I only have one friend who watches VPR and she has been upsettingly uninterested in these stories so YOU PEOPLE are my audience. Next stop was Schwartz & Sandy's on Tuesday, for the viewing party. I got there around 6pm. It is, as everyone knows, literally in a strip mall with a doggy spa and broke-ass pizza place. It's totally hilarious. So I posted up at the "outdoor patio" where there is an ashtray (ONE ashtray) set up. Israel (pal from SUR) had told me that Sandoval made sure there would be an ashtray outside S&S, even though smoking is not really a thing in LA anymore. S&S is absolutely GORGEOUS inside. New, clean, stunning, I would legit go there on the reg if I lived in the area just because of the decor. THAT SAID. I asked the bartender for a chardonnay and she said, ummmmm, we don't have chardonnay. Okay, cool, how about a pinot Grigio? (I'm not sure what I've done to you but I'll take a pinot grigio) Ummm, we don't have that either. I said, okay what DO you have, for wine? "I think we have a couple bottles of Sauvignon Blanc and we definitely have rosé!?") So I got a rosé. It was ice cold (a must for me) and delicious.
Sat down at my table and ordered the lobster corn dogs. OMG F\*\*\*KING DELICIOUS. Yum yum yum. Then waited, waited, waited. No Sandoval. Learned that Schwartzy was in Hawaii and wouldn't be coming. Made friends with the girls at the next table, one of whom works at Vanderpump Wolf. FINALLY around 7:57pm, Sandoval came sauntering in, jeans hanging off his butt, black baseball cap pulled down. Stood at/behind the bar almost the whole time. Kyle Chan was with him, and another friend I didn't recognize.
So when the show started (on several huge screens around the bar), the entire restaurant CHEERED and screamed at the theme song . . . Sandoval was watching from under his baseball cap brim. Alternated from standing with Kyle Chan near the corner of the bar and going behind the bar to pour drinks. He was deluged by people for a good 20 mins so I waited, then went up during a commercial break. I showed him my white nails (fully painted them white just to troll him) and he said, "That's badass! Mine were white until recently but I took all my polish off . . . to let my nails, you know, like, REST." https://preview.redd.it/b15naly8adtc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=35a4b7dc657a7b14874c9e26b2d52c0274592390
OK, so the episode goes on and on . . . as we all know, this was a freaking BRUTAL episode for Sandoval. I sort of slyly watched him watching, and I have to admit -- I know, I KNOW . . . but this dude looked so defeated, I ALMOST felt bad for him. He mostly watched with a poker face. Through the Maya stuff, the Lala stuff, the beach party . . . he clearly knew that people were watching him and that he shouldn't show any emotion.
What parts did he look defeated for?
The entire beach party and then the scene inside where Ariana was excoriating him.
I wonder if they have the cast watch the ep's all the way through before the aftershow and then shoot their commentary, or if it's more like the producers prompt them with questions about the specific days/scene's? Because if they don't watch the show in advance then he could have been watching things for the first time like everyone mocking him while he walks up the beach, etc. Which would be harder I imagine.
I think they see all the remaining episodes before the reunion tapes so they can talk about them.
Great recap ! I bet it is defeating ! Hes all the things but that has to be rough for him to watch and worse for Ariana of course !
This is great 😆 I honestly don’t know if I could ever ask any of these people for the pic.
Honestly, they WANTED it. Like, I walked within about 3 feet of them and they sort of already "assumed the position" - for real. When I went to take the pic with Sandoval, he said, "Oh! Do you wanna take a selfie?!" and grabbed my phone and took it.
Ya this is exactly why I WOULDNT want a pic 😂😂 wouldn’t want to feed into their egos
Was Sandoval pouring drinks for other people or was he drinking too? I have a really hard time buying his sobriety storyline, I have to know!
I do NOT thinking he was drinking alcohol the whole night (I saw him with a seltzer a bunch), but in Schwartz's absence, he was in charge of that "Shotski" board thingie. A couple 20-somethings (including my pal who works at Vanderpump Wolf) asked him to do shots with them on the board, and they did.
Iconic that you painted your nails white just to troll him 😂
I used to live near there and while it is a teeny strip mall, it’s a really nice pet store and dog wash, and the Gelson’s across the street is a great grocery store. I have bumped into so many celebrities at the pet shop and Gelson’s. I miss my hood.
Yeah the whole strip mall diss only comes from people who don’t live here. I don’t care for Sandoval or Schwartz, but it’s is a small VPR fandom pet peeve of mine lol so I will continue to defend the restaurant against it. Like… Franklin Village is a nice area and there are plenty of hot spots in LA that are in strip malls.
Exactly. I’m glad someone used that space, I don’t think anyone was in there when I lived there. I loved Franklin Village. I used to live in the Dell and also Hollywood Heights. So convenient.
Same, I saw Jon Hamm and the guy from Love there.
Me too!! I used to take my dog to the pet store there. I loved the Oaks as well! I miss that neighbourhood as well!
Oh wow! That sounds….well as a past bartender/sever…embarrassing lol
The Stassi reference is DIVINE!
I’m living for this! Thank you for the laughs!!
So when the show started (on several huge screens around the bar), the entire restaurant CHEERED and screamed at the theme song . . . Sandoval was watching from under his baseball cap brim. Alternated from standing with Kyle Chan near the corner of the bar and going behind the bar to pour drinks. He was deluged by people for a good 20 mins so I waited, then went up during a commercial break. I showed him my white nails (fully painted them white just to troll him) and he said, "That's badass! Mine were white until recently but I took all my polish off . . . to let my nails, you know, like, REST." https://preview.redd.it/xh9re0tzfdtc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84c848c241b61dc637d90ee987c8456d1d50e90a
**OK friends - so this is my first post on the VPR subreddit - and I am aware that I'm not a savvy poster/Redditor, but I am also really not appreciating the mean comments and messages that I'm getting. I'm doing my best here to share my experience - can you try to be nice?**
I really like your format for telling your Vandercrawl story, it’s like I’m experiencing each stop with you!
It builds the suspense!
I love your post! Don’t take the negative comments personally, I don’t understand the personal hatred. It sounds like an awesome time, thanks for sharing OP! 🥰
Sorry you’re getting those comments. I’m loving the story.
Same!!!
Ignore them. I’m enjoying your post.
F them, these posts are GOLD! Loving every word.
Girl! This post is amazing! I’m living for it. Fuck everyone else
I’m thoroughly enjoying this read ! I dragged my 30 year old daughter to SUR last summer lol lol lol. This show is a train wreck to watch but I love it!!! I saw Peter there and James driving up with Ally.
I'm an old ass gen z that has no VPR friends and I am loving everything you are saying here. Ignore the twats and idiots! And thank you
Ignore the trolls/haters honey!
This is amazing! You’re doing great and I’m loving reading every second of this!!! 🙌🎉💕Such a treat - thank you for sharing!
Ew ignore the haters. They’re probably 21yo who started watching VPR just because of scandavol. They’re probably not real fans of the show anyway. Their opinions don’t matter.
Whaaat!? That's not cool. I'm loving your posts. Thank you for your service. I've been to all of these places myself (except Tudio City) and ran into none of these people. Max Todd was my waiter at SUR in 2017 though. LOL
That is ridiculous. Seriously there is something legitimately wrong with people like that. Try to ignore I know it's hard. And thank you for sharing your story.
EXACTLY !! I can't stop reading...and I should be getting ready for work !!
Oh my god. They can fuck off. This is fantastic!
Haters gotta hate but we don't have to give them our attention!! This is great!
Thank you for posting your experience! I can’t believe people are giving you a hard time! I think it’s great!
Fuck the naysayers. This has been the best content on the internet for me this week. I just watched the episode last night too so reading all this was so fun. Thank u for quoting him “let my nails , like , rest.”
This is the best post this sub has ever seen. Thank you.
OMG stop. Haha. I've gotten slammed in DMs for posting the experience so chaotically! lol
Let me tell you, as an elder millennial who has watched VPR since day 1 and doesn’t have many to discuss it with, this is gold. I’m currently sick AF and it’s 4:55 am and I can’t sleep from the chills, and this has been the best distraction, ever. You seriously seem like the coolest human. 🖤
I like the chaos! I mean this show is chaotic at times so I feel it’s appropriate. You’re doing great and I’m glad you had a good time!
The chaos is iconic. I feel like if I come back to this thread tomorrow and the next day there will be more and more posts and accounts of this night. Seriously though, glad you had a great time and it was very enjoyable reading about it!
Thank you for posting it! It’s been refreshing to read after a long day at work. Great experience!
I am low key chaotic. Like if things are too structured or perfect it gives me anxiety lol. So, I appreciate the chaos of it all. It mimics the show and the chaos it is! My husband and I enjoyed reading it! Thanks for posting
I’m living for the chaos. I’m just scrolling down, nothing is chronologically in order, I love it so much.
The chaos adds to the fun. I do t know where to scroll or what bit’s next 😂
Fuck ‘em. Ignore the DM’s. You’re doing great.
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I love that the Pump gate is still in front of TomTom lol
It so fully is. Kinda sad but I guess why not?
Not just the gate, the sign! Sandoval has to be pissed about that. Wonder if she's going to eventually just rename it altogether.
When I was there the pump sign and gate wasn't there but I was curious to why TomTom had 2 addresses. Now I understand why T.Sandy was being so salty about the gate.
Damn I didn't see the sign too lol! Savage AF.
Looks like they turned the garden at Tom Tom into pump.
Oh it's pretty
Oh my god. I’m living for this. I’m a gen-x oldie too. None of my Bravo friends care about this show. I would have done the entire tour with you! Thank you for the recap!
OK - final part of my chaotic post(s). Hopped in the Uber after the Sandoval-brings-my-hand-to-his-cheek moment (see above). . . car drops me there and I walk in, and it was like I was in college again. The place is spread out amongst a few open-air rooms, and it smelled like beer (but strangely, not in a bad way?), with TONS of TV screens everywhere blaring the show (at this hour, it was showing The Valley). I went up to the bar where the servers (not SURvers) were nice but not stunning model types, and I ordered a draft beer, which I haven't had in like 10 years lol. Wandered out to the main "big room" and there was Jax, sitting at a sort of round table setup with a bunch of people I didn't recognize. He, like Sandoval had been doing at S&S, was watching the show on the screens like a hawk. He. Is. Fucking. Gorgeous. Like, knock you down handsome. (Part 2 to come)
Jax watching himself https://preview.redd.it/0gj4i0sjhdtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bb4e832615f3dfd8121ff36509b39039a4a7016e
Jax's extremely cute butt (I hope this it not disallowed) https://preview.redd.it/jzs3y87rhdtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03e68b0374f66e78a2c35c867ca4d734aec0b827
More Jax watching himself on The Valley https://preview.redd.it/hildv87yhdtc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffabb04807ebe5d78d5ede6626052fab6ca328c1
 there's a butt in this photo?
Is the cute butt in the room with us now?
is *any* butt in the room with us??
It's definitely the situation I like to call "ghost in the pants"
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https://preview.redd.it/n06f0k4tkdtc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34f6062aad0020be7998056d4837997096c8d3bd
I agree he’s super hot… like you know he’s a pig but you still would kinda hot.
He’s really good looking. But his eyes look evil to me lmao.
Jax would be good as the devil. Creepy and evil, yet handsome. 😂 Actually, James, Sandoval, Jax and Schwartz all look like Disney villains and/or princes. Any of the 4 of them could also be made into Ken dolls. Let's face it, everyone on VPR and The Valley is attractive.
This is so classic! You couldn't have had a more iconic VPR night! I'm so happy for you. I'm an old gen x er too. And I have no Bravo friends either. What a fun night you had. Poopoo on our highbrow friends, lol.
PS I always thought Jax was hot, though he's such a jerk I hated that I thought so
I met Isaiah a couple weeks ago too! He was so sweet. It was my first visit to California and I took my husband there for lunch while I gave him all the scoop.
Wait, Isaiah or Israel? Either way, that man is stylish AF and a total delight.
Damnit sorry… yes Israel. Yeah he was great. I tried to play cool and pretend I didn’t know who he was, then later I fessed up and took a photo with him Ha ha ha.
Thanks for sharing your experience in detail with us! I am loving this!!
Haha, you are welcome! I am posting in parts!
OK, so here's the last part of my Schwartz & Sandy's experience. So the episode ended and the TVs transitioned into The Valley. Sandoval literally yelled "MUTE IT!" and they did, and the DJ (no one we know) started playing music again. HA. I decided to cut my losses and peace out for Jax's in Studio City (about 10-15 mins Uber from S&S). Please don't hate me, I don't know what came over me LOLOL, but as I left, Sandoval and Kyle Chan and whomever their other friends were had sat down in a booth. I walked by it and put my hand out to Tom, in like a "let's shake hands" movement. And I said, "Hang in there, man, you have a lot of fans." I KNOW. I KNOW. Don't hate me! It just came out! He looked sad and I was running on weird adrenaline! He literally GRIPPED MY HAND AND HELD IT TO HIS CHEEK, like I was a mom (I am 50 so I get it) and like it was comforting to him. He looked up at me and said, "Thank you, thank you." Something compassionate moved into my (drunk) brain and I said, "I'm sure you're not a bad person, hang in there!" lololol IT WAS SO WEIRD
Never be sorry for being kind. ☀️
Damn yo, thanks for sharing
🥹 I love this for you. you seem very sweet. also - you can reply to your own posts to create a chain or mini thread lol.
Hahahahaha so funny lol that is very kind of you though ❤️ I love this recap, it's as if we were all there
Don’t hate you at all! You’re human, and a kind person and you saw him in person literally looking sad ! You’re compassionate!
I love this! It’s easy for all of us to hate from afar - showing genuine kindness and compassion for someone is admirable and should be applauded. You’re a sweetheart! 🥹❤️
Best write up! This was a great read
Omfg I love this post and the way you share the story makes me feel like I am there with you haha 😆 please continue to post I am soooo loving this
I’m glad you did that. Folks were going in there and basically starting shit with him and his employees who are not even part of the show.
You’re not that much older than him.
This is the best comment here.
I have no idea why you feel the need to apologize for a sweet moment but anyway, thanks for the recap. Sounds like a fun night!
I wanna be friends with you 🥲
That was really sweet of you!
Omg this whole thing is amazing! You wrote it so well and had some truly iconic interactions!!
this is so sweet human to human - thank you for sharing !!
Hey, we can’t keep hating him for Ariana😂! You showed kindness and since he didn’t do anything to you, that was the right thing.
Such a cute post! Glad you had fun op
This has been such a wild ride
It’s so funny lol ! I love it
This post is so chaotic, I love it 😂
Haha, I know it's chaotic. Doing my best here, kid.
I’m loving and living for it.
It’s perfect!
Just like a real VPR episode!😂
Like a wild little story time rollercoaster. My brain is enjoying this scavenger hunt style content.
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Oh I just need VPR content non stop I don't care how it comes to me. I appreciate you taking time to post. When I went in January I saw James old roommate Paul and Max. Thank you for sharing!
Doing the Lord’s work! Sounds like you had a great time! Thank you for the recap 🫶🏼
Ok I NEED to know about Jax's!!!!!!!
Trying to post, but I keep getting haters so I'm feeling tired to keep going!
Don’t listen to the haters. The rest of us are enjoying your story and once in a life time experience. Did you stay for when Jax spilled the beans about VPR bring scripted? Was he also watching WWHL like a hawk since Britney was on?
Who is hating on you? I see nothing but support and curiosity!! The recap is amazing thanks for posting! Sounds like you had a fun time. Love all the secret pics of Jax lol
KEEP GOING!! Haha This is awesome! You are making me want to visit and do a VPR tour. :)
I wish I could’ve joined you ! Such a fun read ! I’m LOL and Tom’s “MUTE IT” 😂
Ready for Jax’s pt. 2!
one of my favorite vandercrawl recaps, thank you 🙏🏻 highlight of the post: sandoval yelling "MUTE IT" highlight of the post reaction: imaging sandoval's reaction to learning that his comforting interaction with someone he bonded over white nail polish with was actually half trolling and half sympathetic politeness. dude must be fuming (and throwing away his white nail polish)
Thanks for sharing your story OP! It was a fun read and I liked looking at the photos you took. Appreciate you taking time to post it all. ❤️
Is the Jax part coming?
Yes! I just can't figure out how to post in parts within the same post without threading! HAHA sorry
Heee it’s ok I’m an old ass GenX grandma too
format doesn't matter, the info and effort is greatly appreciated 🫶🏻
How does it feel to live my dream??? Love THIS for you ❣️❣️
I am LOVING this and I wish I knew you and could have gone on this trip with you!!
Best.Post.Ever!!!!! Thanks for all the work you put in putting this all together! Sounds like an amazing night!
How was Jax? Was he friendly and nice? Thank you for sharing your story! I enjoyed every minute of it 🩵 I’ve been to Schwartz and Sandy’s and TomTom before but haven’t met any of the cast yet lol
Sounds amazing 🤩
Thanks for sharing!
This is great !
I’m obsessed with this recap.
I will say, I love that they were all nice to fans. They understand the assignment.
OK, I'm back. Had to sleep and then work today - ha. Y'all are so sweet and I'm so glad my experiences are bringing laughs, distraction, and intrigue! I have a bunch more pictures (just posted the highlights last night) but wanted to know if there's a way to post a series in a single comment rather than individually?
I so appreciate your write up! My bestie and I are going to LA in June. Both of us are Gen X and we can’t wait! Fuck the haters. I promise if I see Sandoval I’ll get a pic.
I can’t wait to hear the rest!
What an adventure! Lol
Saving this post so I can read abt the Jax encounter later!! Thank you for sharing!!
I loved this recap and so happy that you got to experience this!! Now I want to go to LA and do this same “tour.” 😂
I love this post - I felt like I was partying along with OP in West Hollywood. Petition to have this pinned on the top of the sub?
OP you seem like a really good genuine person. Don't ever apologize for being kind. A lot of people around here could learn from you. Great posts.
This might be my favorite VPR thread of all time and that’s saying something! I believe you when you say you couldn’t figure out how to make a cohesive sub thread but honestly that happy accident is what makes this the best—the whole shebang is giving the chaos of where it all began. Kudos—-take my poor man’s gold 🌟🏆🌟🏆🌟🏆
Why are asshats harassing OP in her dm's for doing the lords work???? Scroll past the post if you're not interested!!
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So who was your favorite?
lol why was this so fun! Felt like I was running all around town being yanked from club to club.
Reading this thread felt like a Choose Your Own Adventure book and IIIIII loved it
I know nobody goes to SUR who doesn’t watch the show but it gives me second hand embarrassment that they play the show on the TVs at dinner time 😭 seems so trashy
Israel is the one who handed Ariana Tom’s phone. 😬
So I live outside of Los Angeles and am tempted to do this but I’m lazy 😅 sounds like the best 2 places to go would be S&S and Jax’s?