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Episode 3 - Luke Barton
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Welcome to Episode 3 of Lee Asher's World.
Today, I sit down with Luke Barton — the person who helped me kickstart The Asher House and joined me on the road in an RV as we began our mission to rescue dogs.
In this episode, we dig into the behind-the-scenes stories that brought The Asher House to life and shaped the journey that followed. From our early days on the road to the foundation of a lifelong friendship, it's all here.
Hope you enjoy the episode as much as we enjoyed living it.
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Transcript
00:00:05
Speaker
Hey everyone, i hope you're having a beautiful day and welcome to episode three of Lee Asher's World Podcast. I am beyond excited for this episode.
00:00:17
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I don't know how I'm going to get through it. I am just Already in my head laughing hysterically because that's what I've done for years traveling with this man.
00:00:30
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Today we have Luke Barton who started the Asher House adventure with me back in 2017. We lived on the road together for nearly two years and it was without a doubt the best years of my life.
00:00:46
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i I am just so honored to have him on. And if you don't know who Luke is, he is an amazing photographer. He owns Oak and Grape in Kentucky.
00:00:59
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And I'm just so excited for this interview. So let's bring on Luke Barton. Luke. What's up, dog? are you doing, brother? Good, my man. How are you?
00:01:11
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Good, good. where Tell me one more. Bardstown? is Where in Kentucky are you? So we're about 45 minutes south of Louisville and about an hour south of Lexington. So we're kind of in this triangle, but we're on the burb Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
00:01:23
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So this is the heart. We're known as the most beautiful small town in America and then bourbon capital of the world. So most of the bourbon in the country comes from right where I'm at. That's amazing. Yeah, it's like a Napa of bourbon.
00:01:35
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And for the people who don't know our story, I'd love to tell the listeners how we met. do you remember you were on a hike and you ran into somebody? What happened? I did.
00:01:46
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I ran into a friend of yours. and Ex-girlfriend, Kellyanne. Kellyanne, that's the one. Good old Kellyanne. And I was in the process of kind of starting this dog photography adventure-y type thing where I would take your dog on a walk so I could glorify dog walking where I'd also photograph your animal and like with professional photography.
00:02:08
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And Kellyanne, as you know, had those three beautiful dogs and she was walking them. So I approached her was like Hey, I'm trying to get this thing going. And then she was like, you need to meet my friend Lee. And then she gave me your Instagram handle.
00:02:19
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And i wrote you that ridiculous message. Like, see you, Mr. Asher. Do remember you remember what I said? Yeah. Fuck yeah, bro. Let's do it.
00:02:31
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It was along those lines. Exactly. Definitely not my the response I was expecting. but sir I was like, I'll try to be professional. And like you're like, fuck that, bro. Let's do it. Yeah, it was. And then and then we met.
00:02:45
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And then we met up just a ah couple of days later, I think. And yeah, you oh, gosh, dude, it was such a connection. You are so talented with the camera.
00:02:56
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I mean, to see how fearless you were, you know, you never I remember the very first time I introduced you to Stella who was our cane Corso pit bull mix.
00:03:09
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And she was such a beautiful dog, but also extremely intimidating. i mean, people used to just be in shock by her sheer size and energy. And she just had this intensity about her like I've never seen in a dog before.
00:03:24
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And your ability to connect with her and take the most beautiful photos of her almost immediately. I remember I just became such a big fan of yours right off the bat. Yeah, no, she was an incredible dog and she had such a stature.
00:03:39
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And like, I mean, we could talk stellar stories for two hours on this podcast probably um because she had so much personality and so much beauty. But yeah, she was definitely a yeah great dog to photograph.
00:03:50
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what What was your impression at the time when you met? You know, because now that I have so many dogs, it feels like seven dogs isn't a lot, but when we first met, I had seven dogs.
00:04:03
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Did you feel like that was going to be overwhelming for you or challenging? Because before me, you were just photographing singular dogs. well Do you recall?
00:04:14
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know it was nearly 10 years ago, but what was that what was that first impression? Yeah, no it was definitely interesting. and Because I'd also never really done rescues as well. And like rescues, as you know, is a much different dog to potentially photograph and just be with than it would be with a yeah but like a more domesticated or breeded dog.
00:04:33
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um Because rescue dogs have had crazy lives a lot of the times. And I know you know better than anyone about that. Um, but yeah, so that was probably the most intimidating part is not really knowing the personalities, but once you kind of got to know them, I mean, they were all incredible dogs.
00:04:47
Speaker
Um, but it wasn't really intimidating. It was more just like, I guess, more intense because there's so many of them in one time and you're kind of like shooting over here, shooting over here You don't want to miss special moments when we're running along the beach and stuff like that with all of the dogs.
00:05:02
Speaker
So that was probably, it was probably more intimidating, um, in that regard. And for us, you know, making that decision of living together in an RV for, you know, leaving California. So for those of you who don't know,
00:05:22
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We wanted to, as Luke just mentioned, you know, he wasn't, I brought Luke into this animal rescue world and he, as anyone would, fell so much in love with it due to not being able to believe all the different kinds of animals that were in these shelters.
00:05:43
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And it was really me kind of seeing Luke's passion for animal rescue grow so beautifully right in front of me.
00:05:54
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It really helped inspire me to want to show other people all of these amazing dogs that were waiting to get adopted. So Luke, what what was it that
00:06:08
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gave you the trust to leave California. Like you you you had you had, in my opinion, you had a great thing going there. You had an amazing group of people around you.
00:06:22
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I remember you were working on a really cool script that had a lot of interest. So for you to take that risk, and I know it wasn't easy. You remember in the RV when we were throwing our stuff out on- Yeah.
00:06:34
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yeah yeah Yeah, I was actually gonna bring that up. I was literally about to bring that up. That was the first like argument we'd ever had, you know? yeah And it was right when we we got the funding and it was like, it was super intense.
00:06:48
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Tell the story about the funding, if you don't mind, and what led to it. You know, I wanna be totally transparent here. You're my guest on this podcast, and I so badly want to tell these stories because they're my favorite memories.
00:07:04
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They've shaped me and put me in this path you know to to eventually open up a sanctuary and continue this. So I know we've had are many ups and and a few downs, but you you are the closest person to me in my life, bro.
00:07:24
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I mean, I've never spent that amount of time with someone. I've never, you know, showed my darkest of me, my darkest of me and my most vulnerable and the worst and also the best.
00:07:38
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So i do I do want you to know, i want you to feel really comfortable this This is a new show for me. This podcast is new for me. And I really don't want to hide any of me.
00:07:53
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And I want i want to, i want you know, the Asher House Luke isn't what it was when we started it, brother. it's It's not even mine. You know, it's it's over 12 million people.
00:08:07
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There's, you know, five board members and only growing it's, it belongs to the public. We've, we've, you know, it's turned into something that is, so I have to be a little bit more conscious of that when I, when I am making videos and and things like that. And I still get to be authentic and vulnerable, but it's not like back in the day where I can make a video of my hardcore feelings and opinions. Right.
00:08:34
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Yeah. So, um This is where I can really open up and this is where I can, you know, both reflect on my past and celebrate on and celebrate on where we've gotten here and what you're doing now and what I'm doing now. So I don't mean to ramble, but I just want to set that tone where I know I could do a lot of the talking on some stories, but it is really a gift for me, especially with how busy you've been now.
00:09:02
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It's a gift for me to sit with you and kind of hear you tell it if you don't mind. Yeah. Yeah. Uh, so I could always tell my perspective, you know, I know for sure. Yeah.
00:09:13
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So are we talking about the, like the initial, the kickstart, all that stuff? Yeah. Yeah. How do you remember? Cause the way I remember it is like, we were sitting in your RV, your RV was camped out outside of a house that I was renting.
00:09:29
Speaker
Come on. in What's up? I said, come on, those were the days, baby. Yeah, those were the days. That's when it was all born. it would it that's And that's what I remember. You were camped out outside of my house. We were spending twenty four seven together taking photos.
00:09:44
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And i just had enough of the nine to five. i remember I was in a real depression. I couldn't do it anymore. And I was doing live on Instagram in your RV.
00:09:58
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And all these people were asking all these questions about animal rescue. And they were saying how badly they wanted to meet butters and how badly they wanted to meet us and the dogs. And kind i was like, why don't we go, Luke?
00:10:10
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Why don't we go get an RV and just go for it? So I'll stop it there. And then if you could tell me how you recall it and and what how we got to where we were in our now.
00:10:21
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Yeah. I mean, I remember the first thing, cause you said, let's, let's do this. And ah the my obvious first thought was like, well, we need money funding, you know, like we're actually going to do this.
00:10:32
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And then we started talking about the platform Kickstarter. um And I was like, kind of, yeah, you make this video and we can make a video and you you could do all the talking, yada, yada. And we'll just see what your audience responds to with that and see if we can get some money raised.
00:10:45
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um For those people that don't know how Kickstarter work, essentially you have an idea and you poke a video make make a video about it and then you crowdfund it. And then if people like your thing, they will give you money and then they will in turn get a reward for that money.
00:10:58
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And there's all these different rewards things, but people can go to kickstarter.com and check it out. um But we did that. And then- As far as how we thought of the idea, was that pretty much, is that what you recall? We were in the ah RV and I was just like, this is how- Yeah.
00:11:11
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Yeah. I remember just being very loose conversation, kind of like we're talking about now. And it was like, well, well then if we're really gonna think about doing this, we need funding. Cause neither of us really had financial capital that could kind of do that.
00:11:23
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um So then we we made the Kickstarter video and yeah, but people started kind of slowly trickling in and then it wasn't, I think you had a connection with Best Bully Sticks.
00:11:35
Speaker
No, I didn't have connection. yeah well but so Yeah, maybe you might tell that part. Do you remember the what got really scary is the fact that there was a lot of momentum the first two weeks and then it just died. Yeah, plateaued.
00:11:50
Speaker
With Kickstarter, we wanted to raise $40,000 to buy the RV. And if you don't raise all of it, you remember what happened? you don't get it. Yeah, you don't get anything. Exactly. So it's either all or nothing and everyone gets their money back.
00:12:04
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And Yeah, we had raised 20,000. It wasn't looking very good. And I had called company after company and telling them about this mission. We're going to get all these dogs adopted.
00:12:18
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No one cared about it. No one knew who I was. And then I called best bully sticks and I changed my strategy. And I told them that we had gotten the funding. Yeah. And we're giving them an opportunity. And they sent us the 20 grand like two days later. and and we Yeah.
00:12:35
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We were, oh my gosh, dude. I had never celebrated like that in my life. I mean, that was the day the Asher House was born, you know?
00:12:46
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I remember it's being over the moon. Over the moon. Yeah, yeah. That was such a cool experience. And then it was, from there, it was like, well, now we've got to get an ah RV because my RV was a piece of shit.
00:12:58
Speaker
zero metal what You sold it for
00:13:03
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to a family. Yeah. And I was like, oh, okay, well, there goes that, 1,500 bucks. That'll do us good. That'll pay for a couple gallons of gas. Do you remember we were super worried about insurance? And I was like, I don't know how to get, don't know what we're doing.
00:13:19
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Yeah. It was just such new territory for both of us, you know, which is like such an amazing learning experience. Like we had no idea what what the hell we were doing. We had no idea what we were doing. We had no idea. We just knew that we had ah goal and a mission um of like rescuing the dog in each state, which became a big part of the mission, if you recall.
00:13:40
Speaker
Like was it was talking about like, all right, let's put an actual number to this. Like we want to rescue at least one dog in every single state. Right. And then momentum just started picking up, you know.
00:13:53
Speaker
Yeah. In the beginning, it was so hard. Remember? So, dode do you remember San Francisco? we had like three people, two people at that first event. It was our very first event, which was supposed to be an adoption event slash meet and greet. We're we're parked outside of San Francisco, outside of the animal shelter.
00:14:12
Speaker
And it was terrifying. Nobody was there. Three people showed up and they were, that that was a family. They were related. Yeah. You know, and we were just like, what did we do? i remember. I mean, that was stressful. we We were really thinking like, what did we do? What did we do, man?
00:14:28
Speaker
Yeah. We just left our homes and our lives in Los Angeles. And now we've got three people at an event. Like this ain't going too hot. This isn't going well. We're not selling merch today.
00:14:39
Speaker
Yeah. And if we do, it's one t-shirt to a family of three. Yeah. Yeah. It was so bad. But then we got Amy rescued. Do you remember Amy was the first dog we got rescued at Nsantran? Good job, Nsantran, yeah. yeah and that And that changed things because I remember I was really focused on, it was like my ego, you know? It's like only three people showed up, but we got the dog adopted.
00:15:01
Speaker
Exactly. And that was the goal. And that's how we turn things around. That's all that matters, yeah. Because we once we got the dog adopted, We're like, wait a second. Are we do we really care how many people show up or do we care about saving these dogs?
00:15:13
Speaker
And then after that, once we got laser focused on that, remember what happened in Fresno? We got six dogs adopted and we had more energy. It was like every time we got a dog adopted, we got so fired up and so excited.
00:15:28
Speaker
It was like when people in game shows win money. you know, we would be celebrating and it was just this beautiful thing and we became hooked. Like we, yeah we became absolutely hooked.
00:15:41
Speaker
Totally. Yeah. what was Yeah. go on I was going to ask what, what were some of your, uh, favorite stories about man but the Asher house? What are some when I, I know there's so many, but what are some that come to mind?
00:16:00
Speaker
i mean, I was thinking about, cause we've obviously, we talked about doing this podcast a few days ago and stuff. And I was like, what could I say? And I know that this question would come up and there's so many different, like I get like, there's funny stories. There's powerful stories. Like favorite stories is really tough. Like one of my favorite things that I love talking about is when we were in that RV and we got, we'd gotten a little bit more,
00:16:22
Speaker
roll under our feet. And we were like getting lots of people at our events. And like when people would come into like sometimes there'd be lines outside of people at the door and people from all different backgrounds and all different races, all different political, like the political spectrum in the US at that time, if you remember, was so heavy.
00:16:40
Speaker
And like you could have a Republican and a Democrat in our RV and everyone was under the same message of, we all just care about these dogs. Like the unity that we were doing around, those are my favorite stories probably because it's like, you would never see these people hanging out in a little RV together.
00:16:55
Speaker
But when it's about dogs and rescuing animals, everything is removed, no matter what, no matter what you, who you are or what you've gone through. So some of those stories, my favorite in terms of like, ah like,
00:17:07
Speaker
Powerful stories, the New Jersey one. Like I still think about that all the time. I know you know the one I'm talking about with that girl. um That was such a powerful story. Like we cried. Sorry?
00:17:19
Speaker
sorry Will you tell it? Yeah, so we were in a- It was beautiful. Yeah, we had an event in New Jersey. And like by the time we, like San Francisco, obviously, like let me just backtrack. We only had a few people. We kind of getting traction. But by the time we got to New York, the Dodo video had aired.
00:17:37
Speaker
And then it became like a madhouse because it got 40 million views and all that stuff. So now we're like a serious thing. So when we got to New Jersey, there was a ton of people there. Like everyone from the town kind of came out and supported us and what we were doing.
00:17:50
Speaker
And then this girl was there um and she ah she was she was very like sort of mentally unstable and like depressed. And I believe the animal shelter, and you could you can check me on this, I think the animal shelter didn't want to let her have a dog. Is that right?
00:18:08
Speaker
I think so. They were just worried about how. Exactly. Yeah. Cause they just didn't, yeah. They didn't know with her instability. Um, yeah. And then, uh, you kind of took her to the side and you spoke with her for like a long time and you kind of got to know her a little bit and you kind of have to know her story. And then I remember you going back to the, the people who run the organization and kind of talked to her and allowed her to rescue a dog and like tears just flooded from everyone's face like everyone in there, you know, from you to me to like the people around were like, this is so fucking beautiful.
00:18:43
Speaker
um So that was like one of my like favorite powerful, like emotional stories. And then the rest are all funny as shit. So those were the two like things that, you know i don't know. I don't know if you remember this, but what's so beautiful about that story is a year later, a year later, ah she messaged me. I sent it to you a year later. She messaged me of her with that dog.
00:19:07
Speaker
Yeah. Like think like how much it's helped her and and just how grateful she was and she now volunteers at that shelter. No way. and didn't know she volunteered. That's awesome. Yeah, so it's really just a ah really beautiful- Full circle.
00:19:22
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Full circle, yeah. Yeah, that's definitely one of, sorry? I just can't believe you slept with her because I thought that-
00:19:33
Speaker
I know, I know. That was probably below the line. um Yeah, she asked me if you could please unblock her. and How get on it. Oh, that's so funny. um But yeah, that that was definitely one of my favorite stories. And then all the rest are probably funny stories. like from Yeah, there's a story that I recall, and I definitely, I wasn't fully there.
00:19:58
Speaker
Can you, I can't quite remember, but I think it had to do with an animal shelter and a little bit of weed.
00:20:09
Speaker
A little bit of weed. oh So can you, could this is by far, by far, this is as far as comedy goes, I would say this story.
00:20:22
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And when I ran under the bridge and knocked off our AC unit. yeah Dude, I still, it's funny you say that like maybe a year or two ago, when you go through your phone and old memories,
00:20:35
Speaker
I found a memory of you literally holding the fucking roof up. Do you remember that? Yeah, when it was flooding in. was crazy water. I knocked off. I went under a bridge that I stand by this.
00:20:48
Speaker
I stand by this. both sign said 13 feet. 13 feet. yeah it said thirteen feet It wasn't. And I went under this bridge and I hear boom.
00:21:02
Speaker
I say we like you were a part of it. I ah hit the AC unit of the RV clean off. And we like, ah We were now convertible.
00:21:13
Speaker
Yeah, we were now convertible. And a day later, we were driving in like severe thunderstorms and it was flooding and I'm holding, what's the picture? what i'm I'm just holding the roof up. Yeah, I'll have to try to find that. Maybe I can send it to you because I think it's probably still on my phone somewhere, but I'll send it to you and then maybe you can even throw it into this because you're literally standing there like this, holding up this freaking thing from us getting soaked.
00:21:35
Speaker
Yeah, I'll definitely um include that in the podcast. That'd be fun. Yeah, so the other, the ah the cannabis story. Yeah, yeah. We were obviously cannabis users. Where was I? was I don't think I Was I there?
00:21:50
Speaker
Didn't I have to fly? No, you were there because if I remember that you were there because we were driving to this place and we were only an hour out. and yeah okay And the phone call comes in.
00:22:02
Speaker
And I answer it and you're next to me and you're like... Don't say it yet. Okay, so where where were we? We were in Nebraska? I want to say, yeah, it was definitely Central America. It's either Nebraska, Kansas. It's somewhere around that area.
00:22:17
Speaker
Probably Nebraska. It might have been Kansas, right? Yeah, but let's just say Nebraska. Yeah, it was definitely Central America for sure. know why think it was Nebraska? Because I remember that the fans, the supporter brought us that sushi that we just didn't like.
00:22:32
Speaker
Remember that? Like, it was just a bunch of cucumbers. Yeah. We're like, this ain't no sushi buffet in Venice.
00:22:44
Speaker
Where's the sushi burritos?
00:22:48
Speaker
Oh, my gosh. That's so funny. So basically, we had, we'd call. We were, we didn't, we were dry. We didn't have any. we We were dry. didn't cannabis. We were two dudes in our 20s, driving around the country, and, uh,
00:23:02
Speaker
we We were puffing every now and then, you know? Puffing. Yeah, we were just huffing and puffing. yeah we had We obviously, being on the road, you have no way, and especially cannabis now is so easily distributed, so it's not even a big deal. These kids don't know how good they have it. They don't know, brother. They have no clue. They have no idea.
00:23:22
Speaker
They're like gas stations now. Yeah. And obviously in Central America, it's even worse, you know, like right like the like Central USA, I should say. um It's even worse in terms of getting cannabis because like the West Coast and East Coast are both all, you know, you can go anywhere and buy it Whereas in the middle of America, it's much different thing. can still be arrested for it there.
00:23:40
Speaker
Exactly. so So we were dry. so we were dry. And we had a friend in California. Yeah. to so So send us a little care package. Yeah. and i And he was like, well, where do I send it to? you And I was like, well, we've got these.
00:23:53
Speaker
This is our list of events coming up. Just send it to one of the dog shelters. It'll be fine. It'll be fine. Like, just say it's to the Asher house, and we'll just tell them yeah, we're expecting some packages. where We get packages all the time. to try to make it as nonchalant as possible.
00:24:07
Speaker
um So sure enough, he sends it to the rescue center. and They have a... they have a canine unit ah training facility inside of this. just happens that they were police dogs and they were doing demonstrations, I think is what I remember. Exactly. we like And they get all these packages in and they're like obviously nothing's going to happen here, folks. And the canine is like, on a fucking package.
00:24:36
Speaker
And they're what the hell is going on? So they open up the Asher House package, and sure enough, there's some marijuana in there. Oh my gosh. What the hell do we do now? We're expecting these guys to come in and do an event here.
00:24:49
Speaker
Guys, we're literally driving to this animal shelter for a tour of the entire facility with the you know the executive director, the whole staff, and whomever is there to to meet us, you know any any of the Asher House supporters.
00:25:07
Speaker
And yeah, it was so awkward. It was so awkward. So if but remember right before, like an hour before we got there, we got the phone call from like the GM of the ah the ah rescue shelter.
00:25:21
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And I answer. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. yeah And he was also ironically a cannabis user, if you remember, because he was like, dude, you should've just asked me for something. I would've hooked y'all up. I know. But he calls us. He's like, hey, ah is this the Azure house? and we're like, yeah.
00:25:35
Speaker
And I'm like, Leigh, what do I do here? And he's like, so we've kind of got a bit of a problem here. So we have like a canine unit on site and they're kind of like a rescue thing. And like they they were smith-nipping packages and your package turns out that it has some weed. And I'm like dead silent.
00:25:50
Speaker
I'm like, Leigh, I don't know what to do. And we were even talking about canceling the event. We're like, do we show up? Like, are we going to be arrested? Like, what is going to happen to us? we weren't We're literally worried about getting in trouble. We're like, should we just turn around and go somewhere That's how committed I was to my fans.
00:26:06
Speaker
Exactly. I wasn't going to on your show. Yeah, exactly. no no show to you. I show up. Take me to jail, but do it in front of my fans. Exactly. Lee Asher. Free Lee Asher.
00:26:21
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, that is so funny. we ended up, and I remember us asking him and being like, hey, man, are we like going to be arrested if we show up? And he was like, no, no, no, you're not going to get in any trouble or anything. He kind of like coerced us into coming back there. And obviously nothing happened.
00:26:35
Speaker
um But if you remember, the fire department was there. And we that's where we, I think we took the picture with Butters in the fire truck at that event. So wherever that picture happened, yeah. Because they came out, then the police was there.
00:26:46
Speaker
I feel like some of them were even joking with us, you know, about it. Yeah. Yeah. Because we didn't get any trouble. No, we didn't. They were really nice. And I know that we were so comfortable with them and they made us feel so welcome that at the end, I asked them for it.
00:27:01
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was there's any way. Do you remember? was like, is there any way, was like, is there any way we could just have it? And he's like, no, man, we're surrounded by police right now. No, you cannot. You plug in. And I'm like, nice to meet you.
00:27:15
Speaker
Yeah, thank you for not arresting us. Oh, man. Yeah. what What do you think your favorite thing about working with me? And if anything that you um kind of maybe learned or or how you grew from the trip in general,
00:27:34
Speaker
Yeah, it's that 1000% is the impact you have on others. Like you have an amazing gift to being able to like just lighten up people to inspire people to make people laugh.
00:27:46
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And like, sure, everyone has kind of dark sides. But like, for you that like, the impact you have on people is massive. And like, you've changed people's lives from not only dog rescue, but do there was that time in that nightclub, or in the ah no, it was a concert, it was a concert, if you remember,
00:28:03
Speaker
And then there were those two women there and you, I remember you going over to a woman and just inspiring her and saying something. and was It wasn't anything like you were trying to even hook up with her. You were just wanting to motivate someone. And then literally, I don't know what you said, you talked to her and then you came back to me and then like a year later and was like, what'd you say? And I saw her, I literally watched her change. Like you said something to her. I remember she was really could see the her eyes. Yeah, she looked sad.
00:28:26
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Yeah, she looked sad and you went over and spoke to her and I was like, what is he doing? I saw you speak to her and I literally saw her become elated. Like you just said, like you just won $20 million. dollars Like you just changed her life.
00:28:38
Speaker
And then literally you come back and i was like, say? was like, nothing, man. I just wanted to, she looked sad and I wanted talk to her. Then nothing. So then we go on with the night. Then a year later or something like that, she messages you and I was with you and she messaged you and she was like, Haley, don't know you remember me, but you came up to me at a concert and like you literally have changed my life. I'm on a different path now. I'm working out. I'm losing weight. on yeah yada And I'm a much different person now.
00:29:01
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And it's like things like that. And then we talk about the girl in New Jersey again. You know, it's like you have this amazing ability to just inspire and motivate but positive things. And that's probably my favorite thing about working you and definitely something that I've learned from you as well in terms of the answer to that question.
00:29:17
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Like I definitely learned to be more confident now. My ability to speaking with people, a lot of that comes from our trip together and like just being thrown into like the pits of you have to be on your A game when you've got people in there and we've got to be inspiring people because that's what life's about. You know, it's like getting people off their ass, doing something fun, doing something you're passionate about and doing something you love.
00:29:39
Speaker
you know And I'm doing that now, you're doing that now. And if we can get others to do that, then we're winning. And you're class A in that. Yeah, man. yeah man thank you thank Thank you for...
00:29:52
Speaker
Thank you for saying that that's what I want most in life. So I truly couldn't ask for anything kinder to be said. Thank you so much. And you're absolutely right. If everyone was just focused on their passion, there would be none of this pain and this hate.
00:30:08
Speaker
Everybody would be too focused on doing something good and beautiful, you know, like, so thank you for not just the like kind words, but for the reminder and following your passion.
00:30:22
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Another favorite story of mine is DC, you know, when we parked the RV in front of the freaking White House. We we would never do that again. Well, even if we were, it'd be more like that's something that we should be capturing on film like we did, right?
00:30:34
Speaker
But there'd be times that where we'd be driving down the road like film, film, film. And it's like, well, we don't really need this. Like, sure, it's great backstop for back footage, but like, it's not in but it's not like we're in front of the White House doing the Asher House protest, you know, which was an amazing moment, you know? Yeah, yeah.
00:30:49
Speaker
and then Secret Service came out and was like what the hell are you guys doing? yeah We're like, is that your ah RV parked in front of the White House? And then they got a picture with us. Then they got a picture with us. It was amazing. I was definitely more risky. Like now I wouldn't do that.
00:31:03
Speaker
Now I just wouldn't. Yeah, I couldn't even imagine doing that. I'd be arrested or whatever. couldn't imagine. You know, and all so much of that footage. I don't know if you remember, I was just telling this story to my Patreon community. It's one of my favorite stories because you really helped me forgive myself for being so intense. But i when we linked back up and, what you know, went to dinner and everything and talked about it and I said, hey, I'm, you know, along the list of
00:31:36
Speaker
things I apologize for, which was, you know, just being really hard on you and and and for my moods shifting for everything. One of the things I apologize for, I said, I'm sorry that I just always wanted you to take photos of everything, that like everything was about work to me.
00:31:52
Speaker
It was work, work, work. Sure, we would go out at nights every now and then, you know, and enjoy ourselves. But I was so focused on growing the Asher house. I was so focused on giving our fan base like updates on as much as we could, because I think there was a part of me that felt I didn't deserve where I was.
00:32:11
Speaker
Right. Like I felt very undeserving. So I just wanted to over deliver. And I said, ah you know, I'm sorry that we didn't just enjoy it I remember you looked at me and you said, yeah, but look where you are now.
00:32:23
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Like, look what that brought you to, you know, that, that, that taking photos of everything and videos of everything you said has built this community to where you now have an animal sanctuary, you know, the sure um and it really helped me view my, I guess my passion or my dedication. It helped me view it a little bit differently because it is what it, I guess that's what it took to get, to get here. You know?
00:32:51
Speaker
Yeah, no, for sure. and Yeah, man. It was really the best time of my life. Yeah, it was awesome. It was so much fun.
00:33:02
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Yeah. Yeah, it was so much fun. So many different like stories, seeing the whole country the way we did, like driving through, camp seeing the Northern Lights. All through Canada, Alaska. And that weird ass dude. Remember that guy that came into the ah RV? Yeah, he rolled up a joint.
00:33:19
Speaker
Remember that? We thought we were getting kicked out. you call He let us stay on his land and just spent a couple hours with us. He was super cool. Yeah, super cool, dude.
00:33:30
Speaker
wonder what he's up to now. Probably freezing. It's probably cold. I was going to say, it's probably cold.
00:33:40
Speaker
What do you think got to the point? By the way, do you still talk to Ellen DeGeneres? I heard you guys were a thing. No, she broke up with me. That was a pretty exciting time, huh? yeah Yeah. You know that i went to when I went to Africa, I went up to Rwanda.
00:33:58
Speaker
Did you know that? Oh, to to go to her, uh, to go to her sanctuary there. Yeah. The gorilla sanctuary. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. was it Just to kind of check it out. Well, so it wasn't built yet, but I had kind of met like the people and around there that were helping build it.
00:34:12
Speaker
Um, whereas now it's a, it's a whole beast. Like now she's obviously got buildings and all that stuff. But when I went there, it was just the land and then it was all like plans and like blueprints of what, what she was doing. Yeah. So was in the very in, you know, infancy of her building.
00:34:25
Speaker
of that. um But going up there and like hiking with the gri i mean, it's just an unbelievable experience. um you and Yeah, you would love it. and It's a gorillas though.
00:34:37
Speaker
Who doesn't like gorillas? I've never met anyone who's like, I'm not a really big time gorilla fan.
00:34:44
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Yeah, they're badass animals. really Yeah, that was a super exciting time when she had us on the show. um That was hurt man. I still remember it like it was yesterday. I couldn't believe it was happening.
00:34:55
Speaker
yeah Remember they told me not to pick her up? She's like, ah don't pick her up, she has a bad back. I'm like, I wasn't planning on picking her up. I know, I'm not fucking- Sasquatch, like I know how to shake someone's head. I'm late, I pick you up, Ellen.
00:35:10
Speaker
I put you horizontal above my head and spin you around. And then they're like, and also don't dance with her. I'm like, yeah did someone tell you that I was gonna come in and just start picking people up and dancing with them? Because like, do I just give up that vibe?
00:35:24
Speaker
yeah Yeah, that was hilarious. Oh, man. One of my favorite interviews we did was actually the Pickler and Ben one. You remember the one we did in Nashville? Yeah, that was fun.
00:35:35
Speaker
With Kelly Pickler and Ben, can't remember his last name, but ah that was a really fun one. Nashville was awesome. Yeah, Nashville so much fun. Nashville. I loved Nashville, man. Yeah. Remember we stayed in that really cool property there?
00:35:48
Speaker
Yeah, that hotel. Yeah, that was like now going to go to a hotel. So fun. It was so nice to not be in the RV, too. I was like- i know. Dude, those days were nice. Our rooms were so cool. Yeah, because we would- don't know.
00:36:03
Speaker
going I remember we got this like insane deal. They hooked us up. Oh, they were, yeah, they were, they were, they worked, they came to our event and they worked at the hotel. Remember those two girls? And they hooked us up with this amazing deal. There it was like $150 for this beautiful, do you remember the name? You probably don't remember the name. We should, I down i wish I knew. One of the coolest hotels right in the center of Nashville.
00:36:25
Speaker
It was really cool. What were you going to say though?
00:36:30
Speaker
I can't remember. i feel like there's something about that though. I can't remember. Oh yeah, it was about the days that like, cause we were so used to the ah RV, like those little days that we would get a deal like that or stay in a hotel where like God sends to us.
00:36:42
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so Which brings us to the next point of the stories of like all the stories of sneaking dogs into hotels. Yeah, the hotel sneak-ins. That's where it all started. The hotel sneak-ins.
00:36:53
Speaker
It was amazing. We did that whole video of you calling with the front desk and all that stuff. but Yeah, the the the front desk called. I was like, film this. This is going to be about. See, everything. i It was like everything I wanted to to show. But yeah, man. And that led this whole series of hotel sneak ins.
00:37:10
Speaker
Yeah. and And what was so funny is like we were doing that before we were filming it. Like, i know it it never occurred to me that someone would like, I almost thought it was wrong. Like I'm sneaking these dogs in, but everyone just loved it.
00:37:24
Speaker
Yeah. Cause they're like, we do the same thing, bro. Everyone does the same thing. No, there's no dog in my car. So
00:37:34
Speaker
ah what is that wolfing from your car? Not a dog, not a dog. It's a baby. It's a baby. We just rescued a baby. Exactly.
00:37:45
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Yeah. um So those are some great stories too. But yeah. So we we were on and off the road together for about two years.
00:37:56
Speaker
And then we landed in Tahoe. and then and then I think it got to a place where... um like a lot of partnerships that start in the beginning, it was just a lot of time together, a lot of energy, a lot of intensity.
00:38:13
Speaker
I think that I got, you know, pretty insecure with um the direction to take the Asher house. And I think I made it pretty hard. what What do you think was, you know, because it was shortly after the Ellen show, what do you think,
00:38:31
Speaker
at at the end of it, when it came down to where you felt like it was time for you to do your own thing and start your own path and we go in different directions. Yeah. Um, I guess I was kind of feeling that way for like the, like maybe a month or two leading up to that.
00:38:50
Speaker
Um, like that I kind of was done and then I was afraid to like, talk to you about it or whatever. um And I think I was just ready to move on to like the next thing. Cause I'm kind of like a whimsical, like people that know me obviously know that I like I'm here, I'm there. I've lived in many places all over the world.
00:39:08
Speaker
Yeah. and i remember I remember in the very beginning, that was your first concern. ah Exactly. Yeah. of Just on day one, you know, and I kept telling you,
00:39:19
Speaker
if you ironically enough, obviously I didn't want it to end the way that it ended, but I remember I really wanted you to commit to a full year, you know, which which you did. But yeah, I remember you liking to move around and having different jobs was a part of the concern from the beginning.
00:39:36
Speaker
Exactly. Yeah. um So I think that like, i was afraid to kind of end it because what we had done was so good and awesome. And you know, like it,
00:39:47
Speaker
led you to where you are today, like you say. um And like, I was just feeling like I was ready to move on to the next thing, but i didn't know how to talk to you about it. And I was just genuinely afraid. Because was like, I don't know what he's gonna say. And I felt like the best way to do was like, kind of like what I did, which was an Irish goodbye, in a way, like, ah hey, man, I'm gonna I'm going to Africa, because if it was Nicolette, my best friend's wedding yeah um down in Africa.
00:40:10
Speaker
I was like, I'm going there. And I was only gonna go for like, three or four weeks, then I ended up staying there for like, I don't know, four months. I mean, I was there for a long time um and just kind of like doing Africa things, photographing, videoing, going to Rwanda and just like reset.
00:40:26
Speaker
Was it weird being away from like, cause like we were doing the same thing every day. was such unique thing. I it was. Yeah. No, i mean, obviously like I would think about it every single day and obviously I created such a connection with the dogs, which kind of leads us back to Stella that like, you know, Stella was a massive part of my life.
00:40:45
Speaker
um like even bigger for you, but like she was kind of the dog I connected with the most. um And like she'd shaped changed me. Like I kind of I don't if you remember, I did a post about pit bulls in general and like kind of like how I was one of the ignorant ones.
00:40:58
Speaker
Like you see a pit bull and you're kind of afraid of them. And it was ah and you don't use it because you don't know. And Stella definitely like she she was the dog that I would sleep next to every night on the RV. You know, like she was my dog.
00:41:11
Speaker
um So it was like that. And then when she passed, I remember that's where we kind of, cannot really, cause you're like, Hey man, I just want, I think, you know, you'd reached out to me prior to say that she was getting sick and that she had just been sick.
00:41:23
Speaker
And she only had like a week or two maybe left because it was bad and there was nothing you could do about it. And it was terminal. um And then ah ah we started chatting from then and then I came out and visited and then now we're back to where we were.
00:41:37
Speaker
um But I remember there was a time that I just wanted to be separate And like, when I look back on it, like I should have been like, I should have just said what I thought, but be like, I could totally empathize with you. Cause dude, that was the very beginning.
00:41:50
Speaker
Like you didn't know what direction it was going in. You didn't know what was going to happen after, you know, anything you stuck to your guns and you knew you had your vision and your dream of an animal sanctuary one day. And like, i i I admire people that are able to just solely think about, because this this is the bigger cause, like friendships come and go.
00:42:10
Speaker
And like, you knew that probably we'd somehow get back to being friends in the future. We just needed kind of maybe time apart, which is what happened. Excuse me. And like, you were focused on building the Asher house and rescuing dogs and getting dogs.
00:42:24
Speaker
in from shelters into homes with loving people. And that was Lee Asher's goal to motivate people to do the same thing. And like, that's a beautiful thing. It was your obsession, dude. And like nothing got in the way of that, whether it was a friendship or a relationship or anything like that was Lee Asher's goal and nothing was stopping that. And that's a beautiful thing as well.
00:42:43
Speaker
So like, and now we're here, you know? So like, I think that like you're hard on yourself in that regard, but like at the same time, it was in the very beginning. And like, I'm able to look at that now, like then obviously I would have never said this to you. yeah Whereas like now I'm able to look at you and what you've done and how amazing you've made the Asher house.
00:43:02
Speaker
And I'm just like, so proud of you, dude. So it's really like, yeah, man, it's like, sure. Then it was, it was just so different. And then when it was going on to like now and seeing who you are today and like, you know, all the amazing things that you're achieving.
00:43:16
Speaker
So I think it's awesome, dude. Thank you, brother. Thank you deeply for saying that. Yeah, of course. um Didn't you have a
00:43:28
Speaker
run in with somebody with a Luke Barton Wolf Adventures fan at your bar and they they remembered you from Asher House? It's happened a couple. It's happened a couple times now.
00:43:39
Speaker
It's happened a few times. Yeah. Yeah. That's so cool. Yeah. The one was the the one was the lady and her daughter. Yeah. They were like, they kept looking at me and they're like, I so think I know you from somewhere. And I was like, well, everyone thinks I look like Dax Shepard.
00:43:53
Speaker
And that's like now become a running joke. Like, Dax Shepard's bartending. I don't even think I look like Dax Shepard, but everyone seems to think I do. don't think you do at all. But i was I know, me neither. So I like Shopee. I'm like, you think I look like this guy? And they're like, yeah, you look just like him. I'm like, are you fucking blind?
00:44:08
Speaker
mean, he's good looking guy. i i wouldn't say it's an insult. He's pretty good looking guy. No, he's definitely not an insult. I just don't think I look like him. Right, do And they're like, no, it's not that. It's not that. And I was like...
00:44:19
Speaker
I mean, I was on the Ellen show with Lee Asher, like, that's it! That's it! And then they were like, started freaking out and then they started asking questions about you and they're like, that's, I knew I knew you from somewhere. How's Lee and yada yada. I was told that we're still great friends and all that stuff.
00:44:34
Speaker
But yeah, it's happened now, not quite like that, but it's happened where that conversation's come up. It's like, oh, you were from the Asher house. Like you have a lot of following here and in Kentucky. Yeah. i Like you do it everywhere, but.
00:44:46
Speaker
No, I definitely want to ah come to Oak and Grape and I thought it'd be fun to do like a meet and greet there and have a little event there. Oh, dude, if we we could get the, because there's a Bargetown Rescue Shelter as well.
00:44:59
Speaker
Oh, We could even do like an adoption event, like out the back of the building. Like we did back the day? Awesome. Like we did back in the day and just do like an adoption event. You come in here and talk to people because it's a big space. What do you think about organiz organizing something like that for June or July?
00:45:13
Speaker
Let's do it, bro. Yeah. Come to bourbon country. You'll love it. All right. um I'm serious. June or July, we'll do an adoption event slash meet and greet at Oak and Grape. Tell me a little bit about Oak and Grape and how you got involved there and what can people expect if they come to visit you out there?
00:45:31
Speaker
So I'm a bourbon and a wine bar. So like I said before, i' we're in the Napa of bourbon. Um, And it's an awesome little town and it's just expanding massively as the rise of bourbon expands. And bourbon is like, it's one of the only, ah it's it is the only truly American spirit um Like it can't be produced anywhere else in the world. It can only be produced in America. So it's one of the most beautiful things America kind of has. It's so entwined in our history.
00:45:57
Speaker
um Like Buffalo Trace is older than the country. There's like lots of old history here. And the town I'm in is called Bardstown and it's Bourbon capital of the world. And it's this really cute little main street. We were just on the Today Show like literally this past ah Christmas for Mary's little town in America.
00:46:14
Speaker
um because we do a beautiful little Christmas get up and it literally looks like a hallmark town. And when you come, you'll see that it's a really, really cute and quaint little town. Everyone here is super friendly. The community here is unbelievable. I've been to two different benefits. I'll give an example where ah someone's been diagnosed with an awful disease and like thousands like this last one, it must have been at least 50 or 60 grand was raised for this child who just got brain cancer.
00:46:37
Speaker
A year ago, there was a lady whose sister or a guy whose sister got a cancer and they raised like 50 grand. Like the community is really strong here. And when you live in places like L.A. and New York and London, like you kind of lose that sense of community.
00:46:51
Speaker
Like the way I described Bardstown in and Kentucky in general is like, if I, if my car broke down, I could call three people that would come and fix the car. I could call like a hundred that would come and rescue me. Whereas if that happened in LA, they'd be like, bro, just get an Uber.
00:47:04
Speaker
like right is it Like, I can't, I can't do that right now. Like that sense of actual community isn't there, which is why I love it here. Um, but Oak and Grape started in July like last year. So we're still very new.
00:47:16
Speaker
Um, and, uh, it's kind of just me doing everything here, but I do have some partners, which is the people that own the building and they're this Bosnian couple and their story is incredible. Um, and I met them and kind of told them about the idea and what I wanted to do. And they're like, yeah, this sounds great.
00:47:30
Speaker
And, uh, they kind of just gave me the keys to the building was like, have at it. Um, and now I've created this, uh, really cool local spot, um, for everyone. And obviously we're a tourist town because, uh, everyone is here for bourbon.
00:47:44
Speaker
So people from all over the world come here because they want to go to the Heaven Hill Distillery or Willett Distillery or what you name the distillery. And the maker's mark is like 20 minutes from me. So all these massive Jim Beam 20 minutes away, all these massive distilleries are right here. So people come to this little town just to experience the bourbon experience, um which is really great. So you're talking about things that you're passionate about it and they're passionate and you get to meet people from all over the world.
00:48:08
Speaker
um I do a line. I've got a whole like upstairs as well where I do line dancing. Wow. I didn't know that. Yeah. So every two tonight. So right after we get off, the lady will come in and she will be doing ah we'll be doing line dancing lessons upstairs every Tuesday. There's hip hop yoga every other Thursday.
00:48:25
Speaker
boom i just started serving food. Yeah. Yeah. yeah It's really. You allow dogs. Does the city let you have dogs in there or no? If they're. If they are emotional support dogs, which everyone's like, yeah, my dog's ESA. Right, yeah. And we're like, okay, come on in. Yeah, obviously I don't care. Like the owners of the building got beautiful dogs.
00:48:47
Speaker
And then they'll let them run in. You're not really supposed to, but like, again, we're Kentucky's kind of the wild west in that sense. Like no one really cares. Exactly. It's not as structured as other places. So people are just like, yeah, man, if you want to bring a dog in here bring a dog in here.
00:48:59
Speaker
And it's not just, I assume the oak and then you have the grapes. So you have a nice selection of wine as well for people. Exactly. Yeah. I've got some Oregon wines, some Oregon Pinots. um So, yeah, I'm really trying to focus on a wine program because what you do get here sometimes is the one, like, let's say it's a couple, one party of the couple might be obsessed with bourbon and the other one can't stand it So I'm trying to kind of appeal to both parties where they're where do I get a good glass of wine around here? And it's really not a lot of options because everywhere is bourbon.
00:49:27
Speaker
um So I'm really trying to build a wine program. I have a much different cocktail program to like some of the other um establishments in Kentucky that is all bourbon focused. um So I'm really trying to like just give people options that isn't just bourbon.
00:49:41
Speaker
And also a lot of people have been drinking bourbon all day. So they're I really want to drink any bourbon. I've been drinking all day. Yeah. So like just give me a margarita, you know? So that's kind of like oak and grape. I just started serving food, which is a sandwich I made up called Sloppy Luca.
00:49:57
Speaker
And it's essentially like an- That's awesome. What is it? it's an elevated sloppy joe. um So like I used to love sloppy joes as a kid. And this is like an Italian style Bolognese sauce on two pieces of Texas toast garlic bread.
00:50:09
Speaker
um So it's kind of like an Italian sloppy joe. So, and obviously Luca is a play on my name in Italian. So that's kind of where the whole thing was born. um And then I get like cheesecake made by a local lady called Hillside Treats, who's awesome. Oh, I love cheesecake.
00:50:23
Speaker
Oh, dude, she makes by far, the the first thing you'll do when you get here is I'm gonna give you your a piece of her cheesecake. It's generally one of the best. That is the first thing I want. Yeah, it's awesome. it's Like she does Biscoff and like banana pudding cheesecake, like really interesting cheesecakes. Yeah. um So that's really cool.
00:50:38
Speaker
And so I sell them here at the bar. Um, so I'm just trying, and I work with like trying to work with like a lot of local community. Like I get some of the sauce from ah the local market at the top of the street there. So it's all about like, you know, giving it back to the community here, which I really, really like.
00:50:52
Speaker
And everyone cares about you and you care about everyone. And it's just, it's very, there's a lot of great synergy here. Like you'll love it when you come, you'll see, ah you'll, you will get this in the first day that you're here. Like it'll be a apparent like that. Yeah. It's just so different to like where we've lived, like ah big cities.
00:51:06
Speaker
Yeah. You know? Luke, I'm so proud of you, like to hear you talk about this. This is your baby, your mission. You've had so many amazing ideas for documentaries and scripts.
00:51:18
Speaker
Like you've had, like I said, you're you're good at so many things and to see you develop Oak and Grape the way you envision it and to add to this community that already exists and and help grow it, I'm just,
00:51:35
Speaker
I'm just so impressed, man. I'm so proud of you. I can't wait to come there. And um after this, let's actually plan the dates to make it happen. dude, I would love that. I was already thinking that like, if we, if I could, I know how busy you are, but if I could get you to come out here, because I know that, I think that people out here would respond to you um really well. It's it's without question. but Like I said, when we when when we wrap this up, we'll we'll plan. and If you want to just let me know, ah we'll do end of June, early July.
00:52:02
Speaker
You could pick the date. And we'll do my my my year anniversary is July the 5th. Let's do it then. So if you want to do like the year anniversary party, that would be freaking dope.
00:52:13
Speaker
Let's do July 5th. It's I want to be at the sanctuary for July 4th just because of the fireworks. So I know. Yeah, I'll that's what I was worried about with that time.
00:52:25
Speaker
But I'll fly out early morning on the 5th. No problem. Consider it. If you want to arrange that that, would be an awesome one year anniversary. and What do I fly into? ah Louisville. And I'll pick you up in Louisville, SDF.
00:52:39
Speaker
SDF? Yeah, that's the airport code, but just Louisville, Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali is actually from Louisville and he's got an amazing museum there, which I think that you would admire because i know that you're a big athlete guy.
00:52:51
Speaker
um But we'll go there. what's the bottom name of the town again that you that you live in? Bardstown, B-A-R-D-S. The a R the S is that town was a T town with a Um, all right, dude.
00:53:09
Speaker
Okay. And where can people find Oak and Grape on social media and to find you on social media? Facebook is probably the best bet. So Bardstown is much more of like a Facebook community than it is Instagram, whereas in LA and New York and things like that, it's much more of an Instagram community, I'd say social media wise.
00:53:24
Speaker
So my Facebook page is where I put all my, all my time and effort into just cause that's where the most of these, the people around here respond to. So Oak and Grape on Facebook. Yeah, you'll find it.
00:53:35
Speaker
And what's your, what's your personal Instagram? ah uh wolf adventures one you still got it with you i still got it baby and then a lukey barton seven but i very rarely yeah i very rarely posted those now i'll post stories and stuff but i don't really post posts um okay grape is the focus oak and grape is the focus now on facebook yeah all right brother well july 5th consider it done we can plan it clint can you help me book that All right, it's official, man.
00:54:04
Speaker
um I'm serious, 100%. I'm excited. Do you want me to reach out to the ah local animal shelter here and kind of tell them what they're... This is your show. yeah you you You could do it. um I think it'd be cool to set up an adoption event. Like if they could do like some of those events we have where the people kind of put... it i Remember all the bars we did it at in Oregon?
00:54:20
Speaker
I would prefer that. I mean, I think that'd be wonderful. Yeah, okay. yeah I'll try to set up some sort of fence thing. Yeah, that'd be dope. right, we'll help. I'm good, Jaleigh. I think I'm... right Yeah, um we're good, man. July 5th, let's make an adoption event out of it.
00:54:37
Speaker
If maybe multiple animal shelters or just that one, however you want it. And if there's anything I could do to help, let me know. But um you can consider it done. Yeah, I'll reach out to them out here and then we can start planning it. But I'll ah make an event, like just go through your calendar and stuff and then make sure it's good. And then I'll make an event and I'll i'll get people here.
00:54:53
Speaker
Whatever. If there's something there, I'm going to cancel it. i want I want to be at your one year anniversary, July 5th. Okay. Oh, that'd be awesome. Yeah. We're going to make it happen. and Cool, brother. All right, man. Well, I love you, Luke. Thank you so much for spending the time with me. Thank you This was fun.
00:55:09
Speaker
Yeah, this was fun. And just thank you for for everything, man. thank Just thanks for being you. Thanks for helping me. you know thank Thank you for everything you're doing. You're doing amazing things in the animal community. I know that everyone appreciates it.
00:55:22
Speaker
So you're doing a great job. Keep doing you, brother. It's just the beginning for both of us. It sure is, my man. All right, guys. Well, thank you for listening to episode three with Luke Barton. I love you all so much and have a beautiful day.
00:55:36
Speaker
Take care. Thanks, y'all.