The Sauce with AnnMarie

What if your best days aren't behind you? What if the next incredible friendship, the next adventure, or the happiest version of yourself is still waiting to happen? Fresh off my 56th birthday, I'm thinking about something that makes getting older a whole lot more exciting: the possibility that some of life's greatest moments are still ahead of us. This week on The Sauce with AnnMarie,...

I'm turning 56, and apparently I still have a LOT of questions. 😂 Who decided what aging is supposed to look like? Why do grown adults act the way they do? And when exactly were we supposed to have life figured out? It's birthday week on The Sauce with AnnMarie! We're serving up Gen X humor, ridiculous observations about everyday life, unsolicited opinions, and a few unexpectedly hear...

When did having a conversation become a competition? And why does everybody seem to have something to sell?! This week on The Sauce with AnnMarie, we're talking about something a LOT of us have been feeling: social media just isn't what it used to be. Between TikTok LIVE battles, people begging for gifts, endless sales pitches, online trolls, and everybody chasing their next viral moment,...

Eleven years married. Fourteen years together. And apparently, we're still not sick of each other. 😂 In this anniversary edition of The Sauce with AnnMarie, we're talking about the hilarious, ridiculous, and completely unromantic realities of married life. Remember when dating meant butterflies, romantic dinners, and trying to impress each other? Fast-forward fourteen years, and suddenly...

Consider this the unofficial guide to dealing with Italian-American women — because we’re over trying to make everybody understand. AnnMarie gets into the unwritten rules: food is love, family is complicated, showing up empty-handed is noticed, “fine” has several meanings, and yes… sometimes this is just the volume. Plus, What’s in the Sauce gets spicy with the Sebastian Maniscalco/SiriusXM contro...

October is Italian-American Heritage Month, and around here, we’re celebrating the hell out of it. 🇮🇹 The food. The family. The noise. The Sunday dinners. The superstitions. The names. The stories. The traditions. All of it. Tonight’s episode of The Sauce with AnnMarie kicks off a full month of Italian-American pride, laughs, memories, and probably at least one argument about sauce vs. gravy. 😂 🎙...

You can survive illness, loss, job changes, stress and all the serious stuff life throws at a relationship… …but somebody loads the dishwasher wrong and suddenly it’s DEFCON 1. 😂 This week on The Sauce with AnnMarie , we’re talking about the petty shit couples fight about . After 14 years together, Philly and I have plenty of material: dinner debates, thermostat wars, remote-control politics, bla...

Why doesn’t anybody fucking listen? What started with a haircut that was definitely shorter than I asked for turned into a much bigger conversation about something I think all of us have dealt with: feeling like you communicated clearly… and somehow still weren’t heard. In this episode of The Sauce, we’re talking about the difference between hearing and actually listening — in friendships, relatio...

Girl… what happened to all the stuff we were absolutely OBSESSED with?! 😂 Beanie Babies were going to fund our retirement. We PAID for ringtones. FarmVille had us harvesting imaginary crops like it was our second job. BlackBerry made us feel like Fortune 500 executives. And going to the mall was an entire Saturday activity. Then one day… we just stopped. On this episode of The Sauce with AnnMarie...

We didn’t go to school. We were deployed. 😂 No Life360. No smartboards. No pickup apps. No seat belts on the school bus. Just Trapper Keepers, brown paper book covers, rectangle pizza, TV carts, passing notes and playground equipment apparently manufactured by Bethlehem Steel. And WHY THE HELL WERE THEY MAKING US CLIMB THAT ROPE?! 😭 This week on The Sauce with AnnMarie , we’re going BACK TO SCHO...

We spent our entire childhood saying, **“I CAN’T WAIT UNTIL I’M GROWN.”** Well… congratulations. We played ourselves. 😂 We wanted our own money — everybody takes it. We wanted our own house — now every weird noise sounds like $4,000. We wanted to stay up as late as we wanted — now bedtime is the reward. We wanted to drive anywhere — now canceled plans feel like a gift from God. And we wanted nobo...

Gen X and Millennials really watched Lady Gaga show up to the 2010 VMAs dressed like the ShopRite butcher counter and just said, “Yep. That tracks.” 🥩😂 Some pop culture moments don't fade. They move into your brain permanently and refuse to pay rent. What’s the ONE celebrity moment you will never recover from? 👇 #LadyGaga #MeatDress #VMAs #PopCulture #PopCultureMoments #2010sNostalgia #Mill...

Gen X, fashion, nostalgia, pop culture, reality TV, trends, accessories, hairstyles, 80s, 90s In this episode of The Sauce, AnnMarie takes a nostalgic look back at the fashion trends of Generation X, exploring the absurdity and iconic styles that defined the 80s and 90s. From stirrup pants to shoulder pads, she rates various fashion choices, reflecting on what made sense at the time and what shoul...

Apparently Gen X childhood was just one long series of completely made-up medical emergencies. 😂 Swim after eating? DEAD. Wet hair outside? PNEUMONIA. Swallow your gum? See ya in 7 years. Sit too close to the TV? BLIND. And somehow EVERYBODY’S parents knew the exact same rules. WHO WAS DISTRIBUTING THIS INFORMATION?! 😂 This week on **The Sauce with AnnMarie:** Lies Our Parents Told Us — Gen X Ed...

Apparently TikTok University is handing out advanced degrees like Halloween candy. 😂 Everybody’s a doctor. Everybody’s a lawyer. Everybody’s a therapist. Everybody’s a detective. And nobody remembers how to say “I don’t know.” This week on The Sauce with AnnMarie , we’re talking about the difference between having access to information and actually knowing what the hell you’re talking about. PLUS...

At 25, I was absolutely positive I knew how life was supposed to go. Marriage. Money. Friendships. Success. Getting older. I had it ALL figured out. Spoiler alert: I didn’t know shit. 😂 On this episode of The Sauce with AnnMarie , we’re talking about the things I was completely convinced of at 25 — and what 55-year-old me knows now. Plus, What’s in the Sauce is LOADED: Columbia House was somehow...

Can we stop turning literally everything into a project? You don’t need a 17-step routine, a side hustle, or a content strategy for every little thing you enjoy. Some things are allowed to exist just because they make you happy. Comment with one thing you do purely for fun - no monetization, no optimization, no “this could be a brand.”

This week on **The Sauce with AnnMarie**, we’re getting the hell out of 2026 for a minute and heading straight back to the Gen X attic. But first, **What’s in the Sauce?** Bethenny Frankel’s new Supermodel Café has me asking how bagels, chicken salad and flavored cream cheese somehow became a Hamptons event. Shanna Moakler is still taking shots at Kourtney Kardashian nearly two decades after divor...

What do work happy hours, New Year's Eve, sharing food at restaurants, standing at concerts and surprise parties all have in common? I'm convinced half of us secretly hate them... we're just too polite to admit it. 😂 This week on The Side of Sauce , I'm calling bullshit on a few things society insists we're all supposed to love. Plus, we're talking: 🍝 Ariana Grande steppi...

There’s a little something new in The Sauce this week 👀☕️ Introducing WHAT’S IN THE SAUCE? — where I give my completely unsolicited opinions on the stories taking up space in my brain. This week: NeNe Leakes is BACK, Kelly Clarkson narrowly avoids a wardrobe malfunction, and Jax Taylor’s latest relationship proves that sometimes reality TV writes itself. 😂 Then we get into the real Sauce. After...

We've all got them. The little lies we tell ourselves every single day. "I'll just run in for one thing." "We don't need a shopping cart." "I'll start Monday." "I'll remember." Spoiler alert... we're all full of it. 😂 This week, I'm confessing the ridiculous little stories we tell ourselves, from $300 Walmart trips that started w...

When did grown adults start acting like they're 14? 🤔 It's wild to think that some of the biggest drama queens I know are AARP members! Tag someone who needs to hear this! I’ve noticed a pattern: The sweetest people in public can turn into keyboard warriors online. Like, how can you preach kindness but throw shade when someone posts a bathing suit pic in a pool group? 🌊 We need to do bet...

Whatever happened to having just a little embarrassment? Not shame. Not insecurity. Just that little voice that used to say, "Maybe this doesn't need an audience." In this week's A Side of Sauce , AnnMarie takes a hilarious (and slightly unhinged) look at how social media has completely changed what we consider "normal." From crying selfies and hospital livestreams to f...

Ever feel like strangers just can’t help but spill their life stories to you? 😅 Tag someone who can relate! I used to joke I was the Italian Oprah because, somehow, I’d be in line at Walmart, and within minutes, I’d know all about someone’s divorce, gallbladder surgery, and family drama. It’s wild! But I’ve realized it’s not just a funny quirk. My real gift isn’t just humor; it’s making people fe...

At some point, I think a lot of us just... stopped pretending. Stopped pretending we wanted to go to every event. Stopped pretending we had to answer every text immediately. Stopped pretending we needed everyone to like us. In this week's A Side of Sauce , I'm talking about getting older, becoming more honest, protecting your peace, and why I've officially decided that I'm not anti...