The Sauce with AnnMarie

Ever notice how something as simple as a shopping cart can spark a heated debate? 🤔 My recent TikTok about shopping carts blew up, and it got me thinking about all the ridiculous little things we notice but never discuss. From Taylor Swift's coffee orders making headlines to the endless streaming service options, it feels like we're constantly bombarded by trivial news. But here's the...

I'm just a 55-year-old Italian woman with Wi-Fi and opinions... ...and today I have a few thoughts about America. Not politics. Not headlines. Just gratitude, family, opportunity, and why I think we've forgotten that you can love something while still wanting it to be better. If you've got 10 minutes and a cup of coffee... Come hang out with me. 🎙️ New episode of *The Sauce* is availab...

In eighth grade, my class voted me **"Most Worrysome."** And honestly? They weren't wrong. In this week's **A Side of Sauce**, I'm sharing how a middle school superlative became a running joke... and why I've finally learned that worrying about tomorrow steals enough from today. We'll laugh, we'll overthink a little (of course we will), and we'll talk about wh...

Somewhere along the way, a lot of us decided that beautiful things should be saved for "someday." The good dishes. The fancy perfume. The expensive candles. The outfit with the tags still on it. But... what if someday never comes? In this episode of The Sauce with AnnMarie , I'm talking about the cabinet full of treasures my mother left behind, the little things that still make me sm...

People are great. In theory. 😆 In this episode of A Side of Sauce, AnnMarie talks about the difference between being antisocial and being selective, why she and her husband planned their wedding around being back on the couch by 8 p.m., and how they've spent the last decade talking about building a social circle while somehow remaining a party of two. If you've ever been secretly relieved...

People have opinions about everything. What you wear. What you eat. How you parent. How you spend your money. And somehow, complete strangers have become comfortable discussing other people's lives like they're serving on a jury. This week on The Sauce, AnnMarie dives into the strange phenomenon of oversharing, gossip, public commentary, and the audacity of people who seem unable to mind t...

What happened to us? At what point did we start checking the weather for fun, caring about mattress firmness, getting excited when plans get canceled, and discussing fiber like it's breaking news? In this episode of A Side of Sauce , AnnMarie talks about the weird, unexpected reality of getting older: becoming a person your younger self never saw coming. The funny part? You might actually like her...

Everybody's an expert these days. Relationship experts. Dog experts. Parenting experts. Life experts. And somehow they're all ready to give advice nobody asked for. In this episode of The Sauce, AnnMarie dives into the modern epidemic of unsolicited advice, self-appointed gurus, and the strange inability people seem to have to simply listen. From Facebook comment sections to internet relat...

Nobody warns you about this part. We spend years chasing goals, dreams, careers, relationships, weight loss, and reinventions, believing that once we arrive, everything will finally click into place. And then we get there... Only to discover we're still us. In this episode of A Side of Sauce , AnnMarie talks about the surprising reality of achieving your goals, starting over later in life, and...

Episode 2: Nobody Knows What They're Doing For most of my life, I thought everybody else had some secret handbook for adulthood. Turns out... they don't. In this episode of The Sauce, we're talking about the biggest scam of childhood, the confidence of people who absolutely should not be this confident, the invisible committee we imagine is judging our every move, and why waiting until...

What if the most important part of your journey is the part nobody ever sees? In this first bonus episode of A Side of Sauce, AnnMarie talks about the messy middle—the work, the doubts, the false starts, and the quiet moments that happen long before anyone notices the results. Because success isn't built in the spotlight. It's built in the moments when nobody is watching. If you've eve...

Welcome to the very first episode of The Sauce with AnnMarie. Long before TikTok, social media, and podcasts, there was a little Italian-American girl sitting in her bedroom with a portable cassette recorder pretending she had her own talk show. This week, I'm sharing the story of how that childhood dream got packed away for decades—and how I finally found my way back to it. We'll talk abo...