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From causal and seasoned fans to fresh new fans to the game, Casual FC is your Angel City FC podcast previewing all upcoming matches, highlighting what to look for as the casual football fan.
Ang: Hi, everyone, and welcome to
Casual FC, an Angel City preview pod.
I'm your host, Angela Morales, with my
forever concert buddy, Mario Salazar,
and a very, very special guest, Jax, who
is one of the co owners of the new Watch
Me Sports Bar that's opening up in Long
Beach, which is slated to be probably one
of the coolest spaces where women's sports
are celebrated, friendships are forged,
and empowerment thrives, which easily
is like the best tagline I've ever seen.
Mario: Yes.
Ang: well done.
Mario: Whoo.
Ang: The grand opening for Watch
Me will be on Friday, July 26.
So to kick off with the Olympics at 4 p.
m.
So Jax, thank you so much for joining us.
I'm like, I just got goosebumps.
I'm so excited to
actually have this happen.
And, oh man, I have big feelings.
Definitely.
Jax: for having me and the opportunity
to get to know you two a little
bit better and have a little chat.
It's awesome.
Mario: Yeah, I think even our conversation
pre recording right now has been just
really fun where I was just like, Oh,
we should have hit record before this.
It's, I think it's been super exciting
to see the progress and see what's been
happening with what you guys are doing.
I know Angela and I have been
talking about it for a long time and,
Ang: The second I saw someone
talk about the possibility of this
sports bar, I followed, I shared it.
I was like, I need to
make sure this happens
Jax: Love
you.
Ang: the next generation of
Angela at Long Beach State.
Like,
Jax: That's
Ang: we talked about it a little before.
I am an ex athlete, uh, an
alum of Long Beach State.
I love that school so much.
I love that community so much.
So this, for me, is like top tier.
If this, if you had been a thing in
like the early 2000s, I would have
worked there, lived there, been there
every waking moment I wasn't in school.
So this is going to be such a special
place for Long Beach is a community, but
just, oh, it's just going to be special.
I already have the like vibes.
Feeling of like, going to be in,
you're going to be there for a while.
Jax: we're, that's the plan
and we appreciate that.
I'm glad you get it.
Ang: Yeah.
Yeah.
There's
Jax: Long Beach perspective
and that's pretty awesome.
Ang: such a rich sports
history in Long Beach.
For those who don't know,
it's a baseball city.
It's a volleyball city.
It's a water polo city,
swimming, basketball, like
every sport track and field.
if you go high school wise, you're
looking at some of the most prolific
track and field programs, basketball
recruits, football recruits, Volleyball
from high school up, basically.
the sports community is so
tight knit in Long Beach.
it's so cool.
you go from that to Long Beach State,
which, we may be undefeated on the
football field since what, like 91, 92,
because we don't have a team anymore.
We have dominated in other sports.
run the Big West for
a while in basketball.
Volleyball is just.
top tier in Long Beach.
my mom literally, we're recording
this on a Sunday, and my mom is
driving out there this afternoon to
go to the Team USA send off matches.
Jax: Nice.
Ang: I'm in Long Beach, I'm definitely
hitting up a sporting event.
Jax: Mm
Ang: So,
Jax: don't you think that, that
part of that is attributed to the
vast park system in Long Beach?
Ang: yes.
Jax: and
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: There,
Ang: It's accessible.
Jax: it's accessible and we have
a lot of kids who are getting
out on the field on the weekends
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: and participating and
then growing from there.
we agree Long Beach is the right
place for what we're doing.
Ang: I've vomited my background with
Long Beach and sports and all the things.
what's your, do you have
a sports background?
Like how did you, did the idea
to do something like Watch Me pop
into your head and how did you
get the ball rolling behind this?
Jax: So there, there's
several things in that.
I'm going to take you back to, being
like five years old, a kindergartner.
playing outside at recess and
being the one girl that wanted
to get into the kickball game.
And I,
Ang: have been best friends.
Jax: know it, so it started way back
then when I just had this kind of,
I'm going to call it, that athlete
mentality and that fire and that, that
drive to just get out there and play.
And I was already bucking the system at
five, so then that led into, getting my
mom to finally convince her to let me,
it was okay and safe for me to play AYSO,
and so, at nine, I got into soccer, which
became my love, and that, all through,
junior high, high school, everything.
I did not play college soccer at the time.
There was no women's pro soccer and I
was weighing everything going, do I,
do I pick a school that's got a great.
I ended up making the decision not to
try to play college soccer and instead
played in adult leagues then, and then
went back and tried to play in a 40 plus
league and oh my God, was that humbling.
I knew I was good when I was younger,
but I was, It's far from that
older, anyway, so that's that story.
So I've had soccer and softball.
Softball was also something I young.
loved it, played varsity, high
school, softball, and then I played
in adult leagues there as well.
those were my two sports,
but I did some cycling too.
I did California AIDS Ride
too, way back in the day.
I did Livestrong Ride, I
did some stuff like that.
And I've always been out there
doing, trying to do tennis, and
what I could do on the basketball
court, which was really fun.
Pretty minimal.
I'm small.
but, whatever it was, I
always wanted to be out there.
so I have that kind of, that physical
drive had, have always had that.
And then,
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: idea to open the sports bar actually
came about, when I was in my early 20s
and I'm with a bunch of friends and every
Sunday we're trying to go watch the NFL
because we love sports and we're just
made to feel like we're not welcome in
these spaces and, And I think it was,
there's, could have very, various ideas
of why that was, but it was constant.
And I just said back then, and the
friends that I have around me to
this day are so impressed that I'm
finally doing this many years later.
but I said, I want to open a sports bar.
And back then it wasn't about
opening a women's sports bar.
That was not a concept.
and we'll get to Jenny and
the bra in a little bit.
But, yeah.
was, it was just about having a space
where women could go and feel comfortable
watching whatever they wanted to watch
and So that was my concept way back then
and I even went to bartending school And
I was going to partner with a friend who
then I think got very overwhelmed And I
was way too young to do this on my own.
I didn't have any experience I
had no experience and no money and
I had no idea what I was doing.
So I ended up finding my way through
various careers, always with wondering
what might be if I, was in the sports
world in some way, shape or form.
And then Jenny opened the sports bra.
And, as soon as I caught wind of
that brilliance, I, I hit her up
and we started a conversation.
And I said, if you have a
franchise, you've got to bring it.
You've got to let me
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: rights in Long Beach.
and
Ang: Mm-Hmm.
Jax: So that was back in 22.
That was probably the end of 22 when
we first started chatting and it was
all kind of light conversation, always,
nothing serious, of course, but she knew
my interest and she knew things were, I
was like, Hey, I think I can do this now.
And my wife, Megan looked at
me one day and said, maybe
now's the time we open the bar.
And so
Ang: Wow.
Jax: having these.
And then in September of 23, I met
with, this was a very interesting
and pivotal part of our process.
We met with someone who franchises
and is also a franchisee.
So he was able to give
us both perspectives.
And
Ang: Wow.
Jax: essentially said,
why would you do this?
Go out and do it on your own.
and so we decided, I think like
within a day I started the business.
For And, we decide, okay,
we're going out on our own and
we're going to figure this out.
neither of us have any idea of what
we're doing, but we're going to do it.
and that was how it came to
be, but absolutely inspired
by, the sports bra concept.
so
Ang: special.
Like you said, I, when you were talking
about being in, in sports bars with your
friends, just sitting there man, it'd
be really cool if we felt welcome here.
Immediately, I flashed back to a
night in college, sitting at one
of the booths in Legends on 2nd
Street with five of my male friends.
Cause we, I helped rebuild the
student section when Dan Munson
came in for men's basketball.
and that front line of students,
we were all really good friends
to lead the student section.
There was one night, half of us
were at Legends and I'm just sitting
there looking around and people
are like, what are you doing?
I'm like, I'm watching sports.
like Legends has TVs
everywhere in every direction.
And I'm the one woman at this table of
men I'm still very close friends with.
And some, there was like a
new person there and they're
like, what are you doing?
And I was like.
I'm I'm watching the Australian Open
or whichever tennis open it was.
And he looked at me, he was like, why?
Jax: Wow.
Ang: the rest of the guys at the
table just went like, they knew
Oh no, he's about to learn today.
And I looked at him and I said, excuse me?
He was like, why do you even like sport?
Do you even understand the sport?
And I lit him up, like.
Jax: you.
Ang: Yeah, it was one of those, first of
all, who the hell do you think you are?
Second of all, you know who I am?
Like, it was one of those, like, how dare
you make the assumption that I don't know
tennis or that I don't know football or
basketball or any, fill in the blank.
But that's the first moment I can
remember somewhere going, I'm not
entirely welcome here as a sports fan.
not from my friends, cause
my friends jumped on in too.
do you know who she is?
no, nothing about her if
you don't know this part.
And I sat there and I was
livid for an hour, just so just
simmering, don't stay mad at this.
It's just so stupid.
But also this is the dumbest
conversation I've ever had in my life.
And that moment for me was so pivotal.
So once these, I feel like Jenny really.
the doors for all of the rest of these
people across the country now were
like, that's all I've been wanting.
How can I do this?
Because I think there's, I think,
a dozen if not more now of women's
sports bars that have opened are
in the works of opening kinds of
Mario: Yeah.
Angela.
Angela has the map going of sportswear,
like as soon as when she texts me.
There's another one.
Here it is.
Ang: and repost.
So any, yeah, and I know people
are gonna be like, oh, it's
too many or whatever, it's not
Mario: Yeah.
No
Jax: ever.
Ang: No.
Jax: over the place and
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: Everything has start, right?
And I think
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: addition to Jenny at the
BRA, Jen at Rough and Tumble,
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: I think six months
or so after Jenny did.
So the two of them were really
paving the way for everybody.
So yeah, and then Jillian at a
bar of their own in Minnesota.
We've gone out and met with her and,
yeah, we're just, we're all, we're all
coming from the same perspective, which
is let's just create this great space
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: if you build a type of mentality.
we know what we're doing.
We know that there's a
lot of need out there.
There's a huge void and
we're just going to fill it.
Ang: Yeah, I know my whole
family is super pumped.
Apparently my aunts have season tickets
for the Sparks and they're texting
me from the game the other night.
What's the name of your podcast?
When are you talking to the owner of
the Long Beach Sports Bar because we're
sitting behind people who know them?
I have no idea.
Yeah, I have no idea who was sitting
in front of them and I was like,
okay, Tia, here's the information.
So my aunt and her wife have
been like hyping up this episode
specifically within their friend group
because They would have loved this.
they played softball for 20 some years.
She's gonna kill me for even talking about
this, but like, it's very integral in our
community to, be part of the sports world.
I feel like within the LGBTQ
community, there's different,
there's your theater groups, your
sports groups, your artsy folks.
there's all these different, are they
called in corporate America, like ERGs or
something like that, like
employee resource groups?
Like
Jax: yeah,
Ang: they're different little
pods of interests and sports is
so communal for the community
Jax: yeah.
Ang: I would have loved this as a
kid in general, but I know they would
have loved this their whole lives.
And so I'm so excited.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Jax: is the time, so
Ang: Oh, I'm dragging them there.
they will, yeah, I'm making sure, I
will make sure that should some future
collaboration between us happen,
that they'll be there and I'm gonna
drag their friends there because
they're basically family to me.
we're gonna have a big Morales
contingency at, watch me.
Awesome.
Mario: on my end of the sports
watching at a bar kind of spectrum,
I have never felt like being at
a sports bar was like a thing.
I just ah, it's like too many
people, I don't know, but I think
it's also because of like the.
The general, I don't know if, aggro
mentality is, the really the right
word, but pretty much, where, true
to the name of the podcast, I am,
like, the casual, I am the casual fan,
Jax: ha.
Mario: I will definitely watch
the most random, Whatever
ESPN is showing at the moment.
And during the pandemic, they
were showing some interesting
sports, fringe sports, right?
But I'm like, hey, it's on.
I'm going to watch it.
and having that experience in a group has
always been fun, but there's a certain
level of yeah, this is not fun anymore.
So hoping that, environment is,
there and going to be welcoming
for, the casual fans and the fans
that want to get into it, right?
there's always this amount of gatekeeping
that we're like, no, we don't need that.
We, we want to bring you in.
You bring in and come in with the
idea of, hey, let's learn about this.
don't just come in with I, what is this?
Why are we here?
It's no, come in with, if
you're not, you don't have to
be a diehard, but, Learn about.
If you're open to learning about
it, then yeah, come and as long,
hopefully that's really the, and
it's not only just saying , that's
what your space is going to be like.
But I'm just talking about the like
fan community in general, right?
there's the people that wanna bring you
along, and then there's the people that
are like, we've been here since day one.
What are you doing?
But it's no.
Eh, let's find the, let's
find the happy medium.
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: there's definitely some,
story around all of that with us.
I had to literally turn off
my notifications because of
the hate that we were getting,
Ang: bet.
Mario: Yeah.
Jax: to me.
we're just trying to create this
It's a space for women or anyone
who loves women's sports to come
in and celebrate these athletes.
And in all around that is inclusivity
and can't, why is that such a bad thing?
I, my brain cannot understand the
Ang: Yep.
Jax: of some, and if you want to
call it aggro, yeah, that's probably
a nicer term than I would use.
And so I'll,
Ang: Yep.
Mario's the diplomat here because
I'm the one that's like, how
many adjectives can I give you?
what words can I use to describe
the vitriol that so many of us as
fans, business owners, athletes, like
women in this space have received?
Mario: Yeah.
And I'll be the, and
Ang: some words for those folks.
Mario: be the first one to admit that
that, that is not my lived reality, right?
Like you guys have a very different
lived reality, when it comes to, to, to
Honestly, when it comes to just anything,
just being women, being like sports fans,
Ang: existing.
Mario: so there's going to be
definitely a gap of what I've been
through and whatnot, but I'm with you.
I don't understand the conversations
at times about, Just, women's sports,
or just women enjoying sports, or
the community, or it's, yeah, we've
been on this soapbox before, and, it
definitely is a trigger moment for
both of us, but, yeah, come on, people,
Jax: this
Mario: would be so much better.
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: I think what I've come to in
this is you can really see who is an
evolved human and who isn't in this
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: And Mario, you are evolved.
I
Mario: Yay!
Jax: a mile away.
And
Ang: We need to record it.
Make sure.
Jax: and, just having that respect.
It's comes down to human respect.
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: yeah,
Mario: I'm going to make that a shirt,
Mario, you're an evolved human, Jax.
Ang: I was going to say, we need
to make sure his, like, he has
that to have his wife, like.
to play for his wife when
she, uh, she gets mad at him.
Jax: But wait, Jax
said,
Ang: Yeah,
I have proof.
Are you, so Jax, are you from
Long Beach originally, or did
you just end up there by chance?
what's your connection to the city?
Jax: I grew up in LA.
mom is still in the same
house in Ladera Heights.
I don't know if you
Ang: Oh,
Jax: with that
Ang: we're neighbors.
I'm in Inglewood,
Jax: okay.
Ang: and raised.
Yeah, my mom, my mom and I
own our family's property.
So yeah, we're, oh, yay.
Jax: Yay.
Yeah.
So that's where I grew up.
And, I was all, I lived all
in and around like Playa and
Mar I was all over the place.
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: and, but I would always come
down to Long Beach with friends.
And then ultimately I met Megan, and
she lived down here in Long Beach.
And then I was like, what am I doing?
I'm going to move down there.
And, I bought a condo.
So I think that was about 16 years ago.
and we moved in together.
And, Ever since then, it's just been
like why would I ever leave Long Beach?
I just love the culture here.
Ang: it so much.
Jax: yeah, you gotta come back.
but it's just, there's so many offerings.
It's beautiful.
it's pockety like a lot of areas
are, I just, think it's, there's like
this openness mentality more so maybe
down here than some other cities.
And um, I just love it.
I just love it.
And I don't know why I would
think of living anywhere else.
And so when we were talking about
opening the bar, I think there
was like a skinny minute where we
said, should it be up in LA proper?
And then immediately it was like, no, Long
Ang: No.
Jax: spot what we're doing.
And that's my thing to Long Beach.
I just love it down here.
I
Mario: doing anything in L.
A.
proper, like the very first thing, it's
Ang: Yeah.
Mario: a harsh reality of you gotta
have parking, you gotta have a way
for people to get there, and if you
don't, it's gonna suffer, I think
about all the places that I've
Jax: don't
Mario: have visited in, the main kind of,
downtown area, or, I'm just like, wow,
it's completely dead during the weekends.
But there are people visiting, right?
there's people that will go out
for these places, but still, also,
it's like, what are you gonna do?
Park in one of the, 20 expensive,
parking lots all over, the downtown area.
It's just no, it's, it, there's so many
detractors when you're looking at that,
and all, and LA is just so big, and
there's great neighborhoods everywhere
that it's like, why not just do it
where you're at, and also the commute's
not going to be that bad for you.
I drive an hour and a half to work.
Yeah, live, live.
Yeah.
Ang: business, what, there's a lot of
lessons to be learned about the business
itself, but personally, what have you
learned about yourself through this and
like with your relationships as the idea
behind Watch Me has grown and become
more real and now is officially real.
anything like shifted life wise for you
to be like, oh wow, these were the people
that I knew would be there all along?
Or have folks been like,
this is a crazy idea?
Or has everybody really
been just supportive?
hell yeah, this is the time.
Let's do it.
Jax: In any situation where
it's like a life changing event,
you see who shows up and who
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: it, that has been
an interesting thing.
there's some that have been
more visible than others.
And I've been surprised,
on both sides of that.
carry on and move forward and, you do you
and keep making things happen and get the
Ang: Right.
Jax: running.
so there's that side of it, but, I think
I haven't put, I put a little bit of,
weight into that and then decided it,
that was just, it was time to move on.
I gave that enough energy
and now that energy anymore.
but in all of it, I think I've
noticed two, I have a freaking fire.
I have an unexplained and motivation.
I seriously don't know how to explain it.
And, and that's really how Watch
Me came about because, we, if
we go back to the root, which I
think it is this, I was adopted.
And so I think from early on,
I've had something in me where I
feel like I need to prove myself.
And, and then I've seen show up in
So many areas of my life and so many
jobs, where I'm, I know that I'm being
doubted or if I'm playing a sport, it's
because, I'm not going to be able to
be successful because of my stature.
I'm 5'2 I'm, and I used to be a rail.
and I think I was always
just I could sense it.
I'm also pretty intuitive.
And so I pick up on stuff.
And so I think I just, have always
felt that I've had this burning thing
to just go out and prove otherwise
and that I guess manifested itself
in athletics part and then in other
ways too and other jobs and things.
But, so I think I've learned a
little bit, more about my fire,
and I've also learned that.
I'm, I've already known this, and it's
something I've been working on for a
really long time, that I am not the most
patient person, and in all of this, I
want everyone to be on my timeline, and be
Ang: Yep.
Jax: as
Mario: Yep.
Jax: me to get this done, and that
simply is not accurate, and I've been,
I've had to go, okay, I've got it.
Just focus on what you personally
can focus on getting done and do what
you can to drive these other people.
And, for instance, we are pretty
behind on our painting schedule.
Um, so that makes me frustrated,
but it's, we're still moving
along in and around that.
so that's one example there.
And then I think the other
thing that's really become so
interesting for us is the kind of,
empowerment component of all this.
We are part of what I'm calling
a women's sports bar movement.
And, know women's sports is having its
own movement, but there's a women's
sports bar movement also happening.
And, for us to be towards the forefront
of that, there's a lot of, pressure
and weight, that comes with that.
And it feels like we are leading a
charge in a way and we want to make
sure that we're creating the safe
space and we're about inclusivity.
It's a really big pillar, in our business.
And so we've learned that we
were becoming and we're evolving.
I call us an amoeba.
Like we're evolving into something.
that we don't even know yet.
it's like the
Ang: Yeah,
Jax: shape us.
we're creating this space, but
the community is really going to
be shaping, what we turn out to
be, but we're trying to buck the
norm too for restaurants and bars.
We don't, we have a no
yell kitchen policy.
and for instance, and we want,
we're investing in the people that
we're bringing onto our team and we
want them to stay and grow with us.
And we're hoping people aren't,
And we'll see some of this, but
hoping that most of the team members
that we bring on will be along for
the ride for a long time with us.
Yeah.
Ang: in different ways,
having a respectful kitchen
environment is big time.
Especially, I'm assuming as time
goes on, this is going to stay like
a very female driven operation.
So I'm guessing, fingers crossed, that
there's going to be a lot of women
going, oh my gosh, I've worked in
kitchens other places and wow, I've
never felt so much respect on the job.
Jax: we're doing like a culture training.
That's a big
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: doing.
Ang: That's fantastic.
Jax: And that's largely led
by Chef Charlie Ray, who we
brought on pretty early on.
We were just talking
about this the other day.
I thought it was January.
She said it was November, which is
telling that, we started the business
in September and in November, we
already had found our chef and
Ang: Wow,
Jax: the things that we've done
have been cart before the horse.
And I think we wondered a while
ago if that was one of them, but
now we're learning, nope, that
actually was a good thing because
we've got this great relationship
now that we've built together.
And, one of the reasons that we loved
what Charlie was all about was, her
kind of, Cultural stance and her
mission to make sure that, everyone is
equal and it so aligns with us and how
we're approaching the whole business.
And so she's been amazing.
Ang: that's wonderful.
Jax: Yeah.
Ang: My, before Mario takes over
part of the questions and ideas and
conversation leading, how excited are you?
Just genuinely?
Jax: Oh, my God.
every day there's, there are
different things happening.
And, all of this is unknown to me.
I'm really leaning on, my years and
years of experience in, in Operations
and leadership and project management
to figure out how to get things done and
work with people and all, get to know
people and work with their personalities
and those things to get what you need.
so all that is happening
in the background.
So I think sometimes, I sit back and go,
Oh my God, when I'm at home right now,
but I'm going to go in, in a little bit.
And.
when I walk up each day, it's starting
to feel more and more like our space,
especially with the exterior painting
finally getting completed and we've
got our furniture in there now.
And it's just like now that
and the TVs are going up, it's
just starting to get more real.
And
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: live for the moment of seeing
a packed house and everyone cheering
together and just like meeting new
people and just having fun together.
I just, I am so excited
for that to happen.
And I know it's not going to
be just, a flash in the pan.
it's going to be a constant and I
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: going to be a lot of community
built out of what we're doing.
And For those reasons, I've become
actually more excited than, just
creating the space, it's changed
over time, but, to answer your
question, I'm extremely excited.
I'm nervous, I'm scared, I'm,
Mario: Yeah,
Ang: the bigger umbrella emotion
and then all the little I'm
first day of school excited.
I'm, oh my god, what am I doing excited?
I'm nervous, like all those
feelings that go into that.
But I'm so excited.
Jax: Yeah.
Ang: excited for you.
Jax: Thank you so much.
It's like that anticipation when you're
about to go play a game and you've
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: energy.
And,
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: it's just like that.
It's very much the same.
Mario: if those butterflies aren't
there, then something's wrong,
Ang: It's like how invested are you
Mario: yeah, and Jax, just to put you
at ease, I'm in the architectural field,
and you saying that you're like pain
schedules, behind schedule, all that,
just know that is like 100 percent every
project I've ever been on, so it's not.
Jax: I'm saying, I've heard this before.
How everything's always behind.
And as a project manager, I know how to
bake in extra time and all that stuff.
And and I also know to be
flexible in my schedule.
So you could plan all day long and
have the best plan, but you got
to be prepared for it to change.
And so we're pivoting all over the
place and we know that art very well.
And for that's fine, but I
still say it doesn't have to
be behind if blah, blah, blah.
so we're trying, we're getting there.
Mario: Yeah, lessons learned for everyone.
maybe, some.
Some Federation heads and coaches can take
note too, with rolling with the bunches.
Jax: yeah,
Mario: not naming names.
okay.
you touched briefly on, your relationship
with, your chef, Charlie Rey.
and looking at your like website,
just her background looks amazing.
she's Swedish, Black American.
Like she, like Just reading it
makes me hungry, of like her
accomplishments, but also I've been,
we've been following you on social.
And so we've seen the little
kind of like test, kitchen photos
that you guys have been doing.
I'm like, this is looking great.
what's your, excitement or thing
that you're looking forward to
with this kind of relationship
that you have with Charlie?
Jax: Oh, a lot of things.
it really has blossomed and know
we're calling it, I think the
latest thing is upscale gastro pub.
fair.
So you're gonna have your typical wings
and burgers and things that you would
at a sports bar, but we're trying to
make it a little bit more upscale.
and focus on sustainability and
that's really Chef Charlie's thing,
sustainability and repurposing and reusing
all over the place and, things that she
can, the things that she has learned in
her travels are just amazing and that's
what, part of what makes her so great
is that she just comes with this bank
of knowledge and how to do things in a
really cost effective way, which I really
appreciate and, and it tastes good and um.
focusing on the sustainability and local
and seasonal products and then also we
have a theme across the operation, which
is focus and support on women owned
and operated businesses when it makes
sense to do And so we are looking, we're
doing that in the kitchen where we can,
we're doing it at the bar where we can.
You'll see a lot of,
women owned or operated.
offerings on our bar menu as well.
And we're just doing what we
can to go out and support.
But chef has, like I was saying earlier,
has really brought along with her
this kind of, cultural stance that's
really important to us and making
sure that everyone feels included and.
treats everyone, approaches them by
their pronouns and be respectful and,
just make sure that everyone knows
that they're equal to everybody else.
There's no, we're trying to
get rid of the hierarchy and
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: that's not just in the
kitchen, it's the entire staff.
we're trying to do things a little
bit differently and, we already
have said to everybody, we had our
orientation last Monday, and we said,
things will change, so be prepared,
Mario: Yeah,
Jax: we're going to go in with a certain
stance, and we may learn that's not really
working, to listening to what the team in
general has to say, and that's not to say
we're always going to, make the changes
that they might, ask us to make, but we
will certainly be listening, and Chef
is helping us to lead that conversation.
That cultural charge, as well.
And so it's, she's a very
pivotal part of our business.
Ang: It just feels like it's very, like,
you're creating this from the ground
up and realizing that you don't have to
do things the way they've always been
Mario: Yes.
Ang: and really leaning into that
and being like, we get, really
are no rules and I've been on this
there's no rules for a while to help
myself and there's no rules to the
way we're supposed to do things.
Everything is all made up.
So if something isn't working or if
you don't like the way something is
currently established, so like just
do it the way that makes sense or do
it the way that you're comfortable
with because there's no real rules.
To anything.
There's like societal norms, but
even those can be shifted and
those are shifted constantly.
So it's like, why not?
Jax: And I don't even have restaurant
experience, so I'm bringing something
completely different to the table.
I guess pun intended.
Um, but, but yeah, I think
you're onto something there.
why do we have to follow anything?
And that's the fun of being a business
owner, is being able to say, hey,
we don't want to do it this way.
This is how we want to approach it.
And Megan and I are very solid in how
we want to, work with our clients.
things in a way that, that people
feel, safe and appreciated and, know
that we, we couldn't be where we are
right now without the people that
have, that we brought on early on
in this process and that volunteered
their time with us in this process.
there's no way we'd be here right
now without, without any of that.
And we, Tell them all the time
how much we appreciate them.
and that's how we operate.
We just, we see it and
we make sure people know.
And so we're hoping to, I
know we'll continue that.
Cause that's just how we are.
Mario: yeah, the idea of it takes a
village, it like applies to everything
and this is very much one of those like
you found your community, your people
that are propping you up and like cheering
you on and that's half the battle, right?
so with all of that, you're opening a bar,
you've got to have your favorite go to.
Drink, cocktail, mocktail, you
know, whether you drink alcohol
or not, but what's yours?
Just, just end it off on the bar talk.
Jax: So it really depends on the,
Day, night, time, mood, right?
but shot, I saw that chef posted
this video and I was like, do I share
this to the watch me account or not?
I'm still on the fence, but we did
breakfast shots, in the bar the other day.
I don't know if you guys
have ever had those, but.
Mario: Yeah.
Ang: have.
Jax: breakfast shot.
It's kind of my thing.
Um, and
so there's, there's a section on
our menu called coach's choice and
the breakfast shot will be on there.
And so we were doing a bit of a
taste test the other day because
chef made her bacon a little bit
different than just regular bacon.
And so we were doing a taste test.
And so I think, I would say, a
breakfast shot is certainly one of
them, but, I'm in for a really good
Bloody Mary when it makes sense.
I like a good beer.
depending on the mood and where I'm at
and, if it's a game, it's usually a beer.
yeah.
I dig some good wine.
definitely love me the whiskey.
So you got that in the breakfast shot.
Ang: Yep.
Jax: sake, for example.
I, it's just, it depends
where I am, what I'm doing and
Ang: Yeah.
What fits the mood.
Jax: So
Mario: Yeah.
Jax: yeah.
about you guys?
Mario: I'm, I am very much
a, a beer and wine, side.
I like the hard spirits.
I can't, there's, oh, how do I put that?
it's not, that's, yeah,
lots of flashbacks.
it's the very astringent, the thing
like for tequila or vodka, and then.
like whiskey and, like bourbon,
it's sometimes it gets into
the weird sweetness side of it.
And even that gets me like, Oh, for me,
I'm very much like there was a while where
I wanted to go through, I know there's
a name for it, but like my friend and I,
Ang: A school
Mario: but there's a
beer equivalent for it.
Ang: Oh,
Mario: and.
Legit, my friend and I were
like, we were researching it.
We were like, we're like, all
right, we're going to get started.
And then I quit that job.
And so we still keep in touch, but
we're not together every single day.
And then, but I really wanted to do that.
Cause I was like, yeah, I
can, this sounds like fun.
Like just as like a side thing, like if
I don't ever reach the top, at least I'm
like doing the kind of classes in between.
but yeah, I honestly love, Beer and just
how it, the idea of taking the same simple
ingredients, but altering one little
piece of it changes the profile so much.
So like you can, it's the same basic
ingredients, but you can go from
like ale to lager, it's, fascinating.
And so I'm really in that realm for me.
Jax: Nice.
Ang: I am gluten free.
So yes, there's gluten free beer,
but I miss like a good Mexican lager.
I am now.
gin and whiskey girl.
Like gin when it's hot, whiskey
when it's like I'm a lot more
chill and I can just hang out.
Jax: We're going to be doing flights.
Would you, so we were having this
conversation because we're still
finalizing our bar menu, but we
Ang: Yeah.
Mario: Ooh.
Jax: like, you would
Ang: I
Jax: in?
Ang: be so happy to try.
Mario: Hey.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Ang: room temperature gin
is like not my favorite.
Jax: Yeah.
Ang: I like chill, like perfectly chilled
drinks are my favorite thing in the world.
But would, if you need somebody to
come test a gin flight, you let me
know and I will find my way down.
I would love that.
Jax: Nice.
Ang: Yeah, gin flights would be amazing.
I think too, gin here
isn't as, understood.
When it comes to, the spirit itself,
you go to the UK and all you're
drinking is gin, but here it's like
a gin and tonic, a gin and soda.
I'm like, no, there's a million
different things you can do with the gin.
You can just drink it on the rocks.
You could, there's so many things because
it has such a varying flavor profile.
So yeah, I, I love gin.
It's, and it's also incredibly
refreshing and it's not super sweet.
So it, it's nice in the summertime
because you don't get, The hangover
and then the sugar hangover from it.
Jax: can see you out
on our patio now having
Ang: Yep.
Jax: gin cocktail.
Cold one.
Ang: I'll see you.
I will be there.
Don't worry.
88.
Yeah.
Mario: in general, and we've
talked about how your sports
background is just already there.
You're sports minded no matter what.
What has been your favorite sports memory?
watching or even playing sports yourself.
whether it was like in a big group or at
home or in the stadium, wherever it was.
what's been like the thing that you're
just like, yeah, I'm glad I saw that.
I'm glad I experienced that.
Jax: they both surround my parents.
So one was watching the Dodgers with my
dad So we're at home, we're in the den,
we're watching the game, and it was the
World Series, it was the one where Gimpy
Kirk Gibson comes up to bat, yeah, 88,
okay, we're watching it together, and I
just remember us, jumping up and down,
screaming, just it's just such a great,
very clear moment, and I'm so bummed my
dad is not physically with us anymore
for this process, because I think he
would have, I've freaking loved what
we're doing, but I feel him all the time.
So
Mario: Mhm.
Yeah.
Jax: the other one was, when I was
playing soccer and we were, I don't
remember if it was something like a,
playoff game or what, but it came down
at PKs and I was, needed one more goal
to win and it was my turn I shot and I
scored and my mom came running out on the
field like I had never seen her before.
And when you're a teenager, you're
like, Oh my God, mom, but that
is a very vivid memory for me.
that meant so much to me
to, have her be so excited.
and of course, the
whole team, we were all.
We were all going crazy, because
we did it, but, but yeah, those are
a couple of really big memories.
of course, watching so many sports
over the years, there's just so many
moments and so many great things and,
I was at the very first, WNBA game
with the Sparks and saw Penny Tuller's,
Ang: Yeah, we were there.
We were there together.
Mario: Mm hmm.
Jax: Well, you'll be happy to know Penny
is planning on being at the Grand Opening.
Ang: Oh, wow.
A Long Beach legend.
Jax: She's been great and we met her
a while back and I pinged her and I
said, Hey, do you think you'd come?
And she said, You're
already on my calendar.
And so
Ang: Oh, I love that.
That makes me so happy.
Jax: so that, that was like a really
cool moment to be there for that.
so there's just so many,
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: had the 25th
anniversary of the 99ers.
that was massive.
so just too many to tell,
but those are a few.
Yeah.
Mario: a fun game that we have here
of, did Angela cry on this episode?
And I was just looking at
Angela and she was just like,
welling up hearing your story.
Ang: I was like, don't do it.
Don't do it.
Don't do it.
Mario: But I, honestly, that's one of
the things I love about doing this too.
and I know that we don't.
We don't do video, but we record with
video, and so I can see her reactions
and most of the time I'm just like
Ang: I can't control it at this point.
Mario: But I
Jax: I love it.
Mario: yeah, it is.
And then, and I know how, and I
know how passionate Angela is with
sports and with what she's done and
the support her mom has given her.
And her tias and like, you know, like her
support group has given her and provided
her and so like whenever we talk to people
that have had the same kind of experiences
or, are leading into that, I can see
it in her and it just makes me happy.
Like it, it
Ang: We, we've been joking lately
that for next ACFC season, like in
our off season to develop more stuff,
we're gonna create a bingo card and
one of them is or take a bet on how
many times I'll cry over the season.
And it's it's every, it's at least
every other episode at this point.
I, it's, and sometimes it's just
quiet or I just get teary eyed.
But My aunt played, basketball in high
school and college, softball as well.
My mom managed basically every team.
Anne was a practice team member.
She's the youngest of all her
siblings and was like, I wasn't
gonna be on the same team as them.
But, she's there at volleyball
practice with one of my other
aunts, just nailing serves for
them to pepper around in practice.
she's doing all of the sports things.
My grandma was like, I would have
loved to play sports if they'd
allowed me, that kind of thing.
So there's all these
different generations.
And then me and my friends, in middle
school got a petition signed to reinstate
the girls basketball team in high school.
So
Jax: Nice.
Ang: we found out, I, the crazy
thing, this is the most me
thing that could have happened.
I did a report in like
seventh grade, I want to say.
On Title IX, and this is like late 90s
Jax: I love
Ang: and tennis and how it changed
women's tennis and Billie Jean
King and all that kind of stuff.
I did this report and then we found
out like a month later that our high
school was out of Title IX compliance
because they, the amount of teams
wasn't correct and we found out
there was no girls basketball team.
But we had one at the middle school and
we're like, what are we supposed to do?
And they're like, if you can
get 200, like 2, 500 signatures,
then we'll think about it.
And two months later,
we're like, here you go.
like little seventh graders, listen.
Mario: yeah,
Ang: So for me, like the advocacy behind
women's sports is also such a big part of
it sports are political day in, day out.
Doesn't matter what sport, which
gender, what country, no matter what.
But, It's such an integral
part of me as well.
So it's like this big swirly feeling
of no, this is incredibly important.
It shifts generations.
It shifts families.
It shifts socioeconomic status.
there's so many levels to what
sport can and does do that I'm like,
I can be a drop in the bucket to
contribute to the good side, I will.
Jax: And you are?
Mario: yep,
Ang: thank you.
Jax: are, absolutely, she's crying again,
Ang: Yeah.
Yep.
Mario: that's two, yeah,
Jax: It's part of you.
Ang: Definitely.
Jax: I can't wait to meet you.
Ang: I know.
I'm so excited.
Mario: okay, With us being Casual FC,
being a, a footy, a soccer podcast
here, how active, and, totally
fine if you haven't been, but how
active have you been with the NWSL?
Have you, have you been active
with the league prior to ACFC?
And have you been to ACFC matches so far?
Jax: We have watched games, absolutely,
and then when ACFC came around, we were
like, hey, should we get season tickets,
and didn't, and then we did this season,
and now we've barely been able to go.
Mario: you're a little busy, that's why.
Ang: Yeah.
Just a smidge.
Jax: so that was a bummer, because we
actually just went, was that last weekend?
I
Mario: Oh no,
Jax: What was
Ang: Yeah.
Mario: the rave game.
Jax: Yeah.
Mario: Yeah.
Jax: yeah, we were at that one.
and I was like exhausted.
and and it was great because it was
a night game and I was so excited
to see, I just love playing it.
I used to love playing at
night and, I was playing.
And so excited for that.
And then I was just wiped out.
and we're trying to figure out,
we're pretty sure we're not going
to be able to go to any other
games, the rest of the season.
But, any opportunity we get, to go see,
or watch if it's not physically, going
to the games, we're trying to catch them
on TV because we just feel like those
matches are just so competitive and so
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: and, we love our Claire's and our
Syd's and I can't wait for Kristen to come
back and, but at the same time, the other
night, it was fun to see Rose out there.
Ang: Yeah.
Mario: Yeah.
Jax: Rose, I think, is just, is so great,
too, and so it was really fun to get to
see them for a little bit, but any chance
we get, we'll watch, and now I'm going to
be immersed in it, because it's going to
be, we have 26 screens in our place, and
so there's going to be some matches going
Mario: so nice of you to
purposely build a place to watch
ACFC matches just for yourself.
Jax: That's right.
Just for me.
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: I can't seem to get to watch
them otherwise, but yeah, exactly.
Mario: Yeah, we love when we see the.
that's the thing that we've discussed
about the NWSL is that because there
wasn't a team in LA for so long, and
there are, of course, there's fans
in the league that have been part
of the league, and part of previous
leagues, you tend to follow players.
And so not everybody has a full
allegiance to their like, hometown team,
because they don't always have one.
Jax: Right.
Mario: So like, when That's been somewhat
of a criticism about, BMO Stadium for
Angel City matches is that, it's a great
crowd, it's a great environment, but
it's not a very, in, in the sport, in
the sports mindset, it's not intimidating
for the other team, because when the
other team comes in, they'll have players
that the entire stadium is cheering for.
So it's no, don't, no, you're
not supposed to, yes, Rose is
on there, don't cheer when Rose
scores, that's not the right time.
Jax: Yeah.
I can appreciate Rose, but
I'm not cheering when she's
scoring a goal against ACFC.
Mario: Right?
Jax: I'm just going to
make that clarification.
Ang: in the preview
episode for that match.
I was like, Rose is really good
at being in the right place.
At the wrong time for the other team.
Like she just, It's perfectly placed
when the, when, regardless if it's
Angel City or another team, like
there's a missed pass, there's, a
pass that goes a little too long.
She's just there.
And it's same on the international level.
Rose knows where to place herself
to just magically be troublesome.
Absolutely,
Jax: And that's, that,
that goes a long way.
Mario: Yeah.
and honestly, that's, we're doing
our Olympic, previews, right now.
and so we have three episodes coming
out right before the Olympics covering
all the teams, as much as we can, and
just highlighting players and stuff.
And we're definitely going
to spend a while on the show.
On the US team and sing their praises.
But then, once the NWS L season comes
back and you go back to your teams,
Ang: I don't know
Mario: I don't know you
Jax: Fair enough.
That makes complete sense to me.
Ang: Yeah, we joke that I think
it's a lot of people now, it's like
the second the Olympic rosters are
announced or World Cup, it's what team?
I don't know this team.
I am all for my country.
just waving whatever flag as
high as possible, screaming
at the top of your lungs.
it's a completely different
Mario: yeah.
. Yeah.
Jax: of the reasons why we wanted
to open for the Olympics was because
it's like, How often are most of
you cheering for one, the same team,
Ang: Yeah.
Jax: not to say everyone's
going to be rooting Team USA for
everything, but, but probably mostly.
So it'll be fun.
Ang: Are you looking forward
to any specific Olympic events?
Now that we're talking about it, I
Mario: Yeah.
Ang: ask.
Jax: I love the Olympics so much
that, I feel like, what am I not going
to, we're going to have it all on.
we're working on our schedules right now.
And.
I really love the diving and the swimming
and stuff like that because I, that
was something I never was good at.
And, so I really am just
fascinated by, by those athletes.
and of course, got our soccer and
our basketball and everything else.
And and then our original,
digital marketer just learned
that she is going to Paris.
she is the guide on a
tandem, Paralympic team.
so
Mario: Oh, wow.
Jax: Skylar Espinoza is the
guide for Hanna who is visually
impaired and they ride tandem.
tandem cycling, and they just found out
that they are going to the Paralympics in
Paris, and I don't know what time that's
going to be aired, but we're going to,
if it's in the middle of the night, I
think we're going to open for it, because,
Mario: Yeah, no, that's awesome.
Jax: I
Ang: That's amazing.
Jax: know Skyler, and we've met
Hannah, they've actually been to our
house for dinner, and they've, they
train out here at the Velodrome, and
so met them a couple times, and so
it'd be really cool to catch them.
Mario: That has always fascinated me
about Olympic sports is the, we're
so used to seeing, the professional
sports and the, people playing in
the, stadiums and things like that.
And then we get to the Olympics where it's
it's a bunch of people that are doing it
for the sport and for the love of it and
for the athleticism and some of them are
sponsored some of them are not some of
them are working at home depot and like
like you get the stories of the i remember
oh a the guy i went to high school with
i will say an acquaintance because i
knew him a bit he was our high school
quarterback he ended up being an olympic
boxer and he went to, maybe not the
last Olympics, but the one before that.
But he, we just, randomly, came up,
through friends and social feeds.
I was just like, wait, Dominic's a boxer?
he's going to the Olympics?
That's insane!
he did pretty well for
himself and everything.
But, it's just one of those things where
it's okay, yeah, no, but you're you.
And you're there.
That's awesome.
That's just blew my mind.
the stories of how these people
can overcome what they're doing.
And this is the way that, that
they are and getting ahead and,
getting to travel the world,
because of what they love doing.
And, it's always an amazing,
like I see how the, I see
how NBC gets like all their.
Fun, emotional stories in pieces.
Ang: stories.
Mario: Yeah.
Jax: it used to be called
Up Close and Personal.
Ang: Yes,
Jax: that?
Yeah.
Ang: I do.
Yeah.
Jax: it's brilliant.
and it's true.
It gives you the backstory behind,
there's more to the person who you're
seeing maybe even just for a few seconds.
it's great to, to get that
backstory on everybody.
Mario: Okay.
Ang: we are getting to that point
of wrapping up this episode.
So Jax, thank you so much
for hanging out with us on a
Mario: thank you.
Thank you.
Ang: spent.
So carving out this little bit of an hour
has been so much fun and so fulfilling.
Thank you.
Thank you again for
opening the Sports Bar.
Thank you for, existing.
I'm just gonna start crying
if I keep talking about it.
So Watch Me's grand opening is
slated for Friday, July 26th at 4 p.
m.
They'll be located at 6527 East PCH in
Long Beach and the zip code is 90803.
where the United Artists
Movie Theater was.
It's where the Golden Spoon
and the Trader Joe's were.
it's at the in the complex just south
the street, just across 2nd from the Inn
now at PCH in 2nd, like it's right there.
There's tons of parking, which anybody,
even like folks in Long Beach, rejoice
when it comes to parking because
different parts of the city have none.
Others have a ton, so it's crazy.
But definitely make yourself
comfortable and like comfortable.
Know the city enough to get down there.
Maybe not for opening days.
It's going to be bonkers.
I
Mario: Hehehe.
Ang: But every day after
that, get down to watch me.
You can follow them on social
media, especially on Instagram at
@watchme_sportsbar, they're posting
updates regarding opening and
details on reservations and all the
upcoming things you'll
Mario: As we can all imagine,
this has been long coming, so
it's, there's, demand is high.
Demand is high, and
there's only one place.
keep an eye on it, cause you, even
if you don't make the grand opening,
we, all of us will eventually find
our way down there, so just keep an
eye on their socials and know how
to get there, and when to get there.
Ang: Definitely.
And if you are having trouble
figuring it out, DM us, I will make
sure you know exactly where it is.
Mario: yes.
Ang: I am very well versed in the area,
but overall it does take a village.
So if you want to get to know more
about the sports bar, check out
their website at watchmesportsbar.
com.
several different ways they can
help engagement on social media
is one to get their word, the
word out there about the, the bar.
If you want to help monetarily,
there's different ways to do that.
It's all on their website.
You can help them via their crowd.
Oh my gosh.
Crowd Fundraising Campaign.
That's a lot of similar sounds.
can go to givebutter.com/watchme.
And there's a whole
bunch of details there.
Anything we can do to help, we will try.
We will keep, we are going to be
part of your biggest, cheerleaders
Mario: Yes.
Ang: because I'm so freaking excited.
Jax: I can't thank you two enough.
truly, Mario and Angela,
it's great to meet you today.
And, next time we'll see each
other in person and hopefully,
Mario: Yes.
Jax: hey to me.
but I just really appreciate the
opportunity to get to tell a Little bit
of background about us and what we're
doing and what we're trying to achieve.
And, we look forward to people
coming out and checking us out
and making us the place to watch
ACFC games and everything else.
Women's sports and, all ages
are welcome and anyone who loves
women's sports are welcome.
So come on.
Mario: Yeah.
Ang: It is gonna be the best.
I already know.
I al like I, I just have
a really good feeling
Jax: I love
Ang: you and Megan are just
gonna have the best time.
Mario: Yeah.
Ang: like, it's a lot
like, don't get me wrong.
I'm not saying it's like the easiest
position job wise to be in because there's
a lot of moving parts in the background.
If anybody's worked in the restaurant
industry, there's a gazillion
things happening at any given
moment, even when you're closed.
Mario: watched the bear.
Ang: Yeah, but you two are just
setting yourself up for so much
success and it's going to be amazing.
Jax: Oh, thank
Mario: Yeah.
I'm so excited for you.
Ang: this is number three.
This is teary eyed number three.
Mario: All right.
So as we hit number three, as we
hit number three, if you like what
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I think it's just YouTube, but whatever.
You'll find them all there.
And some more that we don't even
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Just like, uh, for WatchMe, you
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They're not just a seasonal thing.
So Go check it out.
And, I started thinking about
this recently because, we do
this for fun and we only sell a
few pieces every now and then.
They're exclusive.
Like you only have one, one
of three or like one of five.
Like
Ang: Yeah, I
Mario: at that.
Ang: is exclusive.
Mario: Yeah.
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donate both ways if you can.
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We will bank that because we
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the restart of the season.
Ang: Yeah.
the restart of the season for Angel City.
Thank you.
Mario: Yeah.
Ang: need all of the help
and the luck we can get.
some saging of the front office.
I don't know.
Mario: Yeah.
Ang: to happen.
So
Jax: Sounds
Ang: just got to bank it.
Jax: casual FC watch me party.
Mario: Yeah.
Jax: watch parties, watch me parties.
Mario: Yeah.
Ang: that.
Jax: yeah, we'll talk.
Mario: We'll talk.
It'll be in the works.
We'll talk.
Ang: I can't wait.
Bye.
Mario: so everyone, thank
you for hanging out with us.
Jax, thank you so much for
giving us your time and we will
definitely be at Watch Me very soon.
Thank you everyone.
Bye.
Jax: Thank you
Mario: Bye.
Jax: Bye.