Dripping in the Best that Can Happen featuring Alyce Rose

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Mr. Al Pete (00:02.062)
What's up, what's up people? Good day, good afternoon, good evening and welcome to another edition of Dripping in Black. I am your special guest, Mr. Al Pete from Mr. Peterson's Neighborhood, AKA the NPN Network, your favorite neighbor and cousin on the block, that is me. And yeah, I am the special guest for Dripping in Black, like I stated. Thank y'all for always hitting play on all of the shows. We greatly, greatly, greatly appreciate it. I haven't been on one in a minute, but this is a special one for sure. So.

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Y'all see Dominic Lawson on here, the award-winning Dominic Lawson on here. So I am here today to bring my friend on. Man, she's such, she's the dopest, y'all. She's the dopest. So I'ma say my version first and then I'll read the bio. But this young lady, it started off with, and I can't truly remember, well, the first time I,

thought we met and we'll discuss it when we bring her on. But like, I want to say, I remember, remember her at one of my DJ spots and she used to always like make fun of me. And I always, always thought it was the dopest that she would make so much fun of me. She would make so much fun of me. I, it was like, the funniness became like this awareness. And I was like, yeah, she's, she's too damn like she's too damn to like

Mr. Al Pete (02:28.312)
how I play, how I move, et cetera, et cetera. And I just thought that was very inquisitive for people. Where people can have that energy to do that, I feel like they're very special at that. So then I started following her more and more with a lot of work that she does. And I know she calls me the community guy and shouts out to the producer, Square. He calls me the community guy as well, but she's right in the battlefield with me when it comes to community.

and just being righteous and being keen for the people and giving the people what they want and solution oriented. You know what saying? Just really wanting to solve solutions, but make sure that it's solved at an ease pace and really just fill in the void of that. And I can go on and on, but I'm gonna start with the bio. Alyce, the creator of ThriftNic.

is a visionary behind Auntie Outside and Miss Thrifty Rose, a content creator, podcaster, and community connector. She's passionate about storytelling plus side representation and bringing people together through unique experiences. A proud Jacksonville native, uses her platform to amplify overlooked voices, celebrate sustainable fashion, and inspire others to step outside because what's the best that can happen, right? What's the best that can happen?

Ladies and gentlemen, Alyce Rose. What's up, ma'am?

Alyce Rose (03:58.184)
Hello, hello. Thank you for that amazing intro.

Mr. Al Pete (04:03.15)
Listen, I don't want to do too much calling out on what my producer stated, but listen, you're definitely one of my favorite people inside and outside of these battlegrounds that we face daily, you know what saying, with the work that we do, even just on a personal aspect of it, you know what saying, being of color, respectfully a woman in this space, a man in this space.

I commend you and I respect you so much. And you're funny as all outdoors. Have you thought about doing comedy?

Alyce Rose (04:40.01)
You know, I very much did harass you for the first part of our relationship. It was my favorite Friday night activity. I'm like, I'm gonna see Alpe, I'm sorry, I'm gonna see Mr. Al Pete and I'm gonna harass him. That's what I'm gonna do. And then I'm gonna tip him because he gave me an incredible time with some great music and a great vibe and everybody should tip their DJs. So yeah, that was my Fridays.

Mr. Al Pete (05:05.838)
Listen, I appreciate you for that. And like I said, it was just a, at first it was like, okay, it's certain people who I'll give that look like you have no right to pick on me or make fun of me. But with Ms. Rose, man, it was just all fun. Even when she walked in, I was like, oh, we about to have a good time tonight. And even with that, many times you're gonna walk in and just uplifted my spirits. Cause you know, it'd be something I come in, I might set up and I'm just like, the day already on me or whatever. So I just appreciate you.

for being that or whatnot. But let's dive into it in regards to the community aspect of it. Like I feel like that's one of the main things that community does, man. You're supposed to be able to go to your community and feel uplifted or feel like you can take something and add to your repertoire. At the same time too, you should be able to give to your community as well.

I never thought of myself as being a community guy or a community connect or whatnot, but speak on that in regards to you. Like, how do you feel about being this community connect to what you are?

Alyce Rose (06:15.036)
Yeah, for me, it comes from being on both sides of it. I was on the overlooked side or what I felt like was the overlooked side. And I felt like nobody saw me. My friends and family, they would find value in me. At the time I was working at the housing authority and then I left there after like seven years and went to the bookstore at my alma mater, Edward Waters And I felt like those groups of people saw me, but I just felt like there was more people that I wanted to reach that may feel like I feel like.

Why is it that I'm always so overlooked? And it just came from me putting myself out there, but I couldn't be outside and outward until I was good inside. And that was the real work that had to be done for me to be anything to anybody besides my mama grandkids, because they come first. And everybody knows boy child and girl child. When it come to them, they first, they get most of me. So the fact that

what I'm giving the community at my, some days 30, 20 % is still a beautiful thing from my heart. Like it's still a lot that I have to give. So yeah, it's work.

Mr. Al Pete (07:29.346)
Gotcha. It's work. Okay. Well speaking on that let's go back to the young Alyce go back to what what was What was she like? Because of course, know in our formative years in our formative years we you know, we doing a lot of exploring we probably get exposed to things that we like or don't like but Your answer your previous answer was rooted into something so let's talk about the young

What was she like?

Alyce Rose (08:00.566)
Well, picture it, Jacksonville, 2010. In my Sophia voice. I actually was in the early college program in high school. So I graduated college the first weekend. The next weekend was my high school prom. The following weekend was my high school graduation. And the next weekend was my family reunion. But that morning I got married.

They didn't know I was dating anybody. They're like, what? Yeah. So in between the wedding and the family reunion was us moving into our apartment together. Like, I chose what I was going to do and I did it. That was just how I always have, has been. It's always been me. I'm the baby of four. So me and my closest brother are 10 years apart. So I didn't really have that, you know, like sibling in the house. My parents were old. It was very much give her whatever she want.

If she crying, give her what she want. Because what is going on? Why is there noises being made? And we too old for this. So through that, it was me, it was my books, and it was whatever my mind told me to do. And my mind told me to get married the week after I graduated high school and college, and that's what I did. So that really shaped a lot of who I am.

Mr. Al Pete (09:19.337)
So that was

Mr. Al Pete (09:24.352)
I mean, yeah, those events was like, I mean, that's what five events within a month sound like.

Alyce Rose (09:30.72)
Yeah. Yeah. Every last event, yeah, every last event said, don't do it, reconsider. And I was like, what?

Mr. Al Pete (09:33.358)
So you had a lot of time to think.

Alyce Rose (09:42.54)
It was a mess.

Mr. Al Pete (09:43.8)
Okay. So that, so you're saying that shaped you.

me obviously has shaped you into the person that you are currently when it comes to like your brands and just how you treat. What do you say your grandma, your mom's grandkids?

Alyce Rose (10:00.212)
My mom's grandkids, my mom's grandkids. Yeah. Yup. That's who they are. That's who they are. But it shaped me because it truly is the ethos of what's the best that could happen. Like I tell anybody I had to meet him. I had to marry him. I had to go through that time. No matter how, how much it was, it was rough, but I had to go through that time because it made me who I am today. And it's times I'll see him. I'm just like,

You were really the best thing that happened to me, not because of the marriage or the love or the kids or any of that, but it made me step into this person that nobody can ever take away from me. So we got to give him his flowers because he did something right. He gave y'all Auntie outside. He gave y'all Miss Thrifty Rose, as you know it, in a way.

Mr. Al Pete (10:53.58)
In a way, in a way. Gotcha. So before the auntie's house, auntie outside and ThriftNic all of the things, Drifted Rose and whatnot, I remember we talked about this before, but you were dabbling in the, well, first of all, what was the major at Edward Waters, at EDub?

Alyce Rose (10:54.802)
In a way, in a way.

Alyce Rose (11:16.266)
business. So I did at the raising the kids I decided to go back and I did the Klein program. So I just wanted a degree in something. I had to have a degree in something. So I did the night classes and finished up with my degree in organizational management.

Mr. Al Pete (11:31.256)
Gotcha, okay. So that's, I mean, well that's parallel to somewhat the communications, communications media world or whatnot, because you're very heavy into that and we can get, we'll get into that a little bit more, but I know we talked about it before about, you know, you were kind of helping out. Was that?

Alyce Rose (11:39.092)
It's a, it's a degree. It's a degree. It taught me how to work with people.

It taught me how to work with people. That's what it taught me. That was the biggest thing it taught.

Mr. Al Pete (11:53.304)
Gotcha. Okay. So I know you mentioned that you was doing some work here and there with certain people in regards to like some of the communication stuff. Like what was it like, the marketing, advertising or newsletters in that regards?

Alyce Rose (12:10.548)
Well, no. wasn't doing all that. I was the bookstore manager. So I managed their college textbooks. That's what I did.

Mr. Al Pete (12:17.496)
Looks so mint.

I was sad, we talked about this and you was saying that you was doing like, it was something that you said you was mentioning. You mentioned that you do that, that you did it like not often or whatnot. It it brought me more to you thinking that, okay, well she has a keen for, she knows how this kind of communications media world works. She might not be in it, but she's definitely working it and she understands it completely.

Alyce Rose (12:48.566)
It's just in me. That's kind of what I've landed on. My mom, she's had so many different businesses. We used to sell baby clothes up and down the Southeast at craft shows from when I was a baby. I mean, that's something they did for years. She's had a home daycare. So she's always been that and I've always seen that. So these are things that people are like, you're so good at that. I don't know what I'm doing. I ain't never did this before.

Mr. Al Pete (12:51.126)
Okay. Okay.

Alyce Rose (13:13.94)
just truly believe what's the best that could happen and however this turns out is how it was supposed to turn out. That's all I got.

Mr. Al Pete (13:20.974)
I follow, I follow, I follow. Which makes this lead, leading up to all the things that you're proud of, like more remarkable to know, because like I stated, like I said, it was a conversation we had and you mentioned something about, I don't want to say like newsletters or something. But now that you said that, I'm kind of thinking like.

Alyce Rose (13:41.8)
Unsee outside moves better.

Mr. Al Pete (13:45.612)
Say that again.

Alyce Rose (13:46.934)
I had an Auntie Outside newsletter, but that was recently. I mean, I would do bookstore activities. I would do things for my bookstore kids. Those were my kids. I mean, we the same age and y'all are my kids. I would do events for them and we was gonna eat. If nothing else, we was gonna eat. I was gonna make sure the weekends we was not leaving hungry. So I would do stuff for them, but not for the college per se.

Mr. Al Pete (13:52.332)
Yeah, but it was...

Mr. Al Pete (13:59.213)
Okay.

Mr. Al Pete (14:15.682)
Gotcha. Well, I'm, it's still stuck in my head, but we're going to move forward with that. But nevertheless, to go to, Auntie outside and the remarkable, ThriftNic all of those things, like you're, you're very great at doing these events on top of, mean, everything around it from, from creating the

the content for it, all the way to the marketing aspect of it. That's why I'm sitting here saying, I thought you mentioned something, communications, but you're so great at it. It doesn't matter you saying what's the best that can happen or was you like, all right, let me just jump on camera and see what I can do or YouTube, talk about that part first.

Alyce Rose (15:03.316)
Yeah.

Alyce Rose (15:09.59)
think it's because I'm a limewire baby. I was raised on limewire. If I break my mom a computer and it blow up, it just blow up. Like don't have no fear. Like it's not mine. So there's nothing I can break in life. That's just how I see it. Like there's nothing I can break that can't be fixed. If I make a flyer and I hate it, you may see it. You may see a new one pop up. mean, I don't know.

Mr. Al Pete (15:17.474)
laughter

Alyce Rose (15:35.712)
Just fake it you make it.

Mr. Al Pete (15:36.686)
Wow.

But that's a good spirit to have I mean I feel like cuz a lot of creators a lot of People that hold great ideas. They don't know how they don't know how to do that They don't know how to say hey Yeah, that's people don't do that a lot

Alyce Rose (15:49.919)
And that's me.

Alyce Rose (15:53.706)
I would never do it. I would never put the event out there if I would just overthink it and stay on the flyers and stay on this. I would just never do it. That's why ThriftNic took four or five, six years to actually happen because I would just talk about it until just like my locks. I was like, just shut up and do it. Like, there's no need to keep talking about it. You're either gonna do it or you're not. And I did. I did it scared.

Mr. Al Pete (16:20.578)
Yeah. mean, and we appreciate people like you. We're like, I honor people like that because we have to go through those modes. We have to go through that. Is people going to receive it well? Or am I even doing this right? Knowing good or bad, there is no rules and regulations to any of this stuff. I mean, I wish I could adopt the what's the best kit that can happen years ago, but I'm not looking backwards. I definitely look forward, but it's commendable to see that you...

Alyce Rose (16:38.496)
Bye.

Mr. Al Pete (16:49.378)
can do that and then you have like this awesome product, this awesome thing that you built.

Alyce Rose (16:56.874)
And I want to take everybody along with me. Like, it is a lot of prayer. At the last ThriftNic my nephew's friend, she was like, I kind of want to learn about this event thing. Hey, baby, I've been praying for an intern. I've been praying for an intern, somebody to shadow me, somebody I can kind of write this stuff out to pass on and for us to kind of do it together. And she's like, that's what I'm looking for. I was like, well, here you are, and here I am. Let's do it. So.

Mr. Al Pete (17:18.621)
Thank

Yeah.

Alyce Rose (17:25.896)
Everything always works out exactly how it's supposed to. And there's just no other options in life.

Mr. Al Pete (17:35.278)
I love it. love it. So let's let's break down Let's start with Ms. Thrifty Rose I mean we you know, you mentioned that your mom was selling up up and down the southeast in regards to Clothing and stuff like that. So that's what a love of the thrifting action came about

Alyce Rose (17:54.486)
So thrifting came because I would wear really fly outfits probably about three or four years after the divorce. So people would say, you look nice instead of leading with, how are you? Because if you ask me how I am, I'm going to burst into tears right here right now. It's inevitable it's going to happen. But if you just say, I like your outfit, I can move on and push that down and deal with that later. So through that, it was like,

girl you like my dress? It's got pockets and I'm not gonna wear it again. Do you want it? Because you can have it. So through that people would ask me where I shop and I'm like I don't know if it fits the ships. Like I'm gonna wear what I want to wear and what I feel good in and I had to again get okay inside of myself to know that if I walk out that house, however I walk out the house, is acceptable because I'm okay with it. So

Through that, I wanted to share that with other women. Funny enough, my mom was selling her sewing machine after so many years. And Candice, she's a dressmaker here, and she's always at R&B Mostly, and me and her are now friends. But she commented on the post, and I saw these live sales. And it was like QVC, like you hold up an item, item number so-and-so. And I'm like, what is this? It's the whole new world. And that was live sales. So I did that for over two years.

And it was amazing building that online thrift community.

Mr. Al Pete (19:29.666)
And then that's how Thrifty Rose came about or Thrifty Rose existed beforehand or is that a nickname?

Alyce Rose (19:38.262)
No, thrifty rose came from thrifting. It's funny. I have a picture on my desk. It says secondhand rose thrift shop. This picture has been around longer than I have been. And I came across it maybe a year in the live sales. I was like, okay, God, I see what you're doing there. Like this was always supposed to be. I was like, how ironic. So now I'm sitting here. Yeah, I might be glistening a little bit.

but I'm in House of Rose, which is my speakeasy shed in the backyard where people can come do private shops with me. They can get styling. They can get all the things they need in a one-stop shop. So it's again, me being able to love on people, spend time with people and make sure they're taking care and checking in on themselves to do that work to get where they need to be. Some people have to work backwards. They have to get their outside together before they're inside. Whatever works for you, just do it.

Just do it, because somebody's waiting on you to be done.

Mr. Al Pete (20:38.657)
I love it, love it, I love it. All right, so let's move into Auntie Outside. That whole Auntie situation has definitely been a prominent thing in the black community, you know what I'm saying? The women are being called Auntie, seeing like, and Auntie is like way younger than average now. And it's funny because I know women that are like 30.

Alyce Rose (21:01.458)
Mm-hmm.

Mr. Al Pete (21:07.662)
between 30, 31, 32 years old. And they've been like full aunties for like 10 plus years. Like they have like 10, 11 year old like nieces and nephews. But nevertheless, auntie is this prominent name in our community, in our black community. And now you have adopted the auntie outside situation. So tell us about auntie outside, where that comes from.

Alyce Rose (21:14.198)
You're

Mr. Al Pete (21:36.298)
I love Auntie Outside. Like I told you before, it's a big old brand in my head, but let the people know.

Alyce Rose (21:45.886)
It's getting there. It's getting there. So shout out to Michael Clark Jr. because yeah, Auntie Outside is my jam. I love me some good Southern soul music. But Auntie Outside really came about because I would be outside with my actual nephew, my mother's son's son. So these are, this is my real nephew and he has like social anxiety and people know, so I'm not telling his business, but

He would go to these creator meetups and like sit in the car, wait for me. And sometimes he might go in, sometimes he might not. He gonna see if I'm a go or not. But through that, when we would get inside, Hey baby, don't talk to me. Go find five people you ain't met before. And let's start there. And through that, just seeing him like continue to meet other people and other people. I'm like, I'm so proud of you. So it really came because he is my real auntie. And people would hear him calling me that and they'd be like, hey auntie.

Okay, that works. So I never really knew if it was a thing or not. I'm like, is it good? Is it working? Is it not? It was solidified at podfest this year. So the first day, pre-check in, this lady comes up. When I tell you I never saw this lady again the entire four days we were there. And I was telling her about Auntie outside and she's like, yeah, the Auntie is like who you trust. Like Auntie is the oracle in the family. Like you'll go to your Auntie before you go to your mama sometimes.

And I was like, my goodness, like that's it. That's what I want to be for my community. Like I want to be somebody that can trust. I've always been a person who takes my name extremely serious. I only get one. Well, some, you know, I get three, I get as many names as I want to give myself, but at my core, I only get one. So when you see Auntie outside, I want you to know it's something you can trust. I'm not out here promoting stuff just because it's really stuff I believe in that can help us.

Mr. Al Pete (23:40.78)
Thanks

Alyce Rose (23:45.248)
push our culture that again, that I am willing to put my stamp on and say, I really believe in this.

Mr. Al Pete (23:53.868)
Yeah, you said as it states on the website, please make sure you go check it out. Auntie outside dot com. It said it highlights the best events with great vibes, live music, chicken and chairs for millennials who love getting out and having fun.

Alyce Rose (24:09.268)
Yeah, I'm not trying to be in no club standing up. I need to have something to eat, preferably, you know, the wings and fries basket ain't never did me wrong. And a chair to sit in. I'm not finna stand up for four hours. No, and no, and no, you can't make me. But, and then the website came, yeah, it's too much, too much. But the website came about is because us millennials are tired of social media. So I wanted there to still be a place where the intersection.

Mr. Al Pete (24:25.43)
Yeah, there's a little bit.

Alyce Rose (24:38.432)
so people can go straight to the website to get even information and not feel like they're missing out for taking care of theirself and getting off social media.

Mr. Al Pete (24:47.692)
Indeed. And even looking at the website, mean, like you very detailed, like it'd be the calendar for April, know, everything's on here. And it means a variety of things that's going on or whatnot. Do you have the newsletter? And then every event that you go to, you have like this very beautiful recap and it's very stylistic. It's just crazy stylish.

the way that you do it, it seems like every last one of them have been like totally different from the style standpoint. Oh my God. I'm like, but let me tell you something, you're doing an absolutely great job with that because, know, everybody has, you know, I mean, I guess I'm old school with it a little bit, but you know, having an aesthetic is cool, but like the way that you do it is just like.

Alyce Rose (25:22.742)
I I try. I really do. I try.

Alyce Rose (25:31.638)
Thank you.

Mr. Al Pete (25:43.576)
This is so Chef's Kiss and you're able to play that role like very with no problem at all. And it fits your personality too. So yeah, please y'all go check out Auntie's Outside, AuntieOutside.com. I'll make sure, don't put that S on that. Don't put the S on that. So, but let's go back into the community action of it. I mean, you felt, you saw this void that, well, did you think it was a void?

Alyce Rose (25:55.35)
Yes.

Mr. Al Pete (26:13.026)
For you to do all this, mean, like, you got a calendar out, you got a newsletter out. I mean, you popping on your Ms. Thrifted Rose page, Auntie Outside page. You're on each platform consistently. So do you feel like that was a void? Is it balanced? Yeah.

Alyce Rose (26:29.488)
Yeah, and it's a balance.

It's a balance for sure because a lot of that stuff be teed up. Now I'm not gonna lie to you. Until I tell you the truth now, a lot of it be scheduled and I'm taking the time to put things in place so I can still go play Just Dance with the kids and still go to the next event. Because sometimes I hate getting backed up. I'm like, dang, I got three events to edit. I still want it to be fresh on people's mind. But it wasn't a void. It was just realizing that I think people didn't know where to go.

Mr. Al Pete (26:39.277)
Yeah.

Alyce Rose (27:03.464)
and the fact that people were scared of trying to find out. And I will see that because I'm very involved in the Jax Creators Group, which is the most diverse group of creators on the planet coming together under one roof. And it's such a free exchange of ideas in there. It's like, you do this? Let me help you. you do this? And it's a beautiful thing to watch, but I'm just like, how can we come together and have the same energy within our own community?

Create Jax does a beautiful job of doing events and I promote every single event site I can because I can't do them all. I know I can't cover them all. Again, I cover what I like, what I trust and what I've been to. Nine times out of ten if you see me in an and I have not been, I will have to come first on my own dime and see it to really be able to promote other people. I don't want to put people in those bad situations.

I have a heart, I lead with heart. I think that's the best answer to that question. I don't know if it was a void or not, I just know I lead with heart.

Mr. Al Pete (28:10.158)
I love it. There's definitely a lot of love, a lot of love in what you do. So I understand that part. with that, even just looking at the site, let's go back into the thrifting action. ThriftNic, the ultimate thrift picnic. Talk about that, like how that came about. I mean, we talked about it on here earlier, but still like...

for you to say, all right, you know what? It's time to do this event. And I want to say that you did it one time, but then you came back and said, we need to do this a little more often, correct?

Alyce Rose (28:45.182)
It's time.

Alyce Rose (28:51.798)
And you pushed me to do that too. You literally told me and sometimes again, people don't know words have power and the smallest thing you say, but you said, you own something. And I was like, Mr. Al Pete said I'm on something. It's like, it's like your uncle putting a hundred dollar bill in the birthday card. I was like, okay. So I had to regroup. I was like, okay. Okay.

whole relationship with Ruby Beach and shout out to Ruby Beach because for you to believe in me means a lot and that's the biggest thing that I want people to know that may be watching this like how is everybody getting the opportunities? First you believe in yourself then you get somebody else to believe in you. That's the start. And that's what it's for and so many people were like why are you doing it free? Why? Hey baby, because God told me to is the real answer.

Mr. Al Pete (29:34.19)
For sure. Proof of concept.

Alyce Rose (29:46.068)
And because I want to do this and I want to show people I can do this. You have to start somewhere. I would love and shout out and manifest a relationship with ThriftCon and these other big cons that go to different cities and say, Hey, here's a park. Let's do a Thrift Picnic in the park. That's ultimately what I want it to be. Something that can travel during the summer. Your favorite thrifts summertime festival, you know, and if you want to wear fly socks and tees too, and I'm okay with that too, but

Mr. Al Pete (30:15.049)
Ayyyy

Alyce Rose (30:15.58)
Just fun things to do over the summer that's out of the ordinary. People haven't really talked about thrifting and a picnic together, or if they have, I didn't know. And I felt the way because there were people that was like, I had that idea. Hey, baby, if God give it you, he'll give it to somebody else if you don't do nothing with it. And I know that firsthand by seeing hundreds. The amount of stuff that comes in my head is wild. I've seen hundreds of events that have come in my mind.

I have not acted on it and somebody else has done it. And with this, it's my baby. I love it. And to have this relationship and do it every single month, Art Walk Wednesdays, and I'm not gonna lie, months roll around fast. It's like the first of the month, it's like rent for me. It's like, okay, we need a theme, we need a flyer, we need vendors, let's do this. And people have believed in me and they come. They come, they come, they come. And it makes me happy.

It makes me happy.

Mr. Al Pete (31:15.478)
Listen, I've never seen anything like this. So, I mean, guess I wanna say I'm surprised that people, that somebody might've said, I had this idea for a moment and never did it. It don't even matter. I mean, I think the big factor of it is the fact that in my journeys here in Jacksonville, I've never seen it done. And I've never seen it done in a way that you've done it.

Like the last one that you had, you had a whole like a fashion show, like a whole fashion show. I'm like, you are going beyond yourself.

Alyce Rose (31:52.252)
Yes. And that's again, partnership, relationship. We had to eat the money. We had an adult Easter egg hunt. All the things. Why not? Why not? I got a bunny suit in my closet. Why not?

Mr. Al Pete (32:03.436)
Hmm? Hmm.

Alyce Rose (32:12.896)
these things. They've always been in my zone. I also manage Black Santa. That's like a little known at least history fact, but I managed Black Santa for nine years. So.

Mr. Al Pete (32:13.579)
And if

Mr. Al Pete (32:24.44)
Hold on real quick. Let's go back. Right? So remember I was telling you about the communication media thing, right? That's what we was talking about. That's it. Okay. But you, but you, okay. So you, but you had, learned, I'm sure that you learned from that, right? And started applying that to the things that you wanted to do, correct?

Alyce Rose (32:30.464)
That's it. That's it. Yep. Yep. Black Santa Jax.

Alyce Rose (32:45.898)
That was also, again, crazy faith, what's the best that can happen? I literally called River City Marketplace and was like, hey, we need a spot for two months. Do you have anything? We were in Doggone Mattress Firm. It was huge. It was a whole village. Perfect price in the middle of the, like what? It just worked. It just worked. It just worked. I don't know.

It was crazy.

Mr. Al Pete (33:16.878)
So yeah, man, ThriftNic, the ultimate thrift picnic. I think that's such a great and beautiful idea. One particular one that I went to, was I, no, I went, I just went. I want to say Larry was DJing that night. Shout out to Larry Love. That was the very first one, okay. And it was just a lot of, it was a lot of activity and it was just a.

Alyce Rose (33:35.978)
That was my very first one. Yeah, that was the very first one.

Mr. Al Pete (33:44.59)
I know this might sound cliche to say, but it was such a great vibe out there, but it was a different type of vibe. I mean, outside of just people being free and being expressive and a lot of the clothing that they had, people were just in this very loud, calm spirit. Everybody from the vendors to the people that were there, everybody was chill and calm, but it was very loud.

Alyce Rose (33:51.424)
to us.

Alyce Rose (34:06.974)
and it was a spirit of hopefulness.

Mr. Al Pete (34:12.622)
And when I say loud, was like the calmness was so loud to where people would, you could still just come in and just have a great time. I hope I'm making sense of what I'm saying. It was just like loudly calm, but it was like a very different type of feel. And I just loved that feeling. It was just a great like feeling there. And it was cool that you were putting that together. Yeah, it's dope.

Alyce Rose (34:13.697)
I think you froze.

Alyce Rose (34:20.582)
I know that's me.

Alyce Rose (34:31.625)
LA.

Alyce Rose (34:38.646)
Thank you, I appreciate that, but that means the world to me. It really, really does.

Mr. Al Pete (34:44.878)
Indeed, indeed. So a couple more things. The podcasting world. know you're in the podcasting world. I would like to know your thoughts a little bit about Duval podcasting, specifically in our community, in our black community. I mean, just what's your, do you have any goals that you?

would like to speak on. Do you have anything that you would like to work on in regards to your podcast in general? You can pick which one you want to answer.

Alyce Rose (35:24.352)
to start with doing it more. That's first. And it's not that I don't want to do it or have the time. It's just I'm so critical of my own stuff. Like you talk about how my content is amazing and it is for y'all stuff. And then I'll be looking at mine for two hours like, I don't want to do this. I'm just gonna something else. So I'm very critical of myself, which is horrible. I know, and I'm working through it. But.

Mr. Al Pete (35:46.594)
I

Alyce Rose (35:52.758)
I just have to get more focused on the route I want podcasting to take. But for now with podcasting, I'm in a space of if I can help you, I'll help you. Like I don't know the answers, but I know who can find the answers. I feel like I'm a good consultant in this space because I'm an operator. can send you over here. I can send you where you need to be to get your answer. But just right now.

It's not something that I think Auntie Outside kind of took over what the gap for my podcast was gonna be. But the one episode I have up now is an episode about male friendship. And it's a beautiful episode. I don't care if it sits there by itself forever and ever, amen. I'm proud of the episode. And when I wanna release another one, it'll be by whenever. I feel like it. That's my frequency for my podcasting. But I just feel like it's, it may be the void.

Because we've both been to the podcast to meet up and it's not many of us. But yeah, it's a lot of us here that have podcasts. Where are you? And then some of those same people may say, oh, people don't support me, baby. I don't even know you in my most. I mean, I mean that from the bottom of my heart, like I want to know you, but I haven't seen you come out to events. I mean, you haven't connected. How are we supposed to find you? Like, what would you like for us to do? Is it message you on Facebook?

Mr. Al Pete (36:59.47)
Yeah.

Alyce Rose (37:19.476)
whatever that looks like I would like for, and I'll just say the Black podcasters in Jacksonville, to do something. And maybe this episode will inspire somebody because I know it's not me. I'm doing enough with trying to get podfests together for the Black podcasters. That's a whole nother monster. I don't have the capacity. But somebody listening does, and you should do it if it's on your heart. And we will support you if you do it, because it's on your heart.

Mr. Al Pete (37:45.368)
Right.

Mr. Al Pete (37:53.036)
Right. That's a good look on it. Because a lot of people, I know a lot of people look at me and be like, well, we need to start this. I'm like, look, man, I can't start up that one more thing. I'm like, but if somebody else can start it up, can help you. I can be a, can shadow you or give advice and get, definitely get you to the people that will make it happen. But I do feel like it needs to exist. It's just, man, it's a lot.

Yeah, it's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot. It's a lot.

Alyce Rose (38:29.436)
It is, it is. I was just on Instagram before we hopped on and I was talking to another event curator. I was like, we need, we need a group chat, a very private, very, very, very private group chat. But we could just voice our frustrations and just get it out so we can keep moving. Cause we're going to keep moving. But sometimes you just got to get it out. You just need to be able to release some things because somebody else may have capacity and may be willing to work with you, but you'll never know if you don't ever ask them.

Mr. Al Pete (38:47.32)
You know, right.

Mr. Al Pete (38:59.47)
For for sure. And even with the stands that, let's talk about the event that happened. We'll talk about, well, today, but we recorded this on April 7th, 2025. The young lady that spoke out about stuff not going on in Jacksonville and the infamous quote, Jacksonville is born.

And I want to say I can't cross a of people stuff and I saw yours in the shuffle, but just the energy you had behind that, I definitely feel like people like you and this content creating space and the people that let us know what's going on, y'all definitely need a chat. Y'all need a chat because like you like, y'all are building up a database.

of everybody's stuff that's going on, everybody's stuff that's going on. And for somebody to come and say, Jacksonville is born or whatever, I don't know. It seems like it could be kind of offensive. And it's almost kind of like belittling to like what y'all do. You know what saying? When I say y'all, I'm talking about you, was it Shibinoan, which I just started following. They've been following me for a long time, but I just started following them. I mean, the infamous, the infamous,

Alyce Rose (40:10.528)
very.

Mr. Al Pete (40:25.71)
Mighty Create Jax, Stuff To Do In Jacksonville, Folio Weekly, like Downtown, like all these things, right? But it seems so, I don't know, it just seems so offensive for that to happen or whatnot. So.

How do you deal with that noise? Like, how do you deal with that? Cause you, this is not the first time you've dealt with this. You've dealt with this multiple times on a regular day.

Alyce Rose (40:56.886)
It's funny because this is actually the anniversary of the first time I publicly spoke about something like this with the Caribbean seafood crawfish festival. It came up on my memory. So that was just last year. And reading the post, my thoughts, feelings, and emotions still stay. I came from a place of love. My post, and I think whatever I shared, they may have deleted, but it said, let's come to the table.

Mr. Al Pete (41:05.421)
wow. Yeah.

Alyce Rose (41:24.32)
Like, let's talk about this. What went wrong? What could we have done better? Like, I come from a place of love. And some of y'all might be listening and be like, well, she can cuss me out, and I can. And I can, but don't get on that side of me, and we don't have to worry about that. We not talking to you. We talking to the other percentage, the 98%. That's what we talking to. So to the 98%, they are moving, operate in love. If I can help you in a way, if you're like, well, this didn't work because we couldn't get Eventbrite figured out.

Okay, let's hop on Zoom. I can help you set that up. These are things I have my power to do. I'm willing to assist. I'm not willing to extend myself when you don't have a good heart in what you're doing. But if you're trying to do a good work, I'm willing to assist in any way I can. So again, for me personally, as a person who's doing the work, that post was offensive because...

Mr. Al Pete (42:02.702)
Right.

Alyce Rose (42:20.276)
I'm looking at Jacksonville bestie page. I'm looking at all of these local pages. All of us have links to these events. We all have links to these events. We have to go find the link. We have to put them on the website. It's a lot of work. It's a lot of work. And even the conversation I had the other day about should influencers have to talk about if they're being paid for their work. That's another thing ethically. I feel like, yeah.

Mr. Al Pete (42:46.51)
you

Alyce Rose (42:49.706)
I mean, granted, we know you not getting 10 plates of food and you're gonna eat it all, but if you're at an event and you're hosted to be there, why can't you just say that?

Are you not being honest? Like what is the what is the pool? We don't know where your allegiance stands when you're Posting for these companies does getting money from us because we see it We're excited and then we go and it's a dud and it's like oh well, let's see outside sent me here. What is this? I Don't know they paid me. I cashed my check. They got nothing to do with me I don't move and operate like that and there's people here that do and we there's people everywhere they do Let's let's not act like it's just Jacksonville so

Through that, it's just...

Mr. Al Pete (43:32.558)
Right. Right.

Alyce Rose (43:34.742)
Either you're going to want to do something and I can help you fix the problem. Like what, what you want to do, sugar? You want to go jet ski? Okay. Call captain lioness. She just popped out in Jacksonville. She got a jet ski, a yacht and a boat. What we doing? Like, I don't, I don't know. Let's fix this. These are fixable things. Let's not just complain. Let's come up with a solution or shut up.

Mr. Al Pete (43:58.466)
Yeah. Yeah. Right. Right. Right. And that's the part that, you know, I was telling somebody the other day, I was saying like, I'm still trying to break down the Groove Suite, which again, I appreciate you coming and just making like this fabulous content for the Groove Suite. Like, I don't want to stay too much on the Groove Suite, but for me, it's

It's had a lot of trials. I wouldn't say errors. I would just say a lot of trials when it comes to Groove Suite because Groove Suite just, it's a way that I wanted to look and it's a way that I wanted to feel. And that event last Thursday, that room, it was funny because people were saying, if you could just explain Al Pete in a room as a room, this would be explained. So for that to happen and then for

Alyce Rose (44:51.382)
Yeah!

Mr. Al Pete (44:57.612)
you to do the video that match that, that encompasses that. I'm like, man, this is like the most beautiful thing ever. Listen, I don't know, see, that's why I want to get too deep in the groove suite, because I lost my thought where I was going at with that. nevertheless, to go back to the solution-oriented part, I just feel like that's very important when it to people of your caliber. no, this is what I'm saying.

I was saying that I'm very funny about, I want people involved that feel involved. don't want to just book you or have you come and feel like, okay, what I'm just doing is to get a check or I got my check, that's all that matter. Like, no, I'm trying to provide an experience for my community or for these people that I feel like are not being catered enough or to the liking that I would like to do it.

So of course I would like to have a photographer there that really sees this event and be like, let me shoot it so others can see it and get a great example of like, what this is going to look like or what is this going to feel like. That there's very few people from DJs to influencers to artists, all that stuff. It's very few people that embody that. yeah, I understand that whole part.

I would hate for somebody to tell me, oh, well, I'm coming here, da da da da, then they getting paid for it. And then you go and be like, well, my service was bad. And then they like, well, I got my check. It don't matter. that, that's daunting, you know what I'm saying? To somebody's brand. Like that's, that's weird to me, but I don't know.

Alyce Rose (46:36.779)
Yeah.

Alyce Rose (46:41.856)
Yeah.

Alyce Rose (46:46.102)
And I will say even that conversation came about because a business owner posted like, oh, I paid this influencer to come out and they said the food was bland. And that's even what prompted the discussion because it's like, well, what did you want them to say? Did you want them to say something different because you paid them or what were you expecting? Because nobody would have known you paid them. If you wouldn't have said anything, what were you expecting in return? It sounds like you were expecting something that wasn't honest.

Mr. Al Pete (47:14.413)
Yeah.

Alyce Rose (47:16.274)
in exchange for your money and that's not how we should operate with each other. Cause you take, we taking each other's dollars. That's, that's not fair. That's not, I don't get down like that. Auntie don't like that. That's a segment on my podcast. Auntie don't like that.

Mr. Al Pete (47:26.54)
at all is definitely counterproductive.

Mr. Al Pete (47:32.29)
Yeah, ain't cool at all, man. Yeah, but things go wrong. cool, cool. All right, well, I got one more question and after that we got another question or thing that we would like to discuss. But thank you so much, Ms. Rose, for everything that you do. I'm gonna keep saying it until the...

Alyce Rose (47:35.51)
Hmm hmm.

Alyce Rose (47:39.263)
Mm-hmm.

Mr. Al Pete (48:00.942)
the longest day that we're able to be around each other. So I just appreciate you being this community person and just seeing about the community. Cause a lot of people just don't see about the community like that. And yeah, I just love it.

Alyce Rose (48:18.742)
appreciate that so much. And I don't think you know much I appreciate you. Like, I mean, I really get to look at you each and every day on my desk now, you know. That's another one.

Mr. Al Pete (48:29.486)
Did you show the picture? I'm sorry. Did you show the picture?

Alyce Rose (48:35.388)
Yup. Yup. But that's because when I go to events, I want to mix it up. I want to do something different with my content time. So I wanted to humble you from our beginning, from our start to know this was baby Pete vision.

Mr. Al Pete (48:52.244)
Listen, listen, I love it. Listen, I have no problem with any baby pictures, all that stuff. The humble beginnings is, I love it. So that was, and then that was, that was just awesome. Yeah. Absolutely. Yeah. That's absolutely. Seventh grade, that's when I started wearing Adidas. That was in seventh grade, straight up. But no, that was.

Alyce Rose (49:03.732)
Because you're living his dream. You're living his dream right now. Like, he believed in you. He was wearing Adidas too, I'm sure.

Mr. Al Pete (49:22.092)
See, that's what I'm saying, like those good words, those good words. These are tear dropping type of actions. And I love when I receive them. I know that the community loves when you do the same thing. I just have to say thank you for that for sure. Yeah. All right. So the last thing, I did have that last question, but it's all good. So have you ever...

Alyce Rose (49:36.967)
I appreciate it.

Mm.

Mr. Al Pete (49:51.288)
been on front of a magazine? Have you ever been on the cover of magazine or been in front of a newspaper or anything?

Alyce Rose (50:03.19)
I've done a couple of articles. I've done a couple of newspaper articles, not like a picture on the front of a magazine though. I spoke at PodFest for the first time. That was exciting, but not like a magazine cover. Not yet. Not yet. I might be on Thrift Weekly. I don't know. I might need to start up Auntie Outside monthly or something. Don't have me passing out.

Mr. Al Pete (50:21.262)
I better say, I about, is that something? Is that?

Mr. Al Pete (50:27.598)
You

Alyce Rose (50:30.344)
magazines in the club like church flyers on Sunday, because I will.

Mr. Al Pete (50:37.262)
Now, if I come up to you and I see you, if I see you on a cover or something, I'm coming to you saying like you came with my picture and I asked for an autograph.

Alyce Rose (50:37.76)
church plans and all.

Alyce Rose (50:47.22)
yep yep and i'm a frame it i'm afraid I got spots all over here, I try to keep my friends are that's my friend pitch I keep local stuff ramming them put it right on the wall, just like you signed your pitch i'm a sign mine.

Mr. Al Pete (50:57.044)
Indeed. I love it. Alrighty, so the Dripping in Black Community Company would like to present something to you.

Mr. Al Pete (51:19.104)
sure if you can see it in that.

Alyce Rose (51:22.996)
I'll see you still.

Mr. Al Pete (51:26.271)
you didn't see it? Hold on.

Mr. Al Pete (51:33.422)
Do you see it now?

Alyce Rose (51:38.785)
Yes! Let me tell you a story about this outfit and these glasses. So I bought the glasses first and then I thrifted the blazer. And they matched perfectly and then I sold the blazer because you know, anything can go. I ain't gonna wear it too many times. I love that. Those were my first head shots.

Mr. Al Pete (52:01.002)
Dope and as that's a dope story cuz I'm looking at the glasses it look like the you like the glasses and the blazer supposed to Or is that okay Wow

Alyce Rose (52:03.538)
I love it!

Alyce Rose (52:07.894)
Oh yeah, it was the exact prank. I don't know how that happened. It was a exact prank. That is wild.

Mr. Al Pete (52:17.186)
Cool.

Alyce Rose (52:17.322)
family now. I love y'all. my gosh. What's the best that can happen?

Mr. Al Pete (52:21.122)
So yes, so we wanted to, yes, so we wanted to present you with your own magazine cover. You're definitely in the family now. We definitely appreciate everything that you do. And hopefully everybody has learned a great amount of things that you contribute to our communities, all the things. you know, for me, again, again, again, I appreciate you totally, but.

I've always wanted to honor you and in some type of capacity and I felt like dripping the black was like the spot that I was like I need to have her on here for sure. So I'm glad we had an opportunity to even had this conversation and I hope that you will enjoy the magazine cover. This will be delivered to you so you'll have a physical copy of this that you can put around everywhere else.

Alyce Rose (53:04.918)
Yes.

Alyce Rose (53:08.817)
Alyce Rose (53:12.692)
Yep, I'ma sign it for you. Don't worry.

Mr. Al Pete (53:16.62)
Well, no, that's going be yours. So I mean.

Alyce Rose (53:20.214)
I gotta get copies. I'ma just, I'ma put it on a shirt. I'ma just have it everywhere. So if anybody wants to see my magazines, it's in my pocket. don't, you know how they used to carry the little diplomas in your wallet? I'ma have it like that because I just love that so much. I'ma have five by seven prints available.

Mr. Al Pete (53:23.5)
Hahaha!

Mr. Al Pete (53:31.47)
Hahaha

Mr. Al Pete (53:41.878)
Hey, that's a good idea though. That's a good idea why you playing. Yes, but listen, we truly thank you. Duraly enjoyed this conversation. know, we can have more of these as time comes and all the things, yeah. So let people know what you got coming up next. Let them know where they can find you. All of the things.

Alyce Rose (53:44.103)
my goodness.

Alyce Rose (54:00.372)
All the same.

Alyce Rose (54:07.88)
Well, you can find me on social media under Miss Thrifty Rose and Auntie Outside. I just made a separate TikTok for Auntie Outside so you could easily navigate and find events and activities in Jacksonville. It will all be linked through my website, AuntieOutside.com. Each and every Art Walk Wednesday, first Wednesday of the month, you can find me and you can find me where the good vibes are. That's where you can find me.

Mr. Al Pete (54:36.184)
D-D-D-D-

Alyce Rose (54:36.232)
or home in my pajamas, you know, depending on which day it is, cause baby, the best part of being outside is being able to come back inside when you done. That'd be the best part. So.

Mr. Al Pete (54:47.064)
Listen.

Mr. Al Pete (54:51.104)
Some of them listen some of them days. I'd be like boy Like don't let me mess around and have like a weekend free I'm like, yeah, either I'm gonna go out and like see some stuff or I'm gonna be right on the couch looking crazy

Alyce Rose (54:58.026)
Yeah.

Alyce Rose (55:04.264)
In Adidas pajamas, I'm sure.

Mr. Al Pete (55:07.712)
No, but Adidas socks for sure and Adidas jacket as you see.

Alyce Rose (55:12.394)
Yep, yep, yep, it's your brand, it's your brand.

Mr. Al Pete (55:14.318)
Mr. Al Pete (55:17.816)
So yeah, with that, Miss Alyce Rose, thank you so much. Hold tight, don't go nowhere. We're gonna close out the show, but thank you to everybody that tuned in to this episode of Dripping in Black podcast. I am the special guest, Mr. Al Pete of the NPN Network, the mighty NPN Network. You can find me at mralpete.com or mpn-llc.com. On all the socials, Mr. Al Pete, M-R-A-L-P-E-T-E. I be lurking over there doing stuff.

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