This is almost 20 years ago, but when I worked at a Pappa's restaurant (regional corporate chain) as a hostess, us and the bussers did almost all of the side work you describe. They also had additional staff for cleaning work. The servers just had to make sure their section was cleared before they left. But this…

I'd like to say that I'm boycotting their restaurants because of this, but I've already been boycotting them for many many years because their food sucks.

So far I've just done hair dye and teeth whitening, but I'm strongly considering Botox... I don't want a frozen face but just a little softening of the frown line between the brows. But it's such a slippery slope! Randomly, my gyno office has started offering Juvederm and Botox, so I plan on asking my Dr for advice…

When me & 3 of my girlfriends were kind of stressing about aging, we came up with a plan to give us something to be excited about… We decided that when we outlive our husbands, we are all moving in to Friend A's house to live together Golden Girls style. But then what started out as kind of a joke, keeps getting…

This is exactly how I feel and at 37, I'm entering the middle ground... I want to try to maintain what I have without looking like someone who's trying to hard to look young, but I haven't figured out the best way to do it. It's a tricky thing to try to age gracefully!

I like my gym because I like the classes they offer, but it's in a trendy area where most of the other ladies in the classes are wearing designer "athleisure" and fully done make up and hair. It's very gymtimidating, but I can barely be bothered to apply make up when I go out to dinner, I'm certainly not going to do…

There's recipe books you can check out that show you how to "sneak" vegetables into your cooking. Jerry Seinfeld's wife wrote one called Deceptively Delicious and there's another one called The Sneaky Chef. Although they're targeted at getting kids to eat their veggies, it could work for you too. Even though I like…

Actually, that's not what's taught in Business 101 in college, or maybe I just had a more idealistic professor. This is what you learn from on the job training working for Big Corp. You're rewarded in bonuses, stock options, and raises for meeting short term goals, so naturally that breeds the type of decisions…

The reason these businesses are able to find workers willing to work for minimum wage is because the number of unskilled workers is higher than the number of open jobs at this level. When there isn't enough demand for jobs at this level, then wages have to rise naturally in order to attract workers to be willing to…

He's a sportscaster in Dallas.... he also had an awesome commentary in support of Michael Sam during the NFL draft.

I've never ordered from them, but I found it on Couture Candy - http://www.couturecandy.com/rygy-swimwear/…

I've started bathing suit shopping for an upcoming beach vacation in Panama, and it's so depressing. I'm petite, of normal BMI weight, but a barely-B cup and an extra short torso. Pushing 40 plus a partially baked muffin top make bikinis inappropriate. Because of my short torso, the high waist versions of a bikini…

Don't cancel your trip - this part of Mexico is still safe. I was just there in January, and I'm going to a wedding in Playa Del Carmen in June. Assuming you're flying into Cancun and taking the resort transportation to your hotel, I wouldn't have any concerns. Be aware of people trying to scam you out of money or…

Definitely agree about the title. In fact, it was originally supposed to be titled "12 Years" but after 12 years a slave was released, Linklater had to rename it.

I feel like it was released too early and lost its momentum. I think it will hold up better over time as a snapshot of what real life was like during those years.

I wish! I've been posting here for a loooong time, but I've accepted that I'll always be in the grays.

Kara - I don't think you'll see this from the grays, but just in case, I was hoping you could rule on the Kanye/Beck "feud". The news outlets are saying Kanye's comments were shade, but I thought they were just straight up insults. I thought Beck was the one throwing shade with his reply (emphasis mine).

I remember a few local businesses having names like this when I was growing up (like Kar Kare Kompany), and it was just sort of known that the owners were racist. But this was 30+ years ago and in Texas, and I don't think it's still a thing. (I hope anyway... I gtfo of my tiny town at 17 and never really go back.)

Ahhh, I might want to do it again if it meant I got a Willie medal!

I love Gary Clark Jr. Never understood why he's not a bigger name, but he's pretty famous in Austin.