Dear Don Jr.,

LOL, while I’m sure your parents are LOVELY (and hearty) people, that’s a bit beyond my comfort zone. Though when I lived in Europe, the old lady I stayed with would basically do that for several days at a time, and I survived. Her cooking was 100% worth the risk, though.

My friend the microbiologist would shit kittens over this, but the things in this article don’t weird me out too much.

Trader Joe’s has really nice flowers at a reasonable price. Go with one of their nicer mixed bouquets (it’ll only run you about $10), and you’ll be good every time. Plus, they seem to last longer than a lot of other places. (FWIW, if that girl ruled you out for giving her something nice and well-intentioned, she was a…

Same--not a car person.  A driver in a tasteful black sedan?  Yes, please.  Pour that extra glass of wine!

Also, a weekly massage and facial, personal chef to whip up amazing and still relatively healthy (most of the time) food.  Obviously, these are all the self-indulgent things.

Real estate, first class airfare. Art is a good one, too.

I picture them surrounded by mirrors while getting it on, just so each can have an uninterrupted view of him/herself in the act.

Thanks to the DirtBag lineup this week, I’m realizing that Antoni bears a passing resemblance to John Mayer. They could be brothers.

I come from deep in Green Bean Casserole country, and I know a Dorcus or two. My mom makes this every year for Thanksgiving, and the years she’s suggested an alternative, we’ve had a near-riot from my cousins. But it’s tasty and comforting. I prefer it with fresh, blanched green beans. Frozen are generally fine, but I…

Yeah, I’d see what you can take home from the hospital. Butter up your nurse and she may give you some extra swag (plus just clean out the room before you go and take any of the extra supplies for you and the baby that are lying around—you more than pay for them. Not saying equipment, just supplies.) But yeah, you’ll…

Thank you! I had one (well, two) with the birth of my first child, and the doctor told me afterward that it was the first one she’d done in over a year. She explained that common practice had shifted to allowing for natural tears, which heal much better. But LaMorenita’s heart rate was dropping during delivery, and…

Saaaaaame. After ours like that, it’s amazing we decided to have her brother, who’s a maniac now, but was the most mellow baby.

Yeah, it’s a wonderful thing to reclaim. I’m officially done (youngest is 3.5), and it’s been so nice to feel like an autonomous being again (as much as you ever can as a mom!).

Quick reminder that etiquette dictates that, in the workplace, gifting should be done “down,” not “up.” It’s wholly inappropriate for someone in a position of power and higher earning to expect a gift from those they manage. A nice note or card, if the spirit moves you? Sure! But material gifts should never be…

Abso-fucking-lutely this makes sense. I can only imagine how awful it must be to live through this horrible macro version of the same kind of trauma you went through as a child.

Right! My husband is the one who pushed us to get it, so he could make dal and chana masala. I just took it for a test drive this past week as the weather started to hint at fall. My takeaways are thus:

Exactly. It’s going to depend on the two people in the relationship, and how the substance is being used. Sounds like they have very open lines of communication, he’s ok with it, and she’s not getting out-of-her-mind high. Taking a couple of hits to unwind, similar to having a glass or two of wine.  Regardless, #youdoy…

Agreed.  I loved the pics she posted to her social media, but the bottom here looks like it was hacked off, or made for someone shorter (though it’s custom, so shouldn’t be so).  Generally love it, though.

Same—I go in for vintage pendants on sturdier chains, so rarely have to worry about tangling. It’s been a combination of liking them, plus the fact that they were hard for my kids to break if they pulled on them.