Canyon Bakehouse makes the best bagels :) But don’t bother with the Ener-G. It was really the only option 10-15 years ago and you had to buy it at weird health stores, but it has the consistency of a hockey puck.

Not reality TV, but may I suggest Parks & Rec? Leslie Knope’s relentless optimism is the perfect balm for the shitstorm of 2018. I pretty much cycle between that, some comedy specials I like, and GBBO.

The bit about baking being a science is so true. I bake around some dietary restrictions (mostly gluten free) and when I started I made so many sad, flat cookies that all ran together into one puddle. Then I did some research and learned about structure and how to replace that when you are removing gluten from the…

this is how I got started, even with some of those same allergies! Baking is, for me, a great way to feel in control of my dietary restrictions and to get creative. Especially in the early days when you couldn’t go to Kroger and have 10 different gluten free bread options. Just the Ener-G, which tastes like cardboard.

This happened to me non-internationally! I tried to bring some Trader Joe’s everything spice back from a trip to visit my friend in another state (there are no TJ’s near me :’( ) and I was pulled out of the security line for a second screening of the spice bc it was registering as “inorganic.” Even the agent thought…

So then why make the joke about women? why not, “good luck finding an SO who doesn’t add 4 emojis to the end of every text”?

I am in this boat right now. I have a new-ish friend that I know, but not super well, so we’re more in the “friendly and want to be closer friends” category. I added them on FB and the sheer inanity of every single thing they post has really put me off pursuing a real friendship.

this is some sexist shit.

It is not surprising that they were able to find 25 things that are cheaper at Whole Foods and I am so tired of people pretending like it’s soooooo pricey and calling “whole wallet” and all that crap. Like all grocery stores, they sell useless crap. That crap has a mark-up to go along with the vegan, non-GMO, organic…

oh, yeah! I didn’t think you were defending it — I definitely think it sounds like the kind of joke he would think is funny and would make. I just have always disliked his comedy for that reason.

Ugh, even if it were just a joke by a comedian who can’t “turn off” the fact that he would think that’s a funny joke is Exhibit A in why I have always found him to be profoundly unfunny.

hey, they were in Spy!!

This happened to me too! I was at a mid-range hotel in Paris (~120 euros/night) and they had a fridge with free water (still and sparkling) and juice that was refilled everyday. It was the best. They also had a “happy hour” every afternoon with free water and coffees and little pastries. They were clearly just from…

yes, this! and what people often fail to realize is that having some built in “luxury” things that help you feel normal and less stressed can save you from BIG unplanned splurges. I’ve been in situations in the past where I would have like $40 for groceries for 2 people and I would plan everything down to the penny…

I have been team Pine ever since that terrible early 2000s movie he did with Lindsey Lohan. Then Evans, then Hemsworth. Pratt can take a hike.

I know very few people who actually work 9-5s & also getting ~1 hour a day post dinner to squeeze in some romance and relationship time is bullshit. Doesn’t have to be the whole evening every night, but if I were the person scheduled for 1 set hour every night and then my SO had free rein time with friends, I would be…

Yeah, that’s how the fashion industry works. I know that I never want to worry about actually *using pockets* to hold my money. I can always just flirt with a man and he’ll buy me what I want! So nice of the fashion industry to know that and make pockets essentially useless anyway.

/s, obviously.

FYI I try to use my…

What about that high neck style that’s in right now?

lively is NOT for people with long torsos! I got one of their one-piece body suits bc i love their underwear and it’s so damn short in the torso. Every time I wear it, I have to hike it up constantly so that the boob cup bit sits at the right place.

It was mostly a joke bc people were getting into the ‘it’s too peaty” complaints. I prefer a good Islay any day, but I won’t turn my nose at a Lowlands, either. Balance is the key, which is why I prefer a Talisker or a Caol Ila to a Laphroaig (ugh, talk about only tasting like oily peat...).