Oakbrook? Old Orchard? Woodfield?

It’s sad to lose one of the oldest department stores, a temple of commerce, and a repository of glamour.

Witchcraft and lesbianism sound kind of awesome! 

In the last few days there was a big anti-mask demonstration in Berlin. Right wing groups were a big part of it.

A lot of Americans did. Not anywhere near most Americans. Heck, not even a majority of Americans who voted in 2016, voted for Trump. @#$% Electoral College.

If he is, he’s way ahead of Sparky the Gay Dog in South Park.

I came here to say the same thing! It would be way more interesting if Daphne were gay. (And very cool if Daphne and Velma were a couple.) But Velma is the most obvious choice for the lesbian of the group. Meh. It’s like Marcie and Peppermint Patty in “Peanuts.” Maybe they’re a couple and Peppermint Patty’s crush on…

Thanks. Definitely don’t want to set the kitchen on fire.

Thanks for the reminder. I need to ask my doc about the shingles vaccine next time I see her. I’m over 50. I thought the recommended age was about 60, but either I was mistaken or it’s changed. My mom really suffered from shingles in her 70s. I want to avoid that.

In my mind, Pier One goes with Cost Plus and maybe TJ Maxx/Marshall’s/Home Goods.

I remember going to a Pier One in 1999. I may have had a gift card; I can’t remember. I do remember thinking that the funk was gone, compared to the 70s and 80s. The store seemed staid and restrained. I did score a basket/file box, which I still have (it holds a dead crochet project, but I ought to repurpose it...or…

This may sound weird, but I’ve made fondue in a crock pot. It worked out OK, but I recommend heating the booze in a pan first to burn off the bitterness of the alcohol. The crock pot doesn’t get hot enough to do that. (I haven’t tried heating the alcohol in a pan yet, though. Maybe I’ll experiment when the weather…

When my brother and his wife go married over 30 years ago (holy shit!), they registered for glasses like that...at Marshall Field’s. 

Definitely the assonance make “Batman” pop. What I like about Fledermausmensch is that it’s unsexy...ernest and campily pedantic, in keeping with Adam West Batman. I guess the pedantry is in keeping with food snobism behind my modification of my husband’s recipe. Yep, I eat those things with tongue firmly in cheek.…

You might want to give it a try if you’re interesting in the “Secret History” aspect. I’m one of those people who watches Riverdale come hell or high water or ridiculous plots, and gushes about how “delightfully bonkers” it is. But I think you brain cells might remain intact comparing and contrasting the real “Secret…

I think I’ve mentioned this pair of sandwiches here before, but it’s been a few years. So my husband enjoys what he calls a “Batman Sandwich”: peanut butter, yellow mustard, and dill pickles on white bread. It makes sense when you think about it: the pickles and mustard alleviate the sweetness and stickiness of the PB…

Oh, yes, the Loris (or Lauries), Jennifers, Lizzes, Lindas (not as many Kims and Debbies, but a few). Elizabeth is one of those “classic” names that you find in just about every generation, but the nickname changes. It was mostly Liz or Beth when I was a kid. Earlier in the 20th century it was Betty and before that,…

Karen is a name that was popular in the 60s, which means most actual Karens are now in their 50s. That’s one reason the middle aged white woman screaming for the manager and/or being racist got called Karen in the first place. I’m in my 50s, and I went to school with a lot of Karens. A lot.

OMG, I just remembered...I wore an apron during dinner at my wedding! It was my husband’s idea, to protect the wedding dress. (I’m notorious for getting stuff all over my shirt, and I know it.) He was right. I definitely picked the right guy.

That goes double for making brownies, or anything with cocoa powder!