Ack on the financial advisor! If you go that route I second the person who says make sure they are fiduciary. But also, there is a ton of research out there that shows putting money in index funds gives you as good as/ if not better returns than a financial advisor without all the fees. And where? Vanguard! Their…

I totally giggled out loud at Marcy Playground. I loved the 90s so much, I acutally worked at a record store for two years in high school/college and we were a ticketmaster outlet - I remember people camping in front of the store for Dave Matthews tickets like it they were the holy grail. And it was legit like Empire…

I’m super late to the party but I’m an early grey girl and have been growing out my silver the last several months. My go to to blend out that super weird ash brown and silver/warm brown with blond highlights has been braiding. Specifically I braid my sides back at an angle to grab as many random colors as possible.…

I’m always shocked when I read comments like this and am always pleasantly surprised when people’s lives have not been touched by gun violence. I can’t speak for DrSmartyPants but I personally know 5 people who were killed/injured due to gun violence and I’m a white, middle class, college educated person from the…

In addition to heavy periods, people with metal allergies might want to think twice before getting a paraguard too. There is a bit of nickel in there in addition to the copper. I loved the reliability of my copper IUD and the lack of hormones, but the side effects (heavy bleeding causing anemia and joint pain,…

For a simple drug store option, has he tried a night cream with a retinoid? Like Roc deep wrinkle correxion serum? I use it as a night cream treatment a few nights a week (I’m 35) but it also totally helps with hormonal breakouts. It might be worth 20 bucks to give it a shot.

Me too! A lot of people seemed pissed but I thought it was a pretty good box. To my surprise my favorite was actually the Orange Sanguine perfume. I am not a scent person but it is light and energizing and I immediately went to the store and used a 100 points for the travel size. It really seems like a perfect summer…

That’s how ours was too. I fondly remember writing “genitalia will turn black and fall off” in response to a question about STDS. I received full marks :) It’s easy to laugh in retrospect because I knew it was an awful class while I was in there but horrifying to think that that was some folks only sexual education.

Your last paragraph is spot on. It feels gross reading the article, but it ain’t wrong.

Yes on the travel! We fly a few times a year with our kids, and also take several shorter driving trips (we haven’t tried international due to the expense). It takes more planning, it can be frustrating, and it is not the same as traveling as two single adults but if the options are slightly more frustrating travel…

A couple of years ago a book came out called “All Joy, No Fun.” As a parent of two toddlers I thought the title really hit the nail on the head. Parenting often sucks - a lot. If you were a fly on my wall you would probably think I was a frazzled and a little sad most of the time. But then there are times where I…

My mom and my MIL both do the grapefruit thing too! I think it was some popular dietary hack in the 70s or 80s that just seems to have taken root in their brains. I can always tell my mom is about to go diet crazy when I see the big tupperware full of ruby red grapefruit slices!

Yas! I have made very gradual changes in how I eat over the last 15 years - not on purpose but just a natural evolution as I learn more about food and my body. I’m probably 15 pounds over my dream weight but what I’ve found is that my current healthy BMI takes very little effort to maintain. It is super cliche but…

Just thought I’d drop in and alleviate your nostalgia. We just moved from owning our home to renting due to a job change and I was super excited to not have to do maintenance on my home or yard for a while BUT - things constantly break in our apartment and while management fixes things they are of such bad quality…

Yes! I was lucky enough to catch an exhibition of her work at SF MOMA years ago and was so struck by them. I ended up going back several times over the course of a summer. Her photorealism paintings are insane and have always stuck with me.

Sharing beloved books with the littles is one of the best things. Can I make a recommendation? 3 is the perfect age to start reading Shel Silverstein poems together. My four year old can listen to Sara Cynthia Silvia Stout and Peanut-Butter Sandwich over and over (and my two year old likes them too).

AHHHH - sort of, yes, but . . . the stuff that he and his studio do with materials is astonishing to me. They are really pushing the limits of what is possible technically and I have to admit that while I often roll my eyes, I am pretty impressed a lot too. I am bummed that the LACMA train project was canceled.

My Aunt does this! She had an abortion when she was younger but always said if she had had more resources she might have made a difference choice. She basically made a promise to herself that if she ever had the means she would help others who were in her shoes. She now volunteers for an organization where she takes…

I should have read farther down before commenting - I just said the exact same thing about the exact same temperature range. Great minds and all that.

Meh - I understand that attitude and even buy into it a little bit. I grew up in the midwest and went to college in New England and then moved to the South with my SoCal husband. There seems to be a twenty degree range (mid 40-60s) where my husband and neighbors would be bundled up and “freezing” when I would be…