Back when I was a server, I had to contend with the teenage crowd in the late afternoons, too. Some were lovely. Others made a mess, were very loud and disruptive, and rude—those of course were the little- or no-tip customers. I found it got a little better moneywise when I’d drop the check off with the total circled…

I definitely think the subways have gotten significantly worse in the past 5-7 years, but not enough blame is being placed on how much the passengers suck. Yes, ridership is up, and the same phone-zombies who stop in the middle of the sidewalk? They’re also on the train. Nobody moves out of the doorway anymore. The…

I’ve found my holiday travel delays are more from airport problems than weather. I’m lucky to live in NYC so I have multiple airport options, but it’s not the only city in that situation. If your plane is delayed, find the next departure time to your city and go directly to the gate. I never bother with the phone, and…

That’s not Reese’s dog, that’s Norbert! Famous dog alert! He’s the cutest pupper ever.

Yikes, that’s not very user-friendly. The “explore” option in Kayak is great, both for near-future or vague dates, and you can pick climate, price, etc. It’s way easier to look at than that.

I wake up to the radio every morning (I’m old, can’t change), and there’s an ad presently that asks Alexa to play Imagine Dragons, and my Dot doesn’t know it’s an ad. So I have to lay in bed and holler at her to stop, but I feel by this point she should know that’s a chain of words I would never ever utter.

This is the only thing me I’ve ever understood a Hadid. If a rat comes up your  sewer pipe and the seat is down, you can just flush the toilet to send it back to where it came from. I’m sure that’s the basis of her fear.

Also, when you’ve used one, you can put the bulb/roots in a glass of water and regrow it. It’s pretty fast! I don’t know that you should do it more than once (maybe it’ll taste watery/lose nutrition/etc.?), but it’s pretty cool to grow on your counter, though your kitchen will smell a bit allium-ish.

This is exactly my experience: I don’t like mixed drinks, because I don’t like the taste of alcohol. I can drink wine and some beer, but anything stronger than that simply tastes like alcohol to me. Every bartender everywhere proclaims it’s because I “just haven’t tried ____”. Trust me, I have. I worked in bars for…

A thing I just learned about an hour ago at customs: if you renew your passport, you need to update your global entry info. It’s connected to the passport you signed up with so you’ll need to note the new expiration. 

I haven’t liked any vitamin C serums because of the stink, but I have been enjoying The Ordinary’s vitamin C powder mixed with my moisturizer.

I’m a somewhat young fart but my old fart landlord only accepts checks. They’re still necessary.

I page down till I see the ingredients, but if you’re on a thoughtful food blog they sometimes have the option to view the recipe on a recipe card. That will eliminate the hokey story preceding it. There’s many people who have jumped on the anti-expository recipe bandwagon recently, so I’m hoping that style will fall…

I worked at the catalog for 6 months (yuck), and it was during the Miracle Bra era. I saw the unretouched images, and those bras were all lies: models were crammed into the smallest cup size possible (the band didn’t even touch below their boobs), creating the lift and cleavage.

It’s a Scandinavian thing.

What I heard on the CBS morning show from Tamera Mowry and her former Fox News correspondent husband this morning infuriated me (their niece was one of the murdered): people should be kinder to these dangerous loners, give them a hug. Small kindnesses might change their trajectories. DUURRRR

In case any other iPhone users are curious as to where invert colors is, it’s General>Accessibility>Display Accommodations (smart invert is the most attractive).

This is only vegetarian, but if that’s acceptable, this recipe has always looked delicious (and it could potentially mod to be vegan)

I hate it when people try to make themselves the center of my universe, too.

When were you last at EWR? It’s gotten better, while LGA’s main attempts at bettering itself is...more restaurants, and giving all the walking space over to them. It’s difficult to walk during peak hours, and it’s in horrible condition. When I was there a few weeks ago there were buckets out collecting the rainwater…