Since this slightly touches on—but doesn’t directly address—vintage items, I’d add this: smell test. Some pieces (especially synthetic ones) have been dusty, moldy, or body odor-y for years, and that’s not going to come out. Along those lines, discoloration/stains and set-in wrinkles are probably not going to leave…

Is Bella Thorne America’s Rita Ora?

Has he seen the film yet? Does he know for certain that it doesn’t tie in with a plot point?

It’s so horrifying to me when celebrities have products post-mortem. The Marilyn Monroe spas come to mind, too. Do they just have greedy people running their estates?

I’ve yet to use this as a resource since I just learned about it not too long ago, but MyTSA’s app offers crowdsourced wait times at security lines, and some are real-time: https://www.tsa.gov/mobile

You have to update all of your frequent flier programs with your known traveler ID. When you purchase your ticket, it pulls that reference. Not every airline participates, but I don’t know when the last time was that I didn’t get PreCheck.

Never mind the fact that the town can’t handle the increased traffic, and lacks the infrastructure for a drastic increase in population. A number of employees are expected to come from nearby Illinois (“people from Chicago” might come to town, the Midwestern code for African-American), and Wisconsin won’t even see any…

I might take this as inspiration, but mod this recipe and put on toast points.

25 doctors in the 5 boroughs accept it, they all went to a university in a third-world country, and their offices are all scattered near the ocean! What’s not to love? (I feel your pain; I had to throw in the towel on Oscar last year, despite how typographically appealing their app and bills are).

I agree with a certain part of this, but I also think it’s worth the legwork to see if the financial app has a free equivalent. YNAB is pretty unique, but Digit has a number of other free competitors who are very similar and just as good.

I’m hoping a number of my late millennial/Gen X contemporaries FIRE like mad mofos to thin out my workforce competition. But I’m curious to see if any changes in our country or in their personal circumstances will propel some of them back into the workforce after retiring early, making them have to explain huge gaps…

I worked on my logic to make myself a less shaky flier, and had decent results. This book was a great help; reading how much pilots love flying and planes, along with the extensive and specific training they undergo was faith-building (also, it’s just a lovely read). Last year I was on a plane that had the maintenance…

On a few trips, I’ve had moments that worked better with taking audio. And then I can just close my eyes and pretend I’m back at that moment, and remember the smells and see the surroundings in my head. For some reason, it seems to connect me more to the memory than just the visual.

Planned Parenthood itself is a valuable resource if you happen to be there. I got what was in essence a short-term loan from a third-party nonprofit years ago, since time was of the essence. A lot of the aid groups are hyper-local and/or don’t have a large internet presence, so the listings might not be all that’s…

I was pretty embarrassed to do a double-take at the stroopwaffel McFlurry poster in the window of McD’s the other night, but I’ll gladly pass along one of the Canadian pennies I always seem to get.

You age 7-10 days every night you go to bed without washing your face. That’s when your skin heals, y’all!

The rest of the photo set of Charles, Camila, Queen and Trumps must be pretty bad if Getty chose to release the one with the photographer’s shadow right by Melania’s crotch.

Maybe it’s just NYC, but all the parks near me have signs saying adults must be accompanied by children. I guess people don’t take kindly to solo grown-ups around small children?

I’m not a sporting person by a long shot, but the NYC Marathon is the city at its most charming. The signs, cheering, high-fives and bands and DJs that line the route get me every single year.

I recommend not leaving your cat unattended when watching these videos. Not only did my doofus unplug most of my cables, he broke my soundbar by standing on it and smashing buttons down while trying to pounce.