He's not supposed to be on the table and he knows it :)

This week I ended my 7 year relationship. I’m not upset or distressed, but I feel very very sad about it.

Former barista here. Yes. Jesus, please. Tip us whatever you have. Pennies, bits of foreign currency, free sandwich coupons, kind words, anything. Even at Starbucks, where the machines do literally all of the work for them.

I’ve mentioned this before (I think in a post about his upcoming film with Winona Ryder), but: Keanu Reeves! He was always my MOST favorite regular. He’s extremely well read, has great taste in books, likes to read all kinds of things, and always bounced up to the counter very eager to ask about what I was currently…

The part where she calls her a caricature of a black woman is especially offensive. Banks doesn’t have authority over how black women can or cannot act. It goes back to the madonna or whore, mammy or the jezebel dichotomies. Either black women are the monolith from which we place Michelle Obama at the top of the…

oh cool re: quarantine. yeah, it’s still very scary to put your pet into cargo. i was upset about it. that cat was very resilient but ended up getting lymphoma age four :( i got a new kitty this december. from a cat cafe, so she’s a rescue. all the best on your relocation.

I can’t advise on the transport bit, but I will say when you’re here, the best vet for cats in Edinburgh is

We moved to the UK from within the EU (before Brexit) with our cat and dog. On our flight, they were both in the cargo area of the plane. The airline was very specific about kennel size etc. Coming in at Heathrow was very traumatising for the cat; the pets had to undergo an additional veterinary check despite having…

Get all the shots and vet certificates NOW. It can get insanely complicated. I remember back when I briefly worked in a vet’s office this woman was preparing to move to Hawaii, and she had to go through tons of precisely timed paperwork to prove her cat was properly vaccinated in a timely fashion and safe to bring…

Hi! I went to undergrad just northeast of Edinburgh and am an American, so if you have any questions about the area/move/culture I’d be happy to help at any point. Another commenter here, Gwyneth P. is a reincarnated chicken nugget, went to Edinburgh for grad school and is also from North America, and I’m sure she’d…

I moved my cat from the US to Australia (another strict rabies-free island) with me a couple years ago- flew with her in the cabin from Denver to LAX then had to check her into cargo for the flight to Melbourne.

Jealous! I so loved Edinburg in the short time I was there. Keep us posted with your adventures, please, so that I can live vicariously through you. ‘Rebus’ (with the dishy John Hannah) is a fun literary and TV representation of your next new home. https://www.ianrankin.net/rebus-books-in-order/

I used to live in Scotland! Get ready for some bone chilling cold and gray weather but a nice culture. I flew a cat from Scotland to the US. She had to fly cargo. She was shaking nonstop when we picked her up at LAX, but she made it ok and was immediately relieved when she saw me. You may have to go via Amsterdam…

Moved my medium sized dog there, back when they had six months of quarantine. Be glad they don’t have that anymore. It was expensive and sad to go and visit her weekly.

No cat advice but Edinburgh is AWESOME. You will love it! Be sure to get a burger and fries at The St. Vincent pub!

This is my summer of all the concerts. My husband and I have a ridiculous road trip planned next weekend where we go to two music festivals and two different cities in one weekend. It’s going to be a lot of driving but I can’t wait. And when we come back we have two more shows in May. We are seeing Radiohead in July…

I worked as a rape counselor for many years. Rape allegations divide all communities. We live in a patriarchal society controlled by men. Men have found it useful to perpetuate the lie that all women lie when it comes to allegations of rape. And, sadly, many women are equally complicit.

I am so, so sorry. The only thing that I can tell you is that my parents walked up to the brink like four times that I know of, and they stayed together for really bad reasons. In doing so, they lost decades of their lives, and by extension decades of potential happiness. I sincerely hope that, despite the current…

And after thousands of people are dead and the killing tapers off, we’ll all read long-form pieces in The New Yorker about this, Netflix will produce a documentary on it, and a movie about it will win an oscar and everyone will say “Never again...”

We’re actually out in New West. Also, yes- sangria on the patio is a delight. No fireworks where we are though- we can sometimes hear a rumble. One of our dogs is ill equipped for such things (fireworks, storms, real estate signs at night, bottle collectors with shopping carts) so no fireworks is just fine. Enjoy your…