As another celiac, this is why I always avoid going out to dinner on Valentine's Day! Too many places do a prix fixe menu these days, and it would be like winning the lottery to find something I could eat on any of those. So, cozy home-cooked meal it is! My sympathies to your mom, a good risotto is wonderful to have…

Yeah I recall googling it the first time you mentioned it and was able to guess where you lived based on the results. BUT NOW I MUST TRY SOME. I have some friends from that region I should ask them about it.

Are you the same person that was touting tavern fried chicken over southern fried to me a few weeks back? You are like a preacher! :)

I've actually seen this on several holidays. The reason it's done is that when a kitchen only has to prepare 4-5 items instead of 30, it makes things run A LOT smoother on a super-busy day, which is perfectly understandable. I do think, however, that a restaurant should tell you they've got a special menu for that day…

My wife and kids are in South Dakota right now, and the kids are taking her out for Mother's Day lunch. On the one hand, sweet gesture. On the other, my poor lover. Lunch at a chain restaurant on Mother's Day. With three kids fifteen and under. Much as I miss them, I'm not sorry to be missing this.

I really don't get why any mother anywhere would ever want to go out to eat on Mother's Day. It really is just a clusterfuck everywhere.

Stupid playgroup indeed. If Romeo was a Juliet, and she owned, say, one hundred superhero costumes, no one would bat an eyelash.

We also found fried Pepsi, which I can only assume is because South Carolina ran out of Coke.

I adore Meg Cabot. I want more of her Adult chic lit. That's what I think she does best. The Heather Wells series is fantastic.

Congratulations: if you understood any of those references, you are old.

Everybody peeps?

But I like clove...

I'm with you on everything, but...If you haven't had the Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs you're missing out on magic. They're not really that much different, but the chocolate is thinner and the filling is guaranteed fresher and they are the best thing about easter hands down.

I always thought Jordan Almonds (who is this Jordan anyways?!) were just for weddings. I remember being heavily disappointed trying them as a five year old at my Aunt's wedding.

This woman's hair is driving me insane. I'm just frantically brushing imaginary hair off my own face.

Micky Mouse cartoons that were well before my time. I love em! Always have :D Mickey has always been around. He's like a friend, no matter how I feel about the company that owns him, Mickey is alright.

Had to watch every Saturday. HAD TO.

Besides the Looney Toons stuff, which I saw unedited BTW, I'd say Scooby Doo. The original one without the stupid Scrappy Doo, and without the celebrities. It lead to my life long love of mystery and detective novels.

"They're tiny, they're toony, they're all a little loony, they're getting a cartoony and invading your TV!"

Rabid fandom and religious fervor are nearly identical things, with the exception that the fomer largely knows the object of their devotion is fictional and will generally not put people to death for something like enjoying the Star Wars prequels.