Nah, it’s oxyclean, which is baking soda and peroxide. My husband has testified to watching the interior surface of a frying pan peel off and float away in the sudsy water (this was during his bachelor days). It says “KEEP AWAY FROM NONSTICK SURFACES” in big letters on the front of the PBW jar.

Nah, it’s pretty much oxyclean, which is baking soda and peroxide. No idea why it unbinds teflon, but my husband testifies to watching the full surface of a frying pan float away. It says “keep away from nonstick surfaces” in big letters on the PBW jar, and in smaller letters on the economy-sized boxes of oxyclean he…

According to my husband, the teflon coating peels off and floats away, leaving you with a teflon-free (and therefore very rough, and so useless) cooking surface.

PBW is basically oxyclean. Also (and this is VERY IMPORTANT) it must stay FAR AWAY from anything with teflon on it.

Mr. Delperro proposed the first time at the wedding of a mutual friend of ours. Well, he blurted out “I love you, I know I can’t live without you, and I want to marry you,” after a few too many drinks. My reaction was to start crying, and then yell at him because I was sure my eye makeup was running. However, I know…

Definitely shed a few tears out of joy and disbelief as we were saying our vows, as did Mr. Delperro. According to friends, it was a perfect “pretty cry.” What they didn’t see was the hysterical laughing/crying/babbling as we walked back into the church office afterwards to sign the marriage certificate. Something…

It totally helps if you know your officiant. This was actually the first wedding that this friend of mine had performed, since he had been ordained about 3 months before. Before it came through, I briefly considered having our family friend who is a judge marry us, and dealing with the Catholic stuff later.

Yeah Mr. Delperro helped a lot, too, including assembling the fan programs (I was going to help him but he said it was easier to do himself, so he put on Top Gear and got to crafting). He also worked on the ipod playlists and menus with me. It was a huge help, plus I think it helped him get excited about the wedding,…

How to throw a low-key, low-effort wedding that appears to have pleased all the attendees.

My maternal grandmother was a full-on Narcissist, and even in their sixties both my mother and her sister are still feeling the effects of it. I am lucky in that my mother is (after years of therapy) a fierce, determined and extremely protective woman. As a result, she managed to keep my siblings and I completely…

The minifigs and the horseheads were actually Mr. Delperro’s contribution. The kitschy, romantic vintage ones came from me.

For the Germans, this guy has a lot to do with it.

we had cake toppers as part of our wedding decor. there were vintage cake toppers on each of the guest’s tables, and on the guestbook and gift tables. On our tablethere were the accoutrements horse head bride and groom (which my brother later stole)

I love Nivea's Kiss of Recovery. Before it was sold in the states, I used to buy out Drugstores in Germany every time I went there, where it's sold under the name Labello Med Protection ( I have tubes of both and I can't distinguish between them)

I love Nivea's Kiss of Recovery. Before it was sold in the states, I used to buy out Drugstores in Germany every…

A shot glass works as an egg cup, if you point the narrower part of the egg down.

I haven't had any Starr Hill since I left Charlottesville in 2005, but I have had quite a bit of Sweetwater, and WOW Starr Hill must have improved for you to make that statement. I'll have to check out some of their new stuff.

enabler mother

I happened to be living next to the tracks in Tucson, AZ when Katrina hit. It was basically a convoy of oil tankers moving east.

Mesa

If that's the second-worst food poisoning of your life, I'm dying/not dying to know what the first one was like.