I’ve dealt with this before, not with a server, but similar dynamics. You just repeat the name of the item the way you feel it should be pronounced. For example, “Hmmmm...the blahblah with guanciale sounded good but I think I’ll have the pesto.” You knew what she was getting at, so I’m for treading lightly.

I don’t understand how they manage to chew tobacco without jaws.

We should hang out. I’ll bring the hats and the gravy.

I don’t like pie either! I just don’t. Add to that I have to limit my sugar intake and I just eat more of the main Thanksgiving meal. If I’m going to have sugar, it had better be enjoyable.

I could see people working in the West Wing getting priority. In theory, they’re actually getting things accomplished.

If you’re really into cooking, it could be “stock the pantry with fancy shit” themed. For example 00 flour for making pasta, truffle-flavored anything, nice wines, genuine balsamic vinegar, etc. It will please the older crowd in still being in the spirit of traditional showers but stuff you’d use. Also, it will…

I don’t know if the party was actually any good, but I can certainly tell you about a bizarre invitation. At friend A’s birthday drinks, friend B monopolized most of the conversation with talk about her wedding preparations. She was the first of this group of friends to get married, so it wasn’t a total snoozefest for…

I pictured a kid putting it in a sibling’s fruit or putting it in their own and claiming to have found it there.

I’m not sure there’s a real difference between having hustle (not to be confused with hustling someone) and wheedling.

That sounds delicious. Also, I’ve had hosts get frantic that I won’t have a main dish that I get pushed into making something special when I say I just need sides. That special thing will also need to be dairy-free, gluten-free, something else special diet even when those people will be eating the turkey.

Ooooohhhhh, this needs more stars.

Wow. If the event hadn’t turned into an hours long infomercial I would have been impressed by her hustle, even if it isn’t my thing. As for future events? Well, you just never know when you’re going to get “stomach flu”...

SF City Hall is a lovely, lovely location for a wedding. Congratulations!

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I had a friend who was super eager to throw me a bridal shower and I wonder if this is what she had planned. As someone who will politely attend showers of close friends and politely decline all other invites, I have no idea why she was so insistent. Never been to a shower that I didn’t force myself to stay at for an…

I’m going to take a wild guess that Mr. Razek is white, cis, and hetero. Everything about VS isn’t about the women wearing the products but appealing to a straight white male gaze. None of their product is about comfort, practicality, or wearing something you like. It is about wearing stuff to excite men of a specific…

All this vegetarian wants for Thanksgiving dinner is some great gravy and for all the delicious sides to not be full of meat. That’s because very few people care that much about turkey. The sides are always better.

Exactly! And after takeoff, I’ll often shift the bag from under the seat in front to under my legs so I can have a touch more leg room. It’s easy enough to scoot it out of the way if someone needs to walk through. 

I never bring enough with me onboard to need the overhead bin and so I try to be one of the last people on the flight. No need to cramp myself in any longer than required. Also, I pick an aisle seat whenever possible because I can’t sleep on planes and like to get up fairly regularly.

Ach, the entitlement dripping off this: