Especially if you have noisy neighbors/thin walls or young children with boundless energy. I moved from Manhattan to the suburbs a few years ago, before my kids were born, and can’t imagine being there now unless I magically had money for a brownstone. 

When prices are going to the max of people’s budgets, they’ll find ways to stand out. It can be annoying to have someone spend a few hours checking every corner of your house, if you’re living and working there, as well as negotiate about the results of it. So I can see a seller finding that offer attractive but it is…

The Stratford Inn is not in a residential area. I stayed there once on a class trip. It wasn’t super loud but it wasn’t particularly quiet either. 

Yup. My HS math teacher is the only reason I did well in Statistics I in college. Our professor had no idea what she was doing and had communication difficulties due to English not being her first language. 

It would be simply awful if some roadkill found its way behind some drywall or a hole just under the roof line to welcome squirrels and pigeons. 

I wonder if they live in the town next to mine. There was a petition circling and impassioned pleas to protest on the local FB groups. 

A decade ago, my husband and I had a tiny wedding at city hall and then our big fat Jewish wedding 8 months later. Both were special days (especially for two introverts) and I would recommend it.

It’s not palm tree area at all. Either those trees are fake or they’re wrapped in miles of burlap and blankets.

I was looking at houses further north, in Glen Rock, and they were knocking down lovely older houses to replace them with things like these and faux Italian villas. It was awful.

Excellent. If this could be one of your later-scheduled parties, that would be great. I need to hide out in a hotel somewhere for at least a week when it’s reasonable to do so. Two toddlers, two WHF adults, and a semi-continent old dog are a LOT for 1100 sq ft.

I aim to please. At the time, I had to excuse myself to laugh in the bathroom. 

Perhaps you’re at least part Jewish. We can’t cook an appropriate amount of food ever. What if everybody loves one of the dishes and you run out? What if...all sorts of things. Since people weren’t visiting family for passover, shavuot, or any of the fall holidays, we tried to cut our usual menus way back. Neither I…

Bourbon sweet potatoes, eh? I recently bought what I thought was bourbon with a maple finish. Instead, it is maple-bourbon liqueur that is too sweet for me. Looks like it’s going to be lots of bourbon balls and sweet potatoes in my house.

Can’t remember if I’ve told this story here before but it bears repeating.

When COVID is gone, can I come over for some? It sounds delicious and I hate pie. 

You can still have Thanksgiving without it. I’ve been skipping it for ages. 

Tattoo stations? Is that a thing at parties? Sounds like a recipe for regret.

They need to use Melissa McCarthy’s apology to train executives and celebs. She’s clear on the mistake that was made, took responsibility and apologized. Nothing like “I’m sorry if people were offended...” or talking about what was in their heart or any other dithering language. 

Yup. My mom lives overseas and was excited to retire so she could come visit her grandkids on a regular basis since it’s hard for us to get to her. Her visits are always great. She retired in May and I have no idea when we’ll see her next.

Thank you! It gave me creeps more than literally anything else written about the show. She also seems ok with it, perhaps? I can’t imagine any court upholding a clause like that.