I go around NYC and Brooklyn all the time with a smartwatch. I weight 107 lbs and am a 5’2” middle aged woman, and mainly I think about necklace and purse quality, not getting too ritzy for my method of travel. I would say especially if you are new, you generally don’t want to be walking down the sidewalk starting at…

For certain types of casual situations, I go as far as coordinating my tank top straps with my bra straps, or purposely picking a bra with lace at the top of the cups to peek-a-boo with a black tank. But, I do have some summer dresses that are a little nicer that just don't look right with bra straps, and I will…

Here's what I do, I try and think of the three things that I feel most disappointed with in my own work. Then I will say, "I'm looking to make some positive changes to the way I do things. Would it help you most if I focused most on 1.) improved graphical presentations, 2.) better proofreading 3.) or reducing my…

My scale = 25% for something amazing, like the next table has a kid who starts screaming and throwing crap and you relocate us to a tolerable area, you bring out a complimentary dessert we didn't ask for and it's not on our bill, a round of drinks is on the house, something like that.

Same here! I have no fear of being the center of attention, but I don't thrive in large groups where you have to compete for attention. I've also realized that when I got to gatherings and everyone knows everyone and I am new, and find it hard to break into conversations, it has nothing to do with being shy. It means…

I am totally a rebel. One reason I could never make climbing the corporate ladder traditionally work for me is that in a low level job, where you tend to be micromanaged, I will do everything I can to break any policies, get away with not following instructions, etc. I once drank a shooter at work because alcohol was…

I think that now we have celebrated 10 years of marriage, and I quit one career to pursue performing (and actually now have some results from that), people finally have stopped pestering us to have kids. The cultural messages are still annoying, though. Why do people think having kids makes you less selfish? I…

I don't consider myself less frugal than some of my friends, but I have made different choices. For example, I don't have cable or satellite TV. I have been using this computer since 2010 and I have no plans to get an iPad. I don't go out just for drinks. However, I also do not cook dinner. I go out or get take-out.…

True. For the most part, white anywhere-near-middle-class females (and possibly other cultural groups too but I don't know for sure and what I read that supports this also focused on white middle-class females) are taught that it is important to appear nice and unselfish above all. It makes confrontation or just…

Oh yes. One of my pet peeves is when I am walking down the street and someone says, "Excuse me, can I ask you a question?" and I think, "Yes, you just did." Sometimes I say, "Yes, but you have to walk with me and KEEP UP." If you just shout out, "WHICH WAY IS THE 6 TRAIN?" I will happily point or if it's your lucky…

I visited NYC at least 3 times before I moved here. It was essential, particularly as I moved here without parental support or a job lined up.

I don't know. But my hair follicles are very interested in expressing my Mediterranean side of the family.

I never put a lot of junk on my face and I recently realized that my actual skin looks better than any sort of foundation. I just have healthy looking skin. I still enjoy lipstick and eye make-up, but I decided that if foundation made my skin look less attractive, it was stupid to wear it.

I agree with you. Makeup can be worn many ways. Now, I have known women, even young ones, who wear such heavy make-up routinely that when you see them without them, you aren't even sure it's them or else you have to restrain yourself from going, "AAAAGGHH!!!" because they look shockingly different. That's not good…

I get it. I feel exactly the same way about men who grow any sort of facial hair. The ones who groom it are obviously trying to create some sort of "image" and the ones who don't are probably trying to compensate for an underdeveloped chin or acne scars or something. Superficial posers all. And guys with facial hair…

I am with you. There are definitely people who give scents a bad name, like people who apply scented products in public, or douse themselves in cheap stuff, or combine it with their B.O., or get it on stuff that does not belong to them. However, my guess is that those people would find plenty of other ways to be…

One reason I became as proficient as I am at tech despite my original background in classical piano and my first job with real computer use being at a children's music program was that the tech guy who came in if you needed help smelled atrocious. First of all, he clearly smoked, so there was already that dirty…

Also I want to emphasize (and don't know how to edit my own posts), I did not post my preferences there to be judgmental. I post them because there's SO MUCH talk about how anything less than totally bare is now socially unacceptable and grosses out everyone, that I feel some people DO feel pressured to remove more…

1. Laser hair removal isn't truly permanent. It slows down and reduces growth.

I do this too!