My strategy is to "cheat" when it is worth it. For example, if I am taking a trip somewhere that they are famous for BBQ you can bet I am going to crush some delicious BBQ while I am there and love every minute of it. However, when on my way there and I stop to get some lunch at your basic fast food restaurant I…

Dude it’s not his job to have stuff thrown at him.

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Hairdryers are very different than your other usual electronics; they will blow a foreign fuse like no business. So it's a bad idea unless you've got a dryer with a dual voltage switch, then you're fine using it with an adapter. Just be sure to switch the voltage to whatever continent you're on (Google will tell you…

I can't believe nobody realized that wasn't a good idea.

I read News of a Kidnapping, which is a non-fiction account of kidnappings and murders done by the drug cartels in Columbia under Escobar, during my first trip abroad. I was 18 and straight out of highschool, traveling with another 18 year old through Costa Rica and Panama. It was poor choice of book, but the trip was…

When staying with my parents over Easter, my dad was listening to his right-wing radio station Monday morning while getting ready for work. The radio dude was crowing about how it was a myth based on the UVA/Jackie/Rolling Stone story and the LIBERAL MEDIA. I tried to block it out and play with the dogs, but it just…

I’m sure if the Rolling Story hadn’t been discredited all these tools would completely believe in rape culture, right?

Killin’ it, Jia. Thank you for this.

black cops can be bad, too. when minority cops kill minority citizens, they're still the tool of the majority.

One thing I found interesting in recent news (and by "interesting" I mean "depressing and soul crushing") is that, while 36 black people were killed last month, officers being killed in the line of duty is at all time low and, according to an NPR report I heard over the weekend, there has been 46+ days without an…

Anywhere is going to be expensive if you eat out almost every night!

I tried really hard to be scandalized by this Hillary email thing. I read Gawker Media’s posts and thought, why don’t I care? So I read and read about this. And...I still can’t care. I am taking her claims in good faith that it was more convenient and, at the time, common and legal for politicians rather than assuming…

Given what I do for a living, this won't surprise anyone: I put Shout Wipes in the gift bags for my guests. And the most amazing thing happened! The friend who originally suggested that I should write a cleaning column spilled on his tie at our reception, and another friend who has a story in my book about a time I…

I believe Kumail is referring to Trever Noah's (misogynistic and anti-semetic) tweets ... which curiously haven't been covered on Jezebel.

I always think I look worse in pictures than I do in person, which leads to major camera-avoidance.

I'd like to thank him though for encouraging me to check out Dammiene Merlina. She's cute and funny.

So many people in the area where I live are OBSESSED with Lilly Pulitzer. I cringe every time I see the "Going to the Lilly Warehouse/Friends & sale!" posts start cropping up in my Facebook feed. I never got into this designer - I've never been that preppy, I don't really do pastels, and I don't buy clothes based on…

Note: by all accounts Kara has never seen my bedroom but I have it on good authority that hers is bigger than mine.

I'm so GENUINELY jealous of you right now.