I just have to leave this anecdote somewhere so I’ll leave it with you.

Completely off-topic but my hound and I recently ran into a very friendly dog. His name was Sambo. The owner was black. Maybe there was a joke within a joke there somewhere?

Oh, Aviations! I really like them but they’re hard to find because crème de violette is so rare. I’ve also never made one at home because I’ve never found a liquor store that sells the violette. Do you happen to live outside the US?

I have a small quibble. I clicked through to the NY Post story. The guy lives in Alphabet City, where I expect social media influencer start-up employees are thick on the ground, and got the sandwiches at a location on W. 14th Street.

I guess someone has never passed a joint. This is a weird way to do it but it’s the same general idea.

You would love one of my friends. She loves to cook and is an excellent cook and baker. She once tested herself by making this incredibly complicated Martha Stewart recipe that took THREE DAYS. This was because it had many steps and twice you had to make some part of it and chill it overnight. It was a success (of cour…

Is this the vast Crate & Barrel that used to be on Michigan Avenue? I haven’t been to Chicago in a good 20 or 25 years but I remember visiting that Crate & Barrel vividly. I don’t really know why. Probably because of its size.

The DMV sign is top-shelf Minnesota Nice.

I had never heard of this film so I googled. You know how google lists questions related to the search inquiry? One was “Is Maximum Overdrive a true story?”

I sometimes review documents in Spanish. I’m not a native speaker but I’m fluent enough that I can easily see whether the changes that were asked for were done correctly, and if they make sense, and if there are typos.

I have never been to UK bakery chain Greggs, but where I live in benighted Gotham, all the do(ugh)nuts cost the same at whatever venue you go to. A plain one with a hole in the middle costs the same as one filled with jelly jam and frosted.

Derry Girls is the best. I defy anyone to watch the “Rock the Boat” scene and not grin from ear to ear. And apparently a third season is in the works.

If I had been to that birthday party I would have reacted with joy.

One of my many weird hobbies is trying to recreate fast food at home.

I should add that by “lesser beasts” I mean creatures that actively seek out the white snakeroot, even prefer it sometimes over alternatives, and not the ones who have to deal with its misery-causing consequences.

You should also know about White Snakeroot, if you don’t already.

You can have it with my gratitude for all the good work that you, your colleagues at The Takeout, and writers across all the G/O sites do or did.

One night in Bangkok:

Sorry for the double post but this is in reply to Please Clap’s request for useful info about herbs. I’m only reposting because there’s something wrong with kinja, which came as a big surprise to this long-time reader:

Hemlock is a poisonous herb and an invasive species. One day your garden is going along just fine, all the other plants are thriving, but then this poisonous herb shows up and just kind of takes over everything. It resembles a parsnip and is part of the carrot family. It has its uses; for the last 2,000 years (at…