I just want to say, for the record, that Kitchenette has been responsible for helping me keep it together while making dinner (during what one teacher called “the cyanide hours”). No matter how much food my kid smeared into the floor, how many Legos I stepped on, or how badly I wanted to stick my head in the oven, I…

And now we’re back where we started :)

Yeah, the Hasselhoff of plating sounds gross, but also like hasselback potatoes, which look awesome.

I have definitely been a splitter: when on my upteenth meal out while on a family vacation (1st world problems), knowing I’m at the wafer-thin mint stage of overeating, or whatevs. But I actually feel better if there is a split charge and we’re all in on the social and service contract of it. However, I never thought…

That is awesome to hear. The not-Willie seemed like a fine guy, too.

My first celebrity sighting:

Yes! We went to the bar mitzvah of a kid we love, but our own little joy is a threenager with nut allergies. Rather than make a big deal of it, we packed snacks AND hit McD’s for yogurt and fries on the way to the gorgeous reception, where we went straight to the dancefloor. No one cared, and no one was bothered.