A spicy paloma variation? I will ponder this. The paloma (with a splash of Campari) is my favorite cocktail, hands down.

That iodized salt better come in a gold-plated carton if it’s over two dollars a pound.

I watched it last night! I had been putting it off because I knew it would be full of Feelings. Did not disappoint. I want the sweater Tig is waering in that still, and I want Stephanie’s hair (like, growing out of my head, not just to have in a ziplock bag or something).

My parents live outside of Chicago, and now I live in Upstate NY. I was talking to my mom on the phone over the weekend and apropos of nothing she brings up Kane and is all like, “We have no idea what’s going on. He seems to be in trouble.” I was the one to break the news to her that it was a rape allegations. Weird.

I spent a lot of time in auto parts and hardware stores as a kid. When my mom was grocery shopping for, like, 8 hours every Sunday and my dad had to stay home with us that’s when he did all his janky home car repair or spent the whole day swearing in the attic.

Little did I know in meeting this girl that I’d be meeting the person that I’d embark of such a crazy, creative journey with.

Man, I can relate to everything you’ve said. I’m a planner too. The number of times I’ve had this back and forth with a dude is mind numbing:

Wait, are you suggesting relationships involve the feelings of more than one person?!

Have you secretly been observing my entire dating career?????????

I read, or heard, somewhere that “pro-life” should be replaced with “pro-forced pregnancies” I’m really feeling a switch to that convention right now.

Settle down, Long Island, Wegman’s first store was in Rochester and it’s second in Syracuse. Those of us in Central NY have Weg pride on lock.

I really think between $15 and $30 is where you can have some fun. Over $30 stresses me out, but it’s a good ceiling if I’m cooking for a gentleman friend. I tend to hang out with grad students a lot, but I’m a pretty okay-paid staffer, so I get some good oooo’s and ahhh’s when I bring a $20 bottle of wine around.

I work in academic research and recently went to a seminar on skin cancer biology. The speaker sucked, but it scared the crap out of me. I’ve generally been good with sunscreen, but not so eager to actually cover up. I am all over covering up and hats and high SPF sunscreen now. It’s exhausting, but I don’t want my…

My boobs usually keep me from really committing to my love of button-down shirts. But I’ve been giving it a go recently. Since it’s summer-ish time I’ve been partial to thrift store oxfords. If this experiment goes well, come fall I will be all over flannel.

I like this style. I love me some slouchy shorts. All my chino-type shorts are at least a couple sizes too big. They make my thighs look skinnier when there’s all that material ballooning around them, right?? Short shorts just make me feel like I’m trying to be a high schooler.

Cardigans always and forever. Even in the middle of summer, I will find a way to add a thin cardigan.

My style whatever was on the J. Crew and Gap clearance rack 5 years ago and doesn’t have too many bleach stains slash holes in it. Or, has accumulated just the right number of holes that I can start wearing it again.

Sometimes I’m embarrassed how much I talk up aldi. My friends always complain about spending 100bucks/trip at Wegmans, and I can get out of aldi with a weeks worth of groceries for one person for $50 or less. Mine is full of organic stuff, and produce is spot on. But I live in a small hippie collegetown now.

This happened to my dad the first time he encountered tamales as a grown-ass man with four children. Midwest! Nailed it.

This might sound silly, but I really like how easy it is to tell the style, even though they have distinct names. Some beers have dumb elaborate names and do a crap job telling me what’s actually in the bottle. I’m not going to stand in the grocery store googling each beer.