“but a crowded restaurant is NOT the time to press your point on whether or not we eat all our vegetables”

It’s not just the portions though. There’s a great restaurant near me that has pizzas on the kids menu that are almost identical to the regular menu bar pies at half the price. They’re doing that to get the family to come out instead of skipping a night out because of the sitter.

I’m not so sure of what other people are aware of. Little Johnny just *has* to have tater tots or he won’t eat...

Let the pickiness happen by, in my opinion, giving in and letting them call the shots. Mine learned early on that I’m not a short order cook and am only going to prepare one meal. If they didn’t like it they didn’t need to eat it, but they weren’t going to get anything else. We’ve never had to cater to them. Now, it…

Cue the outrage from parents of picky eaters everywhere!

The day after it was made public my teacher put a poster of that truck above the chalkboard.

I was going to post something about Trump supporters, but it looks like you beat be to it.

Came to comments to make sure someone said this.

killed by capitalism’s never-ending crusade of making the textures of life somewhat more comfortable

Got a PS3 cheap 5 years ago because the kids were to young to care, and for the last two years I’ve been telling them we can get the new one the day it comes out. There will be hell to pay if I hold off.

Grape leaf make the difference. It’s the tannin.

Today, I live in idyllic Rhode Island, The State People Confuse With Long Island

black label Valentina is my go-to.

Looks like we’re going to get all Butter Battle Book around here

Mexican-style is particularly good on eggs.

Cool. I learned two things today. The other being Flea from RH Chili Peppers was in Back to the Future 2.

I still can’t figure out what “glow up” means? I thought it was the name of the event she went to, but then I see you using it like this.

Not happy with United. I cancelled my April booking during the height of COVID in the northeast just days because they themselves cancelled the entire flight. Because I pulled the plug, I only got travel credit that expires a year from the original date that I’m likely going to have to eat because, duh, who in their…

I would argue that the HOA fees you probably have in that condo should count toward the maintenance because that’s where most HOA money goes. 

I can find you hundreds, but they’re not homes you’d want to live in or neighborhoods you’d want to live in.