Fairly confident that the singular and the plural of this item is “tacos,” as in Le Tacos. The novelty in France is to have a calorie bomb like this. But they are popular.

I remember in the 1980s (in my mid-20s) going to Cafe Borgia on Bleecker Street in the West Village and ordering a cortado. It came, like your example, in a little glass, and I felt very sophisticated indeed. Thanks for the feature!

Fun feature! Thanks. One little error: “...gelt, chocolate covered coins...” Um, no, you mean chocolate coins covered in gold foil. If they were chocolate covered coins we’d all have chipped teeth. 

I’d like to see real cigarette lighters and ashtrays again. I don’t smoke, I just like them.

My wife and I never get on a plane without a turkey sandwich. One day, we decided why make it ourselves, we have a Whole Foods nearby. We get our turkey there, so why not their Turkey San? Worst... ever. Made with fatty turkey loaf, slathered with mayo... shockingly disgusting.

Makes sense. I lost a beloved Spyderrench that I kept in my glovebox. Still mad about that.

I am surprised. Maine? (I admit to swinish ignorance about Maine... beautiful coastline? lobsters?)

I once was at a Big Hollywood Party at a TV star’s house. The bathroom was through the bedroom. Under the bed, in full view of anyone, was a handgun. I did not pick it up and pocket it, regretfully.

I have seen hilarious “cocktail kits” to bring on the plane, so you can order a miniature of, say, bourbon, and make a Manhattan. The kits are silly and overpriced, and I generally don’t drink on the plane (exception: complimentary bubbly when I once got unexpectedly bumped to business; fantastic trip).

Good question. Or in the NE corridor with the Acela line.

It’s exactly because the media (in the person of the reporter) DID care about what turns out was murder of a white ex-cop that she’s being harassed.

I love my 2018 Prius Prime+ (with a Comma2 for lanekeeping). I am looking at the 2023 models, I’m on a waiting list, but I may decide to just keep my car another year, maybe even two more years. And I do charge whenever I can. I make a point of knowing where charging stations are via PlugShare. It’s a triumph when I…

You must mean a 3rd row in a Rav4 Prime, right?

You can have shitty service in a restaurant even though nobody has died there. Two different issues.

Nice. Leberkäse mit Ei was my breakfast of choice when I was a kid traveling in Germany.

Sometimes, an executive, or a pod of executives, just LOVES some actor for whatever lame reason execs like things; so you have to use them. Maybe they want to be able to say later, “I made them a star”? I thought Miller was godawful in the scenes where he played “awkward”. Like he has to work SO HARD to be awkward,…

What if I just want a refreshing glass of gas? Huh, WHAT ABOUT THAT?

I hope they change it a lot! We still have the animation if we want to watch it. This will be different. When Disney hews closely to the original, it’s so boring -- see Pinocchio. Falling in love is just fine, but let’s see something different. I look forward to it.

Thanks for the shoutout to the WGA/SAGAFTRA strikes. My wife is WGA and I’m SAGAFTRA so we’re very invested in the picket line. Anything you love in a movie or TV show (or a play for that matter) was written by someone and performed by someone. All we want is to not be shafted by executives who absolutely need $24M/yr…

*gasp* my mom was a guest on Dark Shadows. I’ll have to find that episode(s)