I was speaking more to the amazing restaurants and supportive (yet competitive) food industry culture in those cities. I have the most firsthand experience with Portland and New Orleans - very different food cultures, amazing food both places.

I also live in Portland! Crazy diets abound, which is REALLY a shame given how much amazing, delicious, relatively inexpensive food there is to be had here.

I would argue that a lot of the U.S. has a food culture. Portland, New Orleans, and New York being key examples (also San Fran, L.A. and Chicago, to some extent).

Hi fellow BB cream wearer! I don’t do super heavy face makeup and also have the dark circle issue. Check out the Bobbi Brown creamy concealer kit! It’s got a bunch of shades and it’s a nice concealer with a matching powder to set. Doesn’t crease and there’s an optional color correcting primer you can layer with it as…

I live in a very bike-intensive city and almost hit a bike once with my car - it was night, they had no lights or reflective gear, and they ran a red light. WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!

Eh. I never had an engagement ring. My husband and I have little tattoos on our ring fingers based off a Celtic knot we both enjoyed called the double eternity knot. $100 total for the design and tattoo and first touch-up. We’ve since moved thousands of miles away from that tattoo shop, so there may be some nominal…

I went in in person for an expedited passport. No mailing of anything.

Absolutely! My experience with the State Department was awesome - they even mailed me back my birth certificate (they forgot to give it back to me while I was there).

I have this problem! I’m in love with the Hourglass mineral primer, although I also have a sample size of the Laura Mercier bronzing primer and enjoy that. I DO NOT like the Benefit or Smashbox face primers. I do use the Smashbox under eye primer though. Urban Decay’s eyeshadow primer is also an everyday necessity for…

I was homeschooled! Not for religious reasons, though - it was more related to being housing unstable and my parents being quirky. I did go to public high school.

The way Chantelle sizing works, they do in fact have quadruple D! I know, because that’s my size. Sigh. It’s like an F cup in other brands.

Okay but what about a non-soft, non-lumpy couch? Because my couch is AWESOME and sometimes I sleep on it instead of in my bed voluntarily. And other times because it’s hot and I don’t have A/C and only my living room will cool down.

Why? I can see arguments based on not marrying in one’s early 20s, since brains are still developing, but that doesn’t mean there needs to be a blanket judgment on that.

Pretty similar here. I was 13, he had just turned 14. We dated briefly in high school and then I moved 3,000 miles away. We ended up together and married when I was 21, he had just turned 22.

Deep water.

The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale starts July 17, and you can look at everything that will be on sale and its prices on their website now! I also sometimes have luck shopping the Anthropologie sale rack (like $10-$30 for items luck). For work, I like Ann Taylor and Loft but I would never pay full price - just recently…

That price point is tough for real quality that will last. I have a ton of stuff from H&M and Target - for a slightly elevated price point but highly elevated quality I go to Nordstrom Rack and Saks Off Fifth (note: the latter can get REALLY expensive).

My friend who interned on Wall St last summer was not paid. All my internships have been paid, though - unless you are Wall St, unpaid accounting/finance internships are unheard of.

Matching the pattern of your nails to your dress is some next-level shit. Did you do that yourself?! It's amazing.