I agree. Along with the various authors/points made in this thread, he and Nora Roberts have a bit of a mutual admiration society going on, as well.

I lived in stuff from their (mostly clearance) catalogs when I was in college - it was full of versatile, well-made basics, and not very expensive. Their t-shirts were amazing.

Don't forget "chase the baby." All they do to lose weight is breastfeed and chase the baby around the house.

The gnocchi soup is genius. Serious soupy genius.

I'm getting one and it's going in my home office and my husband can deal with it (he has his own room he can decorate).

I replay Wind Waker every year or so, and it's the only one I play as regularly (the rest I rotate through. I probably play 2 or 3 Zeldas a year). The combat system in the original WW is flawless (to me), especially when fighting Darknuts. The only (HUGE) peeve I have is that every. single. time you use the hookshot…

I love this stuff ridiculously! I have the cream in the brown bottle (too lazy to go upstairs and see exactly which one) and the same long, fine, ridiculous amount of wavy/curly hair described and it's genius. You also don't use very much at a time, so my teensy bottle of it has lasted ~6 months so far and is maybe…

Thanks for the reassurance! I think I may just pick up (um. Order) one or two and see what I think, 30 years after my last read. Now I'm hopeful!

As a PM for a translation agency, I really need to join the applause.

Hagelslag isn't Nutella-adjacent! Hagelslag is a way to make excuses to put chocolate sprinkles on bread and call it breakfast.

I've been so afraid to click the link because I was half-convinced it was some kind of bizarre self-promotion luring you in with random accusations and then not living up to it. Now it's going to figure into my Saturday morning :D

I was SO in love with all of the Trixie Belden books. I've been afraid to re-buy them, because Nancy Drew DEFINITELY didn't hold up on re-reads and I don't want my awesome memories of Trixie to be tainted by adult disappointment.

I loved Ghosts I Have Been! I have it now and it held up at re-reading! 30 years later! Anything even remotely spooky made it straight onto my reading list - I'm still the same way.

Yes yes yes. I re-bought it a couple of years ago (with the cover I remembered, too!) but have been afraid to read it since I loved it so much, and have been disappointed in re-reading a couple other books I had loved. I couldn't stand the idea that it may not hold up to its memories.

...and coming back to my last idea. Fully 90% of the de la Renta show would look AMAZING on a plus-sized woman. Where is that kind of design? Hopefully in the next few years people (like me) who are in 16+ sizes can find that kind of awesomeness on the regular. Or at least have it showcased so we can wish we could…

I don't mind the patterns, but I want to see tailoring and craftsmanship and awesome form and not versions of the same thing I get off of ASOS.

That's what I was going to say. You can either be a "kid" and be treated like one, or you can be a "young professional" and act like one.

YES.

I need to convince my husband that we need another wedding, just so I can wear this.

Season 1 follows the books pretty well - the show only went off the rails partway into season 2. I like the books. They're good fluffy reading, and they're entertaining. Try at least the first couple and see if they grab you.