I do not understand this whole business of having multiple parties and trips(?!?!) to celebrate an upcoming wedding. My wedding 27 years ago was considered over the top because I had 8 bridesmaids, 2 bands and a seated dinner for 200. That seems positively quaint in comparison now.

I’m not a millennial, but I was desperate to go to boarding school when I was young. Absolutely devoured every book about boarding school that I could find. As an adult and a parent, however, I absolutely cannot imagine sending my child away to boarding school - I wouldn’t want to miss all of the exciting things…

I now hate Woody Allen, but I can never find it in my heart to hate “Annie Hall” and “Crimes and Misdemeanors.” It’s hard to watch these movies now, because Allen is in them and not just behind the camera, but I still count them among my all-time favorite films.

My KittyKins would also like a ribbon and a ball for Christmas. However, he is getting coal in his stocking if he doesn’t stop peeing on things.

It never occurred to me to cook with feta brine! I’m so excited to try this!

My dad is a good guy, but he has always been overly concerned about children’s manners. Mind you, I am super judgemental about manners, too, but I also have an understanding that one needs to make allowances for developmental stages.

Best wishes to Drew and his family. Mr. SmoothAndCrunch and I are huge fans, and are hoping for a quick recovery.

My understanding was that it was just for private parties, and she was furious when he sold it to the movie studio without her consent.

The song’s composer and lyricist, Frank Loesser, was one of the great satirists of modern manners of the mid 20th century. If you find “Baby It’s Cold Outside” to be objectionable, don’t listen to “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” - especially any of Rosemary’s songs.

I’d ask him, but he died in 1969.

Ugh, drives me nuts, too. It’s always been clear to me (as an American Songbook aficionado), that she *wants* to stay, but is giving flimsy, charming excuses in a flirty, “playing hard to get” kind of way - of the period. Does she *really* care what the neighbors and her maiden aunt think? I doubt it.

And yet, everyone there loved it because they just love that song. I don’t know how people can listen to music and completely miss the lyrics to that extent...

I’m gonna go home and bite my pillow!

Corky, we love you! We want you to live!

Yep. Heard “Hallelujah” sung at a funeral once. The lyrics in this context are problematic, to say the least.

Also not a Christmas song: “Hard Candy Christmas.”

Frankfurter Sandwiches!

Horrified by the recipe, but thrilled to see a reference to “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?”

The same way guys like Kavanaugh got into Yale. #brolife.

No jury of literature majors would convict him.