The NYT piece said they’d almost broken up before a couple of times, but held together. I’m inclined to think the Epstein thing was just another reason for them to break up, but they held together for the kids for a few more years (as well as the foundation). It sounds like they were already living apart by the time…

I mean, Epstein did time for soliciting a minor in 2008 and had to register as a sex offender in 2009. It was hardly a secret.

Yep. Bigtime. Last chickie out of the nest, now mama can fly! 

“no explanation as to why the couple has decided to split after 27 years”

Or maybe it’s because the youngest kid hit 18.

100% agree. HEB owned Central Market would be closer to what the author is going for, but it doesn’t sound nearly a fraction as pretentious as this Stew Leonard’s place.

I have several friends and neighbors who only shop at similar grocery stores in metro Atlanta. I do on occasion, but I just can’t with some of it. Everything that is non-GMO, gluten free, vegan whatever is nice on occasion, but I can’t commit to such a food lifestyle. When I want a fancier grocery store, it’s Publix,…

I feel you on this. Even without the frugalities and food gatekeeping of my childhood, being an arts worker means that my wallet has over the years been stretched thin a few times. It might be why I love grocery shopping so much, and during my marriage felt actually grateful to be able to buy any food I wanted.

Fancy cheese is the indicator of food stability, isn’t it? I haven’t been poor or gone hungry in so long, yet sometimes I just have to splurge on fancy cheese because I can.

It does fuck you up.  Neither I or my sister can sleep unless there is food in. When we travel we bring food to keep in the hotel room or bedroom of the home we’re staying in.

I swear I’ve had the exact opposite experience. I didn’t “earn my age” until I was past 40. I drove cheap cars and rented crappy apartments and my idea of a vacation was a couple of days at the Jersey Shore. But I never once gave a second thought to what I spent at the grocery store. I bought whatever I wanted and…

I get that Whole Foods is overall considered to be expensive, but nevertheless, I spent a month with a friend in small town Massachusetts and Whole Foods was the ONLY place I could afford fruit.

This. This. This. I'm not impressed with Publix at all. For a grocery store, they check the box. For access to affordable, organic food? They're like every other grocery store. 

Yes to all of this. The gatekeeping of food overall is a huge thing. I feel like this is a subject that is tough for people to relate to if they haven’t experienced it but really fucks with those of us who have.

When I lived in AZ, I thought Sprouts was a pretty run of the mill grocery store. They had really good produce sales, and everything else was like a much cheaper and less snobby version of Whole Foods. (We sell essential oils! ... and Cheetos!) Now AJ’s... that’s rich people groceries...

Or Yonkers. Sure, we have some nicer sections but most of Yonkers is virtually indistinguishable from the Bronx. 

I grew up near there, when the whole area was basically full of the children of Italian and Irish and Jewish immigrants from the early 1900s.  It was a regular place.  We considered Greenwich, Westport, New Canaan, and Darien to be the expensive and elite areas.  Recent reports are that the entire southwest corner of…

Sorry, but have you ever been to a Publix? They are SUPPOSED to be mainstream and accessible, but even their processed, non-organic, “cheap” shit is expensive. One example... their organic, anti-biotic free flank steak at SL is $8.99 per pound currently. Publix is selling their cheaper, non-organic version for $8.49…

They’re both in Connecticut. And everybody seems to think that Connecticut is only rich hedge fund guys who live in Greenwich. It’s definitely not true. There are very diverse towns in CT, both economically and in every other way. The Black Panther HQ used to be in New Haven and there was a massive trial there…

The original Stew Leonard’s was in Norwalk, CT. It really did grow out of a dairy farm, and the prices there in the 80s were lower than they were in the regular grocery stores.