You know... over the years, I’ve tried a number of different high-tech recipe management options from bookmarking recipes to a special bookmark folder, to saving Recipes to Dropbox, to emailing them to myself, to using specific apps or web services... and I’m about ready to admit to myself that the best solution is…

Ha ha ha, nah, just got there and enjoyed amazing food, ancient ruins, and some world-class museums.

You’re missing the entire point of my comment. The point isn’t that “yeah, it might be risky, but the risk is worth it.” Rather, the point is that it is actually no riskier than visiting places that people don’t bat an eye about.

Yes... which is why I said that it’s really a matter of perception and common sense.

Honestly, on my last two trips there I used the subway over a car service more because of the traffic than the cost lol.

Honestly, in Mexico City, I’ve always just taken the subway everywhere and been fine. But in Bangkok we did use Uber all the time. It was dirt cheap (like, a 40 minute ride through traffic all the way across town cost like $3) and is especially helpful when you can’t speak the language (because we didn’t speak a lick…

No, I think you’d do fine. Well, lets put it this way: If you have such little sense of street smarts that you could go to a foreign country and end up accidentally wandering into a neighborhood that actually is dangerous, then you are just as likely to do so visiting Chicago or New York.

Sadly, no!

LMAO sounds like some parts of Brooklyn but that won’t stop me from visiting NYC

I’ve visited Mexico probably 7 times and never done the resort thing cuz If that’s all I’m looking for I can just go to Florida lol

Hahaha truth be told, the first time I went was in 2008 and I was petrified of taxi kidnappings and that mentality was hard to shake. For our upcoming trip there in October I’m gonna loosen up and realize that the times have changed haha

You will have an amazing time! It’s one of my favorite cities. Our next trip will be my third time. Even with a short trip I beg of you to take a trip out to Teotihuacan to see the pyramids and to spend time at the Anthropology Museum which is probbaly the best in the world. Also, my favorite tips: 1) admission to the…

Yeah, but nobody says “don’t go to New York unless you make sure you don’t go to a dangerous part.” That’s common sense. But places like Mexico City aren’t given that same logic. It’s either all or none. We’re staying in La Condessa this time. Last time we stayed in la Zona Rosa and the time before that right on the…

I spent so much time proving to my boyfriend that Mexico (and specifically Mexico City) was a safe place to visit. I finally won him over and when we got there, he was like “I don’t know why people are so scared of this place.” There are a number of cities in the US that people go to without blinking that are…

OK... this makes sense. A few weeks ago I randomly found myself on the Post Office website and saw this service mentioned mater-of-factly as if the Post Office had always been doing this. I was like... really? This is a thing? So I’m glad to see it’s new and I just wasn’t oblivious forever. Personally, I don’t think…

Yup ha ha. I don’t personally have a fireplace, but I know that in case of a big storm with a week of lost power, my Lodge Dutch oven (and my knowledge of how to use it) should make me a welcome guest with any of my friends who do have a fireplace! Oh... you’re eating soup out of a can.... how about I come over and we…

If anything, people who never cook at home should have an easier time because 1) they have plenty of pantry space they don’t need for actual food and 2) they don’t have to worry about using up some of the food stuffs they have stored. lol

I’m just saying there’s a reason that we have a word “prepper” to distinct between just basic common sense like “I have a can of soup in the back of my pantry.” If you water down the word prepper to mean anyone who is prepared, it defeats the purpose of having a word for it at all. I mean, fine, everyone on the planet…

Yup! I do love some home-canning! I saw a home freeze dryer advertised on the internet once... It was like $4,000 which is outside my “this would be fun!” price range, but still, that would be kind of neat! And again, like you said, it isn’t just for emergencies. You can use canning or other preserving methods to…

I think to say that anyone who is prepared in any way for some kind of event is a “prepper” is a bit disingenuous but OK. I mean, anyone who keeps some extra AA batteries around in case the power goes out? You’re a prepper. Yeah, I guess if you are going by the technical definition of “prepper” as in to be prepared,…