Something about Cold Stone Creamery Man made the *Caution* lights come on in my brain. I don't know why.

With jimmies!

Don't party without a party hat?

It's only this bit that makes me raise my eyebrows:

I am guessing you haven't been to one.

Like, really? Aren't they kind of everywhere?

But if he seems cool otherwise, I don't see anything wrong with saying "Unfortunately I'm lactose intolerant and can't enjoy ice cream! How about [place erin actually wants to go] instead?"

Something about Cold Stone Creamery Man made the *Caution* lights come on in my brain. I don't know why.

I can see his explanation of the place setting off some bells. I feel like it would be like someone telling me, "Let's meet at Whole Foods, it's an organic grocery store, but many of them have cafes in them where you can get prepared foods or hit the salad bar." Like I'd never have heard of this offbeat place if they hadn't described it to me.

I don't think that it's weird, he was probably trying to think of an interesting place for a date that wasn't coffee. Of course, your being lactose intolerant makes is a bad place for a date, and you should tell him that. If he says "oh, you could have a smoothie", then he's using you to get ice cream.

For the sock lover

I are not deaded. Although the two-day migraine is making me feel like I am. This is not unrelated to the three-days-and-counting of torrential rain we're having. We go off to the Greenbelt festival tomorrow. We've got a campervan to sleep in. It still needs to stop raining.

Hello, Bitches!

Have a Day, Barb. Hope it's a good 'un!

I feel like it would be like someone telling me, "Let's meet at Whole Foods, it's an organic grocery store, but many of them have cafes in them where you can get prepared foods or hit the salad bar." Like I'd never have heard of this offbeat place if they hadn't described it to me.

This, exactly.

I feel like it would be like someone telling me, "Let's meet at Whole Foods, it's an organic grocery store, but many of them have cafes in them where you can get prepared foods or hit the salad bar." Like I'd never have heard of this offbeat place if they hadn't described it to me.

yes. Precisely. But if everything else has been normal just suggest something else.

I don't mind someone explaining. He doesn't really know what kinds of things you know yet. I once spent some time explaining who Randy Newman was to someone who turned out to know a whole lot about music and they were incredibly gracious about it.