Willow ,'Chosen'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Skipping w/o skimming to let those of you who might be interested know that Kifah Dasuki's e-book on vegan holiday cooking is free for the next 24 hours. [link] Didn't try anything out of it but I have her first cooking book and it's interesting (Arab vegan cooking. And interesting in a good way).
Also, happy belated holiday, 'istas. ~ma to all who needs it.
Thanks, Shir!
Timelies all!
Listening to Ada Palmer talk about the Inquisition( or inquisitions, as she has detailed)
So I guess this is supposed to be Small Business Saturday, but instead I went shopping in town with my mother and got amazing deals at Marshall's and Lord & Taylor and had an excellent lunch at Eataly.
Isn't Eataly the best? I want to live there.
Hivemind question -- when dividing the cost of a gift amongst siblings, are the spouses/significant others included in the tally? (i.e. 4 kids = 1/4 each, or 4 kids + 2 inlaws = 1/6 each)
Hmmm, we always divided among the sibs only. I can see the logic of counting the spouses though. (except in my family because none of my 3 sibs are married)
Isn't Eataly the best? I want to live there.
In general, I find it Way Too Much, but the restaurant up top was great, if pricey.
Home after a drive that was 30 minutes faster than we expected at 7 and a half hours. The Holiday was lovely—we rented the local church hall and there were about 40 of us, all bringing various dishes. It was but wonderful, but our elders are so very fragile. My Uncle Cal is 94 and he and my Aunt who is 90 still live on their own (with some help) as does my 89 year old mother, but they are all in failing health. My Brother flew in my other Aunt for the event as a surprise and the three of the sisters had a great time. We took them out for breakfast yesterday, and getting everyone in and out of the car with various canes and whatnot was quite the production. One of my brothers and I talked about that fact that this is probably the last time the whole family will be together this way. It made it all bittersweet and precious.
I admire all of them so much. They are still interested in politics and reading and, well, life and are wonderful role models.
Oh wow, Scrappy, that sounds great, if bittersweet.