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Inter-generational Charleston/Savannah trip
Hello, hive! My grandmother (90), mother (mid 60s), and I (mid 30s) have an annual girls trip tradition. This year will be a combo of Charleston and Savannah. We’re looking at two days in each city at the end of March to coincide with the home and garden festivals in both cities.
Any recommendations for restaurants/things to do that all of us would enjoy? I’ve been to both spots before, but my vacation preferences tend towards the trendy/foodie side of the restaurant scene coupled with huge amounts of tromping. Obviously, that’s not what this trip calls for. Would love any advice as far as more traditional (but still delicious!) restaurants, and also can’t miss activities. The grandmother is still very much mobile, but want to avoid walking her to death. Many thanks for any ideas!
Casper
The Olde Pink House in Savannah an SNOB in Charleston. Both delicious. Savannah and Charleston both have hop on/hop off trollys that might be a good way to get around the downtowns without so much walking
Anon
No advice but I love that you do this. Women in my family live to mid-90s but are mentally out of it for the last 7-10 years, so I’m very jealous and happy for you that you get to enjoy your grandma at this age.
mascot
For Savannah, the hop on/hop off trolley tour is a good way to get some interesting stories and some transportation. There is also the free DOT shuttle operated by the transit authority if you don’t want to mess with a trolley tour. The historic district is easily walkable.
Restaurants that are both on the tourist radar and generally good- Vic’s on the River, The Olde Pink House, Crystal Beer Parlor, The Grey, The Pirate’s House. Also worth a look, Emporium (the hotel roof bar, Peregrine, is lovely), Rhett (also with hotel roof bar, Lost Square), Collins Quarter (better for brunch).
Never too many shoes...
I also want to say that I love this and I wish my grandmother was still with me for me to take her on such an adventure. I did take my mom to Italy for her 75th birthday and it was deeply meaningful for both of us. All the best to you, friend.
Struggle Season
I’m in a season where I am seriously struggling. This may out me a little bit. I am an attorney, and I was hired by a new firm in the summer of 2018, but was immediately swept up into a specialized role for one client that involved a lot of travel. However, I’m now pregnant and in my third trimester, so I ended that role at the beginning of this year, as I did not want to be on the road this late in pregnancy. Now, I’m in an awkward position where I won’t be put on a case team because I’ll be going on imminent maternity leave (which makes all the business sense to me in the world), so I’ve been scrambling trying to fill my plate with whatever I can find, which has, in the past few weeks, involved marketing and other practice support assignments of which I have no background knowledge (so spending my days trying to figure out who to talk to and chasing them in order to get the info I need), which also does not play to my strengths. I’m also not getting enough of this, and there’s not much else, so I am watching my hours dwindle and I’m not even going to come close to my pro rated hours for the year, which is stressing me out. My pregnancy has also been very rough, and I’m in constant 7 out of 10 pain due to a physical problem with a twisted pelvis. I’m literally on the verge of tears for the past several days, just overwhelmed by hating my job and hating pregnancy. Any ideas on how to cope? I know these are both temporary problems, so I just need to get through the next two months or so….
Anon
If you’re in so much pain that it’s difficult to work, can you go on disability leave early?
Anonymous
On the pain – are you seeing a physio therapist? Prenatal massage and physiotherapy saved my back and hips on my twin pregnancy.
On the work – can you participate in CLEs? Or maybe organize or present a CLE for other lawyers or something similar for clients? Non-billable but still has value.
Anonymous
I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this. That sounds like a ton of physical and emotional stress to be carrying around.
I think you have to give yourself a break on the hours, and I say this as somebody who is genuinely terrible at taking my own advice. I’m at 15 weeks in BigLaw litigation and for some reason my morning sickness has gotten substantially WORSE in the last few weeks, not better. I’m billing 70+ hours/week and moving on Saturday of this week, and I’m just completely overwhelmed and trying not to cry at my desk.
The only answer for both of us is to accept that this is just a season of life. It’ll get better, or at least different, and there’s an end point in sight.
Anon
If you’re in that much pain, can you just get your doctor to put you on medical leave/short term disability for the remainder of your pregnancy? Don’t be a hero
Anon
I would say if you’re 7/10 on the pain scale, get your doctor to disable you and start maternity leave now. I know a couple of extra months at home seems like a long time, but in the long run it’s the blink of an eye, and you are legitimately sick!!
Struggle Season
Unfortunately my doc does not disable people before their due date, according to the physician assistant I met with last week. Because I have a desk job where I can (and do) work from home most days, she couldn’t justify pulling me out. They gave me referrals to physical therapy (not too much help), chiropractor (I go 1X/week and it is marginally helping) and massages (which I’m having a hard time finding a prenatal massage therapist after hours/on weekends). So I’m in extra appointments every week during business hours, which is not helping me with the hours stress, unfortunately…
Anon
You need a new doctor. This much pain is not normal and you should be on disability leave.
Anon
If you tell her your job is requiring you to go in for face to face meetings, and that lots of sitting when you work from home is exacerbating your problem, I would think she would have to disable you. I’d talk to the actual doctor and not the PA. Be the squeaky wheel.
Anonymous
Although: you don’t get more leave, you just start it earlier.
Anon
Doesn’t that depend on how your leave is structured and what protections, if any, your state has? My mat leave was a combination of paid parental leave and paid vacation time. If I’d had a medical condition pre-birth I could have used sick leave for that without affecting my maternity leave. I have friends in CA and there is a separate disability leave there that you can take pre-birth and doesn’t count against your maternity leave.
Anon
Cosign, I wouldn’t be so sure you can’t get disability. My daughter (not biglaw, but relatively new in her job) was at 36 weeks when she called me crying and asking if it was slacking to go on leave at 37 weeks instead of working to the end. It’s true she’s in a different (more socialized) country, but the pressure was coming from within, not her employer. (PS she went on leave at 37 weeks, and they gave her her review before her leave started and it was incredibly positive).
Anon
I’m in CA. For me, my physical disability could start up to 4 weeks before birth, and it didn’t affect the amount of disability I could take after giving birth.
It’s not family leave, it’s physical disability, just as if OP had a twisted pelvis and a 7/10 pain level not related to pregnancy. It’s for illnesss or injury preventing someone from being able to do their customary job duties.
anon
I have a post in moderation and who knows when this will go up, but highly suggest finding a specialist PT, someone who does pelvic floor and works with pregnant women. PT and the assigned exercises should not be making you feel worse. I am in my third tri and saw a PT starting around 20w that was not a pelvic floor PT and I knew pretty quickly it wasn’t helping. After several months of sessions with a good pelvic floor PT, I feel like it helps a lot.
I would also just be careful about massage. Everything is so much more pliable because of pregnancy hormones that the person really needs to know what they’re doing not to make things worse. Plus my PT said if I did get a massage, I should do some of my exercises immediately afterwards to make sure nothing was too far off.
Anon
That’s a ton of pain to still be working. Can you talk to your OB about going on leave early?
If you’re in California (and possibly similar in other progressive states—I haven’t kept up with public policy so much), Pregnancy Disability Leave is four months per pregnancy, partially paid through the state (and often topped up by firm disability policies), and does not run concurrent with California Family Rights Act Leave, so you wouldn’t be losing out on bonding leave. At this point, you’d likely have the full 6 weeks PDL and the 12 weeks of CFRA post-birth even if you started PDL right now.
I went on PDL at exactly 36 weeks for a routine pregnancy when I was in biglaw and it was a great decision for me. No one seemed to know/care that I went out a bit early, and I could rest before the baby arrived.
anon
Hugs. I don’t think going out early as previous posters suggest is a bad idea if you can swing it logistically.
Otherwise, can you work from home more? Bank CLE hours by watching webinars? What are the implications of having low hours? If it’s that you won’t get a bonus but people will understand, I would just try to accept that.
And sorry if this is an annoying suggestion because you know it’s not applicable to your case already, but have you seen a good pelvic floor physical therapist? It’s not going to make the next few months pain-free, but potentially could help you reduce your pain a bit and get in front of worsening symptoms the further along you get.
Anon
It’s not clear to me how fair along in your third trimester you are, but IME very very few people hit their prorated hours in the year that they have leave. At my firm, it was just a understood thing and was not held against you if you were otherwise a good performer. Any chance your firm is like that too?
octagon
Oh my goodness, that sounds so stressful!
Instead of going on full leave early, are you eligible for intermittent FMLA so that you can go to multiple appointments during business hours? I know that can impact how mat leave is treated post-birth, but getting accommodations to be able to obtain treatment and not have it hit your hours seems like a potential solution.
A second opinion might be a good idea too, if you have a MFM doc who will evaluate your pain and also consider writing you out for leave early. Hang in there — the last few months were so unpleasant for me and I just wanted to get the birth over with.
Anon
This sounds awful. If you can’t go out on leave early, is there any way you can get on some horribly tedious doc review so at least you have a steady project? Or does someone need help on an amicus brief or something like that where you may be able to just run with it with less direction?
Anonymous
Why oh why is plus suiting always polyester?
Anon
Sing it sister
Anon
I KNOW.
Anonymous
Talbots seasonless wool for the win. 4+ pieces and pants are lined.
Celia
But the lining is often polyester now, not acetate. Still icky.
RR
+100
Too Hot in Boston
I need to retro-fit my 1960s home with Cool A/C somehow before we melt into oblivion. in beginning stages: unsure if the money is worth going full duct-work, Japanese Mini Splits, etc. Weighing options, cost, and effort.
Have any Boston Area rettes put in AC?
Can you recommend a company?
or tell me what you installed for inspiration? (I’m a 1,500 sq ft Cape Cod)
Cat
We have the Japanese mini-splits and have been very happy with them. Just be sure to have them drain by gravity rather than rely on the pumps.
BeenThatGuy
My 1920’s home has high-velocity AC installed. Look into it. It’s pricey but 100% worth it.
Anon
We’re considering mini-split heat pumps for AC and green heating (we have solar panels). Check out the companies who have deals with Cambridge area towns – Belmont, for example! As a warning – our 1400sqft house is 20k to upgrade, and we’ve personally called 15 contractors that aren’t working with towns who refused to even come out to quote us.
Survey for Pears
I am a pear. Formerly, I was a trim pear (about one size different on bottom), but I am pearspreading. Now I am about 2 sizes larger on bottom (4/8, formerly 4/6). That is making dresses more and more of a problem (shifts FTW), as can be suiting because while you can get a larger pants size, the jacket bottom might fit funny over your hips.
If you are similarly-shaped, can you share what stores / items / cuts / fits are working for you? I know many things can be tailored, but tailoring jackets is crazy expensive especially if they are lined and sometimes it’s better to start with something that has a B+ fit off the rack and make minor tweaks to make it great.
Petite Pear
I have always been a petite pear who is 2 sizes larger on bottom (4P/0P). For this reason I struggle with dresses (generally only fit and flare cuts work, but I don’t like the look of them for work). I really stick to skirts and pants with a top and blazer. Banana Republic and Loft fit me well although I can’t avoid taking in the waist. I’m not married to a specific cut from either brand and instead just try on and see what fits. I haven’t needed to tailor jackets but maybe that’s because I choose more boxy and drapey cuts for my less formal office. For casual wear I’ve found the related brands Gap and Old Navy fit well but for some reason Ann Taylor does not. I know what you mean about shirts and jackets being too tight around the waist! I’ll often wear a shirt tucked in so you can’t see that I didn’t fasten the bottom button or two. Tunics or longer shirts are a no go for me. Lots of drapey or boxy cardigans and jackets on top to balance me out and hide things like occasional sloppy tailoring or a tight seam.
Petite Pear
Sorry I meant tops are often too tight around the hips but fitting at the waist.
Anon
I am a similar shape– 2 in bust and shoulders, 4 in the waist, 6 in the hips. I have the best luck with slightly cropped jackets that do not go down to my hips. The long blazers popular now do not work for me because I would have to get a bigger size to accommodate hips, etc. With a jacket that is slightly cropped, I generally go for a higher waist skirt and/or pants. This is important because otherwise the top of the skirt/pants will not hit right with the jacket. I normally can find jackets that fit off the rack. Skirts and pants I buy a size up to fit my hips and have the waist taken in.
Also, for me, the slightly cropped jacket look is a bit easier because I fit into a petite size up top. I’m very short-waisted and normally wear a 4P on top and a 6 in skirts/pants in suiting.
anne-on
They are HARD to find, but I really like ‘narrow’ fit and flare dresses, or fit and flare dresses in more refined/structured fabric. Those might suit you? I’m also a full size difference between my top and bottom and it is frustrating as all get out! Chanel style open cropped blazers may also be your friend. They’re also a bit harder to find unless you go the St. John (or Chanel!) route.
This is one example – very pretty and formal especially with a open blazer on top. That’s basically my entire style for work, dress + open blazer!
https://www.brooksbrothers.com/Petite-Striped-Stretch-Cotton-Seersucker-Dress/PX00131,default,pd.html?dwvar_PX00131_Color=NVYL&contentpos=3&cgid=
Anonymous
The search term is A-line for this skirt shape.
Anonymous
If you’re seeking therapy due to issues with kids or infertility, how important would it be to you for your therapist to have children of their own?
Anon
Not important, just like I wouldn’t expect a therapist to be an orphan in order to counsel me about grief from losing my parent. The job of a therapist isn’t to be in the exact same life situation as the people they’re counseling (and that would be impossible, unless the therapist was a very unlikely person!)
Anonymous
for infertility not at all
for kids yes
(honestly my son is autistic and I feel like the therapist & mom I was seeing didn’t even understand the issues with THAT, so not all mom issues are the same either)
Never too many shoes...
This is super interesting to me. I went to therapy after my son’s autism diagnosis (to someone who works at a large autism centre so this is her typical client base) but her personal status never came up… She was amazing though and helped me a lot.
Anon
This is very personal as to what works for you. There are a number of things that make you click and really connect with a therapist. In my experience with grief therapy for losing my first child to cancer, I clicked less with my therapist because she wasn’t a mom. When I subsequently had my second child and experienced very related PPD, I found a different therapist who happened to be a mom and I felt much more understood.
Anon
I’m so sorry for your loss.
LaurenB
Completely unimportant. I found out after the fact that my therapist was orphaned at an early age and sent halfway across the country to live with relatives; it didn’t stop him from helping me work through issues with my parents.
Anon
i would agree it is personal, but as someone who suffered from bad ppd/ppa and saw one therapist and one psychiatrist, i really felt it hard to click with the therapist because she did not have a child/had never been pregnant. i honestly should’ve switched, but didn’t because the person took my insurance and was convenient
anon
I didn’t click with the first person I saw for infertility because she didn’t seem to understand that feelings around fertility treatments could be complicated — like I could be hesitant to do treatments and it wasn’t because someone was pressuring me too, it’s because there are lots of feelings around it. I don’t know if it was because she didn’t have personal experience with kids & IF or if we just weren’t a good match.
My more successful therapist relationship was with someone who had kids, don’t know if she had experienced IF and/or pregnancy loss, although she does a lot of work with pre- and postnatal people. I did think it was helpful that she was previously the same profession and we are the same religion, so it felt like she had a lot of context when I wanted to talk about work & family stuff.
Anonymous
I wouldn’t expect to ever learn if my therapist had kids or not.
Senior Attorney
+1
Anon
I think these days people do though bc social media/google etc. — it isn’t hard to find that stuff about someone even if that person doesn’t have a social media account under their full name.
Anon
Then you’re just asking for trouble. Why seek that out?
Anon
I mentioned my situation above with the grief therapist. I didn’t stalk her online. She mentioned that she’d never had kids several times.
pugsnbourbon
Whoa, no, I would never look up my therapist on social media. She’s mentioned her family briefly in passing.
Rainbow Hair
I discussed a traumatic birth a lot with my therapist — who was, at the time, pregnant. At times I felt weird about it, but she was (and remains) a professional who did her job, giving me tools and strategies and encouragement to move my mental health to where I wanted it to be.
I hope you find great therapist. There’s nothing better.
Never too many shoes...
Rainbow Hair – I have missed you of late! Hope all is well there.
Rainbow Hair
<3 thank you! I've missed chatting on this board. Just up to my eyeballs in work/fun/family.
Anon
PSA to the Chase Sapphire Reserve cardholders: if you haven’t heard, they raised the annual fee by $100 (boo) but the fee increase won’t apply until your next renewal and we have Door Dash DashPass membership (free delivery on some restaurants) immediately. We also have $60 of DoorDash credits annually. It’s just like the travel credit – you buy, they reimburse up to the limit. So even if you don’t normally order from Door Dash, you should spend the $60, so you don’t leave money on the table.
Worry About Yourself
I’ve been eyeing that card since I’m in the market for an airline-agnostic CC to rack up travel points, is it still worth it even with the fee increase? That DoorDash benefit is tempting. The other card I’m eyeing is the Amex Green Card, they seem to have similar rewards. I already have cards with both Chase and Amex.
Anon
OP here. Personally I’m annoyed about the fee increase because I don’t use Door Dash much and don’t care at all about the DashPass thing. I will definitely spend the $60 credit, but it doesn’t cover the fee increase, and the Door Dash credit is apparently only this year and next year, then it’s gone. I’m not sure I will keep the card beyond that. I just signed up this year and the huge sign-up bonus (60,000 points = $600 cash or $900 if you redeem for travel through their easy-to-use portal) was obviously worth it. Beyond this year I will have to think more critically about it.
With the fee increase, they recently added a free Lyft Pink membership too, if that’s something you use.
Worry About Yourself
I do take Lyft sometimes, especially when traveling, and I needed to do some Googling to figure out what Lyft Pink is, but that actually might make the card worth it to me. At the very least, it’s a perk to consider.
Anonymous
Ugh — I hate companies making things with a clear cost “free.” That just encourages people to use something that’s not a profit center (and may be a loss driver) — do I think they will pay the drivers a decent wage? Does it encourage people to eat too much restaurant food that is bad for them? Does it ramp up container waste and environmental waste? And the restaurant employees who have to pack up to-go meals — I guess they just have to do this vs wait tables and forgo some tips.
It’s like to we need this? Does this make our lives better? No. Just no. Or at least make me bear the cost of my actions.
anon
I feel ya.
Anon
AMEN to your last sentence!
Anon
You should see if you are eligible for the 100K point bonus for Amex Platinum – I think you can go through card match or something like that. The bonus is usually 60K but thanks to the points guy I found that I qualified for 100K Amex Plat which was worth the annual fee for me.
Alanna of Trebond
I have been so disappointed in Chase Sapphire Reserve recently because we booked travel through their portal and even though we worked to make sure that it was the right fare class, it was still impossible to get upgrades on it, make changes to the flights afterward and so forth. It made me vow never to buy tickets except through the airline’s own website.
Anon
Oh yeah I never buy airline tickets except through the airline for all the reasons you noted, plus it can mess up earning miles for status. I have found the Chase portal to be great for hotels though. They match or beat publicly available prices and often include additional perks.
I have airline status but no hotel chain status though, so maybe I’d feel differently if I was a Marriott elite.
Anonymous
Natural deodorant: if you do it WHY do you do it? I’m 6 months in, tired of always being smelly, and trying to remember why it’s A Thing right now. Googling took me to a lot of old articles about how there is no scientific proof between the aluminum/deodorant worries.
Anon
For me personally, when the articles about high levels of aluminum in breast cancer patients came out, I was alarmed and looked into it and found the research credible – of note the research noted the coincidence, not that aluminum caused breast cancer, but it was enough for me since the human body has zero biological purpose for aluminum.
This was compounded by the fact that my deodorant always almost seemed to make my underarms irritated/itchy in a couple spots.
I find once you’ve found natural deodorant that works for you it’s easy to not go back. I mean, you smell because you haven’t found a deodorant that works for you, not because natural deodorant sucks. I rant through four brands before I found two that worked for me.
LaurenB
Anything where I have to play trial-and-error to find the right one sucks, by definition.
Anon
What do you mean by natural? I use Arm & Hammer deodorant that’s just deodorant and no antiperspirant because antiperspirant makes me sweat more.
Mallory
This is what I use – aluminum antiperspirants irritant my underarm skin.
nuqotw
If you don’t like it, don’t use it. I used it for a long time because it was the only thing I could find that I wasn’t allergic to.
Casper
Doesn’t turn the armpits of my white shirts yellow
Anonymous
Doesn’t turn the armpits of my white shirts yellow
Anon
If you’re always smelly, it’s not working for you. I give you permission to go get a conventional product that works for you!!
Anon
Because our skin is our largest organ and the U.S. is shamefully, woefully behind on reasonable safety regulations for cosmetics. Some of us prefer the “precautionary principle” style when choosing personal care products. In addition, most non-“natural” deodorants smell strong and irritating af. That being said, I had to switch back to the least offensive one I could find because I could not find a natural deodorant that both worked and did not irritate my skin. While I do believe that it’s healthier to sweat normally than to block it artificially, I had to draw the line somewhere.
Blueberries
I tried natural deodorant for months because I was concerned about a variety of ingredients in my traditional anti-perspirant deodorant. I’m concerned that our innocent until proven guilty system for ingredients in personal care products means that I could be applying potentially harmful substances to my underarms daily.
The deodorant I tried left my underarms quite sweaty, though usually not smelly. After awhile, I gave up and went back to the regular deodorant I’ve been using forever. Hopefully it won’t harm me.
Anon
It is easier on my clothes and I actually sweat less than when I used antiperspirant. I use Native and I love the way it smells.
rosie
I’ve found a natural deodorant that I genuinely like. I wish it came not in plastic packaging, as that’s an environmental issue I am trying to address, but otherwise I’m a devotee (at least until I see how it performs in the summer). I get irritated from baking soda deodorant. My default is Dove but I don’t love the smell and feel of it and always have to wash it off before bed. I’m using Yes to Charcoal deodorant (may be Target exclusive), I have both tea tree oil and lavender scents. They go on really smooth and I like the smells, although neither are that strong.
Never too many shoes...
In my hippie youth, I rubbed a crystal rock on my unshaven pits…and I stank. Everything is (supposedly) going to kill us…you just have to weigh your personal risk tolerance. For me, in a professional legal environment, smelling is not going to cut it, so bring on the Speed Stick. More seriously, some products work better for some people so maybe you have just not found the right product for you.
Anon
Agree with your last statement especially. Schmidts might as well have been water, Native irritated my underarms, Piper Wei and the liquid “rock” deodorant (by the Crystal brand) worked for about six hours. But the rock crystal worked incredibly well for me – no effect on sweating but no smell at all. Currently using Love Beauty and Planet which is working really well.
Anonymous
Because it’s trendy to distrust science because of things you saw on Instagram
LaurenB
+1. And don’t forget, “chemicals”! And “toxins”! If one more yoga teacher tells me that any spine-twisting pose helps rid the body of toxins, I’m going to scream, and not in a Zen way. Thanks, but my liver and kidneys do that.
anon
I’ve given up. Natural deo for me = sweaty, itchy, smelly. No thanks. I’ll take my chances with a conventional product that actually works.
Anonymous
I was concerned about the aluminum antiperspirant link to breast cancer due to family history. I had tried various natural ones that didn’t last. I liked the viral Lume online ads, and I’m blown away. It lasts, no smell. I didn’t shower over a weekend and still didn’t stink. I like it because its water based and won’t stain my clothes.
Anonymous
In case anyone is still reading, I’ve had breast cancer and discussed this very issue with my oncologist who tells me there is no link between aluminum and breast cancer, and I’m safe to go on using my Degree and being dry. You do you, but don’t believe the hype.
Pep
I’ve heard good things about Lume, have you tried that?
Former project runway devotee
Psst, pinstripe isn’t a print, it’s a woven-in pattern.
Anon
Depends on how cheap the clothes are lol
Rainbow Hair
Remember that Mentos commercial where he (she?) rolls on the freshly painted bench to make the suit into a striped suit?
Anonymous
FYI for anyone who likes Adrianna Papell — cute red dress with short sleeves down to $44
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