Coffee Break: Amelia Pumps
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Ooooooh — these Jimmy Choo pumps look perfect. I love the cut of them — the deep toe in particular seems to set them apart from some of the more affordable low heeled shoes out there right now.
I will also say that this shade seems perfect for this model — maybe instead of “nude for you” the new rule is “1-2 shades darker than nude for you”.
If you're not a fan of this lovely color, though, never fear — there are a lot of iterations of this shoe in different stores. Neiman Marcus has them in a black croc (down to lucky sizes, alas), black suede, light blue croc, as well as a bunch of other colors (and some in satin if you have a wedding-type event coming up); NET-A-PORTER has them in a super cool brown mesh and GAAAH a cool zebra print. You can find them in black at NET-A-PORTER and Jimmy Choo, and in brown as well as white at Nordstrom and Jimmy Choo.
The pictured shoes are $795 at NET-A-PORTER (and, interestingly, $825 at Jimmy Choo).
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asked this an hour ago on the other thread: busty girls – how do you get your blazers tailored? ready to spend some money on this i think. i feel like if the blazer is open i look shapeless and huge because it hangs from my boobs, and if it’s closed i either look like a stuffed sausage or like i’m wearing my mom’s clothes from 1982.
a blazer on the snug side, which looks good open, and which I don’t plan to close.
This.
Same.
I honestly just try my hardest to not wear blazers as much as possible.
Left a longish reply on your morning comment (G+ bust).
I do best with single button where the button hits high and lots of darting. Hard to find but when I find one that fits my shoulders and hits there, I try to buy multiple colors.
These look super uncomfortable to walk in.
totally not!
These are hard for me too.
I agree. The skinny kitten heel is the hardest for me. I think because it’s not high enough that your weight shifts to the ball of your foot, but not stable enough to handle your weight balancing on the little heel.
Thanks for thinking it through; I think this is my problem with them too.
I like these. I am a bit tired of toe cleavage. But I’d shred those heels in an afternoon — too many gaps in brick pavers etc. where I walk. I need a stouter heel.
Exactly. No practical unless they are the shoes you keep at the office.
I love these pumps, but I have bunions. Can you suggest something as stylish but with a rounder toe?
Gianvito Rossi works well for my former dancer feet at a similar price point. There is a reason they are ubiquitous with celebs over 40. I’ve also had luck sizing up at jimmy choo, but they do run narrower.
has anyone tried the Cosnori eyelash serum? saw them at costco on sale.
To those of you who are team shoes indoors do you live in historic homes or generic suburbs?
Historic home
Fascinating. Do you subscribe to the concept of stewardship or do you believe you can do whatever renovations since you own it?
Not the OP, but it’s not a belief of mine that I can do what I like to my home, it’s actually that within zoning limits, it’s actually my legal right. Purple house? Ugly fence? Clothesline in the front yard? Solar panels? Giant satellite dish? But mainly I do nothing because I am tired and not rich.
Those honestly sound more like eyesores than like wanton destruction and wouldn’t bother me personally. Gutting priceless interiors made with irreplaceable resources and unique artistry so that a house looks more greige and then getting impatient with old house issues and selling it anyway is a totally different issue.
My house has irreplaceable chestnut, I honestly think removing it should be a crime.
this sounds kinda judgemental.
A lot!!
I subscribe to the concept of stewardship and definitely think it’s a destructive loss that affects everyone when people renovate in just whatever way.
I also respect when a floor was designed and intended to be walked on in shoes, which was historically normal.
My favorite category of question here is when someone is kind of knives out for no apparent reason on a low stakes topic. Maybe these two questions weren’t meant to have an undertone, but they can be read that way!
Same. Historic only because 100ish year old homes are a rarity in my suburbs. I have some way critters can get in and get inside the walls, so I’m just going to dynamite it at some point in frustration. In the meantime, I wear shoes because there is a weekly giant cockroach to kill. Remind me again that old houses are charming? It is a difficult love.
Historic neighborhood, old home.
No shoes in my historic home. The wood floors are original and are gorgeous.
I always take off shoes indoors not because it does anything to the floor, but because it’s the number 1 easiest way (no effort to me) to keep e.coli, heavy metals, pollutants, and other nasty crap out of my house. I know some people want to exercise their right to coat their own floors with that stuff but it’s not for me.
I have a dog, so the floors are questionable / a source for boosting my immune system. #whatdoesn’tkillyoumakesyoustronger
lol exposure to lead and benzene doesn’t do anything for your immune system!
It’s an old house: the lead is already inside!
This is my view. Floors are meant to be walked on, I cannot imagine having flooring that won’t stand up to foot traffic but I prefer to minimize how much time I spend cleaning strangers’ poop particles and all manner of other ick off my floors.
Additionally, my feet are happiest when they are not cooped up in shoes.
Yep. From a CBS news article (non-technical):
“The matter building up inside your home includes not just dust and dirt from people and pets shedding hair and skin.
About a third of it is from outside, either blown in or tramped in on those offensive shoe bottoms.
Some of the microorganisms present on shoes and floors are drug-resistant pathogens, including hospital-associated infectious agents (germs) that are very difficult to treat.
Add in cancer-causing toxins from asphalt road residue and endocrine-disrupting lawn chemicals, and you might view the filth on your shoes in a new light.”
I’m not aware of any compelling reason why I want that in my home.
There’s still no way to avoid cleaning, since a lot of indoor materials are release VOCs and degrading into microplastics (one reason indoor air quality is so polluted).
And your shoes aren’t the only thing you bring in from indoors (just think of how much you’re bringing in on your clothes and hair).
Right, but just because I bring in pollen on my hair doesn’t mean I also want to bring in dog sh!t on my shoes. It’s not a “well since I’m already doing X…” situation.
Definitely it’s best to change footwear and clean both.
As for dog sh!t, there are reasons why shoes off but also there’s a dog is my least favorite combination.
My feet need to be cooped up in supportive footwear, even indoors, because of a foot deformity (claw toe) I’ve developed as I aged. It’s not something that’s very noticeable even in sandals, but it causes pain if I walk barefoot and one of the suggestions for managing it is wearing shoes. (
I think people aren’t always aware of these kinds of issues.
I’m lucky that it has gotten better lately, but for years my doctor had me slipping shoes on to get up at night to so much as go to the bathroom to pee, or else I’d lose ground on recovering from a foot issue. Maybe people could tell that my shoes were on the more supportive side of the spectrum, but it wasn’t like I had a visible injury of any kind or a visible medical boot or brace!
I have a foot issue and live in a shoes-off house and most of my friends and family also have shoes-off homes. I have various indoor shoes for home and a pair of supportive sandals that I only use indoors that I’ll bring if I’m planning on visiting a friend/family at their home.
You can wear indoor only shoes, though. Much cleaner.
Indoor shoes for health and comfort is a thing!
My mom moved in her early 70s and became a militant anti-shoes person because there were newish, fancy wood floors. This lasted until she broke several bones in her foot a few years into owning that house.
this!
i’m with you. and honestly, i’m lazy. seems easier to take shoes off than clean the floors. granted if i’m hosting a party or something, people can keep their shoes on
Generic suburb.
With dogs (and no kids). That are in and out allllll day. We wear shoes inside, incl. house shoes a lot of the time (fuzzy birks for me).
We just…clean? Idk.
Yeah with dogs coming in and out, it’s more about cleaning, not avoiding the perceived need to clean.
Same except historic home. Newsflash for people, old wood floors look better with patina that comes from walking on them. The things that rile people up…
My 180 year old wood floors have seen a lot of shoes. Prior to my ownership of the property it sat empty for decades and was last used to feed cattle. As in, they removed the back door to the center hall, put a ramp up to it, and regularly shoveled hay in there for the cattle to eat indoors. I bought the house with it shin to knee deep in hay and cow poo. Old wood floors are not precious and delicate unless they are parquet or some other version of delicate. After I bought the place the pine floors were scraped, stained, and oiled. They look beautiful. Shoes, dogs, and muddy children are welcome.
This!
We take our shoes off at home as a general rule, and this isn’t part of my analysis for why, but I think really old floors would tend to do better with anything you that you can throw at them vs. whatever is installed in a generic suburb these days.
Oh god, I missed the zero and thought your house was from this century.
Historic home. I have rugs covering most of my wood floors, but I expect to need to refinish the floors eventually. They refinished beautifully 9 years ago when I moved in. Refinishing original wood floors is not disrespecting the home’s history or style, so your judgment is misplaced.
We are team shoes-off indoors, and our house is over 100 years old. We do it so we can get away with cleaning the floors less frequently, not necessarily to preserve the character of the wood or whatever. We were also shoes-off in our circa 2007 apartment.
Same – we have an old house now, with wood floors that probably should be refinished sooner rather than later (our cats tear around on them and have scratched them up), but I grew up not wearing outside shoes inside, and it just seems kinda yucky to me. I have some foot issues and have inside shoes that I put on to wear around the house, so they’re clean but also supportive.
Asians enter the chat…team no shoes.
However, for larger parties or campaign events I do make an exception because as a host sometimes your guests comfort has to take priority.
I’m white but since college have mostly had Asian American friends so yeah it’s pretty much just automatic no shoes.
For a party I would not demand people take off their shoes but I don’t think anyone has ever come to our house and left their shoes on. Most people do it automatically and a few ask if we’d like them to and I say yes we prefer it.
Haha! Canadian here and we do not wear shoes inside a home. It’s not a spoken rule. Just never seen it where someone doesn’t take their shoes off.
I am TSI and live in neither, but I think the controversy is whether you impose your TNSI on occasional guests versus those who live in and are, presumably, responsible for cleaninig and maintaining, your home. It is perfectly normal to have one set of rules for the residents and another for guests. A guest’s comfort should take precedence over your having to run the vacuum or wash a door mat after they leave.
Neither. I live in a city apartment. I often take my shoes off for comfort but never require anyone else to.
I’m team no shoes, but it’s not because I live in an old rowhouse as opposed to a new build. It’s because my shoes spend their days traipsing city sidewalks and I don’t want the remnants of bodily fluids – animal or human – entering my home.
99% of the time I’m wearing sneakers or Birks so it’s not about scratching up the floors, it’s about being able to walk around barefoot but clean.
At the risk of not adding anything to the conversation, I’m reading this with a sense of wonder…truly not judging, I’m just so interested that people have such in depth opinions about this topic.
We take off our shoes most of the time, but also don’t some of the time if we’re going to leave again, and I don’t care at all about guests wearing observable clean shoes (like no mud or loose dirt coming off). Team fine with indoor shoes as convenient for the person wearing the shoes? We live in the woods in a 5 year old custom house just outside a small town, so neither historic home or generic suburbs.
If your house is 5 years old it’s almost certainly generic all the ‘custom home builders’ use templates and suss materials.
lol okay well no. You’re entirely incorrect. We worked with an architect and created custom blueprints from a floor plans that I had created in an excel sheet over around 5 years because I have loved drawing and playing with floor plans since I was in elementary school. I would doodle little plans, discuss with my husband, and then I’d play more until we ended up with a whole plan. The architect took it, made a few suggestions here and there, and then we took it to a builder. We hired all the trades ourselves, I designed my kitchen and our bathroom myself. We get a ton of compliments. It’s full of real wood, natural materials, and tall walls and windows and lots of light and space.
Sometimes you can just take what people say here and believe they are telling you the real truth about their life.
No shoes indoor in my country ( Norway).
Tradesmen will remove their shoes as a matter of course, if they come to do electrical or plumbing work.
I know zero people with shoes indoors. (It would be ridiculously rude to wear outside shoes indoors.)
I grew up in a historic home, no shoes.
Tradesmen dont just put booties on over their shoes like at US daycares?
Nope. The blue plastic covers you’ll find in gyms and late stage building sites with clean zones. I suppose the police might have them, but’s that’s based on tv, not any sort of experience 😂
We are shoes on (although to be honest 99% of the time I change to rubber flip flops indoors so maybe that doesn’t count?) and I swear to G0d, the wood floors in our 70-year-old home look just fine.
When somebody says “no shoes inside”, in my mind they mean no OUTDOOR shoes inside. Changing into slippers or other indoor shoes is not wearing shoes inside. When you get home you take you outside shoes off, your coat, you might change clothes, but you can certainly wear inside shoes (including stilettoes, if that’s your jam).
So your 99 % rubber fliplop habit = no shoes indoor.
I don’t know if a 1950s tract house counts as a “historic home,” but I don’t enforce shoes-off in our house because it’s not a big deal to me to sweep and mop periodically. Most of my family members take their shoes off and walk around barefoot anyway, but I wear my “indoor shoes” pretty much all the time (Crocs sandals). We’re WASPs and WASP-adjacent GenXers. I grew up in a super-white suburb and the only people who insisted on shoes off in the 1980s-90s were the moms who had white carpets.
As an adult, I don’t mind taking my shoes off at another person’s home if I get notice or can borrow guest slippers.
I have a historic home and I switch to indoor only shoes in my home because I don’t like being barefoot. I don’t prevent other people from wearing shoes though. It would also be very cold in the winter without shoes because I have 100 year old floors that are very drafty.
Over the past couple of months, I’ve come to suspect that I may have some flavor of OCD. My younger sister was recently diagnosed, and we both strongly suspect that my mom has it, though she would NEVER pursue a mental health diagnosis of any kind.
I already take a low-dose SSRI for anxiety. Is there any benefit to seeing if I meet the diagnostic criteria for OCD? Or, given that I’m already in my mid-40s and basically functional enough, that I work on the specific behaviors that are causing me some difficulty?
Sometimes I wonder, though, if this is why my anxiety never completely goes away.
I was diagnosed with OCD at the ripe age of 28. Having a diagnosis doesn’t help with ‘treatment’ but when I’m being particularly anxious I can identify it ‘my OCD is acting up, this will be okay’.
I don’t think you need a diagnosis if you think you already have the tools available to address it.
I feel like your doctor is the best person to ask this question. Why not? Perhaps there’s a better medication for this particular type of anxiety or more tools. Why settle for “functional enough”? I want to function optimally. You don’t have to commit to getting an official diagnosis, but it’s great to ask some questions and see where the answers take you.
How can you tell when your gut feeling about your man and another woman is indication that something is amiss, and when is it irrational jealousy that you just need to ignore?
Are you usually right, or are you usually irrationally jealous? You know your own history better than internet strangers, so I would look back objectively at your own track record and assume this gut feeling is in line. (FWIW, this internet stranger thinks you’re probably right.)
Are you a person who’s prone to irrational jealousy? If this isn’t your normal reaction, then I’d give it more weight that if you are always jealous and insecure in a relationship.
Have you had unfounded or untrue thoughts of jealousy before, or is this new? If it’s new, then you should be on alert.
I’ve been with my husband for over 20 years, and we’ve been married for 15. I’m confident he’s never cheated on me, but I’ve had the feeling that something was amiss or inappropriate a few times. If I perceived his attraction to another woman, I knew it in the way he talked about them–too intense, usually disguised in wanting to help them, but in ways that were too much for the actual relationship. If it was (at least perceived) feelings on another woman’s side, it was when she’d go out of her way to try to be alone with DH.
DH and I are very honest with each other, and not once has he told me I’m irrationally jealous when I’ve said something felt off. I trust my instincts, and I bet yours are pretty good too.
If he brings her up too often in conversations with you, if he has too much interest in her life, if he brightens up when talking about her or has a certain charge. If when they interact he laughs too hard at her jokes or seems to be looking at her too long (or conversely, frequently looking away bashfully), or if he is trying to talk to her for a long time at a party rather than mingling. If they text one on one in a conversational way, not just about logistics.
I haven’t had my husband have this vibe with another woman (yet, though I’m sure it could) but I’ve definitely sensed it from other partnered men towards me. Fleeting attraction is normal, but he should be avoiding her if he feels he is attracted to her, not indulging it.
Can you give us more details on the relationship you’re sensing?
Yeah I think if depends on whether you have a history of irrational jealousy. I would listen to my gut on this but I’ve been with my husband over 20 years and have never felt worried (and he has a lot of female friends and colleagues) so I know I don’t overreact.
I agree that whether you are prone to irrational jealousy is something to consider, but I just want to chime in to say that jealous women can still get cheated on. So it’s worth looking at the concrete facts of his behavior to see if there is anything you can actually point to. If there is, it’s worth exploring.
I’ve never once had a fear about him and another woman, so I’d take my gut pretty seriously if it was telling me something was off.
A friend of mine is getting divorced soon – the court keeps pushing the date. What’s something nice I can send her? She doesn’t drink, is vegan, has to sell the house at some point in the future. Flowers seem dumb.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/gifts-for-divorced-people/
Is there a cinnaholic in the city your friend lives? If so cinnaholic delivery is a winner.
Vegan baked goods or a spa gift certificate.
Fancy loungewear (like a cashmere pants and top set). If that’s too much, even just a cozy, slightly fancy sweatshirt is nice.
lol no do not buy a vegan cashmere
Fair point. But the idea is still a good one — nice loungewear is a treat.
I like this idea but maybe not cashmere unless you know she wears wool?
Epsom salt bath bombs or some self-care products.
What about taking her out for a drink or dinner? Getting divorced was a lonely time in my life.
+1
Take her out to a good vegan restaurant, none of this one ‘option’ nonsense
Call her often – presence is one of the biggest gifts you can give someone during a difficult time.
I’m the OP – we don’t live in the same city so I can’t take her out unfortunately. But is there anything I could get her that would make it easier to be with people? There should be like a book club that you can only be a part of via subscription just so people can gift it. She is very involved politically.
I’m mid-40s, haven’t applied for a job in a decade, and the situation at my current place is getting desperate and I need out. Can the hive answer some questions for me?
Is this a suitable resume template for mid-40s, JD-preferred? Is it too casual? https://tinyurl.com/ycm9ytd6 (It’s a link to Canva)
Are we allowed to use a smidge of color, like printing our name in blue?
Do we address shortfalls/mismatches directly in cover letters? The job I’m applying for is state widgets, and I’ve been working only on federal widgets for the last decade.
If you have a burner email and want to read my resume, please post it and I’ll send it to you. I’m worried it’s too short / not detailed enough, but I don’t want to be that person who can’t shut up.
Thanks, hive.
I can’t read the link but I would stick to basic black, yes to addressing shortfalls, and I think if you can make it fit on one page it’s generally fine.
For those in California, how are you voting on Prop 50?
Yes, all the way.
I am voting against gerrymandering any chance I get. This is the chance I’ve got.
I am voting for. We have to counter Texas.
Move to Texas and vote against their gerrymandering there. Don’t make our state a mess too because you’re mad about someone else’s politics.
People in Texas were not asked to vote.
I hate it – but we cannot keep playing by flag football rules when the other side is playing tackle. If red states get to gerrymander their opposition party into irrelevance, then so do the blue ones.
Perfect analogy
I will never understand “they did something I think is immoral so now I’m going to do something I think is immoral, too.” Like… if it’s not a win for you on its own merits, you’re just hurting yourself in the process of attempting to hurt someone else.
Also, people in Texas voted for the officials who engaged in the gerrymandering. Go vote those people out. Don’t track Texas’s dog poop into my house.
+1 voting for Prop 50 to counter Texas and to have a shot at saving our country from the rise of authoritarianism.
I appreciate that Prop 50 sunsets itself so that after the 2030 census redistricting goes back to the independent commission.
Omg how did I not know about the sunset provision? That changes the calculus for me. We need to fight hard now.
It also only goes into effect if Texas’s does, from what I’ve read. So if they don’t, CA doesn’t.
Undecided. A big part of me wants to burn it all down.
As a purple state resident who is desperately hoping 2026 is not already rigged, please gerrymander the shit out of CA. In normal times I would be very opposed to this, but these are not normal times and we are not likely to have a democracy if we don’t fight to stop the fascists.
Agree completely. Democrats have got to stop unilaterally disarming.
Maybe it’s not “moral,” but snatching children out of their beds and zip tying them is not moral either, and if it takes the immoral act of gerrymandering to even have a chance at stopping this, well, bring on the immorality.
“Bring on the immorality” is a pretty good summation of the level of thought behind political comments here of all stripes, tbh.
Honestly, what do you suggest? Getting absolutely buried while maintaining the moral high ground?
I think folks are massively overestimating the significance of the Texas gerrymandering. But the proper remedies include (but definitely aren’t limited to) supporting legal challenges to it; supporting Texas politicians whose values you share; supporting a constitutional amendment; protesting; and boycotting Texas companies in your personal and professional life (and telling them why).
We are not suggesting going into Republican cities with military hardware, pulling kids out of bed in the middle of the night and zip tying people without any due process or warrant. It is gerrymandering – it might or not be good public policy but calling it immoral is a bit of a stretch.
It’s authoritarian by the party in control. It’s an affront to democracy.
It is amazing how so many people are willing to sell little d democratic principles out in the name of protecting democracy.
@9:20 – it’s literally up for vote. It may be a good idea or a bad idea but it is not an affront to democracy.
Voting for it is voting for an erosion of democracy. As is voting for restrictive voter ID laws. As is voting for restrictive mail in ballot laws. As is voting for any of the other many things that disenfranchise voters.
Fight for free and fair elections for all. Or we will end up with free and fair elections for none.
Also: what is going on with your governor’s race?
CA is a one-party state on the state level. They have to work out which mediocre white man gets to be governor for the next round, which is why there’s all this hubbub about Porter.
Our governor’s race is way too early for people to really be paying attention, particularly since as the other poster noted it will be a Democrat. Porter is making headlines right now for the wrong reasons (note I am not arguing she is not being treated differently than a man would, but I live in the real world). The rest of the Dems in the mix run the gamut. I am not sure where “mediocre white man” is coming from – Antonio Villaraigosa, Xavier Becerra and Tony Thurmand hardly qualify as mediocre or white and Toni Adkins and Betty Yee are serious candidates. Other than Stephen Cloobeck (who does not stand a chance as far as I can tell), is there even a white man running?
If I had to make a bet right now it would be Villaraigosa, partly because this would be the end of his political career and Californians like a candidate who is not using it as a stepping stone, but given how far out the election is that is really just reading tea leaves.
+1 to all of this
The Supreme Court has essentially said that redrawing district lines for political reasons is not illegal. So, why wouldn’t California do it, especially since Texas went out of their way to do it, regardless of what the constituents wanted? Those who oppose the current administration can take a principled stand against 50, but it is only going to mean you are voting for keeping the current state of politics. I vote yes on 50.
Ah yes, I look to the Supreme Court to decide what I think on political questions. They haven’t gotten anything wrong yet!
If the Democrat party isn’t willing to fight for its voters, what’s going to become of it? My voting district in NC was wiped off the map by Republican gerrymandering. If the idea is that it’s only a fair fight if both sides get to gerrymander, then that certainly does sound fairer than only the Republicans benefiting?
I don’t want anyone fighting to suppress the voice of my neighbor even if I disagree with them. That is a party that is out of alignment with my values. Are you saying you do?
I just want my voting district back.
How was your district originally drawn?
Hell yes. Already voted, it’s already been received and counted.
👏👏 thank you! From a swing purple state!
Yes. We can’t bring a knife to a fight involving firearms.
Yeah, let’s lean in to the 2A analogy. The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gerrymander is a good guy with a gerrymander, right?
Fine with me. And I think we should interpret the 2A strictly, in keeping with the original intent of the founders. One smooth-bore musket per person!
I don’t think you understand the canons of construction or what a “strict interpretation” means.
Also, if you want to embrace that style of constitutional interpretation, go off, but it’s going to end very, very, very poorly for you with regard to women’s rights (and minority rights, if applicable to you).
YES!
100% yes
I bought a plain black vintage gucci purse on sale and while it’s still used, it cleaned up/conditioned nicely. but i almost never wear plain black so i’m thinking about accessorizing it with a colorful strap or charm or something. what’s in? what doesn’t look like a child decorated it? TIA
A scarf on the strap looks much more classy to me than charms.
I love a twilly wrapping the handle.
I used to live in New York City 15 years ago and am now visiting for a couple of days on a work trip for the first time since moving to California.
I will have part of one evening and one morning available, staying near Times Square. I love spicy food (Thai, Indian, Mediterranean), parks, historic sites and repertory theatre + unique experiences. I’m so nostalgic for the feel of the city but many of the actual restaurants I used to frequent are probably gone.
I looked at the City guide this site published, including restaurant recommendations. Give me suggestions of how to spend my time? Last minute Broadway tickets, or very New York things to do?
I really enjoyed eating at a Korean tofu house and seeing the Korean section. I’m always up for a Broadway play and one of the museums. Check MoMA and the Met for what is on display now.
Broadway is always a good idea.
When are you coming? I can provide better theater recs with more detail but have heard really wonderful things about Liberation, Oratorio for Living Things (Off-Broadway at Signature Theatre), Ragtime, and The Brothers Size. There are a lot of serviceable Thai places on 10th ave in the theatre district, but I’m no expert. Here are a couple of recs https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/dining/dinner-and-a-show-and-a-little-hustle-near-the-theater-district.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sE8.gl_C.F0N3B82iSVBv&smid=url-share
Is there a cheat sheet somewhere for what all of those routine bloodwork panels in MyChart mean when what conditions each may be a tipoff for? I now have a family history of two different things that I want to make sure I’m alert to. Fun times.
…google anything that’s out of range. It isn’t rocket science.
+1 this is what I always do.
Be careful, though, because I think there’s more to assessing someone’s health and risk for things than a panel of numbers. If one of your numbers is a little out of whack, there may be other things that need to be considered before you worry about that number.
In other words, discuss with your doctor.
kat posted this a few years ago
https://corporette.com/how-much-do-you-keep-track-of-your-health-stats/
You can try looking up the two different conditions you have a family history for in Medscape to see what the work up involves.
I request to have my blood drawn a week in advance of my annual physical so I can use my office time to discuss blood work and ask follow up questions.
Maybe this strategy would be helpful for you in the future also?
My doctor schedules all testing in advance, as you suggest, and it makes the actual appointment so much more valuable.