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Bar exams have just wrapped up around the country, which means we’ve got a brand-new crop of baby lawyers relaxing for the first time in months and getting ready to start new jobs any moment now. If they’re anything like I was, they’re very excited for the next chapter and absolutely up to their ears in student debt.
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I wore Gap pants almost exclusively for my first few years of business casual, and these high-rise, slightly flared trousers look like a great option. Plus, they come in three different inseams, so you can save some money on tailoring.
The pants are $39-$47, marked down from $79, at Gap and come in sizes 0-20 in regular, tall, and petite inseams.
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- Target – Car-seat trade-in event through 9/28 — bring in an old car seat to get a 20% discount on other baby/toddler stuff.
- White House Black Market – 40% off select styles
Outdoor Help
We are refreshing the outside of our home – new paint, more modern style/ fixtures (porch pillars, lighting, trim, garage doors). We have a covered porch (rectangular in shape) , and I want to order some new, very hardy furniture, as we live in the frozen tundra and this will be outdoors all year long. I am thinking two chairs and a table in between on top of an outdoor runner rug and new tall planters on either side of front door. If you have a specific brand or retailer recommendations for any of these items, especially ones that can take cold, snowy weather and still look good, please let me know. Avoiding farmhouse style; need something more mid-century modern to transitional. Willing to spend on quality, especially if it will last, so budget not top priority.
anon
We have a set of chairs and table on our deck that are made from cast aluminum. We’re in the Midwest where it can get very hot and very cold. This set has last over 10 years. They do get covered in the winter. Since it’s August, you might not find a lot of inventory now. I would suggest looking in person at items at Lowes or Home Depot. Macys also has outdoor furniture.
test run
We have chairs and a dining table from Hay – their style is MCM and they’re powder-coated steel, not wood/plastic, which I think is more durable.
Anon
Polywood. I think the edge club chair would work, but there are a few non-farmhouse options.
Anon
+1 I have a bunch of Polywood furniture that sits out all year uncovered in very high heat and very low temps and lots of snow. They do really great. I just have to wipe them down or hose them off from dust or dirt once in a while in the summer months.
Anon
+1.
anon
This stuff is great. Pricey, but worth the investment.
An.On.
We have polywood adirondack chairs which are very comfortable. We do put them in a shed for the winter, otherwise they’re out on our uncovered patio all spring/summer/fall. Very easy to clean.
Anonymous
i keep stalking polywood stuff!!
Walnut
Polywood survives endless rain, hotter than the devils breath and frozen tundra. I’ll never buy anything else.
Chl
We like our yardbird furniture and it was founded in Minnesota and has held up great for us.
Anon
I’d avoid the rug, they get so gross too easily.
My first choice for furniture would be wrought iron. It literally wears like iron (ha) – I have some pieces from the 70s that still look good – just need a new coat of paint every few years. Absent that, I’d do the cast aluminum – our set is about 25 years old and looks good still.
Anon
Yes, I’m the 3rd generation owner of some wrought iron patio furniture. It’s great!
Anon
I have purchased through FB Marketplace, and there are often wrought iron sets available very inexpensively.
Cat
So in similar circumstances we decided to buy fully collapsible Ikea wood pieces so that we could bring them inside with no trouble once it got cold. They live outside all summer and 5 years in, still look good and feel sturdy!
Seventh Sister
We have a Room & Board table that is pretty indestructible, bought it quite a while back but I bet they have something similar now. The chairs seem to crap out pretty frequently (kids + husband who flops down on stuff) so ours are from the clearance aisle at a hardware store but they’ve lasted a few years.
Good Housekeeping
Give me your favorite make ahead easy party food ideas for a crowd. Having 3 generations of family over, small kids to 70 year olds. 20 people all together, some vegetarians but no vegans. Tiny kitchen and it’s going to be 1000 degrees this weekend so not cooking dinner and this is a midday thing anyway but we do need to feed folks. Thinking I will put out some apps/sides and make a dessert ahead of time and then order some take out platters from a local restaurant as the main. So far I know I’m making a large salad and maybe another grain salad, and then thinking a trifle for dessert. What else should I have on hand for when everyone first arrives?
Anonymous
I would order pizza and call it a day.
Anon
Yup, easy apps and pizza and you’re good to go.
Anon100
I’d go simple – crackers, cheese, cut fruit so people can nibble but not fill up
Anon
I’m struggling to not sound snarky when I say this, so please mentally file off the rough edges:
Salad and grain salad are what you feed your book club.
Yes people of all ages, men and women, will eat salad. But with kids and men present, I would also do a charcuterie board (heavy on not-weird cheese and easy to eat meat for the kids), a fruit platter (kids love this and the older folks appreciate the hydrating foods when it’s a million degrees out), and cookies.
Anon
OP already mentioned they were buying platters for the main course. They’re looking for other additions. Why so snarky about something you didn’t bother to read?
Anon
I don’t think that comment was snarky at all.
Anon
The “snarky” comment suggested getting a charcuterie platter when OP already said they were getting takeout platters, and implied OP was only serving salads, which they clearly didn’t say.
Anon
It doesn’t imply that at all. All of the “snarky” comment’s suggestions relate to appetizers, not mains. The comment that someone would just serve pizza is way snarkier / less helpful. “Platters from a local restaurant” could mean anything from sandwiches to lasagna to Thai food.
Some people here just want to fight, ISTG. Let OP be offended if she wants to be offended. I doubt her threshold for offense will be as low as yours seems to be this morning.
Anon
Honestly when people come here with questions that are making mountains out of molehills and worrying about something not worth worrying about when there’s an easy solution, sometimes snark is deserved.
Anon
I said that I was trying to say this in a way that isn’t snarky. Ironic that you missed that when raking me over the coals for my alleged inability to read.
Good Housekeeping
OP here. Didn’t take it as snarky! Didn’t take the pizza comment as snarky either. And not “worrying” about anything. Everyone has a different standard for what they would like to do when entertaining. I like to go beyond the bare minimum, so don’t want to just order pizza and call it a day – not that there is anything wrong with that – but also want to make this as easy as possible on myself so I can actually be present to spend time with family and not cooking things last minute in my kitchen.
Not opposed to a charcuterie board. Not sure why any of this needs to be loaded. Keep other ideas coming please!
Anon
GH – had I said that in person, tone and inflection would have carried the day. Just worried that in writing, it would have come off rudely.
Anon
Chips and salsa or cowboy caviar, carrots and ranch, fruit salad, cold drinks, maybe some meats and cheeses. Keep it cold and low effort.
I agree with the other person who said that a grain salad and green salad don’t sound like appetizers for this sort of thing, but you know your family!
Anon
The basic, classic apps for things like this: salsa and chips, veggie tray, cheese and crackers. These have been stalwarts for generations for a reason.
Anon
Also you do you but trifle sounds to much for something like this. Make a tray of brownies or cookies in advance and serve that
Anonymous
My first thought was trifle sounds messy and hard to serve buffet style (although delicious!), so I agree with cookies or brownies. Or pound cake – something that can be eaten with one hand.
Anon
Right – no one goes to a family BBQ to be impressed by the food. They go for the company! Just make something easy that’s finger food / BBQ friendly!
Jamie
My mom makes a chess cake from a lemon supreme cake mix that ends up being like bars….so refreshingly different in the lemon flavor but bite-size enough to eat without a lot of mess. I also love oreo ‘truffles’ which are really crushed oreos mixed with 1 block of cream cheese, rolled into balls & frozen then dipped in melted chocolate (milk, white, or dark) and re-frozen then stored in the fridge. Super easy to make and almost everyone enjoys them. Sounds like a good party, no matter the food choices you pick! Hope it’s fun for you and your family.
Anon
I make the Baker’s One Bowl brownies sans nuts for just about every gathering and they’re always a hit.
A
Also,if it’s really hot, trifle will curdle, real cream
Be easier to make brownies where high temperatures won’t hurt it
Anon
Fruit skewers are so good for this kind of thing.
You also can do caprese skewers if it’s still tomato time in your area.
Anon
You have easy things like jarred salsa + chips, cheese and crackers, a veggie tray, nuts, whatever out when people get there. You can order the salad with whatever you order to make one. Then do an easier dessert like a tray of brownies made from a box. A cooler with water, soda, and beer and you’re good to go.
Anon
Pigs in a blanket.
Anon
Everyone loves pigs in a blanket, but honestly when I’m hosting I can’t even be bothered to do an oven app so I just stick with salsa or guac and chips, Boursin and crackers, or crudite (or, really, all 3).
Katie
I love a hearty pasta salad at a BBQ! l make an Italian one with tricolor rotini, mozz and pepperoni cut up small, add black olives and toss with Italian herbs and vinaigrette dressing. Easy and filling but the vinaigrette won’t get icky in the heat the way mayo-based salads can. Also nice to add some chopped red bell peppers if you like those.
Senior Attorney
I was gonna suggest pigs in a blanket. Who doesn’t love that?
Anon
I disagree with the person who says you have to serve heaps of meat, but I do think it works better if you serve food that people can nibble at rather than food that requires a fork. So unless you actually expect everyone to be sitting down for a meal the entire time, veggies and dips are better than a green salad and cookies or bars are better than trifle (though ice cream sundaes or ice cream sandwiches also sound kinda fun on a hot day). Watermelon or cherries or other fruit also sound good and agree with chips and guacamole or cowboy caviar or pita chips and hummus or something along those lines.
Anon
Sometimes I think the questions here are from aliens spending their first day on earth. Like have you never hosted or attended a casual BBQ before?
Party food should be easy to eat while mingling – chips and salsa, veggies and dip, crackers and hummus or cheese, if you’re feeling fancy heat up some frozen apps like pigs in a blanket or mini quiches or shrimp cocktail. Sandwiches, pizza, burgers and dogs are classic meal options for a reason. An easy dessert like cookies, brownies, or popsicles since it will be hot. Sliced fruit is good. Coolers with drinks.
Anon
What is up with everyone today? OP is crowdsourcing some ideas for a summer party menu, which is a totally fine question to ask. The first paragraph of your response was completely unnecessary.
Anon
She’s looking for inspiration. A lot of people enjoy talking about food and recipes.
PolyD
Right? There seems to be a weird trend lately, not just here but in other social media, that asking questions about anything is wrong because I guess you can just google or AI it? I’ve had lots of successful parties but sometimes I still like to ask for food ideas because maybe other people have ideas or recipes that I haven’t come across, or maybe some tips that ChatGPT hasn’t learned yet.
What is the point of being on social media if you aren’t going to, you know, be social and interact with people? Asking questions is a big part of that, otherwise I guess people just want to lecture others? So odd.
Anon
Sometimes I think the commenters here are aliens. Have you never had a conversation with another human before?
Anonymous
Eh this is very uncharitable. Most usual family BBQ foods are kind of boring I can totally see myself sitting down to plan a menu and not being impressed with my own lack of creativity so asking for ideas.
Good Housekeeping
OP again. I never said BBQ! We don’t even have a backyard.
As for the trifle – it’s a dump dessert in a big glass bowl that I can serve in pretty but disposable paper cups. Self serve with a spoon.
IME, it’s way less messy than a bunch of brownie or cookie crumbs all over my house because whereas most people can manage to eat things with a spoon, they tend to drop crumbly things even if they’re careful.
Anonymous Canadian
Oooh trifle in pretty paper cups sounds fun actually. I was going to suggest ice cream sandwiches or something but assumed the party was outside. As someone who lives far from their family but fondly remembers big multi-gen gatherings, I’d like to tell you that your work will result in some fond memories for those kids when they are old ladies like me.
Anon88
Sounds like a job for charcuterie. Or if you’re feeling fancy, watermelon, feta, mint skewers with balsamic glaze.
Anon
Hi, yes, I’d like to come to your party. OP, this skewers idea might be the sweet spot of no heat + slightly elevated that it sounds like you’re looking for!
Anecdata
I would go for the easiest-to-prep fruits: maybe blueberries, grapes – a watermelon if you can delegate chopping to someone, just to be easier than skewers or a platter with a bunch of fruit that all need their own prep
Anan
+1 for fruit. This time of year, I always have watermelon at all my gatherings.
Anon
Black bean salsa – it’s cheap, easy, filling and a great way to use up stuff I always have in my fridge.
Pasta salad that’s just bow-tie pasta, halved cherry tomatoes, green onions, feta, black olives and balsamic salad dressing.
Anon
+1 to an easy pasta salad. Mine is pretty similar (tri color rigatoni, sliced cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, black olives, feta, red onions and Italian dressing), but I think I’d like to try it with balsamic dressing next time! Thanks for the idea.
roxie
LOVE a cold pasta salad during summer events!
Gail the Goldfish
I’m strongly of the opinion there is nothing that is not improved by balsamic. i usually do olive oil + balsamic in my pasta salads.
Anon
It’s a dupe of Publix deli’s pasta salad from when I worked there in the early 2000s. I hate olives, so got the “recipe” such as it was from the deli manager and started making my own olive-free version. Sometimes I’ll add other stuff like pimentos or artichoke hearts. Can’t really go wrong.
nuqotw
I am always grateful in these situations for cut up veggies and an uncontroversial dip. For some reason, my vegetable eating kid will eat carrot sticks and raw broccoli despite holding a firm belief that salad, especially dressed salad, is poison.
Anon
+1 to cut up veggies and cut up fruit. My kid also thinks dips/dressings are poison (yes, even ranch) so being able to get some carrots or pepper sticks into him is a win at family bbq’s.
Anon
Watermelon or fruit salad is so nice when it’s hot. Plus it’s popular with little kids.
Anon
Caprese salad. Put some toasted bread or garlic crackers on the side so people can turn it into bruschetta. Pesto pasta salad with cherry or sun dried tomatoes. Pound cake (the freezer section at your grocery store probably sells it) topped with sliced strawberries, can of whipped cream on the side. Sliced cucumbers with feta. Fruit tray from the grocery store. Chips, salsa, and guacamole.
An.On.
This our family’s normal app spread:
deviled eggs
antipasto skewers
tortilla chips & salsa/guac
fresh cut veggies and dip
fruit tray
I’d also swap the trifle for an easier dessert: box mix brownies or cake, or pound cake/whipped cream/strawberries. The eggs and skewers require some prep work, but everything can be made ahead of time and chilled until serving.
txatty
I know I have posted this here before but it is really good. Ideally give it 4-24 hours in the fridge to marinate and come together before serving
https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/110061/healthy-garden-salad/
I often add jalopenos or serranos for some heat
Anon
Put out some quiches. They’re ok at room temp and good for a crowd.
Bagels with all the fixings have also been popular for large gatherings at my home. Have coffee in an urn with cream and sugar handy.
Anonymous
Room temp eggs? Yuck.
Anon
You’re a dummy.
Anon
So you’ve never had a good quiche? Perfectly tasty at room temp. Ditto deviled eggs. And hard boiled eggs.
anon
I’m a big fan of interactive/build your own kind of food for these crowds. Love a fruit/cheese/charcuterie platter. A mini street taco platter has been a fun activity i’ve done, one or two meets, tortillas, and some store bought toppings. For desert, ice cream social is a big hit, making brownies or cookies, having a few different toppings so people can build their own. Or doing ahead something already in cups for ease of serving, so instead of one big trifle something like plastic dirt cups, banana pudding, etc. Also, i’ve done popsicle floats, where you have different sodas and popsicles and people mix and match. I put the ice cream/popsicles in a big bucket we have filled with ice, so they can stay cold long enough to serve.
Anon
I have been in private legal practice my entire career. I recently applied for an in house job and have a screening interview with the company’s recruiter next week. It’s been so long since I’ve done any interviews, and I’ve never interviewed for an in house position. Any advice on what to expect and any tips? Thank you!
Anon
My biggest tips are to know something about what the company does (I know this sounds obvious, but you’d be surprised). Second is to make sure you’re not sounding as if you want to switch to in-house work as a sabbatical or that the work is easier.
Cat
+1
for the recruiter you can ask about how the department is organized (gives you a sense of reporting structure and also advancement) and why there is an opening (like did someone retire or did they leave)
A
Practice! Literally have a friend or SO practice interview you. It’s awkward but so worth it. And write up potential questions and practice saying your answers on your own.
Anon
Bonus points if you have any friends who are now in house who can do this.
anon
There are lots of good resources out there about interviewing for an in-house role. I would review those if you haven’t already. Key thing is to be aware of how the role of an in-house lawyer differs from private practice and adjust your answers (and the questions you ask the recruiter) accordingly. Expect to be asked why you want to make the switch and make sure you have a convincing story. I know this sounds obvious but it’s really important at my company, and as I’m sure you know something more than “billing is awful/firms are awful/I’m not making partner” isn’t really enough (not saying that’s your situation, but no company wants to just be a dumping ground for firm castoffs.) Be able to explain how your experience and skills translate, especially if not an obvious 1:1 match for the role. When I made the jump, I printed out the job posting and went through each substantive topic/skillset and brainstormed about my past experience and came up with specific examples, which was both very helpful for me to prepare and painted a good picture for the recruiter/members of the legal department. I’m interviewing candidates for a junior attorney role right now and I’m finding that lots of applicants aren’t giving me much in the way of specifics about what they’ve done, despite prompting. For example, I want to know what *your* role was on xyz deal/matter/investigation, not just that you “represented Fortune 500 company” in mergers and acquisitions as stated on your resume. And this is particularly true if the legal department is small, but in-house departments also appreciate people who demonstrate willingness/ability to dig in and roll up their sleeves, learn new areas of law/the business, and who aren’t afraid to take on tasks that may not be within their existing skillset.
Anon
Screening is typically with a recruiter. Have some sense of how you’d answer salary questions and willingness to go into the office. Know your resume. Second the comments about asking about structure and also level of the role. Ask for insight on the team, are they respected and integrated into decision making (you’d be surprised at what recruiting knows). Have a reason for why you want to work at that company specifically. If they see themselves as mission driven, be inspired by that.
Anon
GC here and if you advance past recruiting figure out a way to demonstrate that you understand the art of legal practice, not just the science of it. I’m looking for people who know their practice area but also can come up with creative solutions that are risk based and not just adhering to the letter of the law. They also explain complex concepts easily and understand that they need to work with their business clients to get something done, not get in the way.
Anon
My husband was in-house with a Fortune 50 company for a number of years, and this was his pet peeve about outside counsel. Some law firms are notorious for telling you what the law is but refusing to craft a solution to the problem. It was almost like the bigger the law firm, the less helpful they were.
Anon
I need to sign up for a breast pump through insurance. Everyone says to get a spectra, but which one is the model that everyone likes? I’ll be pumping at home most of the time because I work from home, but it would also be nice to have something that’s not too heavy and bulky for any travel.
Bette
Spectra S1 – having it run on battery is invaluable even for just being able to move around in your house.
Also, buy a pumping bra so you don’t have to hold the flanges to your chest at all times.
Finally, the flanges come in sizes. Two different sizes come with spectra but there is a broader range of sizes available for purchase online. Google how to measure to find the right size.
Also, if you a pumping regularly it’s worth it to have two sets of all of the parts that need to be washed and multiple pumping bottles. You can keep the set that you are using for the day in the fridge and then wash in the dishwasher overnight with a heat dry setting. Washing pump parts and bottles all the time is the worst. It’s the best $50 ever spent to buy multiples of this.
Anon
Measure your flange size AFTER birth. Things may…still be changing up to that point. Otherwise, co-sign all of this!
nuqotw
+1 to the pumping bra especially. I just got the pump my insurance covered (Medela something) and it was fine.
LT
Would also recommend bringing the pumping bra with you to the hospital. I didn’t think I would need it and then wound up having to pump there to encourage my milk supply and it was so annoying to have to hold them on manually!
Anon
I think S1 is the model everyone has.
My insurance only covered a Medela Pump in Style Advanced so I just got that and it was totally fine. A pump is a pump, it’s never going to be fun like a new pair of shoes. I think the main thing about the Spectras is that they’re quieter. But unless you care about that a lot, I would just get what your insurance covers for free. It wasn’t worth paying extra (or wasting my time fighting my insurance, since time is money) for the fancier pump.
Anon
My insurance covered the S2 but not the S1 (no idea why), and it was great. I agree with getting whatever is free. If you’re exclusively pumping, you’ll probably buy a second pump down the line that solves for whatever your biggest problem is, but you won’t know what that is until you get into it. So go free for the first one.
anon
If you don’t like the options from your insurance, pick one, donate it to your local domestic violence shelter and buy the one you actually like.
Anon
Nice idea in theory but I doubt it will work in practice. Shelters generally can’t accept pumps because they don’t know if it’s been used and if it’s been used there are health risks. (I just googled my local women’s shelters and all of them have “breast pumps” on their “items we do not accept” lists).
Anon
The S1 and S2 are the same, the only difference is the plug. My tip with breast pump shopping is to reach out to your insurance and get a list of their approved providers. When I comparison shopped, approved vendors had different selections (some had more options) and even the same pump at different prices/upcharge fees. If you can buy from anywhere, you have even better options.
JTM
I had both an S1 and an S2 and I preferred my S1 for the portability factor, but the S2 is great too if you can be near an outlet. Agree with the suggestion to get a hands-free pumping bra, it makes life so much easier.
Anon
I’m currently pumping and I picked a Spectra S9 portable this time around. It was about $100 upgrade with my insurance coverage. Last go around pumping I had the old style medela that has since been discontinued and by the end of one year it was kind of dying, so I thought dual motors and the back flow protection would be a good investment. I wanted something smaller than the S1 and S2. I didn’t realize it actually has less features. The battery life is pretty long and it’s nice having something that’s smaller to office, etc. If I were to do this over again, I think I would possibly consider going to the S1 (still rechargeable) and buy a Momcozy or babby budda out of pocket for something more compact for after milk supply was established and I was on the go.
If you have options on where to buy your pump, I used Aeroflow to buy my breast pump. I was pleasantly surprised that they make it really simple to re-order replacement parts every very couple of weeks and they usually bundle in extra milk bags, etc. They send a reminder email and it’s probably two clicks to get new parts in the mail. All of it gets charged and covered by insurance, so it feels “free”.
Anon
Thanks all! It looks like the Spectra S1 is the upgrade pick for $65 out of pocket – worth it over the fully covered S2?
Anona
I personally think so if you want any sort of flexibility. Like you, I mostly pumped at home, but to be able to it in the comfortable chair or use it in a car, made a big difference!
Anon
I’ve been traveling a lot and otherwise having a very fun, but busy summer. I have a shockingly free weekend this weekend and want to spend some time kind of “resetting” before I dive into the chaos of the next few months (I think this is my only free weekend til the end of October). I’m not feeling overwhelmed, but I know a deep clean / organize, at home spa day, schedule out and plan some workouts and outfits, meal prep + freeze weekend would probably do me some good.
When you have a weekend like this, what do you find gets you the most bang for your buck?
Anon
I’d wash all the big stuff that you may not have gotten to recently (comforters, pillows, blankets, bath mats) or take them to the laundromat to get it all done in one shot.
Maybe start a list of Xmas gifts that you can then pick up at the Labor Day sales. I’d definitely try to sort out/drop off donations, drop off any dry-cleaning or tailoring (those literally languish in my closet for weeks at a time!), and plan out your outfits. If there are any travel size toiletries or other travel items you need grab them in person or order them.
I don’t love freezer meals but if you do I’d focus on sauces/soups/stews vs. pasta bakes.
anon
Low stakes – expiration date purge. Take everything out of your pantry and throw out everything that is expired. I also write the open dates (MM/YY) for all cosmetics and skin care in Sharpie and about once a year go through and throw out everything that has been open more than its designated time.
Anon
Your fridge too. And clean your fridge and pantry when you do it!
Anon
Except that most of that stuff is perfectly okay to eat well after the expiration date. I agree about the open cosmetics, but canned goods are just fine. There are a few things that genuinely go bad (rancid), like nuts, some whole grains, and some oils, but it’s very dependent on exposure to light and heat and the expiration date isn’t really a reliable indicator for those either, though you can definitely smell it. Maybe just take the opportunity to rotate old stuff to the front and make a point of using it soon rather than wasting food? And if you have room, storing nuts and whole grain flour in the freezer or fridge will make them last much longer.
Anon
Counterpoint: if it hasn’t been used in so long that it has hit its expiration date, there is no guarantee that it will be good by the time she gets around to using it. You bought something two years ago that expired in May but isn’t rancid yet. If you might not use it for another year, just toss it. It won’t be cluttering up your cabinet, and you won’t think that you have this random ingredient in hand when it’s actually gone rancid.
Anonymous
I ate a salad the other night that tasted awful. Realized afterward that the walnut bag I opened had expired more than a year ago. So, so gross.
Anon
Yeah, nuts go rancid pretty quickly, as do nut oils (and all oils, eventually). I can’t even buy peanut oil because my nose detects that first whiff of rancidity pretty soon after the first use.
Anon
You can eat the expired stuff, 10:50. Enjoy your day or two in the bathroom.
Anon
Even the USDA agrees that expiration dates are useless: https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2013/06/27/you-toss-food-wait-check-it-out
But the nuts and other things that go rancid can actually go bad BEFORE the expiration date, in just a few months if it’s warm in your kitchen or they were stored for a while before you bought them.
Cat
would not do: deep clean (you can pay someone for this) or spending an entire day meal prepping (just make triple batches of whatever along the way, and you have instant meal prep for minimal extra effort).
would do:
– take stock of your travel supplies and see what needs replenishing; give stuff like packing cubes, eye masks, etc. a wash (if you’re like me and they end up just stashed in your suitcase for the next trip)
– are there any fall appointments you need to make (e.g., having your HVAC serviced, annual dr’s appointments etc) that you’ll suddenly be scrambling to make if you ignore until November?
– any errands that have piled up? Online returns, dry cleaning, etc?
Anon
I bundled a set of errands last weekend (hardware store run, tailor for alterations, staples run, dry cleaners, and groceries). All in it took me 90 minutes. I’d been procrastinating on those errands for oh…6 weeks (not the groceries, but the rest of it). It’s amazing how much I’d built all of that up in my head to be this huge insurmountable list of tasks that would eat up my entire Saturday and it was just…not a big deal.
Anon
Do The Thing!
Anonymous
Getting up early! I need to wake up early, get out of the house to get an iced tea, and come back and hit the ground running. Now is also a great time to look at your summer clothes and weed out stuff that just isn’t getting worn.
Anon
Something I always mean to do every fall is wash/dryclean all my coats/scarves/gloves/hats/etc.
Anon
+1 – it makes a huge difference in the longevity of your outerwear!
anon
might i suggest that you do this every spring instead of fall so things don’t sit dirty? you have a better chance of getting stains out if it doesn”t sit for 6 months…. i usually do it in april and then even if there are a few cold days and i wear it again it’s gone away mostly clean.
Cat
+1, this is an April task for me.
Anon
That’s a lot of things to cram into one weekend!!
Anon
A friend just asked me to donate to a crowdfunding campaign for his short film, which is a first for me. Anyone here ever donated to one? How much did you give? Is there an etiquette around this type of request?
Anon
I have a very small amount for stuff like this, like 50 bucks.
Anecdata
Anything you feel like – I think I would do $20. An assuming this was in a bulk format (like a mass email). It’s also fine not to give if you don’t want to or can’t afford to. Maybe for calibration, I would treat this along the same lines as “friend is running a marathon and raising $ for xyz cause”
anon
+1
anon
Assuming that the friend is doing a low budget moving, I would do a nominal amount – $25 or $50, and no more than $500 if its your BFF. Making big contributions (e.g., ones that include a comma) are typically done as a proper investor in the film, not crowd funded.
Anon
I keep a small line item in my budget each year for miscellaneous fundraisers, charity donations at my friends’ requests, etc. Usually I give $50 from this bucket for requests from close friends, $20 for more distant acquaintances or colleagues, and then put whatever is leftover towards my office neighbor’s Girl Scout cookie order each year.
curious
I have a friend who always gives her age in dollars (i.e. $37 when she is 37 years old) when asked to donate to something by a friend/colleague. I personally just do $50 because it’s easy, but if you want some kind of method, you could do this. I think it maybe helped more when we were young and poor.
Anon
I would probably give nothing. I’m fine donating if a friend is running a race for a charity, but this somehow feels different. More like you are directly funding his hobby.
Anon
I agree with this. It would depend on the circumstances but I wouldn’t give any more than $50 for a close friend. I’d probably give $20 since it does sound more like supporting a hobby.
Anonymous
I think an exception to this is when a film “needs to be made.” For example, a friend of mine made a movie about a very important social issue in the Middle East, where his family originated, and I felt like it was giving to a cause rather than paying for his hobby. And the film ended up being a full-blown documentary on the festival circuit.
Anonymous
I was recently invited to a white tie event to be held over the holidays. In preparation for the event, in a couple of weeks, there will be a dance party/lessons in ballroom dancing. The dance party is not white tie but I have no clue what the dress code will be. I have asked for more information but nothing yet.
I’m short, usually a size 12, and currently doing IVF so I’m bloated, have gained weight, and not exactly feeling great in my body. I’m hopeful that I might be pregnant by the holidays (first or early second trimester so I might not be showing). Most white tie appropriate gowns are very fitted but I’m so not feeling that right now. A night where I can look and feel beautiful sounds both refreshing and terribly intimidating, if that makes any sense. Money is also a concern, this treatment is expensive af, but I could do like $500 for the gown (it’ll need to be tailored too, probably another $100-200 for just hemming) and hopefully I can wear something I already have for the dance party. What do I wear to these two events?
Anon
I think this is what dress rental services are made for. I’d look for a gown you like on RTR or wherever you prefer starting in the fall, and I’d plan to do the option where you get a few dresses for a month so you can order more than one thing, since it sounds like your body size and shape may be changing. I’m not sure on the dance party, but I bet others will have great advice.
More importantly, good luck with the IVF!!
Anonymous
Agree on the rental- when I was a bridesmaid at 5 months pregnant (and had no idea what size I would be for the wedding) the bridesmaids all agreed to wear the twobirds convertible dress, and it honestly looked gorgeous on all of us. There are a ton of ways to style it.
NaoNao
If you can find a taffeta or wild silk/silk moire/textured silk spinnaker or tent dress in a beautiful color (like your most flattering color ever) that’s floor length + a gorgeous and very distracting pair of shoes/bracelet/hair ornament I’d look for that. Anthropologie is great at this type of thing, and I’d also look for Neiman Marcus, they do cater to an older monied crowd so they often have looser, more flowing evening gowns in larger sizes.
Basically lean into the volume aspect and go super-big and billowy, channel Tessa Thompson on the red carpet.
For the dancing lessons, I’d look for a mini dress in same–a loose tent dress above the knee in a really pretty color, maybe pleated so it spins and twirls with you.
Anon
Neiman Marcus is currently having a big sale, it might be worth checking out their evening gown selection as last year’s winter gowns will be included in the sale.
Anon
I wore this while pregnant: https://www.bloomingdales.com/shop/product/aqua-pleated-shimmer-gown-100-exclusive?ID=3293041 . It worked well, super flattering and the pleats kind of expand for more room as necessary. You would need to hem it and likely shorten the straps.
Sierra Madre, Treasure of
Oh that is a great dress. I bet you looked amazing!
Anonymous
For the dance lesson/party I’d wear a flowy dress somewhere between knee length and midi length, with leather-soled shoes with a low stable heel that stay on your foot well. If you don’t have shoes with real leather soles then the soles should be smooth, not rubber, scuffed a bit. The level of friction you are going for is “turns easily but doesn’t slip.” If you happen to have a pair of old character shoes hanging out in the back of your closet those are perfect.
Anonymous
no advice, but this whole thing sounds so fun!
Anon
Paging shots! shots! shots!
I posted earlier this week about having our main bedroom/closet carpeting replaced. This is happening next week. My husband just saw me putting shoes/clothing in the attic and asked wtf I was doing. He then proceeded to act like needing to move clothes out of the closet was totally new information to him!! Despite us having a conversation no fewer than 3 times this week about not making plans for this weekend to prep and having cleared out the guest bedroom earlier in the summer for overflow items. I’m the one with ADHD and somehow I still have better executive function.
Anon
Gently, while your husband blanking on the plan is frustrating, you seem to be overreacting to the whole carpet installation process. One room and its closet are not that big of a deal.
If you really want to venture into your attic, your bedroom is packed to hoarder levels with stuff, or you have unusual constraints with regards to extra space for temporary storage, your prep schedule might make sense. Otherwise, just carry small and loose stuff to your guest room and tippy toe around the piles and awkwardly placed furniture for a few days. Vacuum any stray fuzzies the installers miss, and enjoy your new flooring.
Anon
We have a fairly large walk in closet of which 70% is filled with his things. On top of that his ski boots/skis/and bindings are stored under our bed to avoid temperature swings ((The attic is insulated but apparently that’s still not ok for year round ski storage? I dunno but this isn’t the hill I chose to die on). We also have 2 kids with weekend activities so yea, I’m pretty annoyed that he seems to think his things will magically transport themselves elsewhere with zero effort on his part.
Unsurprisingly 99% of our fights are about time. As in, no, you can’t play tennis or golf for 4 hours on both weekend days while I handle kid stuff. Or no, you can’t go to the gym 4 nights a week during dinner/bath time and let me do the evening routine solo. Our therapist is probably so sick of us because even though he eventually concedes that he’s being unfair and will cut back it is always on me to push back vs. him realizing, hey, maybe I shouldn’t just assume my wife can do this all solo.
Anon
First, your husband sucks and that is a whole separate can of worms.
Second, i think you are the poster below who mentions tweens and teens. (Which – that age is a bit overdue for being able to bathe themselves, no?) Anyhow, if your husband checks out, enlist the kids to help clear loose stuff from your room. His skis go in the nearest, most convenient location to drop them and if he wants them babied further he can put on his big boy pants and carry them to the attic (and back) himself. The kid ages sound perfectly capable of lugging clothing and shoes to the guest bedroom, and you can manage anything fragile or precious to you. The carpet guys are handling the big furniture, IIRC.
Once you get through the carpet installation, please take a step back and seriously look at whether you really want to continue in your current dynamic indefinitely. You sound rightfully very annoyed, but like you are too close to see that you are also enabling him to continue sloughing off his adult responsibilities all onto you.
Anon
Wait didn’t you say down thread your kids are teens / tweens? So why is bath time a big deal?
I care a lot about family dinner, but after that I see nothing wrong with going to the gym with kids of any age, but especially older ones who a) are self sufficient and b) are busy at night doing their own thing like homework or sports. For little kids I’d prefer him home most nights for family time and bed routines, but have no problem with going to the gym after that or missing that for gym or hobby a few nights
Anon
The most helpful advice! Just calm down!! It sounds like you’ve never been frustrated by a situation that would be easy for someone else, so gold star to you.
I don’t know anything about this poster, but she might not have an extra bedroom, or her attic might be easy to get into/out of.
Anon
She literally mentions her guest bedroom in this post.
Anon
Fair enough, but I stand by my point that “calm down!!!!” is beyond unhelpful.
Anon
“Calm down” had never actually calmed anyone down.
Anon
“Calm down” just pisses me off. It’s condescending.
Anon
To be fair, OP literally mentions her guest bedroom
Anon
FWIW, you are the only one who has said to just calm down.
Anonymous
I swear the average functioning of a man is still worse than an ADHD woman. Effff the patriarchy.
Anon
I love the irony of saying something sexist followed by “Efffff the patriarchy.” The patriarchy includes all stereotypes based on gender, HTH!
Anon
But it’s the patriarchy that is to blame for men who float along in marriages thinking it’s up to their wives to do everything.
Anon
I mostly agree with this sentiment, but given the anxiety evident in this and OP’s previous thread about installing carpet in one room, I kinda feel bad for the guy if he’s been living with this level of secondary angst for weeks on end.
Anon
Yeah this seems like a *lot* for just getting new carpet.
Anon
Stuck in mod but I noted that we have two kids with weekend activities and my husband has a terrible habit of vanishing for hours on the weekend to play golf/tennis and it’s ‘not a big deal!’ because they’re tweens/teens who ‘don’t need us!’. Except they don’t drive, still have weekend stuff to get to and it’s massively unfair that he just assumes I’ll take care of things around the house. Today for example he’s playing 4 hours of tennis while one kid is home sick and I’m working. So…I may be unfair in *this* situation but I’m just burnt out overall.
Anon
I can’t tell if you are the carpet OP or not. Either way, this sounds like you are long overdue having a serious talk with your husband about him growing up. You may also benefit from thinking through whether or not you want to continue putting up with his selfishness.
Anon
Sounds like you have bigger issues than the carpet.
Cat
I both sympathize with your for your in-one-ear-out-the-other husband, and think you are making a bigger production of prep than you need to. Clear the weekend for prep? This sounds like it should take an hour? Move low-hanging clothes to lay flat in piles on the guest bed for a few days, move small furniture, move any small decor?
Anon
A) I don’t think you need an entire weekend blocked off for this and I’m sure your husband was thinking the same.
B) assuming your attic is upstairs and your guest room is on the same floor, why bother taking this to the attic? Feels like an extra step (heh) that just makes things more complicated. Keep it simple!
Anon
Sympathize! Just had the conversation this week with DH that it’s not my fault if he can’t remember anything I tell him…. White men definitely have the tendency to treat the women in their personal lives as the admins.
Anon
Suggestion – why not just say hey husband, I’m taking care of my closet and the random stuff under the bed, you need to get your closet and your under bed stuff moved out by Monday? And then leave it at that.
Anon
This
SFO for one night only
Looking for last-minute restaurant recs for San Francisco. Due to a change in travel plans we’re staying there for one night tonight at the Hyatt Regency. Anything sounds good!
Anon
I’d personally cross market Street and go to the ferry building and see what you see. There’s nothing bad at the ferry building in my opinion.
Anon
Cross the Embarcadero, not market Street
Anon
I got my streets mixed up because I was going to recommend the restaurant called one market, which has been around for 30+ years and is one of my favorites. For that one you literally do cross market. It’s right across the street from the hotel.
Anon
Hinodeya!
Anon
If you mean the Hyatt Embarcadero, go to the Ferry Building. Line up for oysters at Hog Island and enjoy them looking out over the water. No reservations taken or needed.
anon
Eat in the hotel. It’s lovely there, I struggle to imagine something better is available nearby.
Anon
Oh no no no. This is not the answer.
I second the Ferry Building and Hog Island suggestions. There’s a ton of great places in there and you can walk around and decide.
I’d say no to One Market, it’s fine if you live here but like anything you’d find anywhere. For a restaurant meal, go to the bar at Boulevard (one block away at Mission and Spear).
If you want to venture a bit, North Beach is very close and has a ton of great spots, Tosca, Original Joes, Tomassos, Flour and Water. It’s an uphill walk there but you can also Uber or cab.
Closer is Kokkari, they also have a bar for walk ins and have amazing Greek food.
Whatever you do, don’t stay at the hotel.
anon
I’m assuming OP is actually staying at the Hyatt Regency at the aiport (SFO). It’s a 35 minute drive from the Ferry building and other sites people are recommending and not walkable to much nearby. But yeah, if you’re downtown OP, go explore!
Anonymous
second the ferry building. id also go to Philz for some coffee, I like the famous one with the mint
Anonymous
There is a free outdoor showing of Barbie at the ferry building tonight. I expect there will be food trucks and vendors too. Also, there is a huge farmer’s market on Saturday mornings outside the ferry building. You’re in a good spot!
Seventh Sister
Waterbar is great if you want seafood, Kokkari Estiatorio is 100% worth a cab or a ride share and my current favorite. It’s really the only “fancy” Greek restaurant I’ve ever been to, and boy, is it delicious.
Anonymous
if you could have a mansion, would you want one with like 4 bedrooms or one with like 20? it seems like there’s nothing inbetween and i always laugh when i see a 4bedroom one because the only way i would buy one is for all of us to live with aging relatives.
what else would be your top 3 mansion rooms or features? i’d want a double-story library with speakeasy type bar, an infinity pool, and a greenhouse.
Anon
Four bedrooms, for sure. I do not want to be the default location for hosting every family reunion. I also like a snugger house! I would rather have a small jewel box with everything done exquisitely.
Ideally, it would be a house that was well built in the start of the last century and has been lovingly cared for ever since. A timeless kitchen, high quality wood floors throughout, and quiet grounds and someone else to take care of them (and the house) for me.
Anon
Given my rural poor childhood, my current 4 bedroom 1909 craftsman feels like a mansion to me.
If I could add one thing (cheating because it’s two) I’d add a bigger closet for me and some sort of adjoining bathroom that’s all mine. But no plans to change anything.
I have a book-lined “office” already. It was supposed to be a small den across the foyer from the living room. When we moved in I had bookcases built to fit along three sides of the room. I’d do that again in any future house we live in. It’s where I work from home.
anon
A butler’s pantry so I could indulge in all the kitchen tools without regards to storage!
A tennis court in my backyard, disguised by tasteful landscaping.
Anon
I have a butler’s pantry in my old house! I have a regular pantry off the kitchen under the stairs that has open shelving for food, then two tall cupboards with doors that we use as baking dish/kitchen appliance storage. The other cupboard is our liquor cabinet!
The butler’s pantry is separate – it’s between the kitchen and the dining room with a door between the dining room and butler’s pantry. It’s a swinging door l, I suppose so “the help” (me) can get from the kitchen to the dining room with one’s hands full of serving dishes.
Our butler’s pantry holds our every day dishes and coffee mugs and our most used serving dishes.
There’s a built in china cabinet in the dining room too, with linen drawers underneath. I just reorganized all the pantries over the last month. It’s ridiculous how much stuff you accumulate when you have so much storage space.
Basically, my old house is the opposite of minimalist / open concept.
anonshmanon
Butler’s pantry should also come with a spacious dining room, with space for a beautiful hutch holding all the serving dishes!
Sierra Madre, Treasure of
I’d have a main house with a reasonable number of bedrooms and several guest houses and plenty of land. Would love to have a place where my giant immediate family could stay and have their own private spaces.
Beautiful landscaping (that I pay someone to maintain), loads of character, and an atrium full of plants are my three fantasy features.
Anon
I agree on the multiple guest houses.
Sierra Madre, Treasure of
Oh and a secret passage!
Yoga
A music room, with a baby grand, place to give small concerts/entertain/listen to music in luxury.
A library.
A home “gym”, but more of home yoga/mediation space.
Anon
Get a parlor grand. If you have a music room you have room for a piano longer than a baby grand, which is pretty short. My parlor grand is 5’10” (which is my height, pretty funny) and I love it. Better sound than a 5’0” “baby.”
Anon
I’d like a real home office instead of a repurposed guest room. We rarely have sleepover guests though, so it’s not a big deal. I’d like bigger bathrooms instead of my 1950s compact versions, bigger closets, and laundry upstairs.
Higher ceilings would be nice but now I’m just having fun.
Anonymous
I have 4 bedrooms now and it doesn’t feel like enough, but that’s because one of the rooms is an office, another is basically a closet/storage, so only one other than the master is really usable as a bedroom. If I had a separate office and adequate closet/storage space elsewhere then I think 4 bedrooms would be enough.
So I guess office would be on my list, with adequate shelving for all my books aka a library. A lovely entryway with curving beautiful stairs. A room with a bar, pool table, air hockey, and games (that is NOT a man cave). A movie room with projector and comfy seats. A gym. Some green space – a courtyard or solarium where I can serve high tea on my beautiful silver that has been replated sometime in the last 50 years. A formal garden with a fountain. A vegetable garden. A native plant overflowing cottage style garden, perhaps surrounding the pool house. A heated in ground pool I could use year round along with an in ground hot tub. No neighbors. Short commute.
Anon
This. Four actual bedrooms is plenty, but I’d like to have more closet space and offices for both of us, plus a gym, a tv room, and a nice big pantry in the kitchen.
Anon
This – four actual bedrooms plus an office, plus a rec room, means that you can have six places for people to sleep when company comes over.
Anon
Free yourself of the stuff in storage! Reclaim your fourth bedroom. It’s incredibly freeing. Give it away. Don’t wait to see if you can sell it, because you never will. Donate what’s usable and trash the rest.
Anon
I live in a 100 year old house with only three tiny closets. If we actually had closet space we might not need the storage space, but we live in a four season climate and there’s nowhere else to put the winter bedding, extra sheets snd towels, and the out of season clothes, plus all of our nicer clothes. There’s no linen closet or really any other storage space besides the basement.
Anon
Conservatory with cat-friendly plants
Infinity pool and hot tub
Balcony off of the master suite
Anon
I would want an air conditioned home gym, a hobby room with good lighting, great seating, and pretty storage for my yarn-related stuff, and a fantastic kitchen with a huge pantry and lots of island/bar space conducive to hosting.
Cat
the only way I’m interested in 20 bedrooms is if the manse comes with free, 1900-era staffing levels to handle absolutely everything.
Anon
Holy cow yes. If I’ve got 20 bedrooms I’m going to think I need a house manager and multiple full time cleaners. And someone to do laundry when there are a lot of guests – think of all the towels and bedding. I’m also going to need someone dedicated to finding my dogs inside the house regularly.
Anon
I mean I don’t want a mansion regardless. If I had $$$ for housing I’d have a restored Victorian with original character in a close in, walkable suburb with the train and a similar one down the shore.
I think my dream list would include a beautiful pool set up with the works (hot tub, outdoor fireplace, nice patio and landscaping) with enough of a yard left for a garden and room for kids to play, a wrap around porch, and an outdoor shower.
Anon
20 bedroom mansion please.
1. A library that is a common space to all residents and guest. And then a seperate “study” with adjoining sitting room for myself and each other resident.
2. A seperate tea or summer house with a private, shaded garden.
3. A large craft or workroom. With multiple workspaces and a main worktop/cutting table island. A seperate walk in storage closet. A bay area off the side of the craft room with large windows and great light for painting. A clean up area with a large steel sink and drying racks.
Because its friday I’m continuing my wishlist:
4. A green house or solarium with a potting shed
5. A stable and land with capacity for 8 horses.
6. A room with a bathing pool. One inside that can get steamy, and one that opens to the outdoors. Probably also part of my summer house.
7. All the deep cushioned window seats with heavy curtains to hide behind.
8. One of the 20 bedrooms is my dressing room.
9.A formal garden, and an informal garden that flows into the woods with walking trails.
10. Fresh floral arrangements in every common use and regularly used room.
11. A long front drive up from the street through trees and a hedge row.
12. Stained glass windows at the stair landings.
13. Back stairs to go directly from each floor down to the kitchen so you dont have to traverse the entire front of house.
14. Stone floor in the kitchen. With under floor heating for colder months.
15.
Seventh Sister
Smaller house for sure, but with ADU possibilities and enough cash to put up aging relatives with nursing case in nearby apartments. I can never decide between original Arts & Crafts House, big rambling Victorian, or classic six on Park Ave.
Pool for sure (or access to a fancy pool club), weekend cottage (maybe Carpinteria or Vermont depending on the coast), personal study or office that is basically a library, steam room.
Senior Attorney
Butler’s pantry for sure fur sure, with concomitant giant dining room.
Entertaining space with built in bar, plenty of seating (high and low tables, sofas and comfy chairs), and room for a pool table. And while we’re dreaming, let’s make it indoor-outdoor with access to the outside.
A pool with lovely surrounding area for lounging.
KS IT Chick
I have accomplished the thing this week. With the intervention of my manager and director, I’m going to be getting the necessary equipment to have my hearing aids connected to my laptop. The attitude of the technician who was supposed to help me was pretty dismissive of what I asked for. Getting the right people to hear me and respond to what I needed was critical.
Never underestimate the power of a middle aged woman who knows her rights and isn’t afraid to insist that those rights are protected.
Anon
Whoo congrats and THANK YOU for sticking to for yourself!
Anon
Hurrah for sticking with it! I wish we didn’t have to fight for our rights, but am glad for your sake and the collective good that you did.
anonshmanon
ironic that you are the one with hearing aids, but had trouble being heard by others… I will see myself out.
Anon
But consider whether it’s worth making a fuss, what if they retaliate, it’s better to keep your head down, don’t put a target on your back…
Just kidding. I don’t agree with that advice EVER, especially not for women’s rights in the workplace. Good for you.
Senior Attorney
Brava! Standing ovation!
Anon
Congratulations for navingating the dismissiveness and getting the right allies on board!
Anon
Where can you buy men’s wool dress pants now (the sort you’d wear with a blazer, not the bottom of a suit)? I need to get a pair for my dad. I struggle with understanding where men used to old school dressing would shop in 2024. If they have buttons for suspenders, even better.
Anon
Jos A Banks, Brooks Brothers, or Nordstrom will all have wool slacks and an in-house tailor.
Anon
Brooks Brothers would be my first place to look.
anon
Depending on your location, most high end department stores have wool dress pants as the bread and butter in the men’s department (for not that much more than Jos A Banks – a lament I frequently have with ladies options…). If you want to make an experience of it with a dad/daughter day, Sid Mashburn could certainly be a memory for the two of you (if there is one in your city).
Anonymous
macys
Anon
Looking for inspo for a fall wardrobe refresh (3-5 items)
– southern city
– executive in very biz casual and hybrid work setting
-little kids
-solid wardrobe already with all the basics and lots of great pieces
– tall, athletic build, like classic and structured items even though I can dress more casually
So far, looking at chunky loafers…what else?
Sunshine
Suggest reposting early on Monday morning. Then you’ll get responses.
Merino wool lovers
Uniqlo has added new selections to its merino wool sweaters. These are generally thin, more top than sweater, and awesome for layering.