Weekend Open Thread
Something on your mind? Chat about it here.
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AllSaints has a TON of stripes right now — this same sweater comes in yellow, as well as cropped versions, as well as a cardigan version.
The sweater is $114-$229, with select colors on sale at Nordstrom and AllSaints.
Looking for something similar? COS and & Other Stories both have a ton of options that look great. Also, if you like to layer striped shirts beneath sweaters, this AllSaints tee looks perfect for that purpose… This $58 long-sleeved tee in blue and in red also looks lovely for layering.
(Random question: what would you guys say is the classic Breton shirt? Which are your favorite striped shirts to wear by themselves or layered?)
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I wanted a signature recipe with my kids and chose orange rolls. Something they would want when they come home from college. They love them. I make them for lots of holidays, and they are a lot of work. So my question is – do people like orange rolls? Like really like them? I sometimes feel like I don’t get as many compliments as I would expect, so I wonder if I’m forcing my tradition on others. :)
I love them!! I don’t think they’re universally pleasing but the people who love them really do think they’re special.
I have a friend who similarly makes a spiced holiday cookie that’s really great. But it’s not like a chocolate chip cookie where most everyone is going to like it. The people who love them really love them, and most others could take or leave. I personally think is really special when she makes the because it’s not something I can just get anywhere.
I make a couple of different ethnic cookies for Christmas that are similar: people who love them really love them and everyone else can take or leave…I make them for the people who love them, and don’t need validation from anyone to keep doing it…
Are you talking about… like a cinnamon roll but orange? OMG BRING IT!!
I’m pretty sure I’ve never had orange rolls, but they sound good, and as someone who’s not much of a chocolate person, they’d be much more to my taste than many holiday baked goods. But I think the problem with sweet stuff at the holidays is that it’s easy to get overwhelmed. There’s just so much that nothing makes much of an impression on me. I really like to bake, but I don’t do much holiday baking because I’m already too oversugared.
I can take them or leave them. If you were relying on my compliments to feel good about your chosen tradition, I would disappoint you.
Over the years, my family has been forced by shifting circumstances, aging, and losses to give up many “traditions.” We’ve always found a new groove and new ways to enjoy the holidays. Permission to change if your decision from years ago has you locked into something that no longer works for you. You can scale back on the times of year you make the orange rolls, and start offering other special-food options that are easier to make.
Our traditions have evolved and changed over the years as well, I think it’s important to take each year as it comes and adapt to it, instead of locking in and feeling pressure to do it all because “tradtition”.
I would skip them, but it’s your tradition and celebrate how you and your family love to celebrate!
That sounds like a fun tradition for your family but don’t feel like you have to make the orange rolls constantly for them to be memorable and special? Like – my mom does homemade cinnamon rolls for Christmas only and we look forward to them all year!
also, what I wanted when I came home from college was everyday familiar comfort food dinners as opposed to the fancy holiday things. just having my mom’s version of pasta alfredo instead of the dining hall’s was amaaaaaazing.
Spaghetti bolognese is our family’s tradition for any type of “coming home meal.”
I am not a personal fan, and I don’t know anyone who is. I have a vivid memory of trying one, thinking it was a regular, non orange, cinnamon roll, only to be hit with an unexpected orange flavor. Orange just isn’t a flavor I care for in baked goods.
My mom and dad do this with Stollen (a German Christmas bread). I have spent what now amounts to probably multiple days preparing loaves of stollen for Christmas. And I don’t think anyone likes it beside my mom and dad. I still make it with my dad, but not because I want to eat it.
Same but I hate orange in all forms so it’s a really unpleasant surprise when I bite into a delicious looking baked good and discover it has orange flavor.
My signature baked good is challah but my whole family loves it and most guests we serve it too seem to love it too. I don’t cook things my family doesn’t like – life’s too short. But if your family loves it, who cares what others think?
I have never heard of them, but I always appreciate trying new-to-me baked goods. And if your kids love them, then mission accomplished.
My mom’s “signature” was peanut butter squares — a layer of mixed peanut butter + Graham cracker crumbs + confectioners sugar topped with a layer of melted, then hardened, chocolate, cut into small squares. She doesn’t really bake and these are an easy crowd pleaser
I’m not a fan of orange in baked goods in general, especially in places where my brain expects spices, so the most I would do is try it to be polite.
If you and your family like them, though, then it doesn’t matter how many compliments you do or don’t get. Keep baking what you like.
I love orange-flavored anything (other than, ironically, oranges), so yes to orange rolls, but one of my adult kids can’t stand orange anything, even if it is something that I could not idenify as orange in a blind taste test, e.g., orange Skittles, orange gummi bears. But I love that you have a family signature recipe and think that is a great tradition.
I’m your kid. I can detect even the tiniest bit of orange zest because I hate it so much.
I did not know people like this exist!
I’m the OP, and this is exactly the kind of opinions I was hoping to hear! This is helpful.
+1 I really, really do not want orange flavored anything, including OJ and the actual fruit.
I also get no joy from raspberries. Both are the most terrible combined with chocolate, for me.
Second worst pairing, sour dairy.
To OP – I would skip your orange buns if they were offered, not revealing the orange dislike. I wouldn’t want cinnamon buns either, but would be very happy with raisin and/or custard, which other people hate.
I think your orange tradition is lovely, but don’t make them every time – that will make them less special, not more.
We must have reverse taste buds! To the extent that it’s almost interesting; I regularly make chocolate pudding out of sour cream, cocoa powder, and orange extract, and I put raspberries and chocolate in my yogurt smoothies. I also love chocolate covered orange slices, and chocolate pound cake served with whipped cream and clementines. I don’t really like orange juice, but love grand marnier.
To the OP, I do think sometimes the polarizing desserts can be extra special for the people who like them; I feel that way about poppyseed roll (which some people in my family hate, but I like it). I think it’s always helpful to have a recipe that allows for one roll to be something else (in my family, that’s walnut roll for the people who hate poppyseeds, though I feel with the new generation neither are that popular, so both have become rare and therefore special through rarity…).
I’m also the opposite- love citrus, raspberry, cinnamon, and yogurt, can’t stand raisins and not big on custard or creamy anything. I always substitute dried cranberries or apricots in recipes that call for raisins because I have to have some acidity to balance the sweetness (I also love pickles and vinegar and tomato based sauces and other acidic things). But that’s why I like to bake, so I can make things the way I like them (or the way the people I’m baking for like them). It’s nice to have variety in recipes because people have different tastes.
To anon at 10:10, you actually put your finger on why I dislike orange and raspberry, only in reverse to your taste. I don’t want anything sweet in my acidity!
I love lemon, vinegar, grapefruit, lime… only not when it becomes sweet as well.
I want my sweetness, if any, cut with fat, something creamy.
I’m the cheese for dessert person from earlier this week, not a dessert or cake person at all.
I love oranges but orange-flavoured things are not my fave. Especially chocolate orange, yuck.
This!!!!! I have a memory of getting an orange chocolate in my Christmas stocking when I was 5. I was SOOOO excited… my thoughts went- “this entire thing is milk chocolate shaped like an orange? Well, lucky me, that’s a good amount of chocolate. I don’t know why they decided it needed to be fruit shaped, whatevs. Ooo, cool you slam it on the table (sorry mom, I won’t do it that hard next time) and it breaks into wedges!”
(Then I took a bite.) “What the Jesus Christ and a cross was that???? Whhyyyyyy would you RUIN chocolate like that?!?!?”
I have a theory the same ones get stored where all the candy corn goes and just get brought out once a year. The actual supply hasn’t diminished since they were first produced.
What fun description…of something I really enjoy!! I look forward to it each holiday season. My my has an almost tradition of trying something new for Christmas morning. It’s a fun surprise, usually :) Now for lunch and dinner my family has several traditions with sweet potato casserole, chocolate pudding pie, date cake, fruit cake, and chocolate homemade fudge. Your orange rolls sound good to me.Then again-I usually like all forms of cinnamon rolls. I like poppyseed muffins too! I think it’s great to have consistency and new variety. Do what you and your family and friends enjoy.
Hahaha…my kid was given one for the first time when he was about 5 and it became his favourite thing! I get reminded about that fact every year starting in October…
I love those things. It’s not Christmas morning without my chocolate orange.
Orange + chocolate is actually my favorite.
Anyone familiar with Eastern European treats? There are those red foil wrapped chocolates with orange jelly inside. I would kill for one of those right now.
I am crazy about orange and citrusy flavors in all their forms! I love Orange almond cake that a family member makes and also citrusy beer. I love orangey flavors in perfume also.
Never tried orange rolls but I am 100% confident I will love them to bits.
Also, not a big chocolate person.
I would straight up ask them. Polling a bunch of strangers won’t tell you anything. (I love my cranberry orange bread so much I make it for myself every birthday. No one else in my family likes it.) I also agree with the person who said it’s sometimes the ordinary stuff that you crave. My favorite thing is my mom’s tuna noodle casserole. I guess she got off easy since my other favorites were my dad’s homemade canned salsa and his Cornish hens recipe–both a ton of work and neither recipe were passed along before he died. Your instinct of using food for memories is a good one. I cried when I ate the last jar of the salsa that I had because I knew it would be my last and thought about how much love he had for us with all the times he grew and picked the tomatoes and spent days in the kitchen making it.
I would love them but my kids would unfussily devour anything sweet. My grandma was known for her rolls. She called them cinnamon rolls but they had walnuts and brown sugar in the bottom of the baking pan, so when you flipped them over there was a gooey sweet, nutty glaze on top. There was nothing better than coming home from school when grandma was staying with us and they were fresh from the oven. The best memories!
Just make them for your kids and maybe for a small number of people who you are sure really like them. So many people these days will quietly or not-so quietly throw out sweets, and it’s not worth the effort unless you are absolutely certain the recipient will enjoy them. Especially for something as unique as orange buns.
I will happily accept any orange buns you want to send my way, though.
I love orange rolls and I always buy a can of the Pillsbury kind around the holidays. Having them from scratch would be even better! I have memories of waking up to them when I slept over my friend’s house. It’s a nice alternative to cinnamon rolls and citrus is a great flavor for winter that isn’t used often enough. I always put orange zest in pancakes and waffles.
Love! Man I haven’t had one in too long.
I have no idea what an “orange roll” is, but if making them is not serving you or your family, then if course you have permission to stop making them. Or make them once a year for your kids and no more.
Once I was an adult, I was assigned tasks and my mother did essentially nothing. If your kids want orange rolls, they can make them.
If your kiddos like them, they are perfect. I’ve only had them a few times … I have a friend whose signature dish is orange rolls and every few years I get some. For me, my signature dishes are cinnamon rolls and lobster mac and cheese. I make cinnamon rolls for Thanksgiving morning parade watching and I make lobster mac and cheese for Christmas Eve. My kids and dh look forward to those traditions, everything else is free flowing. This year was the first year in decades that we spend Thanksgiving away from home and as we were planning the trip, both kids asked how the cinnamon rolls were going to get done, travel, etc.
Where might I start with recipe to attempt lobster mac & cheese? That sounds amazing for Christmas eve, but I’ve never cooked with lobster in my life…
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/lobster-mac-cheese-recipe-2120312
Years ago, I would buy lobster tails from which ever grocery store had the best Christmas eve prices on it, but now I take advantage of Black Friday pricing and order 2 lbs of frozen lobster meat delivered. It comes in a cooler with ice and I pop it in the freezer until the morning of the 23rd. It’s much easier than dealing with the tails and shells, although the shipping makes it more costly. The meat I get is raw, although I think you can order it cooked, so I butter poach it (put it in a skillet with butter and water and bring it to a simmer for 4 minutes).
Thank you! Butter poaching doesn’t sound too hard; I may try this!
I am 44, US born and raised, I have lived in 4 major US cities, I have never heard of an orange roll?
They’re a slightly old timey thing I think. I’m just a few years younger than you and they were popular with my parents generation.
I think they are regional. I’m not american and close to 50 and no one in my family, in the past two generations, had heard about them until this post…
I’m a decade older than you are, and I love all the old-fashioned things. Could orange rolls be regional?
I wondered that. I just googled and they look delightful!
Isn’t that what holidays are all about? Mom makes a special dish to please the kids, and the kids eat it to please mom.
I’m feeling in the mood to listen to some self-improvement or motivational podcasts. Does anyone have a podcast or a specific episode to recommend? I’d prefer to hear from women generally, and I’m not trying to optimize my life – I’d just like to step it up from “barely hanging on.” Specific areas are motivation for health and fitness, improving focus/memory, working from home, household management for families with kids, and parenting with an eye toward grit/resiliency, responsibility, and spending time outdoors. I realize this is a pretty random list! Thanks for any suggestions.
I recently found the fried podcast, for people dealing with burn out, and you might be able to clean some helpful information from those
I think Liz Moody has podcasts on a number of these topics, specifically on health and fitness and improving focus and memory.
Finding Mastery by Michael Gervais.
Huberman Lab is very popular with alpha bro types but maybe it’s worth while?
Second Huberman and I love On Purpose with Jay Shetty. Some of his podcasts are with doctors and focused on health/fitness, others are with business people and focus on purpose or overcoming difficult situations…
I have to say, I was never a fan of podcasts, I couldn’t find anything that would be interesting to me and good quality production to keep me listening. Then I saw one YT video of Jay Shetty and Adam Grant and was hooked.
Happier with Gretchen Rubin. I find Gretchen a bit much but particularly like her co-host sister.
The Ordinary Sherpa. I’ve heard her interviewed several places, but haven’t actually listened to her podcast, but I do follow her on IG. She and her dh upended their family and took off for what they called a gap year. The impact on her family wasn’t exactly what she expected, but they definitely built a lot of grit and resiliency and spend a ton of time outdoors. I’m too financially conservative to do what she did, but I find it really intriquing.
The Happiness Lab with Laurie Santos.
The Deep Dive might do the trick! One of my faves.
The travel tips here have been so enormously helpful, both practically and for dreaming. We are headed to Disneyland early January with an older girls (10-17) who have happy nostalgic memories from a visit long ago.
Would you stay at: JW Marriott Anaheim, Westin Anaheim, or Marriott Anaheim?
Anyone have any experience with any of these? Thank you!
I know you didn’t list this one, but we stayed at a Residence Inn near the entrance to Disneyland and it was perfectly fine — not like amazing but it was new, clean, and they did a good (free) breakfast buffet. We especially liked having a little kitchen to store drinks and snacks.
We stayed at the Westin in November. I generally liked the hotel – nice pool (especially when the fire pits were on, because I was freezing), good restaurants and a cute cafe, the rooms were solid. It was about a mile walk to the park, and I always have regret that we didn’t stay on site when we’re walking in, but it honestly wasn’t that bad, especially the night we had dinner in Downtown Disney so we were already halfway back.
Not a Disney person but my in laws are in Anaheim so we always stay at the JW Marriott. It’s across the street so you can walk to Disneyland and not hassle with parking twice. Rooms are nice, very 2000s style but clean and comfortable beds. The hotel bar restaurant is serviceable and it never feels overrun. They have lobby coffee, which I also appreciate. It’s also connected to a weird mall, but there’s food and restaurants there too for other options in walking distance.
Thank you all so much! I really appreciate this input!
100% the Westin. Stayed at the JW this year and the Westin last year and liked the Westin much better. Smaller property so it felt nicer and has a great Mexican restaurant onsite. Both are about the same distance walk to Disney.
Rant ahead, I know I need to leave, truly just sad and wanting to get it out since I can’t tell anyone IRL this.
The only ethical executive at my org was just pushed out. Its being presented as a ‘choice’ but in reality the executive had pushed back on sketchy/illegal things one too many times and the org was tired of it. I’m so disappointed and it’s killing my soul being fake nice to the other executives who did this, monsters.
Ugh, that is so demoralizing. Terrible.
Are you trying to get out of this place, I hope?
Yep! I am waiting on an offer from a new job, my field is notoriously slow.
Fingers crossed for you.
I’m so sorry you’re in this position. I’m hoping your job search is fruitful, and that you get out of there soon!
I’m curious (especially if you have any recent experience in hiring/searching) of people feel like the canonical “it’s easier to find a job when you already have a job” is a) still true, b) still true but less important than in the past, c) the opposite — job searching while employed is now harder (taking into account time/effort applications need these days)
This is just an idle curiosity question, but coming from noticing that several people I know were looking for several months before our most recent round of layoffs, found new roles pretty quickly (less than 3 months) after being officially laid off
It’s total anecdata but for me it’s mostly been (c) because of the time and effort it takes. Although it’s certainly more stressful and demoralizing to job search after a layoff.
It’s (c) for sure but has always been hard. The mental energy needed to still be on in current role while searching is breaking me but I need to pay the bills. And nothing has sped up in higher ed field.
Hi from a fellow higher ed person who’s job searching now. It suuucks.
I would say a but I’m sure it depends on your field and also how long a candidate has stayed at jobs. Gaps don’t matter as much as they used to, but a couple of gaps or a bunch of short gigs is more suspect. And there is a bit of a stink on you if you’ve been let go from somewhere, even if it was through no fault of your own (I see this as someone who has been let go–it’s unfair, but it is what it is. You’re an unknown so it lends a bit of risk to the employer). If you’re currently employed, I think there is also more incentive to negotiate higher payer, better title, etc. They know they have to woo the candidate a bit more.
That said, I’m seeing a lot of people in my field being unemployed for pretty long periods of time recently. I’m not sure if it’s the market or maybe a matter of my age (a lot of my peers are 40s/early 50s and in more senior roles, which always makes things harder). I feel like the hiring boom post-Covid rebound has kind of leveled off these days (again though, in my field).
I will say, I’ll never willingly leave a job without another lined up again if I can help it. My health insurance is tied and last time I was unemployed I found out two weeks after being let go that I had cancer (though I try to be thankful, as the only reason I was having that check-up was because insurance was going to end–I had no symptoms yet). I never want to go through COBRA (and fear of being taken off COBRA) ever again.
Do you know if those people had already applied for the new positions before they were laid off? At least in my field, it would be really fast to go from an application to hiring in less than 3 months?
Don’t know for sure, but I am in tech, and a few months is’nt unusually fast there
I think it’s more looking while you have a job allows you to be choosy about your next move as you aren’t acting out of desperation. As a hiring manager, I’ve hired great people who were on the market because of layoffs and not so great people who had jobs and were just making a move, but there’s no rhyme or reason to it. I’m curious about departures and reasons for leaving to help avoid a mismatch, but beyond that I’m not concerned about whether someone is employed or not. Some of my best hires have been women going back to work after taking time off with kids.
I think it gave me the flexibility to wait and only take a job I really wanted, and to feel no conflict at all about turning down jobs I didn’t want. The time before when I had been laid off no one really asked about the layoff, so that didn’t come in.
I think it depends on why you are unemployed if you do not have a job. I once quit a job because my boss was toxic AF and spend seven months doing contract work while looking for a new job. I suspect it would have been easier to find a new job if I had still been at the old one, but that was not going to work for my mental health.
On the other hand, I was part of a well-publicized mass layoff when my company went bankrupt and closed it doors with two weeks notice, laying off all of its employees. In that case, I could dedicate myself full time to finding a new job (and a lot of people were eager to help me) and my position was such that nobody could blame me personally for the financial issues that led to the closure. It was easier to look for a new job because I had a lot of free time and because there was no questions about why I had left/was leaving my old job.
Any suggestions for where I could buy a baby gift for someone in Ireland (I’m in US). Post office told it would cost $78 + a 100% tarriff to ship my onesie to her so I’m looking for other options:)
Etsy or Amazon?
Can you buy something from a store/site located in Ireland where they can either ship it to her or she can pick it up?
That’s my hope – does anyone know any?
Honestly I just start typing “buy XYX country” when I’m looking for something. I’ve come across some wonderful gems that way.
The Irish version of any website you use.
I just googled but https://eurobaby.com/ looks feasible
Brown Thomas and/or Arnotts seem to be the major department stores
Marks & Spencer Ireland site
H&M Ireland
Amazon Ireland site
Etsy, Ebay etc.
Choose an Irish, EU or UK page of whatever you want to send.
Just in case you don’t get why people say Amaz etc – don’t use the US site. You can easily log in with your US account on a European version of the site, and add a delivery adress for your friend.
Can you give a town/county for where the gift would be delivered? That would make it easier to give a recommendation!
It has been 9 says since my references were checked for a position I really want and … nothing. Aaaaagghhhhhh. Please scream with me.
Aaahhhhhhhh!!
I know this is hard but it’s the holidays and hiring will be so so slow!
Ugggg . . . so frustrating! I hope they are prompt on Monday morning with a great offer!
I’ve had a day full of nonbillable, urgent, unexpected administrative tasks. I just want to crawl in a blanket cave for a couple days, but I need to fly to a client site tomorrow. I don’t know what I want from this board – maybe commiseration that every business or law firm has these days? Wishing you all a happier weekend!
It seems like the sucky part is that these tasks are both unexpected and urgent! Which could be tolerable with billable stuff or a highly visible project where you can look like a hero, but this just sounds unrewarding all the way around.
Your blanket cave sounds like what I’ve been wishing for (but couldn’t articulate) all week… Hope you find some happy-ish medium for the day!
That sucks!! Book yourself a massage for when you’re back or during break?
Total commiseration. It sounds grim to have had a full week and just when you want to relax into the weekend you have to get on a plane and go to a client site. And the week before Christmas, too. In fact, it sounds like one of those opening scenes to a holiday movie.
Wishing you a happy ending.
A win for the week: about seven years ago I worked at this totally dysfunctional non-profit. It was a hot mess. My manager, the ED, was forced by the board to fire me out of the blue. Then the board fired my boss. Then they got rid of all staff and it was being run by the board. The staff was never replaced. I just found out that the whole org has shut down this month.
Ah. Nothing like a little schadenfreude in your Christmas stocking…
+1. Sometimes life just gives you a nice little gift. Savour it!
I don’t want to look petty IRL so I haven’t shared with anyone. But I just found out from a former report that the mean, lazy, bullying, clueless project manager who made my life a living hell at former job was just let go after a massive battle with the person who replaced me. I literally left that job a shell of myself thanks to her crazy scheduling that had me working until midnight most nights and every weekend (meanwhile she was MIA most Fridays), apologizing constantly to clients for dropped balls that weren’t mine, and exhaustingly pushing for even the smallest process changes to significantly improve conditions for me and my team and our clients. I like to think that I walked so others some day could run.
I send you a virtual glass clink, my friend.
Switzerland travel recs? We just found out my husband has a conference in a mountain town in western Switzerland this summer. Our 6 year old and I plan to join him for part of the conference and then spend some time (probably 4-6 days) as a family in Switzerland afterwards. The catch is that my husband really hates moving around and would prefer to be in one area for the whole post-conference time – any suggestions for what that place should be? It looks like Lausanne is reasonable day-tripping distance from the conference location, so kiddo and I will probably go there while he works. And would you recommend a car or relying on public tr-sit? I know Europe in general has good train systems but Google maps is showing me drive times that are much shorter than train times, so maybe it’s worth renting a car?
We were in Switzerland last winter (two winters ago?) for a ski trip and even though the train system was great, it was expensive! I think we paid $500 per person for a round trip ticket from Zurich to Zermatt, so you may want to price things out before you decide. Of course, we avoided the rental car fees, tolls, parking and gas, but we were a large party so it felt like a big expense.
one tip on searching trains- watch what time you’re searching and be aware it includes the time it takes to walk or take a cab to the train, not just literally the train journey duration. The default is “leave now” but it doesn’t convert to local time, so if you’re searching in the evening at home, you’ll be seeing how long it takes to travel at 2am in Switzerland.
There is an app for the entire Switzerland train system, I’d suggest looking there instead of google. Their train system is amazing, I would not bother renting a car. Also, depending on where you go, the roads can be super scary – think one car width and thousand foot drop off the side of a mountain. As for location, it’s hard to go wrong! The whole country is beautiful. But, also consider Chamonix if you want mountain village experience.
I’m not a fan of the sweater with that skirt…at all.
Really? I’m not sure I could pull it off but I like it on the model.
I am so clearly a child of the 80s. I think this outfit is the height of party fabulousness.
Did you see that the Nordstrom lady is styling it with baggy cargo jeans? I hate hate hate that look. Mom edit was doing it recently too so I guess it’s in.
The giant sweater with baggy jeans violates one of my basic rules of fashion, which is that baggy pants need a fitted top and vice versa. Those TME outfits are just awful, especially on petite Shana. Amy can sort of get away with them because she is tall but they still aren’t great on her.
I agree with your fashion rules! For myself anyway.
Anyone else have issues after eating turkey/turkey products? Lunchmeat, holiday meal, sausage, bacon – it all seems to give me digestive issues. Anyone know what’s in turkey that’s not in chicken, ham, etc that I should avoid?
Lethicin? Supposed to make you lethargic. Not necessarily cause digestive issues.
I think you mean tryptophan? Lecithin is found in soybeans and eggs, and is not associated with drowsiness. But the tryptophan/drowsy thing has been mostly debunked. The sleepiness after the thanksgiving meal mostly comes from eating lots of carbs, which leads to increased melatonin production.
Tryptophan is a pretty important component of melatonin… I wonder if they tested this by comparing how people feel after a low carb Thanksgiving meal.
I don’t have issues, but 5 of the 6 dogs I have owned have experienced digestive issues from turkey and turkey products.
For some reason, this made me cackle. I honest to god will ask my vet next visit! :)
Too many bad Thanksgiving nights dealing with the repercussions of guests who gave my dogs “just a little treat” knowing that I am that kind of owner. Alas, I was alone when their generosity played out.
I cannot eat any bird meat or broth. I can eat eggs. I get extreme GI distress. I gave it all up >15 years ago and I know immediately if something has chicken broth in it.
I actually like this pick quite a bit – although I would prefer another colourway.
What I don’t like is the amount of synthetics.
And I wonder at the styling – it looks like the shoulder seam is hanging a ways down the back on the model, making me wonder how deep the v-neck would be when using normally – would you have to continuously fiddle with it?
Probably would be a bit fussy. I am the 80s child commenter and I recall always messing with my oversized sweater necklines. But if they slipped off a shoulder, that was the look anyway.
Yeah – I guess the way to go would be to embrace it and make it intentionally. Probably more of a weekend look then:-)
Does anyone have an Aerogarden or similar? Or does anyone have an indoor herb garden? I have 2 extremely sunny windows and thinking about how fresh indoor grown herbs would help brighten a winter stew. I’m not generally good with plants and certainly have killed off more than my fair share of house plants, but herbs are so much more appealing than pothos.
It’s kind of fun. Until they get overgrown and you have to start over. But I enjoyed having the greenery in the window on Wintery days!
Yes I have had an Aerogarden for years. It works very well and most of the herbs I have tried grow like weeds–basically impossible to kill if you keep the water topped up and add the plant food when the machine reminds you to. The only negative is that the lights are VERY bright and are on for 15 hours per day, so it will mess up your lighting scheme whatever room you put it in. I have it in my kitchen but its so bright I can see it turn on from my bedroom if I leave the door cracked over night (kitchen is around 2 corners from bedroom).
We kept our in the dining room, and I found that it worked really nicely as a happy light while I ate breakfast if I faced it. It also added some humidity, which was nice on dry winter days.
Looking for advice from those of you knowledgeable about skincare. I’ve been using Supergoop Matte Sunscreen (tinted) since early this year. I put it on after moisturizer (Weleda skin food light or Dr. Jart ceramidin cream). Lately the tinted sunscreen feels like it is staying on top of my skin, it doesn’t look like it’s absorbing, and I can see swirl marks as I try to rub it in. Any idea what the problem is?
If you’re putting something super creamy under it, it can’t absorb at all. Can you try a serum or lighter moisturizer instead?
If the matte sunscreen uses so called mineral sunscreen ingredients (titanium dioxide or zinc oxide) it won’t really absorb as much anyway – they’re meant to form a barrier to protect you UV rays.