Plus, the foaming aspect makes it just a small delight in an otherwise grotesque room. They have seasonal ones as well, and they’re festive as hell. They usually have deals on how much they cost, depending on how many you purchase. I’ve even found some (same brand and all) cheaper ones at a few dollar stores if you look hard enough.
That’s the “Sea Island Cotton” scent up there. I mostly chose to show that one ‘cause of how ridiculous the name is. Ridiculous and so fun.
SOAP!
“Don’t pass hot sauce to someone, place it down on something so they can pick it up if they’ve asked you for it. If you pass it to someone, you will have an argument or fight.”
- Robert Pinsky, talking about The Simpsons, taken from this book
- Robert Pinsky, talking about The Simpsons, taken from this book
“I love this part of the movie, when she’s pretty.”
I really like reading commencement speeches. Obviously they can’t all be great, since that would be impossible. But once in awhile, I’ll come across a really fantastic one and then save it in a file. Here’s an excerpt from one of the ones worth reading, in my opinion.
My brother David and Jim Abrahams and I were having pie at Rumpelmeyer’s Coffee Shop in New York on the day after our third movie, “Top Secret,” opened. The reviews were terrible and it was bombing at the box office. We were really getting into some serious moping and self-flagellation when John Travolta walked in. We knew him from the Paramount lot and he could see right away that we were in a funk. We immediately poured out our heart to him, explaining the pain of our humiliating misfortune.
I’m not sure what we were expecting, but John just smiled and said, “Guys, the thing you have to remember is (that) nobody else is paying as much attention to your failures as you are. You’re the only ones who are obsessed with the importance of your own life. To everyone else, it’s just a blip on the radar screen, so just move on. By the way, are you going to finish that pie?” Think of the world as a big glass of water with some salt in it. You have a choice. You can try to pick out all the salt or you can keep pouring in more water so eventually it gets less bitter. As you begin your new journey, you can try to remove everything that you find distasteful in the world, or you can just pour in more love. It’s the only thing that the more you give away, the more you have.
So take all that warm, fuzzy stuff you’ve been hiding and spread it around a little. And then judge yourself not by your accomplishments, but by the happiness of the people around you. If you do that, you can do anything, you can go anywhere, you can fail at anything, and wherever you are, you will find a “there” there, because you’ll bring it with you.
– Jerry Zucker, Commencement Speech, University of Wisconsin
Not really sure why, but I enjoyed this a lot and especially think it’s great when people save rejection letters. Feels like an important thing to do.
Take an ordinary binder clip (by the by, I had no idea it was called a binder clip before writing this post) and attach it to one of the shelf rings (shelf rings? that’s definitely not what that’s called) in your fridge (if you have a fridge that has those) in order to hold more bottles. Maybe you’re reading this and going, “Wow. She’s really run out of stuff to advise upon.” But you’d be wrong, my friend. When I came across this, I saved it in a folder from years ago because I just really think it’s a great idea. Especially if you’re having a party and you could use the fridge space.
I came across it on this great site that has millions of lists I like to go over sometimes: Real Simple
I apologize for being so city-specific in the following post, but I must.
All right. There aren’t words in my vocabulary to describe how delicious this sandwich is. During the first twenty years of my life, I never cared to order anything curry-related on any menu ever. Let that be known. No real reason for that either, just didn’t seem like my sort of deal. And long ago, on a dewey summer’s day, during the lunch break of a long-forgotten and insignificant internship in the city, someone gave me a bite of this sandwich. That moment altered my curry outlook from there on in. And I hope you understand how monumental that statement is to make.
If the above photo does not make it look divine, that is due to my inexperience photographing my food. I’m not sure I would be proud to have such a skill, but alas I do not.
I first ate this baby in 2004 and it’s still in my top ten list of foods I crave in this city.
Details:
What: The Coronation Chicken Sandwich on white bread (this is the only white bread I still allow myself, because it just works better with the sandwich) and it’s $7.95
Where: Tea & Sympathy - 108 Greenwich Avenue, there’s also a British shop next door (it’s owned by the same management) where you can get it to-go.
When: It’s only available before 5pm.
Why: Because I said so, dummy.
“Want whiter teeth, but can’t afford costly whiteners? Get a tan. Conversely: want to look tanner, but can’t afford a vacation? Get some teeth whitener. I’m serious. This works for me.”
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These smoke dealies make me very happy for some reason. Or whenever there’s smoke coming out of the sewer? UGH, SUCH SEXY IMAGERY.
