What a lovely time you will have! Philadelphia does indeed have a great restaurant scene and there is a lot to do. If you have a dark colored knee-length lightweight wool coat, you can wear that everywhere. Bring scarfs too and lightweight gloves. Philly is a little dressier than the norm, so you'll...

That sounds horrible but you also made it hilarious.

I shudder to think of the elderly who don't have a younger person to advocate for them...in our crazy systems.

I don't have experience with the Boink, but I tried the FITS summer weight this year, and I really liked them. Me too! I adore the summer FITS Treads model - they have little spots of some adherent type of material bonded in the area that would be covered by a full seat. They are flattering, cool, ...

I had one for about 7 years in northern Minnesota. It was outdoors, and an 8-person tub so good-sized. It made very little difference to the electric bill, surprisingly enough. However, a single power outage resulted in a hose breaking overnight and these repairs are very expensive so I gave it away...

Oh my that is a cute expression!!

I've gotten tired of not-so-fresh coffee, and leaning toward a Keurig or similar. If you have tried one of these, what do you think? I don't like the fact that Keurig tried to make the pods proprietary by putting a code on their labels, but I see claims online that other pod makers have figured out ...

Thank you so much Canyon!

Now I realize I must existentially search for how much $$ this dream should equal.

Hmm. Lovely options!!!!

My dream tall boot is: 1. Brown 2. Available in wide foot 3. Actually for riding in, as opposed to the ones flooding Google that are for "fashion" and this is the hardest: 4. They can't have pointy toes because post-surgery my left big toe wings to the right. Help! Much appreciated.

Edith Anne Rivers, I'm so sorry about the cancer diagnosis and the upheaval of both your lives. Best wishes on the journey ahead.

Well I live in Texas so there is just no reasonable conversation about guns. This is the most gun-crazy spot on the planet, I hope. The Texas legislature recently passed a law specifically for university campuses, mandating that concealed-carry be permitted. I work at a university campus, and I deal...

I will never understand late people. I am chronically early, which would probably also bother everyone on this thread. I can be seen driving around the neighborhoods of people who have invited me over, killing time until the dot of the invite time arrives. At which point I also arrive, to shocked fa...

I've really enjoyed the entire Mama story, and I agree with the poster above who said this should be a book.

Of all the possible fates lined up for this horse in the multiverse, she lucked into the best one when she found you.

And again thanks for creating the new board!