Unless studio tours are your thing and you’re really into movie production, I think four tours is overkill. The Universal Studios tour is cool and you can spend the day at the theme park, so good value. The WB tour is also well-executed, and you get to get out and walk around on the sets. They have photo ops for the Friends couch and apartment, as well as Harry Potter. I think Universal and WB would be plenty of studio touring for one trip.

I prefer the venue at CRSSD. It’s on the water and you can see the ships sail by. Also very easy to get to the venue using public transportation and convenient to hotels and restaurants. The grassy lawn feels better on the feet, and to sit down when waiting between sets.

Portola is also on the water, but in a very industrial port. Hotels aren’t located nearby, and public transportation isn’t quite as convenient. The location is very isolated, not close to other sites. Also for the venue being larger, I was disappointed by the acoustics. Sound bleed from some stages to the others really takes away from the experience IMO.

Choosing ambiance/experience only, I’d pick CRSSD. I do see what others are saying about the frat boy vibe, but honestly it didn’t really bother me. I think both Portola and CRSSD have good crowd vibes. Can’t go wrong with either one.

You can use baby shampoo and warm water to gently clean and remove dried crust/goo from your eyelid, but it won’t prevent or help pink eye go away (just help reopen your eye if it’s crusted shut). Pink eye is either bacterial (and needs to be treated with an antibiotic) or viral (and will run its course in 3-4 days like a cold). Also pink eye is highly contagious so be very careful about touching your eyes because it can easily spread to the other eye.

Yeah, you keep saying that, it’s just confusing because the bridal party is in the wedding. If you don’t attend the wedding, then you’re choosing to not be in the bridal party. And that’s fine, it sounds like you still have time to decline.

There is a difference between attending a bachelorette and being a bridesmaid.

If the bride asked you to be in her bridal party (a bridesmaid) and you said yes, then you’ve already accepted the role and agreed to attend her wedding and backing out now could very well have negative impacts on your friendship.

If you were just invited to go to the bachelorette party (not specifically to be a bridesmaid), then that’s different. Declining the wedding still may affect your friendship, but you technically haven’t RSVP’d yet, and you aren’t obligated to attend out of duty.

A lot of people don’t look too closely at photos, they just see white and congratulate. When my sister got engaged, I took her engagement photos and posted a few to my socials, along with a caption congratulating her and her fiancé. I got a surprising number of messages from friends and coworkers congratulating ME on my engagement! My sister and I do look alike, but our partners look very different, so I was shocked that people who know me well (I’m talking one of my best friends!!!) thought it was me who had gotten engaged. I had an initial freak out, but then I just messaged back, “Thanks, it’s my sister’s engagement and we’re so excited!”

Don’t worry about it! People also tend to have goldfish memories when it comes to socials, so I don’t think anyone will be confused when you post wedding photos. (Also some people post wedding photos for months/years after their wedding.) Share what you’d like to share and don’t be embarrassed! No one should be anything but happy for you!

Davionte Ganter “GaTa” in Dave.

ASOS has petite formal dresses, and the sizing is European, no vanity sizing. I always order a couple of sizes and return what doesn’t fit.

I used to use Certain Dri, so I know the pain! Then my sister shared her secret…. Men’s deodorant. I swear by Old Spice Wilderness with Lavender Antiperspirant. Like with razors, they make better/stronger deodorants for men. And thankfully the lavender scent doesn’t smell “like a man.” Before Wilderness, I used Fiji which is also not too “manly” of a scent.

The whole family really loves lipsyncing….

I’ve been following cmcoving for a long time because I really love her fits and am originally from the south. In 2017, she recommended the book “Getting To I Do,” as being super helpful in her relationship. And I had read books she recommended before so I actually bought it!! Was cringing at the first chapter but read it all the way through and woah is that some 1950s gender role reinforcing stish. According to that book I have “masculine energy,” (because I’m career oriented) therefore men will never hold the door for me. I actually still have the book stashed away in the back of a cabinet because I’m embarrassed to own but also don’t feel good about donating it to the Little Free Library.

So I question if Caitlin feels like she’s found her niche with these stereotypical gender role reels and stories, or if she is doing this because she truly believes she needs to make Chris feel more masculine. She didn’t really get going on this trope until he quit his job to work for her…..

It sounds like this bridesmaid really cares, and even though she’s grating on your nerves, I think she’s just looking out for you and trying to help you execute your vision. I’ve been a bridesmaid in two mismatched bridesmaid color scheme weddings, and in order for it to look good, there’s actually a fair amount of coordination that needs to happen.

At the bare minimum, you should really provide a color scheme. Not all colors look good together. The easiest for your bridesmaids is to assign them a color. In one wedding, the bride gave us her Pinterest board and said choose whatever color/texture you want…. the other four girls all chose dusty rose chiffon dresses, so I went with that color as well because I thought it would draw extra attention to me if I went with the champagne color on her board. So we didn’t nail that mismatch vibe from her inspo pics. In the other mismatch dress wedding, I was assigned hot pink which at least helped narrow my search - but wow, still so many options!

My unpopular opinion is that the choose your own dress look isn’t really “chill,” but really just passes the burden of dress selection to the bridesmaids. Don’t get me wrong, I love the aesthetic, but it’s not easy to execute well. It requires a lot more planning and coordination than just having everyone order the same dress. Maybe help your bridesmaids out by establishing some parameters.

Are you sure you need a bra? Most wedding dresses provide boning/structure and do not require a bra. I’d recommend asking your tailor who will be able to provide suggestions at your first dress fitting. (Perhaps your tailor can sew in cups for you to provide additional padding/coverage if needed.)

@themomtrotter has an 11 year old son, only child. They’re a nomadic family, currently living in Italy. Lots of travel inspo. I’m not a parent and I find her account a fun follow.

I did this after arriving at MCO a couple of months ago. I was a little nervous, but felt pretty comfortable with it being MCO at 7AM on a Tuesday (not that crowded at arrivals and mostly families going to Disney). After showering and grabbing a quick snack, I went to baggage claim and immediately spotted my bag which had been pulled from the carousel and was sitting in a stanchioned off area in front of the claim office. I went up to the desk and told them that was my bag (thinking I may need to show ID or something) and they told me to just check the tag and make sure it’s mine and I was good to go. So very minimal security, be sure not to pack anything super valuable or sentimental in your checked bag.

Do you have time to set up a second trial? If so, I think it may be worth it to ease your mind. You can then let your MUA know that you’d like to look on the mirror, either while she works, or periodically as she does your makeup.

I accompanied my sister to her HMU trial, and together we learned a lot. While photos of others’ makeup that you like can be helpful, we found that it’s also helpful to show photos of yourself - your everyday makeup, glammed up makeup, and even makeup you don’t like. For my sister, it was actually most helpful to show the makeup she had done as a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding that she did not like, and point out what she didn’t like about it.

Chance of upgrade to FC is very low. This route will have a lot of frequent business travelers with high status. If you want any chance of upgrade, buy C+ so at least you’re ahead of the Silvers in Main on the upgrade list.

The pre-teen/teen demographic is so vulnerable to targeted marketing on social media. I think we will soon see more regulations regarding advertising to minors on social media. Considering that teens have also been a target of e-cigarette marketing, high-end skincare doesn’t seem so bad.

When I was a teen, my mom took me to the Clinique counter and got me the 3-step skincare system, but all I wanted was Clean & Clear face wash like my friends! 😂

I’m 5’0” and my boyfriend had the 30L MLC (since resold), and it was huge on me. In addition to hitting below my waist and being uncomfortable to carry, it looked ridiculous (imo).

There’s a petite girl who works at Baboon to the Moon and does their socials. She tries on the different backpack sizes, and it’s a good reference for petite girls.

The bride wearing white to everything is a combination of social media trend, as well as marketing. Stores like Anthropologie, Lulus, etc. have “bridal” collections that include white outfits for every type of event. You’ll also notice that white is often more expensive. Anyway, white to everything is not necessary. I know plenty of brides who only wore white to their wedding, and not any other wedding activities. The bride should wear what she wants, it doesn’t have to be white.

As far as no one else wearing white…. Traditionally, people were very limited on when they could wear white anyway by the old not before Memorial Day/not after Labor Day rule (no one needs to follow that rule lol). I once wore a mostly white t-shirt to my friend’s bachelorette and the bride and everyone else just happened to wear black (there were no coordinated outfits this day), and her sister made a few comments about how I looked like the bride so I took note to never make that mistake again.

After you reload your bobbin, do you see the top thread catch the bobbin thread? There’s probably a better way to explain this (I FaceTimed my mom for her help when this happened to me), but after you load the bobbin, pull the thread up and to the back left, then use the hand wheel to lower and raise the needle slowly and make sure that the bobbin thread “hooks” with the top thread. You may need to use a little bamboo skewer or something like that to poke the thread through. Then pull both bottom and top thread to the back and to the left. There’s probably some YouTube videos that explain it better than I did, but hopefully this can get you on the right track…. Search “bobbin thread not catching too thread” and see if that fixes it.

I think that’s why she worded the button, “one year without a drink!” Instead of one year sober. In the caption she says she something about how it’s purely a social decision and she doesn’t want to undermine people battling an alcohol addiction…… so not sure why she decided this warranted a celebration post because the button/photo looks like a sobriety accomplishment.

This was the comment I was looking for! I was raised by a traditional etiquette-following mother and was taught that it’s rude to ask for anything. There should be no mention of a wedding registry on a wedding invitation. Nowadays, there’s a link to the registry on the wedding website, but pre-wedding websites, the registry information would be sent by the host of the bridal shower (which should not be a relative of the bride). Otherwise, you’d just ask around to find out where the bride and groom are registered.

I don’t like the writing decisions for her character. Her character really needed a supportive adult figure (which ended up being filled in by Brandon for the abortion narrative) to be her advocate and help navigate the very difficult situations her character was put in. (I think some of her storylines would’ve been better for Mariana so that Lena and Stef could be in that protective parental role.)

As much as I enjoy a love story, I was honestly disappointed that she and Jesus remained together. They were young and “in love,” but in reality, neither of them really knew anything else. They never stayed apart long enough to learn who they were without one another. I thought it was troubling that she stayed with him through the TBI - there were some scenes where he lashed out on her and treated her awfully, but she just accepted it because of his TBI. She was in a very difficult position, walking on eggshells, feeling like she couldn’t leave him in his time of need.

I think it’s just unbelievable that she would go to Stanford for four years while he starts a treehouse business, and the two remained in a long distance relationship. She would’ve been very busy with school, and I doubt that Jesus would have had the patience to be okay with being second priority.

Also I agree that she’s just as bratty as Mariana, and I wish this show portrayed better female friendships, and the friends didn’t date their friends’ siblings.

Ellie sounds like an Elderbubble - a champagne cocktail with vodka, cucumber, and mint.

For Bella I could see a Paloma with Tajin rim for that spicy-sweet.