As of now, my baby has been in daycare for a month. We got her into a place near our neighborhood, and it has turned out really well in general. The teachers are terrific, and it feels strange to find myself going, “Wow – daycare is so cheap!” but compared to the price of a […]
Month: October 2018
Event – Ali Wong at Arlington Cinema Drafthouse
Sometimes you get lucky, and the stars align so that you can do fun things. I recently (as in, last week), I got incredibly lucky, and a few things fell into place so I could go out on a Friday night and see some comedy. And not just any “some comedy” – Ali Wong, who […]
TV – C.B. Strike (Cinemax)
With the amount of interesting television out there, it’s easy to forget about shows. Because of that, the Boy and I have had a very technologically savvy system of keeping track for a while now – pen and paper. But when the paper started to run out of room with all the shows we’d finished […]
Theater – Comedy of Errors
I have enjoyed Shakespeare for a long long time. And somewhere in my brain, I have a very basic memory of what my first experience seeing Shakespeare was. I can’t be 100% sure, but there’s some bit that niggles at me and says, “Comedy of Errors”, and I’m not sure why. It may be because […]
Money – How I Use Credit Cards for Points and Miles
I managed to get through college without opening a credit card account, which if you consider the stupid temptations that most college kids face – free frisbee! free t-shirt! free movie tickets! – for signing on the dotted line, was pretty impressive. Instead, I dealt solely with a debit card linked to my checking account. […]
Movie – To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (Netflix)
As previously established, I love a good romantic comedy. There are times when I will even enjoy a BAD romantic comedy, but nowadays with my eyeball time being more and more precious, I tend to find myself only devoting it to things that are either proven to be good, or that are 100% in my […]
Personal – What Does Bedtime Look Like In Our House?
What does bedtime look like in the house of people with an older infant? For about 7 and a half weeks now, we have been in a routine at bedtime. It’s a fairly strict routine, and it doesn’t always make sleep perfect, but it’s one that has generally worked for us. Before that, things were […]