Just to clarify, I originally commented only to state the one way to ask that question that *is* definitively acceptable in the places I’ve lived (in cities in the US, where most people are from other states in […]

Yeah, I mean, I’m just thinking of how freshman year of college, LITERALLY every time you met someone, you would ask each other three questions: “What’s your name?” “What’s your major?” and “Where are you […]

To me, asking “Where are you from?” has always been a normal conversation starter, but it means “Where did you grow up?” or “Where were you born?” It doesn’t mean where your parents or grandparents are from, and […]

I’m so impressed by this. In Serbia, I’m kind of having the opposite problem – basically all there is to eat here are various types of delicious pastries and things involving lots of butter, and they are insanely, […]

I have so many feelings about the content of that article, I can’t even start. But I’m really shocked by how painful the writing itself is. Style is definitely more informal than the rest of the Washington Post, […]

Yes, sync your iPhone! My iPhone got stolen this past summer while I was traveling, and I knew I didn’t lose pictures or contacts because I’d been very purposefully syncing them to my computer, but when I went to […]

But but making fun of hipsters is cooler than hipsters!!! It’s like inception.
(If it were me considering going to this party I wouldn’t be saying this, but it’s still true.)

“hiring a stripper ironically” is pretty epically hipster. I think you should go just for the incredible hipster stories I’m sure you’d get out of it.
But if not, I am spending NYE alone too, so, whatever. :]

My resolution is to survive moving to Serbia (for 6 months) in 2 days. I’ve never done anything quite like this before and I’m kiiiiind of freaking out. But, my resolution is that it will be really exciting and I […]

Ugh it’s so frustrating. There is seriously nothing for people under 21!