The only Camping Wisdom I have acquired is that rocky riverbeds make terrible beds and chopping wood’s hard. Oh, and marshmallows need to be toasted and consumed in large quantities.

Here’s a secret: The best parties actually have no occasion attached (sometimes the occasion is that you feel dead inside).

Ugh. I’m moving. Here’s a monkey wrench.

A Negroni is perhaps the easiest cocktail in the world to make—it’s three ingredients and can be built all in one glass.

“There’s a bad taste in my mouth when white restaurant owners co-opt tacos for profits and white foodies venture for the most “authentic” tacos as a badge to show off their own expansive tastes because in both cases they’re taking parts of a culture they enjoy and commodifying it, all while disregarding the parts they don’t care for.”

Cross stitching is easy. Julie provides a list of supplies in the book, as well as instructions that can help you tackle any of the cheeky projects. …And proving even further that she’s the coolest human on the planet, Julie designed a cross stitch pattern just for Autostraddle readers.

It’s Caturday! Let’s talk about how to get started with your purrfect pet instagram. Puns required.

It also turns out that I’m a foodie and love brunching sober because I get to focus and spend more money on the actual food! (Pizza and Oreos are NOT theeeeee best combination of food I’ve eeeeeeever eaten. That was the vodka talking.)

Who says Halloween can’t be adorable instead?

Zucchini is delicious. It deserves a better home than in that boring zucchini bread.

There is no drink simpler than a gin and tonic. Which means it’s the perfect opportunity to (easily) get a little fancy.

I can’t promise I’ll go to the gym, but I can promise myself that I’ll go to my kitchen.

Cereal, bagels, yogurt, breakfast bars, toast and smoothies all have their place in the Breakfast World, but I’m firmly in Camp Oatmeal.

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere and not a drop of pumpkin spice latte to drink. But waitaminut, you can make your own!

Let’s make our leftover game plan now so we can just focus on digestion this weekend.

Bet you didn’t realize you could use wonton wrappers to make LASAGNA IN A JAR.

Is this okay to eat?

What’s a pantry without some preserved goods?

Meet the adorable human being responsible for Autostraddle’s amazing illustrations!

Meat. Cake. I really can’t be any clearer than that.