Ah, Valentine’s Day — that holiday dedicated to love, appreciation and panicking while trying to find your partner a gift that symbolized the entirety of your relationships so they still love you come February 15th. Seriously, though, I have, like, no money and need to come up...
There are only four skywriters in the entire world, so if you want to send a message from heaven on Valentine’s Day, you’ll need to get on that soon. Maybe you’ve already determined that insanely expensive prix fixe menus, padded cards and a tennis bracelet won’t do...
Typically, when you’re in your twenties and even your early thirties, financial security often means putting one foot in front of the other money-wise, stringing enough cash together to occasionally go out for dinner, have a drink (or drinks) with friends or take a once-yearly vacation —...
Parking tickets, at times, can feel inescapable. You study the signs for hours, confident about leaving your car while grabbing a quick coffee and still end up acquiring a pricey slip of paper that demands you eat unboiled noodles for the remainder of the month to avoid going broke. There has long been...
For a couple decades starting in the late 1970s and lasting well into the 1990s, video game arcades were everywhere. In an age of less-intense parental supervision, they were a bit like informal clubhouses, a place where Gen-Xers could spend hours while spending just a bit of...
When it comes to keeping out the cold, winter jackets are amazing. But so is the price tag for them. Come on, a thousand bucks? What the hell is inside them, caviar? Why should it cost so much to stay warm and dry when you’re just taking...
There often seems to be a direct correlation between the divey-ness of a bar and the strength of its pours. Odds are, the place shilling carefully measured $15 cocktails needlessly served in a coupe glass with a sprig of thyme prooooobably gives you less booze than the place with $4 vodka...
You resolved to read more, budget better, eat healthier and exercise more frequently, but only three weeks into the new year, the boring books, countless lentils and your perpetually throbbing thighs have you seriously considering reverting back to your old, unhealthy and much more chill ways. But...
Like everyone else hitting the New Year, you might be thinking about making some serious life changes, and that could mean switching careers. In which case, you might be wondering, “Am I too late? Or what about too old? Do I have to start over?” These are...
It can be painfully obvious, at times, when another human hates the gifts you gave them. But when you drop a brand new chew toy in front of your beloved pet and they immediately rip the thing to shreds, it can be difficult to tell whether they...
So you went a little overboard with your Christmas tree last year, huh? You were feeling extra festive, and you bought the tallest, most cumbersome pine that your local dealer had to offer. Somehow, one of the employees managed to strap it to the top of your...
My disappointment is profound and my rage knows no bounds: Despite my dad always getting an annual holiday bonus before he retired a few years ago, I have been notified that holiday bonuses are apparently not much of a thing anymore, and therefore, I will not be...