quiddities and agonies of the ruling class - a rolling new york times thread

http://www.onenewspage.com/news/Lifestyle/20100506/10760480/Alexa-von-Tobel-How-Went-24-Hours.htm

biggest lol @ "i knew i had a coffee maker"

I kindly proposed to my three girlfriends that we have a "potluck" dinner at my apartment, where everyone brought a different dish.

Within minutes, I had donned my apron and found my inner Julia Child (Who knew I had one?), whipping up a delicious pasta dish at the stove

seriously, you are a horrible, horrible person

when you make food for yourself like twice a year you simply are not allowed to use the verb "whip up" to describe your cooking

dude you forgot the best part of that sentence: and singing along to my Billy Joel favorites.

that was the only thing that i liked about her!!

Forty minutes later, the deliveryman arrived with my pasta primavera and a Greek salad and I handed him $32.50, including tip. Pretty steep for a dinner for one, I thought. I returned to my kitchen counter, brown bag in hand, and it was then that I had a moment: I reviewed my spending for the day and I realized that I had spent well over $80 over the course of the day on menial expenses

Why is it $22.50 and $60, respectively, in the cached Huffpo original?

and singing along to my Billy Joel favorites.

missed opportunity to quote lyrics from "Allentown" and contemplate similarities between self and laid-off factory workers

nasa needs 2 build a fucking alexa von tobel-sized rocket 2 b launched in2 the sun

Why is it $22.50 and $60, respectively, in the cached Huffpo original?

― Sandwiches That You Will Like.(2002).XviD.torrent (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:13 AM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark

inflation

putting "potluck" in quotes as if it's an utterly new or foreign concept is the worst thing in a whole page of really horrible stuff

I mean TECHNICALLY there's something k-classic about making a potluck/dish-to-pass item from only canned goods already found on your pantry shelves. Probably the most Amurrican thing she's ever done in her whole life.

But they usually involve either gelatin or French's Fried Onions.

but she sang along with billy joel!

No, pretty sure taking a cab to work every day instead of walking 20 minutes is the most American thing she's done.

so i was thinking about this as i was picking up some groceries right now and what actually kind of infuriates me the most is the concept that because you did not buy something that day it somehow cancels the fact that you bought it at some point? like congrats you stored a bunch of food in your house that you bought a while ago, wtg. your friend brought some wine--pretty sure she didn't whip that up herself. same reason buy nothing day makes me want to slay.

xp No way, that's for east coast namby-pambies. Amurricans own their own cars.

lol j0rdan i love you

i basically think that article was not for real

my friend pointed out that "holder's house blend" coffee doesn't seem to actually... exist

yeah I think she got "folgers" and "maxwells house" confused

would be so lol if she fabricated this and made up a coffee brand

she couldn't even do it

might be some viral thing where she goes "JK! now let me teach you how to save money for real"

but she sang along with billy joel!

Evidence for the prosecution.

maybe she just got back from this guy's house?

http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/images/0203-avenue-holder-airline-terror-600/7341822-1-eng-US/0203-AVENUE-Holder-Airline-Terror-600_full_600.jpg

I kindly proposed to my three girlfriends that we have a "potluck" dinner at my apartment, where everyone brought a different dish.

I do not understand this use of 'kindly'?
(why yes i am also pissed off by people who use 'kind regards' on the end of emails - i really don't feel that 'kind' is an adjective you can appropriately use about your own behaviour)

still dunno what holder's house is after googling it, but I have added the word 'zarf' to my lexicon

i basically think that article was not for real

enh idk she seemed so clueless and myopic in a very believable and very sad way. like reading her bio its p easy to believe that eating food you made yourself is some eye-opening shit 4 her

i haven't been to nyc since i was 11, so can one of yall confirm this for me: did all your grocery stores get destroyed by the cloverfield monster? is that what happened? that's why people pay $26 for pasta primavera right?

Also, adding frozen peas to vodka sauce is disgusting, and I am well known for my questionable decisions regarding adding frozen peas to things I'm eating.

"and i had a half of pint of strawberry ice cream, so i threw that in there!"

Reminds me of this (skip past the first 45 seconds):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bvfT-sI8Uk

Just this morning, put on my apron and whipped up some breakfast by pouring myself a bowl of cereal, and adding a heap of frozen peas on top.

it's important to have something green at every meal: why not frozen peas?

lolllllllllllll

Jordan: grocery stores can be far away from your apartment and you'd have to carry bags home (unless they deliver, which lots in Manhattan do but then you'd have to admit to knowing about such mundanities -- much more The Thing to pretend that all food comes from ), and ingredient prices seem to be determined by affluence of neighborhood more than any actual quality of the FOOD. Broccoli and Parmigiano-Reggiano in Gramercy?? Twenty-six bucks is getting off easy!

Then you have to cook the food; fortunately, Grandmother gave you some shiny pots along with the down-payment on your 2-bedroom high-rise condo, if only you could remember which cupboard you put them in...

And then wash the dishes by hand because only the truly rich of the island are allowed dishwashers -- large home appliances are New York's cochineal.

"all food comes from that place on Madison Avenue" but I forgot that part while skimming over.

it's important to have something green at every meal: why not frozen peas?

Or spoiled meat, which is still more appitising than fucking peas in vodka sauce.

breakfast: oatmeal with frozen peas
lunch: BLT and FP
modest homemade dinner: grilled frozen peas with a side of frozen peas

hah, NY1 just ran a feature on this woman and her website - http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/money_matters/

i was kidding; i know what frozen peas are gross in ffs.

sorry, permanent link - http://www.ny1.com/content/ny1_living/money_matters/116599/new-website-teaches-women-personal-finance-basics/

whenever I read the name of her company I think of a festive garment with notes pinned all over it

whenever i read the name her company i think of "moonvest" a minor character from the sitcom "30 rock"

mines better

Unfortunately, I think of Buffalo Bill's desire to make a vest with tits.

By making his own vest with tits, he avoids spending one penny, which as I understand it, is in line with the LearnVest philosophy. I think Buffalo Bill also adds peas to vodka sauce.

"It's very important because I have to pay my bills, I have to eat and I don't want to wake up and be like, 'Oh man, I spent $300 on these glasses and I can't pay my rent,'" says one New Yorker.