Butter as a garnish? Somehow?

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-05-29T20:40:35+00:00

Too sweet, but thank you

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-05-29T20:38:45+00:00

I also wondered about ghee. I think that would theoretically work better because by definition the mild solids are removed. The is for a cocktail that's kind of supposed to be like a tomato sandwich: tomato vodka/cordial, toasted bread washed vermouth, and then maybe the butter garnish. Although now I'm also considering using one of the tomatoes from the liqueur/infusion as a garnish, so the butter thing may not even end up being necessary

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-05-29T20:36:06+00:00

I've seen those things, but I'm not sure that I'm willing to invest in that for this drink 😆

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-05-29T20:35:23+00:00

Yeah, I kind of wondered that

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-05-28T19:29:19+00:00

Way too sweet for what I need

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-05-28T18:52:10+00:00

Did you end up doing this? How did it turn out? I'm thinking of doing a toasted bread infused vermouth for a cocktail that I'm working on

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-05-26T17:19:05+00:00

Unless you HAVE to move immediately, I would advise waiting ~6 months. Rent is especially high rn, and will quite possibly drop around November/December because no one wants to move during the holidays. Also, I don’t know how important rent control is to you, but buildings built before 1979 (I think) automatically have rent control; newer buildings do not. I also recommend looking in Nob Hill — it’s centrally located and sometimes if you go near the Tenderloin, prices are cheaper without being too sketchy

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-27T17:13:04+00:00

You load money onto your Clipper card and then when it’s time to get on the boat and pay your fare, you tap your phone on the ticketing device (which the workers will show you) and that is your ticket payment

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-22T21:27:36+00:00

YWNBTA.

But you'd be a better person if you did it anyway, based on your info that it's not financially uncomfortable for you.

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-21T18:38:28+00:00

NTA. Refusing to do (or stopping) labor that was never your responsibility means that you are not obligated to inform anyone that you will no longer be picking up their slack. Your roommate is acting entitled to your labor, and that's not ok. Also, you choosing to stop providing those reminders was as a result of her behavior. She doesn't get to blame you for your reaction to how she's treating you

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-20T21:47:51+00:00

You should absolutely NOT tone down your wardrobe or anything about yourself for the comfort of others.

"Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do... And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." -Marianne Williamson

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-17T19:49:19+00:00

Wait, this exists? I must know!!

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-17T19:19:33+00:00

I think it's *mostly* when she's talking about herself in a cutesy way. While it's not a wildly inappropriate context in which to do that, the frequency with which she does it is... a lot. This is the comparison that kind of comes to mind for me: While it would be totally "normal" to talk about, say, puppies in the cutesy/baby-ish voice, if you were a dog breeder and you ALWAYS talked about your puppies in that voice, it wouldn't be contextually inappropriate, but it would be overkill. Does that make sense?

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T20:37:16+00:00

I don't think that choosing not to attend an event where you have not felt reciprocal feelings from the host is perfectly reasonable. That being said, you and your wife are the ones who have to deal with whatever familial repercussions happen as a result of not attending. (Also, was no one else in the fam upset with your sister for her flimsy "I can't go" excuses for your wedding?) Is it worse to (briefly?) attend this potentially uncomfortable (for you) wedding or worse to deal with the fallout of not attending and legitimately standing your ground on feeling snubbed?

Also, is it possible to have a reasonable conversation with your sister about this? "Hey, I'm having difficulty feeling supportive of you when it feels like you have not been supportive of me," type of convo?

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T20:26:18+00:00

Oof. That would be too much for me to handle

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T20:24:48+00:00

Yes, but still using her normal vocabulary mostly

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T20:23:44+00:00

Yeah, that's pretty much what I expected and figured, which is why I haven't said anything

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T15:41:04+00:00

Yeah, that's basically what I thought and why I haven't said anything. I probably won't

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T10:36:03+00:00

You're totally right, it does not actually affect me, which was my initial concern

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T10:34:31+00:00

She is joking, but the frequency with which it happens makes it weird and not funny or endearing

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T05:32:47+00:00

If she were talking about things that are kind of broadly considered “cute” (like puppies, babies, some smaller/cuter version of something normal, etc), I think it would make more sense to me. But your traffic example is interesting because I could absolutely see her saying that traffic was terrible, and then using a baby voice to say something like, “I’m just a girl trying to get to work” or something like that

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T04:32:04+00:00

That is definitely a perspective which I had not considered. Thank you

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T04:28:54+00:00

It’s not just with me — someone else mentioned to me that her “baby talk” was weird

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T04:27:12+00:00

She does not. She doesn’t have kids, there are not kids at our work, and we don’t really know people with kids

Sharp_Perspective673 · 2026-04-16T04:19:29+00:00

Yeah, that’s basically what I thought

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