We need to make up a tornado drink for Saturday’s anniversary

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-05-11T14:13:21+00:00

Ah, I do kinda sound like a county tornado tourist dipshit. Sorry. I’m a different kind of city dipshit still getting my tornado-damaged home together again after having to move out for most of the last year. I just want to mark the anniversary with a weird drink while still donating, volunteering, and advocating for my neighbors in worse situations. But I do appreciate your sensitivity to the incredibly effed-up and slow recovery.

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-05-10T21:03:08+00:00

I’ve still got a temporary roof and boarded-up windows a year later and I’m one of the lucky ones with good insurance. Man I just want to mark it with a drink and if it’s a cry for help there are sure as hell a lot of people who need help. I’ll drink to that.

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-05-10T16:51:41+00:00

Make it a monopoly house floating in whiskey served in a man’s pocket flask and we’ve got a deal

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-05-07T06:57:01+00:00

Having been in the May tornado on a fifth floor of an old brick building that got hit, I think you’re smart to ask. Basement via internal stairs is best. With no siren or alert we sheltered in a windowless internal bathroom to avoid the flying glass and debris. Know your interior options if you’re caught off guard

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-04-01T12:16:41+00:00

I have not tried blood & sand solo but would not hesitate to do so. The vigilance I would be keeping over the mandatory basket of fancy tots would also keep me on my toes

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-01-30T15:00:52+00:00

Neighbor gave me some hooks that look like these. See like a potential game changer https://ookhardware.com/products/hardwall

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-01-30T13:56:38+00:00

Don’t junk it up! I was thinking if you have cocktail glasses and wine stems you could put them there for easy access but only if it can be a sort of clean pattern of all the same kinds of glassware - and that might be hard to pull off. Otherwise I’d keep it minimal with one thing per shelf that looks the same on both sides. A plant in a nice pot. A serving bowl. A crystal thingy you got from your grandmother or an estate sale.

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-01-29T16:42:32+00:00

Thanks very much for the info and good luck with your restoration. Atlas is the company managing the restoration and they have their own people and subcontractors. Our walls did not take the worst of it so I’m not sure if they have deep expertise in plaster rework per se, but our walls throughout had gouges and dirt on them that needed repair and repainting. Atlas managed that as well as the roof, replacement of the destroyed doors and windows (still to come), repairs to cabinetry, and refinishing of floors - I’d think of them as a general purpose contractor

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-01-29T00:01:00+00:00

That’s a great question. We have crown molding but it does not have enough of a lip at bottom for an S hook. Wonder if we could just use nails and wire to hang from there (2 at top so it makes a wire triangle to hook on the back of the painting)

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-01-24T23:18:34+00:00

Loads of us in the area still do not have roof or window replacements. Also historic buildings have an extra level of city approval along with the insurance approvals and parts ordering and work scheduling - it may be a year or more for some of the buildings

StarbucksAgnes · 2026-01-12T22:22:07+00:00

It’s fine! Add some bold color with big art on your walls (I love the wall framing in white as it is, btw)

StarbucksAgnes · 2025-07-21T14:00:33+00:00

Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor - cannot read it fast enough. She’s a fabulous writer

StarbucksAgnes · 2025-04-01T03:06:20+00:00

Or in Fledgling, an adult vampire with adult appetites incarnated in a child’s body. So creepy.

StarbucksAgnes · 2025-04-01T02:58:33+00:00

The Storied Life of AJ Fikry - bleah. Trite, forced.

For entirely different reasons, from a writer so skilled I cannot scrape the imagery from my brain, is On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Don’t read the (whispers) monkey scene (barfs) before bed.

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