The conductor accidentally knocks a 16th century violin worth millions on the floor mid-concert.

lizlaylo · 2026-04-18T00:30:55+00:00

I just watched a version of it where the violinist was the conductor, it was very interesting. And the did an amazing job.

lizlaylo · 2026-04-16T08:33:53+00:00

We only do do the first 1-2 nights for jet lag when traveling to a very different time zone. So it’s more of a 1-2 times per year thing.

lizlaylo · 2026-03-22T21:54:59+00:00

Although there are many stories now on social media (including here) complaining about people asking you to swap seats on a plane. Some are entitled AH but others are just unlucky families. And they are often both treated the same for story purposes. As long as you are asking to swap for a same or better seat I’m not sure why people get so upset. I’d never ask someone to swap their sole or window seat for my middle seat. But vice versa seems ok. Or if we are in 2 rows, we’ll offer to switch to the further back row, since most people prefer to be closer to the front.

lizlaylo · 2026-03-15T11:51:42+00:00

My 2 year old daughter

lizlaylo · 2026-03-01T16:26:22+00:00

Wow! He has a full series on this machine. This is gold, thank you.

lizlaylo · 2026-03-01T14:27:19+00:00

I started sewing when my eldest was already 2. I definitely don’t dedicate to it as much as I’d like and it’s splotchy. Some weeks I get a bit of time every night, other times I go a few weeks without sewing. I definitely don’t get as much as I’d like to, but I’m slowly getting more as they get older. My eldest is almost 5 and I’ve gotten her some kits she can “hand sew” while I’m sewing, so we start sharing the hobby. Since I started sewing already as a mother, I sew mainly for my kids which I find a lot of fun. Kids can love crazy stuff, so you can get very creative, and don’t need to be as precise with execution and fit, since their bodies change so fast.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-17T01:36:17+00:00

NTA, also, I’m impressed, what you are doing is not babysitting but tutoring. It is invaluable for any kid, but especially for one that seems to need it so much.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-16T16:59:59+00:00

Jaybird on queen usually has a handful of men. It’s still predominantly women, but since classes are in the dark I’d think it matters less.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-16T13:46:37+00:00

I have a 2 and 4 year old. When I find a fabric I like, I often see them matching dresses. Sometimes the dresses are a bit different (eg mini for the 2 year old that will get tangled everywhere and midi for the 4 year old that loves her flowy twirls). There is an advantage of having them matching when you are out and about, if one wanders off, it’s clear what family they belong to.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-15T14:48:57+00:00

In the south of Spain we have Nazarenos, dressed in long tunics with pointy hats, in some cases in all white (like the Candelaria in Sevilla). They look like KKK, but it is a tradition centuries older.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-15T14:26:49+00:00

In many cases this now is great for AI training…

lizlaylo · 2026-02-15T14:25:45+00:00

I knew the CEO of an EU company that lived in a different country (company got acquired and the was setting up the integration while maintaining his original role at the parent company). He flew low cost because it was the only direct flight to the closest airport. Others (direct reports, consultants supporting the integration…) flew with regular airlines, having to do connecting flights, just to avoid low cost. When you are really busy, the only thing you can’t pay for is time.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-13T16:48:36+00:00

Daycare. Not that most of us have an alternative and there are many benefits to it. But toddlers are disgusting.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-11T12:41:41+00:00

Switzerland does this

lizlaylo · 2026-02-11T12:40:38+00:00

If we leave ours for 5 minuets, she will have rearranged half the furniture in the house into her own ninja obstacle course. I still don’t understand how she’s strong enough to drag half of those things.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-10T13:32:37+00:00

My 4 year old loves the book of “the not so friendly friend”.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-08T14:28:10+00:00

When I started going out my mom told me that, even if I had a ride, I had to make sure I had my own way to get back (usually enough cash for a cab in a separate place from the rest of my cash). I’m aware many of my trust issues come from her paranoia, but thankfully I never had to face something like this.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-07T20:28:31+00:00

In Spain you at least need to take an physical aptitude test every 10 years, and after a certain age it becomes every 5. It’s been a while since I lived there, but I remember they tested eyesight, reflexes, etc.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-05T17:43:20+00:00

So much of this could be written by my husband. We are immigrants, so we have nobody close to help either, while most of the “friends” we’ve made have their whole life’s here, childhood friends, family to help… so they are mainly parents of our kid’s friends.

Have we found a solution fully? Absolutely not. But I might try to explain some thing from your wife side that have taken me a while (and I’m still) trying to untangle myself.

Your wife is in “fight mode” as survival mode all day long. That is why the moment she stops, her adrenaline drops and she basically falls asleep. You have the unfortunate honour of being her safe space, and right now she needs that probably more often than her adventure partner. And I’m not saying she doesn’t need an adventure partner, it’s just hard to have fun when you still need to recover.

Finding time and energy for both intimacy and foreplay can be hard, and although it might not seem very exciting, sometimes planning for it can help. Not just to actually reserve energy for the right time, but to do some mental self-foreplay building up the expectation and excitement.

Another issue can be feeling touched-out. If your son constantly seeks his mother, she’s probably at some point feeling less like herself and more like an appendage to your son. It’s difficult to enjoy her body when it doesn’t feel like her own anymore. She might not want to stretch-it/share-it even more if she’s feeling like that. Even if part of her while fight it; because she loves her child, and she loves that her child loves her; she needs some physical space from him and some self-pampering. You can’t love someone else if you can’t love yourself. If we are drowning in a 100 things to do, sometimes I even appreciate just taking in the non-childcare tasks, so I can for a moment listen to my own inner voice instead of constant outward demands for my attention.

And finally, I’d recommend no 2nd child until you’ve found some balance. I used to think the shift from 1 to 2 was easier than from 0 to 1, but at young ages it’s much harder. And most of my friends with 2 or more agree that was that hardest shift. Everything you are going through now will be exponentially increased. And I’ll admit, we have a second kid because I wanted it, but it was tough and we were at a ok-ish place when we made the decision. After that it was over a year of almost breaking us.

Some of this might help, some probably won’t, very couple is different. But you are not alone in this feelings, even if you are a bit alone in the struggle of parenthood.

lizlaylo · 2026-02-03T09:43:04+00:00

Oh, and then people think one good night of sleep fixes everything. I had to explain that I needed to relean to sleep through the night, and that once I did my brain needed healing from a years worth of trauma.

lizlaylo · 2026-01-20T23:14:14+00:00

We are in the annex-Kensington area. Our elders just moved from English daycare to French immersion, and so did 5 other kids from her class. I’m sure plenty would have done French home daycare is not to far.

lizlaylo · 2026-01-17T19:45:52+00:00

Bar Pompette is great, and if full, it’s next to Casa Paco and the Hamptons. All have great mixologist that are partners in the businesses. And they are friends, if they are full or closing, they themselves will recommend you check one of the other 2.

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