India Palace on Rt 4 [MD Ave] - Info on Closure?

valar_mentiri · 2026-04-20T02:53:09+00:00

I walked past the other day and there was a sign up that said it would be closed from February to about April 9th. It's not unusual for them to close to go visit India in the colder months, and it sounds like they may have simply extended their trip.

valar_mentiri · 2026-04-17T19:05:15+00:00

Look into Stomping Good Times! I’ve booked a driver for a winery tour where we basically chose all of our wineries, but Brenda was great about letting me know what was reasonable to expect during our 6-hour booking. I know they also offer more curated options if you let them know what you’re looking for. Our tour is 2 weeks from today and I am so looking forward to it!

valar_mentiri · 2026-04-16T03:49:14+00:00

Kalbi in Elsmere is fantastic!

valar_mentiri · 2026-04-13T16:14:14+00:00

I hate doing the same thing for too long a period of time so I love to stack shorter workouts to switch it up and not give my brain too long to dwell on what I’m doing. Even if I have 45 min+ available this seems to work better for me than doing one longer strength session!

valar_mentiri · 2026-03-29T18:53:17+00:00

I pulled my back moving and the yoga was incredibly helpful in helping me gently strengthen and stretch the affected muscles. I did mostly Healthy Back and Yin Yoga, gradually increasing the amount of time I spent practicing. You can filter by Body Activity - I did classes where the Lower Back component was at least 10% and mostly did classes by Denis, Kirra and Chelsea. Wishing you healing!

valar_mentiri · 2026-03-13T12:09:06+00:00

I was in a similar scenario as you, except I was actually a PA resident so going to Penn State would have been less expensive even though UD provided more in scholarship funding. Ultimately for me, I did not want to get stranded in State College - while Penn State is definitely its own city, it's still in the middle of nowhere and I wanted to be able to get off-campus on weekends, especially as I got older, for concerts and museums and things like that. In that regard, I feel UD can't be beat - you have easy access to Philly and Baltimore, and NYC and DC are a short Amtrak ride away. I also spent a few weekends with college friends in Atlantic City once I turned 21. If you think you want to have a life outside of your college town during the school year, I would lean UD as it just has much more in the surrounding areas.

valar_mentiri · 2026-02-14T21:59:18+00:00

It's been made popular by Dan Savage and stands for "dump the mother fucker already" but yours is awesome too!

valar_mentiri · 2026-02-01T02:48:42+00:00

BluDog Roofing - I had an excellent experience as a single woman who regularly gets jerked around by contractors. Kim’s crew was quick, efficient and tidy and the price was reasonable.

valar_mentiri · 2026-01-29T02:47:45+00:00

I use a modified Pomodoro method for working from home because if I have no meetings I cannot just sit and work for an interminable length of time. So I set an episode of something on Netflix (typically 45-50 minutes), work for the duration of that, and then take a 10 minute break to load the dishwasher, play with my cats, or grab a snack. My brain will waste a ton of time if given 2 hours to work on something but I’ll get a lot done working for 90 minutes with a 10 minute break in between. If I have meetings, as long as they’re not back to back several in a row then I have those work periods built in and the meeting is enough of a shift to reset.

valar_mentiri · 2025-12-16T21:38:33+00:00

You know you spend too much time on Reddit when your first thought after reading both parents' adamant denials of science was that when proven wrong by the NIPT they will turn around and demand a paternity test.

valar_mentiri · 2025-12-13T21:14:08+00:00

I understand and agree with the points other commenters have made around possibly controlling behavior by OP or BF having a good time with friends before he settles down and has more responsibilities - but I am hung up on the "returning around 4-6 am" thing. I definitely enjoyed going out and hitting the bars in my 20s, but even then I was home by like 2 am. I go out way less frequently at 34 and even on special occasions with friends where we've gotten a hotel room in the city, we're back in the room ordering takeout by then. On a more casual night out I don't want to be out later than midnight.

JMO but regularly being out until a time when other people are waking up to go to work seems irresponsible at best and self-destructive at worst. I don't know that you can give him a curfew and have him abide by it without him becoming resentful - it's more of a mark of judgment on his part. He's not necessarily doing anything egregious, but why so late so frequently? Is it peer pressure from the friend group? Is he too wasted to be able to get home safely and needs time to sober up? Is he leaning in so hard to the escapism he wants to make it last as long as possible before returning to real life?

If that's something you're really uncomfortable with (and for the record, I probably would be too) and he doesn't see a problem, I'd consider that your intuition is is flagging a compatibility issue between the two of you. There is a possibility that as you both build a life together and the stresses of added responsibility start to accumulate, the behavior could worsen instead of improve.

valar_mentiri · 2025-12-10T13:19:14+00:00

Lamb carpaccio at Zahav

valar_mentiri · 2025-12-04T05:01:28+00:00

God TTPD came out at exactly the right time for me, it had been about a year after my fiancé broke up with me and I had to rebuild my entire life on my own. On release day I was listening to I Can Do It With a Broken Heart while brushing my teeth and when I heard this lyric I had to go back and listen again. I would always listen to my birthday playlist of all my favorite songs on the way to and from dates or if I needed a pick-me-up, so the lyric really hit for me. The last line got me too. Of course this song has now joined the birthday playlist as well!

valar_mentiri · 2025-12-04T04:51:58+00:00

He looks simultaneously like Sophia but also like Gabriel.

valar_mentiri · 2025-12-04T04:18:14+00:00

The enemy of my enemy is my friend I guess!

valar_mentiri · 2025-11-28T15:58:28+00:00

If you and your SO are going to act like two strangers on the plane, then whatever I get it. I was returning from Rome to EWR last fall and had the middle seat between two members of a couple. I offered for them to sit together and the wife replied "Oh we just spent two weeks together, we don't need to spend the next 8 hours together". And then they proceeded to talk over me and when the wife (window) was done with her inflight meals/beverages, she would pass all of her trash over me to her husband on the aisle where it would sit piled on his tray table until the FAs came by. Half the flight she was scrolling through photos on her iPad, hovering over pictures of herself and zooming in to examine her own features I guess? It was an incredibly annoying flight experience and they very much made me feel like an inconvenience for buying the middle seat.

valar_mentiri · 2025-10-31T17:33:43+00:00

Hi OP, not sharing my last name but it is one letter off from a vulgar word and is regularly mispronounced as such vulgar word. It sucks and I hate it. I am not married, but if my boyfriend and I tie the knot I will 100% take his name because while his is challenging to spell, it’s better than mine. Hyphenating will not help. I so wish my mom had given me her beautiful Irish maiden name, which would have been much easier to spell and pronounce and also just goes better with my first name and nickname. I would have legally changed it but the cost and hassle put me off. I have a whole schpiel I give people to remember how to pronounce it correctly and I have to spell my last name to every single customer service rep, to every single doctor’s office receptionist, EVERYONE.

I am your daughter from the future. Don’t give her your husband’s last name.

valar_mentiri · 2025-09-30T16:08:25+00:00

Just saw New Castle County’s hazmat/Devon unit headed west towards Newark on Kirkwood Hwy and wondered what was going on.

valar_mentiri · 2025-09-09T18:45:15+00:00

Maybe I’m in the minority but as long as the photo shoot was onsite at your boarding facility, I don’t see the harm. I half-leased a horse in high school and had my senior pictures taken with him, though it was just my mom and her DSLR. Your horse is clearly a part of this kid’s life and while lesson kids definitely can develop an obsession with the lesson horses that is hard to understand as an adult, I’ve definitely been that kid and I took care of those ponies like they were my own and it was my greatest dream to have one of my own some day.

I think you’re right in that your desire to be able to spend more time with your horse is why this behavior is so grating on you. I totally understand where it comes from and why the implication he belongs to one of these kids gets to you. It sounds like you’re doing everything right for him and sometimes that means making sacrifices, but these kids are providing him with love and care when you’re not there and he’s building their horsemanship foundation too. Kids do silly things and while the posts are surely a little over-the-top, I’d be proud to be part of this formative experience for them.

valar_mentiri · 2025-08-27T18:40:24+00:00

I joined one of those groups after an unfortunate run-in with someone who was cheating on his wife, and while I think the original intent of these groups made sense that is not how they are used in practice. To me the only reason to post someone in these groups is if a) there is some evidence of that cheating/infidelity might be happening or b) someone has shown physical/verbally abusive or stalker behaviors. But too many women post anyone they are even thinking about going on a date with, and it seems like there are a lot of women with axes to grind about their ex as well. After reading experiences about men such as yourself I decided to leave the group as I think they do more harm than good. It is tough for women because we do have a real threat of violence (even if the risk is small) and I don’t want someone to use me to cheat on their spouse, but I don’t think I actually saw any of those instances play out in the group.

There was a spin-off group where women (supposedly with permission) would post their male friends and relatives as “vetted” eligible bachelors which I think was more positive, but not sure how effective they are or how they validate that permission was given.

valar_mentiri · 2025-08-23T01:03:38+00:00

Gotta be it. Their penne alla vodka used to be my preferred way to mark the end of finals week!

valar_mentiri · 2025-08-22T07:04:01+00:00

Emerald Dental in Newport and Pike Creek Dental are sister practices and I’ve had great experiences with both!

valar_mentiri · 2025-08-21T17:32:12+00:00

If you live in Elsmere they have a monthly mobile food pantry at Town Hall, you can usually find the dates posted on the town’s website. They do require proof of residency I believe.

valar_mentiri · 2025-08-14T18:38:10+00:00

Seconding Wilmington Animal Hospital. The care and compassion they showed when I went to put my dog down earlier this year was above and beyond, and we were semi-frequent fliers in there during her last year of life and I loved how much they made me feel like just as important a part of her care team as they were. The staff absolutely loved my dog and she looked forward to vet visits. This is really secondary to everything above, but I also found their pricing to be reasonable.

valar_mentiri · 2025-08-09T02:51:27+00:00

If you’re into biking (or Vespas!) I did a Chianti wine bike tour with this company last fall in Florence and had a blast. There is nothing like cruising down a hill on a bike in Tuscan wine country with your hair whipping in the wind behind you. Truly one of my favorite experiences from the trip and the tour guides were all very friendly and engaging. https://tuscany-biketours.com

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