Fun fact: Working in the kitchens at Cheesecake Factory will get you hired at any Michelin star restaurant in the world. They make everything in that encyclopedia ass menu from scratch, so if you can thrive working at The Cheesecake Factory, you have all the cooking skills that a chef will ever need. Most GMs will hire you on the spot if you show up with that on your CV.
Woody dragging a drunk Buzz Lightyear out of girls brunch to escape is so ahead of its time and might be Tim Allen’s best line reading(s) of his entire career
The reflecting pool debacle is the perfect visual metaphor for the Trump Administration - superficial approaches to complex problems leading to worse outcomes than if he had done nothing.
For those of you who are too young to remember, Mandami's New York is what the Obama's United States used to feel like. Filled with joy, promise, and hope. Sooo much freaking hope.
Juneteenth (Jun. 19, 1865) wasn’t the day enslaved people were freed; it was the day enslaved people in Texas were told they had been free… for over two years
President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation went into effect Jan. 1, 1863, but was ignored by the Confederate state
I loved having a newborn I loved have a baby I love having a toddler and I’ll love having an elementary child and I’ll love having a tween and I’ll love having a teenager and I’ll love having adult children
I love being a mom & nobody can fear monger any age stage for me
More than 40 years ago, I arrived in Chicago in search of an idea. I was a young man looking for purpose, who believed deeply in America, was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, and wanted to be a part of something larger. The America I believed in was one where everyone has opportunity, everyone is seen, everyone belongs—because that was an America that had a place for me, too.
Michelle Obama to Barack: "You made the hardest job in the world look like a walk in this beautiful park.
"You never fell for the temptation of a quick fix, or an easy pay day. You never changed from that idealistic summer associate who showed up on that rainy day when we first met without an umbrella. You always gave us the very best within in you. And in doing so, you reminded the rest of us that we could, too."
Michelle Obama to Barack Obama: You were doing the people's work. Rescuing our economy. Expanding healthcare. Ending a war. Ordering the Bin Laden raid. Saving the auto industry. Winning a peace prize. Keeping us safe from Ebola. Regulating the banks. Standing up for marriage equality. Listening to science. And comforting an entire nation. And you did it all with such grace, and class, and cool.