It only takes a handful of assholes to ruin things.

Folks from the liberation crowd are usually god awful at communicating to people outside of their movement.

Pingala, because you don’t feel like a total turd after a decent sized meal.

Yup. Store manager (who was actually a great person) decided to leave shortly after that and the rest of us jumped ship with her.

Leunig’s. Hands down my favorite for fine dining and classic French/American. Good atmosphere and really superior quality and presentation. Otherwise, folks have covered pretty much everything else I’d consider.

A copy of that must be gold. Mind sharing?

People just being angry that this article exists is a great example of some of the things you’re talking about. These same people most likely don’t consider themselves racist in the least. I suppose privilege is looking at all these topics through the lens of their/our own experiences rather than being empathetic and understanding of other lived experiences.

“Nobody bothers black people on the trail”

“These problems arent real”

“They said something about whiteness. This is offensive”

All great examples of whiteness. All great examples of how systemic racism is alive and well.

I pass as white. I see all these privileges. I’m quite sure I participate in all these problems in ways I can’t see. But to just laugh of lived experiences of marginalized people because we haven’t experienced them ourselves is quite awful.

The Big Spruce in Richmond. Great service, delicious cocktails, super chill vibe, and the food is fresh, flavorful, and a wonderful departure from what we get for "Mexican Food" in Vermont. Extensive tequila collection!

Waterworks is mediocre, overpriced American bistro food.

Why did I have to scroll to find this answer 🤔

Hiking is cheap if you’re in warm temps with a clear forecast snd don’t mind a 40lb backpack.

That's a good call

Excellent article, thank you.

Fuck that noise!

Yup.

Between that and having to show up at 7am for a "loss prevention course" (see: if you take of the plastic shopping bags for your spare set of shoes, that counted as "theft"), I was not sad to see the company go under.

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Mamajuana. The food.

I still have a Carburs menu and have often thought about recreating each sandwich for kicks, with the exception of Lady Chatterley's Liver, I couldn't stomach that one.

Wtf.

Papa Frank's in Winooski. You can't get a better value or hole in the wall atmosphere. Plus they have great beer prices on Mondays I believe.

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Couldn't agree more.

My very first job was working as a sales associate at the Gymboree flagship store in NYC.

Corporate (in CA) left alllllll employees' information unencrypted on computers that were stolen one night.

I made minimum wage; had to pay out of pocket for identity monitoring services for corporate's idiocy.

We have a very good VA in White River, which would likely be important - perhaps moreso than Dartmouth.

I’ll definitely be going back there and will be sure to give those a try!! Thank you for the recommendations :)

In terms of food, Istanbul is the best. The dishes are so delicious and everything is perfectly prepared every time.

I think it’s safe to assume that prioritizing people’s comfort includes not calling police on POC who are in parks, using your white privilege to address racism if you see it happening rather than turning a blind eye, not leaving racist notes in trail books, giving excellent customer service to POC shopping in outdoor gear stores, and in general, not getting angry and defensive when hundreds of POC produce thoughtful content about the problems they face when being outdoors. The line of thinking that people’s comfort needs to be as involved as approaching them on a trail and saying “how can I, a White make you, a black, more comfortable today?” is obviously stupid and misses the point entirely.