Cleaning Tips

Last Thanksgiving, I opened my refrigerator to grab butter for mashed potatoes and smelled something I can only describe as “wet sock left in a gym bag.” The source was a container of leftover soup I had forgotten about. Three weeks prior. It had grown a fur coat. I gagged, closed the door, and considered … Read more

My mattress is ten years old. I know because I bought it the week I moved into this apartment, and that was the same week my neighbor’s dog learned to bark at 5 AM. I remember both events vividly. The mattress cost $400 from a discount furniture store. It is a queen-size, pillow-top, off-white, and … Read more