Saturday, April 4, 2015

passover at jill's

The Boston-part of my family left today, and the remaining New York side celebrates the second night of Passover at Jill's (Abbey's sister). 

The food again is excellent and plentiful. And the Seder again is short.  Well, tonight's Seder consists solely of the blessing over bread, so short is a bit overstated.   

At the table, Adam has a great suggestion. "Let's go around the room and have each person tell us their favorite new apps." I have nothing to add, but at least I am asked; a few people aren't even asked.  

So here's a short list of the ones I can't wait to try.

Via
Shared car service 
between 32nd Street and 110th
6:45 to 9pm
$5.44 per ride; not bad when a bus is $2.75

Instacard
Delivery in in two hours for $3.99 (orders must be over $35)
Includes Costco (you don't even have to be a member)
Fairway, Whole Foods and Trader Joes

Google Shopping Express
Same day delivery; orders must be over $15
Stores include Costco, Taget, Fairway, Staples and others

Flavour
A new restaurant discovery app
Pre-selects based on criteria you input
More selective than menu pages

Camcard
Scans and stores business cards

Keeper
Password manager

The Skimm
This isn't an app, but rather a daily newsletter of top stories
How did dId I not know about this?

And while these don't fit my current lifestyle, they sound great anyway:

Docusign
Easy way to store and use an electronic signature

Pager
Doctor comes to you

Shout
Way to "buy" or "sell" reservations to hot restaurants, events, etc.

Glamsquad
Hair and/or makeup stylists come to you

Handy
Book trusted home cleaners and handymen

Emojii Me
Turn your selfies into emojiis

After dinner, the men retreat to the living room to watch the end of the final four game, Duke vs. Michigan State. The woman move to the kitchen. And Amanda teaches Rita how to text.


All around, it's a tech-happy Seder.

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