Where can I get jackets like those worn by Meryl Streep's character in the 1985 film, Out Of Africa?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mrs Hilksom at 1:39 PM on February 7, 2008 (19 comments)

Giant, multi-faceted, possibly-career-making project about to begin. How to reorganize my workspace so I completely kick ass, take names?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mrs Hilksom at 3:13 PM on January 25, 2008 (12 comments)

Gimme your recommendations for children's books, in French (...the books, not your two cents, natch).
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mrs Hilksom at 8:48 PM on August 27, 2007 (24 comments)

We're Canadian. Cousin did semester in Hawaii a few years ago, fell in love with a boy. A few months ago they got married, hoping to ease the green card situation so she could work there legally & they could continue to be together while he finishes school. But now she can't leave and doesn't have a viable sponsor, so she's stuck in limbo.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mrs Hilksom at 12:08 PM on July 6, 2007 (10 comments)

WTF filter: My grandmother died in November. My uncle flew out to "help out"; he sifted through the belongings, and shipped a bunch of furniture back to his home in another province. Recently he presented my mom with a "bill" for all the expenses he incurred during the process of attending my grandmother's death, expecting to be paid back out of the estate, even though my grandfather (demented and unaware of everyday reality) is in a care facility, still living on that money. What now?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Mrs Hilksom at 8:42 PM on March 5, 2007 (44 comments)