u/FitzwilliamTDarcy

Looking for recs. Very flexible on timing but thinking of something like December 6 - 9 or 10, so 3 or 4 nights. Absolutely positively need nonstop flights from any NYC airport. Beachfront + pool of course. I'd prefer to keep it to $1000/night more or less but happy to hear any specific "go here for $X more and here's why." But point is more sunlight and warm/hotter temps. Plan is to get pickled for 3-4 days while sitting in the sun.

We've been high (Cap Jaluca, the Corales estates in the DR), AI (Grand Velas), and PAYG places like Fairmont Mayakoba. Every one of those was way more $/night but we went peak, like Xmas/New Year. Our current dates seem way cheaper so shouldn't be a problem I'd think.

TIA

I just switched from a Fold 7 to a Fold 8. So far pretty much everything seems to have ported over successfully via the Samsung smart transfer app or whatever it's called. I had had OB, paid hosting, working well between the Fold 7 and my MacBook Pro.

I was able to restore my messages and settings in OB from backups I'd created. However, my 'green bubble' conversations reverted to the in-built Google Messages app rather than Open Bubbles after the switch.

Seems that I had to re-enable iMessages on my iPhone (which is otherwise just sitting around unused), then re-enable text message forwarding there. And in OB Settings it does show ENABLED CAPABLE in green with the rest. So that seemed to work, for iMessages (i.e. messages with Apple users) at least.

But I'm still experiencing some issues. The biggest is that in OB on the Fold 8 when I start a new message, if I type in a phone number for an Android user, the OB app identifies the number as an Android number and moves it into a green Text Message within OB. I don't recall it doing that before. Then when I hit Send in OB the Fold 8 automatically switches to the Google Messages app, in which I'd then have to hit Send in order to actually send the message. And when people reply the replies still go to Google Messages rather than OB.

Next, Android/SMS messages don't send/receive on my MBP.

And, I cannot re-enable the Message in iCloud (BETA) toggle. Not sure if that matters.

Thoughts?

To maybe help diagnose, in the OB Profile, lower down, it seems to mimic the iPhone's iMessage settings somewhat. There's a toggle for Text message forwarding (BETA) which is on. Then there's a toggle to enable it for the 'iPhone' which is actually the OB 'iPhone' code/identifier, and another for my MacBook Pro. The MBP one is enabled, the iPhone one is disabled (if I try to enable it it tells me to re-log into the account with 2FA on 'the other device'....not sure what that means). Is this somehow overriding the Settings on the iPhone or interfering in some way?

Also, this leaves me with an additional question for you. Does this mean I have to keep an iPhone around forever to perform this every time I get a new Android phone? I was kind of hoping to see the iPhone I have because I don't use it otherwise.

TIA for any help

I harp about this all the time. The petty tyrant and pedant in me is glad to see this:

Gift link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/style/nyc-neighborhoods-the-village.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x1A.VE3W.UndHqOnl8Tjn&smid=url-share

And any features/options you really wish you'd added? Or ones you added but turns out you don't really want or need?

I ask because we recently tested a GT. It was loaded of course, and phenomenal. And expensive.

We're coming out of an R1S lease in a few months and would love to get into a Gravity. On the fence given the cost differential between the standard and GT and trying to understand real-world experiences with both.

TIA

Been feeling this lately but all the streaming services I've used to create stations from these songs lean too into straight up reggae, which is great except that's not the vibe I'm looking for.

I want positive, upbeat, pop or pop-leaning reggae. Simple, basic, positive, hopeful,, optimistic.

Open to it all TIA