AltWeeklies Wire
Parties Can Make This Holiday Like No Othernew
To be different this holiday season, try throwing a world fusion party, a pagan feast, a misanthrope party or any of nine other eclectic, nondenominational, festive, frightening and just plain wrong-headed parties dreamed up by Philadelphia City Paper's staff.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Staff Writers |
12-10-2004 |
Recreation
Shopping Like It's 1999new
The bubble has long since burst, but local e-tailers still make shopping in your skivvies a breeze.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Reet Rana |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
All-Star Castingnew
How silicone and creativity can lead to some amazing handmade holiday gifts.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Justin Godar |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
Deer, Guns & Violencenew
The thrill of the kill is the name of the game for the Drury brothers, stars of America's most breathless hunting videos.
Riverfront Times |
Randall Roberts |
11-24-2004 |
Recreation
Renaissance Festival Provides Respite for "Mundanes"new
"Rennies" who spend hundreds of dollars on historical garb may look weird to some, but if you're going to escape from what they call the Mundane World, why not transport yourself to a fantasy-based Renaissance that exists for only a month and a half in the middle of nowhere?
Houston Press |
Craig Malisow |
11-16-2004 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Fast Times at MotorSport Ranchnew
Unable to find a place in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to pursue his new hobby, high-performance driving, Jack Farr created one. His MotorSport Ranch is a country club for sports car drivers.
Dallas Observer |
Zac Crain |
11-08-2004 |
Recreation
Bitter Bingonew
Tired of getting hit on in bars? We have no solution for you. But we do have a game that might make you happy when The Guy Who Compliments Weird Things or The Musician/Waiter shows up.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
11-03-2004 |
Recreation
A Reporter Loses Her Shirt at the Seminole Casinonew
As the chain-smoking, spandex-heavy scene in the adult arcade demonstrates, gambling is hardly the most alluring way to court fortune.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Courtney Hambright |
10-26-2004 |
Recreation
Geeks Gone Wildnew
"More geeky nerd types have gotten laid at Archon than ever would in the outside world," the Empress Inebria says of the annual science fiction convention. This doesn't quite explain the mahogany-skinned man in the courtyard sporting a velvet cape. It's Star Wars alum Lando Calrissian.
Riverfront Times |
Mike Seely |
10-22-2004 |
Recreation
It Came from the Basementnew
The most intense music scene in Boston lives in the neighborhood cellars.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
10-05-2004 |
Recreation
All In: The New World Order of Poker
In the free-for-all world of poker, legions of new players attracted by TV and the Internet now compete against seasoned pros.
Columbia Free Times |
Timothy Allen Conklin |
09-09-2004 |
Recreation
Tags: recreation
Delegates Check Out New York's Strip Clubsnew
As the Republican delegates come in, a strip-club waitress witnesses ever-increasing levels of naïveté and even some family values.
The Village Voice |
Anonymous |
08-30-2004 |
Recreation
