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Burners in Fluxnew

Why would anyone spend four months and $180,000 building something that will only last a week? The answer says a lot about Burning Man culture.
San Francisco Bay Guardian  |  Steven T. Jones  |  09-08-2010  |  Culture

Dress For Excessnew

Halloween costumes are serious business.
Las Vegas Weekly  |  Rick Lax  |  09-03-2010  |  Shopping

Safe Birthday Cakes Worth the Candlesnew

Recipe for Depression-era Cockeyed Cake that uses oil and vinegar in place of eggs and dairy, plus a list of local bakeries that cater to those with allergies.
INDY Week  |  Joyce Clark Hicks  |  09-03-2010  |  Food+Drink

Bo Powell: A Life as Colorful as His Artnew

Bo Powell's murals, paintings and drawings depict much of the West -- but even a dozen murals couldn't capture the breadth of this 70-year-old artist's life.
Fort Worth Weekly  |  Dan McGraw  |  09-02-2010  |  Art

BBQ Evolutionnew

Barbecue has been a vital part of American life as far back as the 17th century.
Charleston City Paper  |  Robert Moss  |  09-01-2010  |  Food+Drink

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Eggplant?new

New uses for the big purple veggie.
Isthmus  |  Terese Allen  |  09-01-2010  |  Food+Drink

The Wizard of Oddnew

Ecomodder squeezes 20 extra miles per gallon from truck.
Planet Jackson Hole  |  Benjamin R. Bombard  |  09-01-2010  |  Culture

Uncovering the Recipe to Chinese Bubble Teanew

I have leveraged my countless good deeds as a husband and prevailed on my wife to develop a facsimile recipe for zhen zhu nai cha.
INDY Week  |  David A. Ross  |  08-31-2010  |  Food+Drink

World of Streetcolornew

An anonymous knitter bombs the streets of Berkeley.
East Bay Express  |  Rachel Swan  |  08-26-2010  |  Culture

Pretty Label Winesnew

Many of us occasionally buy wines because they have a gorgeous label, but few of us admit to it We were heading for a week's vacation in Santa Barbara, which is surely the supermodel of seaside towns...
East Bay Express  |  Jody Brettkelly  |  08-26-2010  |  Food+Drink

Freeze the gamenew

Summer is an assemblage of unscripted experiences, and there's generally still daylight when it's all over. Or so I'd hoped.
INDY Week  |  John Valentine  |  08-26-2010  |  Culture

The Naked Chokenew

Documenting a lifelong love affair with extended bouts of unconsciousness.
Boston Phoenix  |  Eugene Robinson  |  08-26-2010  |  Sports

Fighting the Good Fightnew

Honor Fighting and the UFC.
Boston Phoenix  |  Dan Demetriou  |  08-26-2010  |  Commentary

Garden Guerrillasnew

An new breed of unlikely rebels is giving ‘flower power’ a whole new meaning.
San Diego CityBeat  |  Enrique Limon  |  08-25-2010  |  Culture

Five Reasons Your Barista Hates Younew

Your baristas are a delicate breed of human -- they are perfectionists when it comes to their craft and sensitive when it comes to social aptitude.
Westword  |  Thorin Klosowski  |  08-23-2010  |  Food+Drink

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