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Are You Lonesome Tonight? The Story of a Nightmare Stalkernew
Last June, a girl named Johna Chase began following me on Twitter. I didn’t recognize her name so I clicked on her profile pic. My screen filled with the black-and-white image of a girl’s face. She stood sideways, but her face was turned to the camera.
New York Press |
Mishka Shubaly |
02-11-2010 |
Culture
Sexy Times With Beer and Chocolate: When Two Aprodisiacs Combinenew
For those lucky enough to be struck by Cupid’s arrow, here are some natural aphrodisiacs that may tease, tantalize and titillate the taste buds and help put you in the mood for a trip to the bedroom this Valentine’s Day: chocolate and beer.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Mike Tessier |
02-11-2010 |
Food+Drink
50 Ways to Please Your Lover This Valentine's Daynew
We asked a wide swath of Portlanders, both well known and obscure, how they make their loved ones happy, and their answers were far better than we’d ever imagined. And so, we proudly present, 50 ways to please your lover.
Willamette Week |
Willamette Week Staff |
02-10-2010 |
Culture
Because I Like it Raw: 10 Days of Only Raw Foods, No Meat or Dairynew
I employ various methods to combat my profession's caloric surfeit, but many of those methods result in a schizophrenic seesaw of excess and deprivation. But once a year, I try for a full-on cleanse, a diet of some sort that will completely reset my system.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Besha Rodell |
02-09-2010 |
Food+Drink
Yes Man, No Guff: Guerilla Prankster Entices a New Crop of Subversivesnew
Campy GIFs dance on Andy Bichlbaum's laptop, and he cites beer as a factor in his work. He’d make an awesome-cool prof, and in fact, he is one. Andy Bichlbaum is his nom de guerre, and if you run an evil corporation, he could cost you billions in seconds.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Terefenko |
02-05-2010 |
Culture
D’bi.young Continues Exploring at the Festival Voix d’Amériquesnew
She’s a dub poet, author, actor, playwright, teacher and social activist. But d’bi.young insists, “It’s all storytelling.” For the Jamaican-Canadian artist, there’s enough cooking on every burner to make the rest of us look like hopeless slackers.
Montreal Mirror |
Neil Boyce |
02-05-2010 |
Performance
When it Comes to Weddings, Restaurants are the New Banquet Hallnew
With all the time we spend in restaurants, is it any surprise we want to commit our lives to our partners there, too? For many, banquet halls with prescribed chicken-or-fish options don’t cut it anymore, and the vogue for smaller weddings means cavernous spaces may not be necessary, either.
Seven Days |
Alice Levitt |
02-05-2010 |
Culture
Super Bowl Guide to Sex, Drugs, Gambling, and Living Large in South Floridanew
Nothing ruins the perfect party week like someone dying or going to jail. So we've done the arduous research, taken the dangerous journeys, and interviewed dozens of local experts to bring you the definitive guide to depravity in the Sunshine State.
Miami New Times |
Michael J. Mooney and Gus Garcia-Roberts |
02-05-2010 |
Culture
Celebrate George's Lighter Side with President Washington's Porternew
The first president was partial to a style of ale called porter, which makes him something of a follower of fashion. Porter was the first mass-marketed, must-have beer. In early 18th-century London, pub-goers enjoyed a mixed beer cocktail that blended brown ale, pale ale and stale (meaning aged) beer.
INDY Week |
Julie Johnson |
02-04-2010 |
Food+Drink
Dining Alone In Public Doesn't Have to be Miserable... Does It?new
A few centuries after Benjamin Franklin first strolled down a Philadelphia street chewing on a loaf of bread, dining alone in public is still uncommon enough to carry a certain social stigma. So much so, in fact, that the resulting anxieties have become something of a cultural meme.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Bill Forman |
02-04-2010 |
Food+Drink
Garrett Hartley on his Kick that Sent Us to the Super Bowlnew
Garrett Hartley's name is now indelibly etched in Saints lore. And the most endearing thing about Hartley is he doesn't seem to fully grasp the gravity of his game-winning kick that secured the Saints' first-ever Super Bowl appearance.
Weapons of Choicenew
There are a few rules for the fans. No hitting in the head and no hitting with the buckle. The fans are supposed to stay on their designated side of the ring (two per side), though that idea quickly disintegrates. When one wrestler gets thrown out, all eight run to where he lands.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Dan McGraw |
02-03-2010 |
Sports
In Memorium: Karen Schmeer, 1970-2010new
Karen Schmeer, the brilliant local film editor whose work on Errol Morris's documentary The Fog of War helped win it the Best Documentary Oscar in 2004, died January 29 in a tragic accident, struck by a getaway car as she was crossing a street in Manhattan. She would have turned 40 on February 20.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
02-02-2010 |
Commentary
Eight Roles For Sen. Chris Buttars After His Performance in '8: The Mormon Proposition'new
8. Lead in the Coen Brothers’ sequel No Country for Old Queens. 7. “Mr. Thistletwat” in the touring production of Avenue Q. 6. Cranky police chief in the Neil Patrick Harris/Eddie Murphy buddy-cop flick 40 Gay Hrs.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Bill Frost |
02-02-2010 |
Commentary
Rochester's Pandora Boxx Debuts on 'RuPaul’s Drag Race'new
Pandora Boxx revels in being the host of the most popular drag night in town, performing in front of hundreds of cheering 20- and 30-year-olds every week. Yet roughly a year ago, Pandora was ready to pack up the heels, retire the gowns, put the wig back on the shelf.
City Newspaper |
Eric Rezsnyak |
02-02-2010 |
Culture
