AltWeeklies Wire
What a Whirlwind Web-Tour of Vegas Taught Menew
Recently, I visited some 55 Vegas resorts in about four days, taking an inventory of their assets and boning up on their history. It was a mad dash because, as usual, I procrastinated until I was up against my deadline. Oh, and did I mention I did it all without even leaving the house?
Las Vegas Weekly |
Steve Friess |
02-18-2010 |
Tech
A Goofy Valentine Yarn About How I Met My Wifenew
It was February 1999. I had just written a Sordid rant condemning a cluster of City Council-proposed anti-stripper laws that prompted a dozen or so local dancers to e-mail me in gratitude. It was an exciting chapter in my life.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
02-17-2010 |
Culture
Lisa Loomer's 'Distracted' Tries a Twist on the Old Theme of Addictionnew
Over the last half century or so, the family that self-medicates has become a trope of American literature. Hell — it's become a trope of America, and our theater's been the source of some of its most potent expressions.
Chicago Reader |
Tony Adler |
02-16-2010 |
Theater
China Dominates Olympic Pairs Figure Skating in Vancouvernew
The best athletes in any sport are praised for making the difficult appear easy — as Mario Lemieux did while gliding past opponents. But figure skaters also have to make what they do look like something profound, sincere, wrapped up in a moment of genuine emotion.
The Georgia Straight |
Brian Lynch |
02-16-2010 |
Sports
Games, Games, Go Away: Activists Protest the Vancouver Olympicsnew
Formed in Vancouver, the Olympic Resistance Network began mobilizing with the slogan “No Olympics on Stolen Native Land.” Stolen, because most of the territories in British Columbia were never settled with treaties, like the rest of Canada.
Montreal Mirror |
Roxane Hudon |
02-12-2010 |
Sports
Montreal Photojournalist Chronicles the Plight of Indian Climate Refugeesnew
François Pesant has had a busy 2010. The 34-year-old Montreal photojournalist arrived back home on Tuesday, Jan. 12, from five months in India and Sri Lanka. That same day, the 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, destroying Port-au-Prince. He left five days later.
Montreal Mirror |
Patrick Lejtenyi |
02-12-2010 |
Art
The Artvoice Guide to Sex from A to Znew
Abstinence: This may be news to some, but teenagers like to bone. Shocking though it may be, this has remained a relative constant throughout history. Still religious and moralizing forces, buoyed by federal funding, conspired to make the 2000s the "decade of naivete" when it came to teen hormones.
Art Collector and Preservationist Brooks Buxton Aims to Save Vermontnew
J. Brooks Buxton’s foreign acquisitions — among them 19th-century albumen photographs from the Middle East, Chinese ceramics and a Paleozoic-era trilobite from what is now Morocco — mingle with American paintings, decorative arts, heirloom furniture and books.
Seven Days |
Pamela Polston |
02-12-2010 |
Culture
U.S. Women's Hockey Team Sizes Up Another Round of Olympic Glorynew
Everything about the latest women's team has been developing and aiming toward the 2010 Winter Olympics, which start this weekend in Vancouver. But in the challenging world of global competition, there's no wiggle room in pursuing goals.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Ralph Routon |
02-11-2010 |
Sports
Meet Kelly Slater: Golfer, Activist and a Decent Surfernew
On the board, Kelly Slater’s been the youngest and oldest champion his sport has known, claiming a record-crushing nine world titles and earning him comparisons to Muhammad Ali and Michael Jordan.
Monterey County Weekly |
Mark C. Anderson |
02-11-2010 |
Sports
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
