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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

The Snoop, or the Guy Who'll Trail You if Your Partner Suspects Cheatingnew

Chris is a private investigator with Northland Attorneys LLC. Clients frequently hire him to tail their partners, whom they suspect of cheating. We've changed his name so he can remain covert as he follows Kansas City's skulking spouses.
The Pitch  |  Nadia Pflaum  |  02-16-2010  |  Culture

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.
Artvoice  |  Zachary Burns  |  02-12-2010  |  Culture

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Last Dirty Picture Show: The Apex Theatre's Heydey Has Come and Gonenew

In today's smut economy, the owners of the Apex Theatre may as well be wearing powdered wigs. Porn consumers have been easily getting off in the privacy of their own homes, thanks to home-video technology and cheap, or even free, porn on the internet.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Van Smith  |  02-02-2010  |  Culture

Poetry in a Cold Climate: Ron Smith Found His Muse in Antarcticanew

Tall and thin with close-cropped hair, Ron Smith served with the Air Force's Operation Deep Freeze, rising to commander in 2004. In December 2008, he was transferred to Scott Air Force Base, where he now serves as the Air National Guard adviser for strategic planning.
Riverfront Times  |  Aimee Levitt  |  01-22-2010  |  Culture

Touch And Go: How Groping Happensnew

Gropers succeed in a system where sexual assault is minimized as an accident, a joke, a myth, or a fact of life. Over the next month, this column will examine how the system works to claim others’ bodies as public property while excusing away the District’s most prolific sexual assailants.
Washington City Paper  |  Amanda Hess  |  01-07-2010  |  Culture

Doing it Green: A Bat Mitzvah Fished from the Recycling Binnew

Two days before Sadie Rapp was set to lead the Chapel Hill Kehillah’s congregation and celebrate her bat mitzvah, her transition to Jewish adulthood, the Rapp’s house was full of repurposed garbage.
INDY Week  |  Joe Schwartz  |  12-31-2009  |  Culture

The Myth of the BPA-Free Diet: Seven Days of Trying to Evade a Chemicalnew

Though reports of its potential health effects and presence in the linings of containers and cans have long been reported in science journals and the media, an article in the December issue of Consumer Reports brought concerns over BPA to a broad audience.
Reno News & Review  |  Kat Kerlin  |  12-22-2009  |  Culture

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