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Rodeo Royals: Yoncalla's Cowgirl Queensnew
Picture a tiara-wearing beauty queen greeting a screaming crowd. She's smiling and waving without a hair out of place. Now put that queen on the back of a horse galloping full tilt, replace her high heels with a pair of cowgirl boots and stick that tiara on top of a cowgirl hat, and you're starting to get an idea of what a rodeo queen looks like.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
03-27-2008 |
Culture
Revealing the Secretnew
Although the national visibility of The Secret may be on the wane, its true believers are still going strong.
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
03-27-2008 |
Culture
What is Filk?new
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the dirunal atmospheric disequilibrium.
Boston Phoenix |
Georgiana Cohen |
03-20-2008 |
Culture
Eight Things You Can Learn from Cindy The Erotic Pleasernew
Words of wisdom from the most famous face in the Mercury's back pages.
The Portland Mercury |
Marjorie Skinner |
03-20-2008 |
Culture
Fat and Happynew
Big Beautiful Women show us that being large isn't the end of the world.
San Diego CityBeat |
Kinsee Morlan |
03-19-2008 |
Culture
Working the Swing Shiftnew
Meet the Orange County entrepreneurs who help nice, professional couples have sex with one another.
A Conversation with a Ghostbusternew
Shawn Kelly is the 45-year-old founder of the Pittsburgh Paranormal Society, a ghost-hunting group he began in 2006.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Young |
03-17-2008 |
Culture
Clean, Green Waternew
With the current bottled-water craze, millions of Americans are paying more money per gallon for water than for gasoline, even though most cities charge less than 1 cent per gallon for municipal water.
Jackson Free Press |
Kelly Bryan Smith |
03-14-2008 |
Culture
Vanlifenew
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of Americans living in their cars -- either by choice or economic necessity. When I was doing it, I tried to keep it a secret from practically everybody.
In Search of Single Hipsters in Clevelandnew
Friends had warned me that Cleveland doesn't have a real hipster scene. But I didn't believe them. This is the land of Oberlin College, the preeminent factory of all things effete. There had to be some Atari T-shirt-wearing vegans somewhere.
Cleveland Scene |
Bradley Campbell |
03-11-2008 |
Culture
Doing More with Lessnew
I've been on unemployment three times in the past six years. Each time was better than the last, and each time I stayed on until the last cent was exhausted. I didn't even try to get a job; it was a paid vacation.
Washington City Paper |
Franklin Schneider |
03-06-2008 |
Culture
It's Tough Being Zetaman, Portland's Only Superheronew
He bunks in the 'burbs and drives a minivan -- when he's not keeping the city's streets safe.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-05-2008 |
Culture
Mayor of the Nude Beachnew
So he's naked and in his seventies -- he's still the coolest guy you'll ever meet.
Miami New Times |
Calvin Godfrey |
03-03-2008 |
Culture
The Feminine Antiquenew
Jae Ellis and Allen Bickoff turn gender norms into profit.
Washington City Paper |
Amanda Hess |
02-28-2008 |
Culture
Design On a Nickelnew
21 ways to freshen your abode without breaking the bank.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Jason Tomassini |
02-26-2008 |
Culture
