AltWeeklies Wire
Wineau: Mais Oui!new
Relishing France's ambiguity and complexity.
East Bay Express |
Blair Campbell |
04-03-2008 |
Food+Drink
Crop Dropnew
Get your greens -- before it's too late for our farmers to feed Portland's growing appetite.
Willamette Week |
Deeda Schroeder |
04-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
'Endless Ocean': This is You Driving on Drugsnew
The reatest failure of Endless Ocean: Dive, Discover, Dream is that it's not realistic enough.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Kea Johnston |
04-02-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
English is Deadnew
My glee in the destruction of my own spoken language isn't entirely inspired by knowing language history.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Annalee Newitz |
04-02-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
The Greatest Guitar Hero of Them Allnew
Chris Chike, aka IamChris4life, is the Jimi Hendrix of the plastic ax.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Kevin Hoffman |
04-02-2008 |
Video Games
Tranophobia Bluesnew
This is what I hate about political correctness.
San Diego CityBeat |
Edwin Decker |
04-02-2008 |
Commentary
Mets AAA Team Hopes for Another Winning Seasonnew
It's no surprise that last year, in their first season as a New York Mets affiliate, the New Orleans Zephyrs had their finest campaign since 2001. Expectations haven't changed this season.
The Water Curenew
Maybe those who insist on bottled water should be obliged to join the smokers outside.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Paul Reidinger |
04-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
The Best Things in Life: My Week of No-Cost Funnew
All too familiar with overdraft fees and creditor calls, I recently found myself at a crossroads and came upon one absolute truth -- being broke sucks. But I wasn't about to let my personal economic distress bring me down.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
04-02-2008 |
Culture
Your Dinner Starts Nownew

Local food is sprouting, and spring's the time to buy in.
C-Ville Weekly |
Cathy Clary |
04-02-2008 |
Food+Drink
Parlaying the Art of Killing Martians into the Best Job Evernew
The video-game pioneer Eugene Jarvis helped initiate a geek revolution and a golden age for gaming when he and partner Larry DeMar designed the arcade classic Defender, which led to other successes like Robotron: 2084, Blaster and Cruis'n USA.
Chicago Newcity |
Andy Seifert |
04-02-2008 |
Video Games
Tags: video games
Hack to the Futurenew

Philly's new "hacker studio" is part of a global trend combining technology and art.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Rick Valenzuela |
04-01-2008 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Trendzilla: Floral Prints are Backnew
It was something like 1992, and my fashion point of inspiration was a showdown between Punky Brewster and Blossom -- which means, yeah, I pretty much did walk around in baby-doll dresses and pigtails. Hey, I was 7.
Tags: fashion
There (S)he Is ...new
At the Miss Hermosa y Protegida pageant, the curves and eyelashes might or might not be fake, but the HIV/AIDS-prevention messages are very real.