Entries Tagged as ‘Local Flavor’

2010/03/12

Sorta In Memoriam: Tom Westman (and a brief discourse on celebrities and moral turpitude)

And so begins my long overdue thoughts on Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains.  It’s a shame we have to start on such a sour note. A few weeks ago my mom and I were talking about the Tiger Woods scandal (it was what she came up with after brainstorming topics for dinner conversation) and she asked [...]

2010/01/25

Muppet Monday: Take Me Down to ‘Dog City’

A couple weeks ago I decided to check out the Paley Center here in LA (formerly known as the Museum of TV & Radio).  I assumed it would be basically the same as its NY brother (and my assumption proved mostly correct, as the West Coast branch actually has a little less to offer), but [...]

2009/11/25

OMG! The Real Housewives of OC Are Just Like Us!

They shop at H&M too! Well, at least Jeana and her daughter Kara do.  At the mall!  Just like you and me! Don’t be shy, Jeana.  This is where Kara shops when she pays for her own clothes.  And she lives in LA now, so she knows what’s what.  Plus, SALE!

2009/11/22

Bieber & Rocksteady

Our favorite Canadian tweeny bopper and Taylor Swift defender Justin Bieber is making headlines again.  But this time it’s what he didn’t do that was the news. A meet and greet at Long Island’s famed Roosevelt Field Mall had to be canceled after the throngs of blood thirsty tweenage girls and their mothers proved too [...]

2009/10/14

How Did Facebook Know I Love Chipotle BBQ Pork Soft Tacos?!

Courtesy of Facebook’s sponsored links section: “Food, fun, and Fieri.”  Isn’t that a little redundant, Facebook? I wonder if he’ll teach the crowd how to make the Screaming Gobbler, the turkey sandwich-sushi hybrid available at Fieri’s Rock-n-Roll Sushi BBQ restaurant Tex Wasabi’s.  According to the menu, “First you’ll gobble, then you’ll scream!” Ah, no thanks.

2009/10/08

Juno & Maeby Fünke Writing a Show About My Life

Ellen Page, Alia Shawkat and Har Mar Superstar are executive producing and penning the script for a new HBO show entitled Stitch N’ Bitch.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story focuses on: …two painfully cool hipster girls as they relocate from Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood to Los Angeles’ Silver Lake enclave in hopes of becoming [...]