It happened again the other day. I met someone at a cocktail party — a museum docent who used to live downtown — and we got to talking about the older neighborhoods in Phoenix and which historic districts we preferred. When I mentioned the corner our home is located on,…
While most of us are content “reaching for the stars” and “shooting for the moon,” a team of scientists at W.M. Keck Observatory took their ambitions a million steps further by discovering what is now the farthest known galaxy on record…
Attention breeders with a penchant for procrastination: Halloween is next week. And while it’s easy enough to get your kid the old stand-by costume in a bag — princess, vampire, the plain but classic pumpkin — this year, we want you to think outside the box, and possibly the realm…
Good news for all you football haters and feline fans. The Hallmark Channel revealed more details about its first-ever 2014 Kitten Bowl — and it’s television genius…
Phoenix is a resort town in many ways, with one important exception: There’s no beach. That (more or less) changed in 1969, when the Big Surf wavepool opened at 1500 North McClintock Drive in Tempe, providing Phoenicians with the closest alternative to real sand and giant waves…
Between oversize coats, fall shades of gray and emerald, and ladylike layers of leather, there’s plenty to keep you clothed (and stylish) this season. But there are three trends so sad and unflattering that we’d rather you go naked than partake in their unfortunate popularity…
Question: What’s more depressing than a hand-crocheted beanie on Etsy? Answer: A sad-looking man wearing a hand-crocheted beanie on Etsy…
Gold digging is alive and well, thanks to online dating sites like SugarDaddies.com and SeekingArrangments.com. While trading in a well-maintained body for a well-maintained lifestyle is more or less legal, a new matchmaking website by SeekingArrangments founder Brandon Wade has many wondering: Where do you draw the line between presents…
Between the celebrities, Tumblrs, and how-to videos, the man bun has been creeping across the Internet and up men’s scalps since early spring. And just like the grass in our lawns or the potted plants at Trader Joe’s, we assumed, nay, prayed that the trend would die off by fall…
You won’t find cake at Phoenix boutique Cleo & Clementine’s one-year anniversary (instead, macarons will be on the menu of nibbles), but shop owner and fashion designer Monique Sandoval says that a recent addition to the store will serve as the proverbial candles. When C&C celebrates its birthday on the…
Hey, Tempe, you’re looking good. Did you lose weight? Do something with your hair? Maybe it’s that year-round tan. Whatever it is, it’s working — according to CollegeDose.com…
Writer, bon-vivant, window dresser, fashion commentator — Simon Doonan is kind of everything we aspire to be. The stylish scribe also serves as creative ambassador-at-large for Barneys New York. On Saturday, October 19, we and fellow fans of the witty, well-dressed Englishman have a chance to rub elbows with Doonan,…
Big news, road-trippers and rush-hour commuters. Commercial flying cars are apparently landing in the not-too distant future. And while our inner child is thrilled to be one step closer to living like The Jetsons, it only takes one entitled jackass cutting us off through four lanes of traffic to remind…
Well, color us excited. Recently, we stumbled upon Cosmopolitan’s list of “6 Ways To, Um, Decorate Your Vagina.” And while most of these twat treatments were old hat to us — vagina facials, vajazzling, lady-scaping — there was one beauty product that had us tickled pink. Labia dye…
Editor’s note: Tatiana Craine, web editor at our sister paper City Pages, got the inside scoop on the latest news about Star Wars: Rebels at New York Comic-Con. Star Wars fans got a teaser of the highly-anticipated Star Wars: Rebels show slated to premiere in 2014. Pablo Hidalgo, one of…
Tatiana CraineSmaug the dragon and Sherlock Holmes at New York Comic-Con.Editor’s note: Tatiana Craine, web editor at our sister paper City Pages, got a behind-the-scenes look at the cosplayers at New York Comic-Con over the weekend. It’s said that you’re never more than three feet away from a spider. At…
In the age of unwanted pregnancies, revenge porn, and STDs, the sexually active forget about a classic problem in the bedroom: incest. Fortunately, with a globalized population of an estimated 7.1 billion, we can all take comfort in the odds that sleeping with our cousins is slim to none. Well,…
If you’ve been searching for the right pair of jeans for months now, you’re in luck. Lawless Denim & Co. will open its doors on Saturday, October 12, at Cityscape in downtown Phoenix. The location will serve dual purposes with one side being used as a retail space where leather…
It’s just like the saying goes: Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it… to their friends. And then their friends’ friends. And then OMG, like everybody knows…
“I dreamed of New York, I am going there,” Sylvia Plath wrote in a diary. When the aspiring writer was in college and 21 years old, she spent a month working as an intern at Mademoiselle in New York, living at the Barbizon, and experiencing the city. Though it’s hard…
Hanging sports collectibles on the wall was a big step, but painting those walls purple and orange marked another level of dedication, says Gary Gauthier, Valley resident and massive Phoenix Suns fan. Gauthier moved to Phoenix with his family in 1968, which coincidentally was the very year that the Phoenix…
With the holidays coming up we find ourselves wondering, “What do you get the ostentatious, absurdly wealthy friend and/or relative who has everything?” Gold toilet paper, obviously…
