The idea for this week's column started when two friends and I were looking for a new place to eat a couple of weeks ago. Read more...
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March 14, 9:11 pm
Patrick’s Roadhouse restaurant is unique both inside and out
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March 10, 2:38 am
Fire in the Kitchen: _Delicious Turon dessert ruined by one unripe ingredient_
My senior year has been punctuated by the recipes I've used for cooking. The finale, a Filipino dessert called Turon, gave me everything I could have asked for from an ending "“ the laugh of the year, accompanied by a taste so terrible that my taste buds are still haunted by it. Read more...
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March 7, 1:21 am
POP PSYCHOLOGY: _Uncertain future for 2000s flashback film_
The film opens with a close-up of a boy in his late teens, his face creased with lines of worry. "I just don't know what to say anymore," he whispers, slowly, choosing every word carefully. Read more...
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Credit: RELATIVITY MEDIA
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March 4, 1:12 am
Single-minded: _Playlist for a feud between friends_
We've all been in fights with our friends at one point or another. Usually, they're just small misunderstandings. But other times, arguments explode into full-blown feuds, to the point where your friendship comes into question. Read more...
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Credit: NONESUCH RECORDS INC.
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March 1, 11:57 pm
Fashion or Whatever: _Shaping up with Skechers’ fitness footwear_
When I came home this past weekend, my mother gave me a hint. She got me butt-toning shoes. I'm not delusional and I have a realistic image of what my butt looks like. Read more...
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Skechers Shape-ups is fitness footwear with an enhanced kinetic sole for maximum toning. Columnist Teresa Jue models the pair her mother recently bought for her.
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February 28, 11:57 pm
Bus Stops: _A dose of Sprinkles and Crumbs_
Rivalries between the East Coast and the West Coast are as varied as they are numerous. Basketball, rap music, fashion and art all have their champions on both coasts, and this week I did some research on the cupcake rivalry that plays out on Santa Monica Boulevard every day: L.A.-based Sprinkles versus Manhattan-based Crumbs. Read more...
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Crumbs’ Blackbottom Cheesecake Brownie Cupcake is comprised of brownie cake with a cheesecake center, and is topped off with a vanilla cream cheese spread.
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February 28, 1:59 am
POP PSYCHOLOGY: _Compared to Radiohead’s less-hyped career, Lady Gaga’s too-bright star may burn out quickly_
Long Story Short: For Lady Gaga and others, is a little imitation all that bad?
Lady Gaga has made a name for herself as a trailblazer in pop music "“ wearing a dress made of meat has a way of doing that. But recently she’s found herself in a sticky situation with her latest single, “Born This Way.” Critics contend Gaga is copying Madonna. But reporter Melissa Chiong explains that it’s only recently that we’ve been begun expecting originality from our artists. [4:05]
"Long Story Short: For Lady Gaga and others, is a little imitation all that bad?"In 1968, Andy Warhol predicted that, "in the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes." The quote spoke knowingly to the ephemeral nature of celebrity in this culture, its fickleness and its shallowness. Read more...