If director John Rando does his job, every member of the audience will leave the Geffen Playhouse performance of “The Underpants” feeling a little frisky. The Tony Award-winning director of “Urinetown” and UCLA School of Theater alumnus outlined his goals to the gifted comedic cast of “The Underpants” on day one. Read more...

It’s both a good and a bad thing that one of the most beautiful spots in the Grand Canyon is also one of the most difficult places to get to. Read more...

If Bravo’s “Queer Eye For the Straight Guy” has taught viewers anything, it’s that proper lighting in a living room, much like a hit television show, can illuminate desirable qualities and obscure undesirable aspects at the same time. Read more...

So what if you forgot to book a trip to that southern Mexican beach? Contrary to popular knowledge, Tijuana isn’t just a place to score cheap valium; it’s also the place closest to Los Angeles where you can bet with drunkards on a demented extreme sport called jai alai. Read more...

Posters seem to be the primary wall decoration for people ages 15 to 25. Thus, college students flip through dozens of cumbersome albums in search of the perfect poster to legitimize their existence … or just make themselves look cool. Read more...

Oscar Wilde once argued that life imitates art, and if your only exposure to the OC so far has been one addictive, trashy and, dare I say it, artistically relevant FOX show, then spring break figures to be the prime time to scope out the sunbaked scenery in all its bare-skinned glory. Read more...

The main goal of a college education, if the majority of my professors are to be believed, is to learn to think critically about as wide a variety of issues as possible. Read more...