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Turn Ons: sweaters with collared shirts, cheap red wine, tasteful cleavage, eye glasses, strict deadlines
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10 Reasons to Stay Out of Pasadena
Even if you don't live in the L.A. Metro Area, you probably feel like you have some idea of what Pasadena is like - from Beach Boy's songs or parades that you watch on TV (because you are either 80 or 5 years old) or what have you. It's true, this city nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains is idyllic, peaceful and clean. Still, I thought of at least 10 reasons why you should never go North on the 110 past the 101. Exit! Exit!!
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A Los Angeles Friday Night: What Do You Want To Do Tonight?
I don't know, what do you want to do?
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A Los Angeles Girl's Guide to Being Adorable
Haven't you always wanted to know how to be completely adorable and irresistible to men? Well, there are lots of tricks that I know - some of them aren't really appropriate for this site - to get guys interested and keep them happy. In the words of Elle Woods: "What, like it's hard?"
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Alphabet City: Bars & Restaurants from L.A. to Z
...or, from B to Y if you want to be picky about it.
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Anti-Ecotourism in Los Angeles
According to Wikipedia (the 100% reliable guide to all things -pedia related): Ecotourism, also known as ecological tourism, is a form of tourism that appeals to ecologically and socially conscious individuals. Generally speaking, ecotourism focuses on volunteering, personal growth, and learning new ways to live on the planet; typically involving travel to destinations where flora, fauna, and cultural heritage are the primary attractions. I hate flora, fauna, culture and other people, so th...
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BBQs: A Great Excuse to Drink During the Day
I don't need a Memorial Day or a 4th of July to crave a good BBQ. Sunny weather and a desire to get drunk during the day is enough for me. I don't ever host the BBQs myself, but if I did, I would follow this foolproof plan for a yummy, meaty party that is fun for all!
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Best Car Flirting in Los Angeles
Regular flirting is fun, but sometimes it's a little difficult to work up the nerve and face the possibility of rejection face to face. Long before the shy and socially awkward could turn to the internet for their uninhibited flirting needs, we - um, I mean *they* - could practice car flirting. All the fun of regular flirting but when you're turned down, you can just speed through the next yellow light and be done with it.
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Boulder Restaurants That I Still Fantasize About
Though I made the move from the patchouli-scented enclave of Boulder to the cultural sink and glamourama of Los Angeles over 6 years ago, there are restaurants nestled in the foothills of the Rockies that I literally still dream about.
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Bourgeois Boozing
If you go out drinking on occasion - or frequently - or every night and just tell people you meet that you only go out on occasion - you probably have a "type" of bar that you prefer. Maybe somewhere you can get a G&T on the cheap, flirt with someone who takes one less shower per week than he should, and bust a righteous move to some 80s music wearing nothing fancier than jeans and eyeliner. But every now and then, the antiglamour of that lifestyle can wear on even the most devoted of dive ...
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Do Fun Things That Are Horrible For You
In the words of (sometimes) wise man Woody Allen: "Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat... college." In the words of (rarely) wise chick, GillianS: "Who listens to their parents? Things that are bad for you are totally the most fun!"
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Fashionably Insane: A Day in L.A.'s Fashion District
I've never been accused of being a fashion plate as I'm comfortable in jeans and flats in the vast majority of settings. However, the need to find a good bargain was something that was planted and blossomed within me at a very young age. Combine that with the fact that I've been nursing a pretty severe addiction to cheap accessories since the first time I walked into a Forever 21 a few months back, and the Fashion District is just where you would have found me on a sweltering and gorgeous S...
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Feel Bad About Yourself on the Westside
You'd think that spending a day pampering yourself - getting a massage, maybe a haircut, a manicure or indulging in some shopping or cupcakes - would make you feel great, right? Energized, confident and ready to weather the harsh UV rays of your everyday life! Well, in most places you might be right. But venture west of Fairfax in L.A. and you'll find a plethora of businesses that will happily take wads of your hard earned cash and still make you feel completely inadequate!
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How Ikea is like a Vasectomy: Unconventional Birth Control in Los Angeles
Getting pregnant is possibly the most terrifying thing I can think of. But on the rare occasion that my hormones are acting up and I'm feeling the tiniest bit "baby crazy" I find the best thing for me to do is go hang out where there are LOTS and LOTS of kids on their VERY WORST behavior. These places turn me off right away. It's worked so far!
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How Long to Wait Before You Call: A Guidespot Algorithm
It's happened to all of us: you meet some hot piece at a bar or a club or group therapy. You chat her up, down a shot of tequila and ask for her number. We're animals, so that's the easy part. Now what? You're sure that you want to call. She was hot/cute/nice/smart/fu... So how long do wait? You don't want to scare her off, but you don't want her to move on, either. So here it is. A definitive guide that will forever take the guesswork out of this predicament. No need to thank me....
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I Like Going to the Movies in Los Angeles
There seems to be a nasty rumor going around that a classic "Dinner & a Movie" date is just so passe that no girl will ever be impressed by it. This may be true with those big city gals in Des Moines, but things are simpler here in our little city by the beach. I for one would love to be taken to the movies! But where oh where will we go so as to impress this discerning Guidetripper?
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Kiss Me, Stupid: A Guide to Public Displays of Affection
In general, I loathe Public Displays of Affection, particularly when I am part of the public and not part of the affection. However, I have been known to involve in this kind of self-involved display on occasion, so here are some of the places where I deem it to be acceptable. Please add yours so I can be sure not to go there.
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Lamenting "Plastic Girls" and other Los Angeles Dating Cliches
So, you find yourself a single woman in Los Angeles. It's pretty great. You're independent. Working, flirting, drinking, dating. Oh yes. DATING. It's fun for a while but can wear on you. One thing that I've noticed is that no matter who you go out with or where you go or what you do, there are certain comments and complaints that men have about dating in L.A. and if you give them half a chance, they'll make sure you know about them.
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L.A.'s Cahuenga Corridor: Difficult to Pronounce, Even When Sober
The Sunset Strip. Hollywood Boulevard. Sunset Junction. Westwood Village. What do these areas have in common? Besides all being named after major thouroughfares (at least vaguely) they are all a great place to go bottoms up any night of the week and plenty of people, even outside of Los Angeles, have heard of them. The Cahuenga Corridor is an up & coming hot spot in the heart of Hollywood. Hard to pronounce, even harder to remember in the morning.
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Let's Stand Around for a Few Hours: Live Music in Los Angeles
There are actually not that many bands that I would pay to see because I get bored easily and get tired of standing and paying too much for weak drinks. That being said, there are a lot of cool places in L.A. to do those things. So have at it.
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Los Angeles: A Hot Bed of Hot Mess
I don't know who came up with the terminology "Hot Mess" -- but I think it's great. It can describe anything from how Britney Spears looked when she was barefoot in that gas station to what kind of viscous fluid Amy Winehouse leaves behind when she blows her nose. Lucky for us here in Los Angeles, there is always a chance you might run into one of these trainwrecks. Or, even just a wannabe.
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Los Angeles Driving Tips: If Everyone Else is Honking...
I think that L.A. drivers get a bad rap. Sure, some of them (us?) are totally crazy and dangerous, but I really think that's just because there are so many of us, you know? Like, statistics or probability or something? I don't know, I suck at math. Anyway. Driving in Los Angeles can be intimidating. But these tips will have you merging and making left turns at red lights without completely pissing me off in no time.
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Los Angeles Landmarks for Locals
If you're an L.A. "local" (you've lived here for more than a year) there are certain images and landmarks that you can call up when among fellow Angelenos (no matter where you are) that will not only get you 'cred' but you will immediately feel a sense of camaraderie with these strangers who you probably don't even like that much. These are some of those big and mostly ugly things.
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Los Feliz Loves Breakfast
I don't know if it's because of the concentrated population of young people who like to drink and therefore frequently find themselves hungover and in need of a mimosa and some eggs or if it's just because it's delicious, but one thing is for sure: Los Feliz Loves Breakfast more than Joanie Loves Chachie. Saturday and Sunday mornings can mean waiting up to 45 minutes for a table at some of the more popular joints, but any of these places are sure to sate your morning(ish) munchies.
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Making the most of the drive from L.A. to Vegas
When you're ready to party Vegas-style, the miles of desert between Los Angeles and The City That Never Sleeps Where You Can Also Drink In The Street can seem like thousands instead of a mere 270. Here's some tips from me, a seasoned LA/LV jetsetter, on making the most of it.
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Morbid Tourism in Los Angeles: OJ Simpson
Now that we're safely into the 21st century, we can finally look back and carefully choose The Trial of the Century, a title given to at least 10 different cases from 1900-2000. We could do that, or we (meaning me) could just go ahead and write about the one we were alive for: The OJ Simpson Trial! Haven't you always wanted to see Nicole's condo and the driveway where the white Ford Bronco may or may not have been parked the night of the murders? Well, probably not, but now you can.
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Morbid Tourism in Los Angeles: The Manson Family
If there is one thing you should know about me - among the many weird and trivial things that you don't know - it should be that there was a time in my life when I was more or less obsessed with serial killers and mass murderers. Though I would no longer call myself obsessed, these kinds of sociopaths and wackjobs still hold great, if morbid, interest to me. So beginning here is a guidespot series that will take you to the eerie, spooky, gross, gawky and morbid locales made famous by psycho...
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P2 Revisited: The Most Horrifying Parking Structures in Los Angeles
Before I came to L.A., my experience with parking garages was very limited. I grew up where there were vast, sprawling tracts of land ripe for paving. Mall parking at Christmas meant parking your van, snow tires and all, a mile away from the entrance to Nordstrom, which seemed terrible at the time. That was before I knew the horror that was circling endlessly upwards (or even down!!) looking for parking in a structure. But thanks to my brilliant decision to move to L.A., I know know the h...
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Pirates, Jazz and a Bunch of Artsy Crap: Downtown Los Angeles is Awesome
Though previously dismissed as a cultural sink and waste of time, in the past 5 years, downtown Los Angeles has begun to flourish once again. With an influx of artsy young professionals has come cafes, restaurants, fun bars and an overall aura of cool. Check it out.
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Pretend You're in an Actual City Without Leaving L.A.
A frequent complaint of L.A. 'transplants' (I'm not sure when that moniker goes away - I think as soon as you shut up about how terrible L.A. is) is that our fine city isn't actually like a city : it's too sprawling, no one takes public transportation, there's no real downtown, etc. This doesn't really bother me, I normally will just ignore these people, but it turns out it's not actually that difficult to do the whole "urban" thing in L.A.
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Pretty People With Dogs
People in L.A. love dogs. People in L.A. are also unequivocally pretty. Luckily, there are a lot of places around where pretty and dog-having overlap. So leash up your best friend, lace up your Chuck Taylors and meet some new pals - furry or otherwise.
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Random Cute Guys from Old TV Shows
I grew up watching a lot of TV and like many from my generation, I am frequently nostalgic for those simpler times. So whatever happened to all those random cute guys that starred on the crappy TV shows I watched when I was kid? And more importantly, are they still cute? I'm on a mission to find out.
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Sunset Junction: Shop, Dine and Drink Amongst L.A.'s Finest Hipsters
For years , Silverlake has been touted as the "cool" neighborhood that's un-LA, urban, hip and ultimately the place to be for young, skinny white people in Los Angeles who are more likely "artists" than "actors." I mean, it's mentioned in a Deathcab for Cutie song for god's sake. Anyhow, Silverlake's hill Sunset Junction is admittedly on the downslope of the cool, what with the gentrification and the influx of too many wannabes. But it still doesn't have a Target, or a Starbucks so I'm g...
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The History of Cinco de Mayo (and where to get tequila and nachos in Los Angeles)
Cinco de Mayo is great. I love margaritas, tequila, salsa and getting drunk on a specific day of the year (also known as holidays). Even though I'm sure they tried to teach me in Spanish class, I have no idea what Cinco de Mayo is. So here it is: a guide to getting drunk on a Monday (in 2008) and a history lesson, wrapped up in one like an educational burrito.
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The Worst Places in L.A. to Run into Your Ex-Boyfriend
Going through a break up is nothing (you are totally better off without him) - but that doesn't mean that running into your ex is going to be easy. Here are some of the worst possible places for that awkward "you look great" conversation.
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Tip Top Tapas in Los Angeles
There are a lot of things to love about tapas: besides being terrifically tasty, they're also terribly tiny which means you can eat yummy things without feeling guilty (because it's tiny, so even if it's deep fried in suet, it's not really that bad),
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What to Expect When You're Moving
It happens to the best of us. You're kicked out the dorms for flooding the basement to practice for water polo. Your roommate impregnates someone (hopefully not you). Your dog terrorizes your landlady's Bichon Frise an you can't afford the therapist bills. For one reason or another, you have to MOVE. It seems like an easy enough task. I mean, people do it every day! But when you add the already off-kilter reality of a place like L.A., things can get a little more complicated. Here are...
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Where Short Hipsters Drink in L.A.
An ideal hipster might be tall and lean, but the eastside is replete with bars that seem to cater specifically to their abbreviated brothers.
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Workout Video Stars: The Good, The Bad and the Sweaty
At some point, nearly everyone gets the ridiculous idea that it's time to get "in shape." I am no exception and as such, have sampled many different fitness regimes including a vast sampling of the Home Workout Video type. I do have a gym membership, but sometimes (espcially in the L.A. landscape) you would just rather sweat and jiggle in private. I've spent money on too many of these videos myself, so maybe my reviews can help someone avoid similar infomercial-induced mistakes. I bet I'm...
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Best Tacos in Los Angeles
I'm sort of obsessed with tacos (along with pizza and ice cream), and in a place like LA there are infinite options when it comes to eating those delicious tortilla parcels. So, I wanna know where you've had awesome tacos in Los Angeles. I'm kicking off the list with some joints that aren't necessarily the most authentic places, but they deserve some mention nonetheless.
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Top Inventions for (Single) Women
Finally - The counterpart to the top 10 Inventions for Single Men. Let's brainstorm this one together.
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How Great is Pink!
I have rejected the color pink for years. I have recently given up and now declare that Pink is my most favorite color in the whole wide world. If you love Pink like me, let me know. Show me your pink things. Show the world you aren't afraid to say, I love Pink.
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This isn't the 80's. Oh, how trends change.
The then and now. A comparison guide of back-in-the-day attire and the trendy now.
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John McCain's Veep - the Overlooked Dark Horse Candidates
So, ol' Johnny picked himself a mate, and it was quite a surprise. In the increasingly probable chance he may need to "continue the hunt", this guide can help him focus the selection committee work. Some may not pass the vetting process, but I guess that isn't too critical. Feel free to pile on!
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The Truth Is......CONFESSIONS EXPOSED!
I'm not Catholic, so the whole "confessional" thing has never been a weekly release that I could look forward to. I suppose that's why so many people start blogs, to make up for some sort of guilt they may be harboring. It's the perfect "confessional" which allows you to still be somewhat unaccountable for it. Responsibility has never really been my "thing." So tell me internet friends.....what do you need to get off your chest??
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WTF Happened to Your Face!? A Guide to Awful Plastic Surgery
Celebrities: they've got everything, and yet they want more. And then there's the non-celebrities who mess with their faces just to get famous. Here's the best of the worst.
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Denver Restaurants - Best Of Best Of's
A compilation of the most respected "best of" restaurant lists for central Denver, including your top pick.
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Celebrity Death Pool - Sept through Dec 2008
Add a picture of a famous person who you believe will die before Dec. 31, 2008. My three are Yogi Berra, Chuck Barris, and Yoko Ono Note: You don't get points if you kill this person yourself
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Shout Outs
Shout out to GillianS-
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I feel left out, I need a profile straw picture. I wanna be cool like you and Jessica. I’d also like to let everyone know what a lush I am.
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I kissed a girl…and SHE liked it :)
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Thanks. Nice of you to say.
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Bah, those guys are all a bunch of putos, especially Danny Gans! I’m glad they’re getting rid of his show, that no talent hack.
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No problem. I also threw up in my mouth a little bit, which really burns when you’ve had as much coffee as I have.
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Best Car Flirting in Los An...
Regular flirting is fun, but sometimes it's a little difficult to w...
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Fashionably Insane: A Day i...
I've never been accused of being a fashion plate as I'm comfortable...
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