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    March 6, 2012

    McNugget Resembling George Washington Sells for $8,100 on eBay

    ​Some three years ago, a woman in Nebraska noticed that one of the McNuggets her children didn't eat looked kinda like George Washington in profile. So she stashed it in the freezer and later, put it up on eBay.The auction site took it down citing that the item violated a rule they had against ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Happy St. Joseph's Day!

    klio @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Zeppole and sfogliatelle... mmmmm...​As a kid in a pretty Italian-American part of New Jersey, St. Patrick's Day was certainly celebrated--there was green beer and corned beef and cabbage and boxty, people getting pinched for not wearing green and people getting pu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    Dueling Dishes: Eggnog Encounter

    Dave Lieberman​Every year it happens. Food boards on the Internet light up right after Hallowe'en with the burning questions: "Where can I get Broguiere's eggnog? Is it available yet? Has anyone seen it?"Now, I'm as big a fan as Broguiere's, a Montebello dairy that is one the last vestiges of a hu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2009

    Gettin' Made: The New Mafia Kids on the Block

    The crocheted horse heads have been put in beds, the painted and glittered fish have been gutted and left as a message, the rubber cement shoes have been poured. And the Long Beach Craft Mafia is proud to introduce three of their newest members! That old cliche is true--the only thing that is consta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Long Beach Greek Festival This Weekend!

    ​From Saturday through Monday, you can soak up everything from the wonderful country (and I say that despite having had one of the worst vacations ever in Kefalonia). The event, held at the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary church, is, incredibly, in its 60th year.As well as a carnival, kids' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    TOMORROW: Digging for Fire exhibit opens at Hibbleton

    ​In the big book of of trite, ancient cliches, the idea that "beauty is in the eyes of the beholder" might be one of the most important ones we've got. It challenges us in ways that go against the grain of society, family, friends, etc. It's the kind of sentiment that allows to admire and respect ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 19, 2009

    St. Joseph's Day Swallows Train Tour

    Mission San Juan Capistrano

  • Culture

    March 5, 2009

    It's the Stupid Economy at Rude Guerrilla Theater Co.

    Mission San Juan Capistrano

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    944 Magazine and its Lack of Local Restaurant Insights

    944 Magazine is what Riviera would've been if it were run out of the Phoenix area by people whose portrayal of life makes Sex and the City look like an Italian Neo-Realism flick. I write about it here, however, because of two interesting items in their latest issue. The first is a full-page pick for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    An Open Letter to Mater Dei Quarterback Matt Barkley

    Dear Matt, Congrats on all your success: Gatorade High School Football, Player of the Year (first junior so honored ever), the early commitment to USC, the many prep titles—oops, scratch that last one! And we loved the profile that the New York Times did on you yesterday. We especially were excit ... More >>

  • Film

    September 20, 2007

    New Reviews

    We recommend: Eastern Promises, The Hunting Party, In the Valley of Elah

  • Film

    June 21, 2007

    A Mighty Spotlight

    WEB EXCLUSIVE! Angelina Jolie kidnaps Daniel Pearls movie

  • Film

    June 21, 2007

    Evan Can Wait

    Why in Gods name did Steve Carell take the Almighty paycheck?

  • Columns

    February 15, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    So how on earth (literally) did Mexicans end up making arroz a staple of their diet?

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2007

    Slack jawed, Hounddog, and Mr. Donohue (not) at the movies

    If there's one thing OC Weekly has in plentiful supply, it's Catholics of varying stripes-- devout, cafeteria, lapsed, vigorously lapsed, potential anti-pope-- with colorful and occasionally bizarre stories from their contacts with Holy Mother Church and its numerous franchises and subsidiaries. Fr ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 4, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Special Guadalupe Edition

  • Film

    December 7, 2006

    New Reviews

    Guadalupe; The History Boys; Screamers; Unaccompanied Minors

  • Film

    November 30, 2006

    The Passion of the Christ: A Very Special Episode

    Conception far from immaculate in teenybop retelling The Nativity Story

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    Best of OC, Nos. 76 to 100

    From Christina Dolce to Holy Hour

  • News

    August 31, 2006

    News

    From Christina Dolce to Holy Hour

  • Columns

    August 31, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Special Mother Edicion

  • Columns

    August 24, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Aug. 16 - Aug. 22

  • Columns

    March 9, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'The Saintly Madonna and the Great Whore'

  • Culture

    January 5, 2006

    A Love Supreme

    Garcia Marquezs strangely uplifting Melancholy Whores

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    King of the County Pedophiles

    The life, death and final escape of Eleuterio Ramos

  • News

    December 15, 2005

    King of the County Pedophiles

    The life, death and final escape of Eleuterio Ramos

  • Columns

    November 10, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    The life, death and final escape of Eleuterio Ramos

  • Columns

    December 9, 2004

    Letters

    The life, death and final escape of Eleuterio Ramos

  • Music

    May 27, 2004

    Material Hurl

    21 reasons Madonna blows

  • News

    December 11, 2003

    Whats His Line?

    An OC Weekly poll of voters in the Dornan-Rohrabacher race

  • Food

    October 16, 2003

    Mona Lisa Lard-Ass

    Fat man relives The Shining at Disneys Napa Rose

  • Culture

    August 28, 2003

    The Mouse that Warred

    Dan ONeills underground war against Disney

  • Culture

    April 10, 2003

    Love Kills

    Chance Theaters Hanging of Mary Surratt

  • Features

    August 29, 2002

    The Feng Shui Psychic

    Shari Clemens design aesthetic is about what you cant see with your eyeballs

  • Food

    July 18, 2002

    Much Mangia

    Big food in Little Italy

  • Features

    December 6, 2001

    Hurry!

    Strange packages. High anxiety. Low-grade terror. Its holiday shopping time again, with us as your guides

  • Film

    December 6, 2001

    See Owen Run

    Another top gun goes Behind Enemy Lines

  • Columns

    May 3, 2001

    She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

    Another top gun goes Behind Enemy Lines

  • Culture

    December 2, 1999

    A Thing of Beauty

    Random Women says something attractive about ugliness

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