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April 5, 2012
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March 26, 2012
Five Commandments of Food Writing
It's 2012, people; the number of people writing about food is still growing, and the signal-to-noise ratio is getting worse and worse. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but not all of those opinions are worth reading. It's not just bad writing, unedited regurgitation of badly written press ... More >>
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September 12, 2011
What Happened On Last Night's The Great Food Truck Race 2
Those who thought that The Great Food Truck Race would be spoiled by social networking, blogs and Twitter were proven wrong last night. This past episode contained more unexpected twists and turns than an M. Night Shyamalan production. The remaining four teams were in Memphis, Tennessee, where t ... More >>
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July 13, 2011
[UPDATE: Now, Gringo Bandito to Participate!] Two Cool Gustavo-Involved Panels for this Weekend's ~~Carmageddon~~ Eat Real Festival!
Update: Amy Scattergood unfortunately had to pull out of the "Future of Food Writing Panel" for Saturday, but we got a great guest for Sunday's panel on the Great Mexican Food Authenticity Debate: Matt McCollum, the main sales guy for Gringo Bandito. It'll be awesome to have Matt--a Dallas native ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Lt. Dan Choi Salutes Andrew Breitbart's Penis
Last October, our big sistah paper, the Village Voice of New York, ran a cover story on Dan Choi, the former Tustin resident and openly gay Army Reserve lieutenant who has repeatedly made national headlines defying the military's since-mothballed "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.But, as we reporter ... More >>
Film
June 16, 2011
'The Real World': Midtown
Or 'Survivor'. Or '(Head for) The Hills.' As the industry panics, the NYT gets its own reality show
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May 12, 2011
Zine Fiend
Bookmachine
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Live From Coachella: We're Still Sitting in Traffic
Laila Derakhshanian/OC WeeklyThe waiting game.If you don't follow us already, Heard Mentality will be live tweeting and blogging all weekend from Coachella. Here's our first photo. Yep, still sitting in traffic. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeeklyMusic!
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March 2, 2011
Local Food Blogger Gets a Book Deal
Burnt LumpiaLocal food blogger (he's in the 909) Marvin Galputos started Burnt Lumpia to learn and explore Filipino food, the cuisine of his homeland. That led him to creating the first Filipino food truck in LA, The Manila Machine.
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February 28, 2011
Alex Pettyfer Gets Some In-N-Out
Who's Alex Pettyfer? That's the same question I'm asking, but the E! side of the celebrity universe is pumping him up as the next It Boy--good for him.For our purposes, though, we only care that the Brit ate at In-N-Out.
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February 16, 2011
[UPDATED] Pasadena's Dervaes Family Trademarks the Terms 'Urban Homestead' and 'Urban Homesteading,' Now Cracking Down on Bloggers
This guy just gave a talk in Orange County. . . . Better change the title of that book, son!UPDATED, 10:50 P.M. Those dingbat Dervaeses won't give up. Rather than take their licking and apologize to the authors, bloggers, and libraries who dared use the term "urban homestead" or "urban homeste ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
Eat Here, Not There: Bánh Mì for the Los Angeles Crowd, Or: More Reasons to Hate on Red Medicine
In some ways, I wish they kept this idiocy...Last night, I traveled to Los Angeles to dine at Rivera, the fabulous restaurant that spans Latin America and is the latest stunner by John Sedlar, the last of the Southwestern-cuisine Mohicans. I was there to interview Sedlar for my coming book, and I ... More >>
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October 15, 2010
The 2011 James Beard Foundation Awards Will Go Platform-Neutral
Image Courtesy of James Beard FoundationBeginning this year (for the 2011 award season), if you write about food, whether it comes out in print or pixels, the James Beard Foundation will recognize you in the same way. So say you write a magnum opus of a review about Rick Bayless on your food blo ... More >>
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June 8, 2010
Que'n For Kids: The OC BBQ Festival Is This Weekend
OC BBQ FestivalQuick, what are you doing this weekend?Does it involve meat?No? Well, it should. Orange County's BBQ Festival is coming up this Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.
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May 24, 2010
Notorious Pedo-Priest Protector Apologist Matt Cunnigham Billed County for Work with OC Diocese
Hewitt: Does he check county contracts for ways to shower money toward his pals?For the past couple of weeks, the Friends for Fullerton's Future blog has been documenting with devastating effectiveness how Matt Cunningham--founder of OC Blog, longtime Republican activist, a supposed lover of smal ... More >>
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May 4, 2010
A Few Details on Rich Mead's Canyon Restaurant in Anaheim Hills
Richard MeadLA Weekly's Squid Ink, our sister paper's food blog, got the scoop on Rich Mead's upcoming Canyon Restaurant in Anaheim Hills. Now, I don't know why our LA cousins would even be interested in it, seeing as how it's in our territory, embedded deep in OC (and not even Anaheim, but Anah ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
LA Times Article on The "Food Paparazzi" a.k.a. Those @#$%^ Food Bloggers!
Photo By RantsandCraves.com First it was the NY Times, today it's the LA Times' turn to put in its two-cents on this phenomena of food picture-taking. Unlike the NY Times article, which chronicled those obssessed with capturing every morsel of food eaten, even if it's a jelly bean or a bowl of oa ... More >>
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April 13, 2010
K-Pop Group-Inspired Restaurant In Anaheim?
A few days ago, I had no idea who or what 2NE1 (pronounced "Twenty-One") was. Now I know they're a hugely popular Korean pop singing group consisting of a foursome of females (see video above).
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April 9, 2010
Local BBQ Team To Compete At "The Ultimate BBQ Showdown" in Wildomar
Photo from FourQBBQ.comThose of you who follow the OC food blogging scene and Chowhound should know that our friend and Weekly contributor Professor Salt is passionate for BBQ. He and three friends, all of them food bloggers, make up a competitive BBQ team called Four Q. They've competed ... More >>
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March 18, 2010
Häagen-Dazs Serves Sushi Ice Cream...in Singapore
Photo from Keropok Man Move over Farrell's. Eat your heart out B&R ice cream cakes. I have seen the next ice cream fad and it is sushi ice cream, which looks more fun to eat than Dibs and a whole lot prettier, too. The rice is made of macadamia ice cream; the nori belts are strips of ... More >>
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February 22, 2010
[UPDATED:] You, Me and All the Blue Note Bandits You Know
UPDATE: Alleged "Blue Note Bandit" David Andrew Camp, 50, of Laguna Niguel, was arraigned today on 14 felony counts of second degree robbery. His bail was set at $500,000, and he faces a maximum sentence of 18 years in state prison if convicted on all counts. Now that the man alleged to be ... More >>
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February 15, 2010
Eddie Lin to Sign Copies of His Book March 6 in Santa Ana!
Eddie Lin needs little introduction to local foodies--he's the food blogger's food blogger, the man who celebrates the so-called bizarre foods of the world with wit, knowledge, and a cast-iron stomach. His Deep End Dining blog has garnered him appearances on CSI, Bizarre Foods, and some other shows ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
¡Ask a Mexican! Returns on YouTube!
Because I don't get nearly enough abuse, and because this helps me fulfill my daily blogging quota, I bring back the YouTube edition of my spicy columna. Enjoy!
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January 5, 2010
Tweet of the Week: Fleischman on TV Lesbians
Yup, that's political blogger and former Mike Carona spokesman Jon Fleischman. We think he's kinda kidding maybe sorta. Any guesses as to which shows he is watching? My money's on Greek.
Food
December 31, 2009
[Year In Review] Of Taco Trucks and Votes That Suck: 2009 On Our Stick a Fork In It Food Blog
Yup, that's political blogger and former Mike Carona spokesman Jon Fleischman. We think he's kinda kidding maybe sorta. Any guesses as to which shows he is watching? My money's on Greek.
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November 20, 2009
WTF? Files: "Anti-Violence" Website "Hit the Bitch" Smacked Down
www.hitthebitch.dk"Hit the Bitch" suffers a black eye.The furor over "Hit the Bitch" now prevents you from visiting the supposed "anti-violence website" out of Denmark that allows a mouse-powered (and male-looking) hand to repeatedly smack and slap a young woman.
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October 13, 2009
In Light of Braff: Five Bizarre Internet Hoaxes
Flickr user Thor ArvidThe world thought Scrubs actor Zach Braff was dead yesterday for a few hours--suicide, they said. Turns out, it was just a Scrubs fan that had created a faker CNN page in 2007 that somehow resurfaced. In an age where someone's Wikipedia page is edited spookily quick to ... More >>
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September 28, 2009
Social Media Rock Star Chris Brogan Blog Rolls Into Town
Chris BroganA "social media rock star" is giving a free lecture in Orange County Tuesday evening.Chris Brogan, who Chapman University bills as "one of the new media industry's brightest stars," is scheduled to talk about why blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Digg and probably some stuff you haven't heard ... More >>
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August 19, 2009
Tonight: Hellogoodbye and Limbeck at Chain Reaction
Huntington Beach's HellogoodbyeTwo local emoish, popish, quirky sorta-legends (sorta) of this decade return to Chain Reaction tonight. To celebrate, we present you with fun facts!
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August 13, 2009
Open Mic
The Gypsy Den
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July 24, 2009
This Week In Food
As the mercury soared, SAFII got all hot and bothered. In the last five days, we:Whinged about the lengthy menu at Mustard's.Ranted about how New York magazine grub blogger Hadley Tomicki seemingly ripped off Fullerton food critic Eddie Lin.Seethed and fumed about Padma Lakshmi, who has appare ... More >>
Food
May 14, 2009
It's Finally Kogi Korean-Barbecue Taco Truck Season in OC
As the mercury soared, SAFII got all hot and bothered. In the last five days, we:Whinged about the lengthy menu at Mustard's.Ranted about how New York magazine grub blogger Hadley Tomicki seemingly ripped off Fullerton food critic Eddie Lin.Seethed and fumed about Padma Lakshmi, who has appare ... More >>
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March 18, 2009
Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr. Has a Website!
A couple of months ago, my pal, religious-right funder extraordinaire Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr., responded to my offer of blogging for Navel Gazing with the exciting news that he and his company, Fieldstead & Co., would soon launch a website complete with blog. A couple of days ago, under the head ... More >>
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September 3, 2008
The Food Reconquista Begins...
Hola, readers, and welcome to the Weekly's latest Internet endeavor: a food blog! Expect the same gourmand insanity I have brought ustedes for the past six years as food editor and Edwin Goei has in his year-and-a-half as my classier half: Where's the great local grub, the great personalities, but a ... More >>
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July 13, 2008
Our Busty Bustamante Gift to Readers!
For more than 13 years, the OC Weekly has proudly served as a county watchdog, giving those in power hell and comforting those that need comfort. It's a responsibility we treat with all the seriousness it deserves. In that vein, we offer readers, bloggers, campaign consultants, and any other interes ... More >>
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April 26, 2008
The Reg-O-Meter© -- Week Ending April 26
MONDAY, APRIL 21: ●What’s the big news today from the Reggie’s crack team of community reporters? In Yorba Linda, “A 4- to 6-month old black puppy was found on Arroyo Street the afternoon of April 15.” Ummm . . . any sleazy goings-on out in Rancho Santa Margarita? “A local homeowners a ... More >>
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March 21, 2008
A Year Without Cathy Seipp
It wasn't long after I moved to OC that I got the news that Cathy Seipp had died. I got it almost instantaneously -- Cathy was so hooked into the blogosphere that her last moments, much like many of her days, were obsessively chronicled online by friends and colleagues. That was a year ago today. ... More >>
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March 14, 2008
Crystal Antlers and Banana Hammocks
The problem with blogging SXSW is that every second spent blogging is a second spent not seeing something that you might want to blog about. Having arrived late Wednesday night, while the festival was already in partial swing, and trying (unsuccessfully) to catch up on some lost travel sleep Thurs ... More >>
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March 3, 2008
Jubal's Lack of Humility
One of my favorite college experiences happened at Orange Coast in the late 1990s, when my Bible as Lit professor told us there was no way Moses wrote the Pentateuch as tradition maintained for millenia because of Deuteronomy 34:10. The passage stated, "No prophet ever again arose" like Moses, a bo ... More >>
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February 7, 2008
Super Blogalicious
Seen and Heard on Super Tuesday
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February 5, 2008
"We Do Gentrification Right!"
The Measure D gap has shrunk--a tiny amount, but shrunk. The No on Measure D crowd are getting more optimistic. They have no other choice. "We already saw the bulldozers driving up Flower Street," Orange Juice blogger Thomas Anthony Gordon cracks. I tell them to pray hard, or to at least move to Ana ... More >>
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January 31, 2008
KCRW, Now with Even More User-friendliness
Extraordinarily popular Santa Monica-based radio station KCRW 89.9 FM is introducing a new cutting-edge media player that, its publicist claims, “will empower online listeners to make KCRW their own.” (Does that mean we have to make the coffee, too?) KCRW’s Director of New Media, Anil Dewan ... More >>
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December 16, 2007
Best OC Media Battle of 2007...
...isn't the everlasting battle between the Weekly and Orange County Register, Register staff and the new publisher, or even the Hatfield-McCoy madness that happened at this rag earlier this year and still persists (read a coming Hey You! for further details!) but the fight between two of our favori ... More >>
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December 14, 2007
Morey's Morons Begging for Comments
You know a blog is lame when it begs readers to leave comments, and that's exactly what the bloggers at Irvine's Faith Community Church, the domain of resume-stretching Islam "expert" Robert Morey, are doing. Earlier this month, one Stephen Macasil sported the holiest of hard-ons for FCC's blog, B ... More >>
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September 6, 2007
You Can't Make This Shit Up
I don't know why--probably just to make sure I'm not missing any important updates on the latest south county exit poll nobody cares about or to get my daily fix of aerial photographs of toll road construction--but I tend to visit OC Blog every day. Actually the real reason I go there is they occasi ... More >>
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August 10, 2007
About that nose picker from the OC Reg...
It was all so beautiful: Register reporter on his way out sticks his finger up his nose in the face of The Man and is caught on camera, then noticed by LA Observed and broadcast throughout the blogosphere, his message forever preserved in cyberspace... Too bad it's NOT TRUE. CP Smith was apparently ... More >>
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July 30, 2007
LYT in USA Today
Weekly investigative reporter extraordinaire Scott Moxley just informed me that our fab Comic-Con blogger - LYT - made today's edition of USA Today. His rainbow 'do is apparently a camera magnet. That's not too surprising. Couldn't help snapping a few of him myself. And Luke was sitting at Hall H ... More >>
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July 24, 2007
Comic-Con is coming!
To get an idea of the kind of coverage we'll be doing, we've just added a new slideshow of photos taken by and of me from the last two years. However, here's the difference -- in 2005 and 2006 I was blogging strictly for my own readership, with no wireless access. This year, I'm going completely eq ... More >>
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June 4, 2007
Hugh Hewitt and His Conflict-of-Interest Conflicts
Meet Shine Like Stars, an Irvine-based Christian-rock band that jams the Divine fantastic at Irvine Presbyterian Church, specifically in its Veritas form of service. They're playing this Wednesday at San Clemente Presbyterian Church in anticipation of a small Pacific Coast tour. Good for them, serio ... More >>
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December 19, 2005
The Changeling
Perhaps you're mainlining nog and didn't notice, but the OC Weekly website has changed much since the last time you logged in. No, this is not the first positive move made by our new New Times owners; it's been in the works for months and months and months, starting so long ago now that this aging S ... More >>
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