Carrie Bradshaw

The Straight Dope On 'The House I Live In'

Powerful voices explain the failed war on drugs

Drunk After Work: Morton's The Steakhouse

​ The Place: Morton's The Steakhouse, locations in Santa Ana and Anaheim.The Hours: Mon.-Fri., 4:30-6:30 p.m. & 9 p.m. to close. Santa Ana also has the same hours on Sunday.The Deal: $5 beers; $6.50 wines; $7.50 Mortinis and cocktails. Bar bites ranging from $6 to $7. Anaheim lists bar bite de ... More >>

Life According to Woody Allen

'You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger' feels routine

Red Velvet: A Cupcake Postmortem

Trends is dining have an amazing ability to take a long-standing food item and, through a series of twists and maybe a bit of recontextualizing, make it ubiquitous and, eventually, tiresome. Not matter how delicious a food might be, if it gets caught up in the zeitgeist, the over-saturation point is ... More >>

In 'Leap Year,' Amy Adams Is Trapped in the Land of Blarney, Cow Pies and Forced Humiliation

Drink of the Week: The Algerian Boulevard at Andrei's

​The drink: The Algerian Boulevard at Andrei's Conscious Cuisine and Cocktails. $7 normally, $5 at happy hour (3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday) Edwin's already pretty thoroughly examined the "cuisine" part of newly opened Andrei's Conscious Cuisine and Cocktails in Irvine, but methinks the "cock ... More >>

[Trendzilla] The 'It' Bag Returns

'Confessions of a Shopaholic' the Latest Cultural Relic to Be Adapted, But Why Now?

[Summer Guide] Movies to Look Forward to Now That Indy and Carrie Bradshaw Have Used Up All the Hype

Film Pick of the Weekend: The Women of Sex and the City: A (Semi-) Appreciation

So they finally coaxed me out of the ivory tower that is the Calendar Dept. and convinced me to blog. Okay, first thing's first. A moment of silence for Harvey Korman. Blazing Saddles is playing this Wednesday at the Regency South Coast Village. Go see it and be reminded of the man's brilliance. ... More >>

Despite the Labels and Levity, the Big-Screen 'Sex and the City' Is a Poor-Man's Knockoff

Piss, Whiskey and Styx Are All Part of Actor John Corbett's Rock & Roll Fantasy

In 'Smart People,' Intelligence Goes Soft in This Dennis Quaid/Sarah Jessica Parker Rom-Com

Slight Turbulence

Flight Bistro does protein like the pros (as for those scallops . . .)

Letters

“Why can’t polygamists be more like Mike Carona? He only has one wife (and a mistress and a couple of girlfriends)”

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"I also never did understand why so many women idolized Carrie Bradshaw as some kind of fashion tastemaker."

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"Bet you thought you looked real cute back then"

A Play Is a Tool

How to use Bad Dates to avoid one

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