Pop Culture

Love, Love, Love: Blogs I’m Digging

Like most bloggers, I read a mountain of blogs – not only to keep up with the latest on technology, SEO tips and content creation ideas, but also to discover – and in many cases, build relationships, with the other amazing bloggers out there spreading useful and creative messages. Every few months, I make sure [...]

February 12, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

The DailyCandy Lexicon: Words That Don’t Exist But Should

For creative word lovers like many of us, or for those who like to make up their own words (I know you’re out there), The DailyCandy Lexicon is a must. Unfamiliar with Daily Candy? It’s a brief, witty newsletter — one that you’ve actually signed up for. It shares what’s happening around town, from sales [...]

January 29, 2011 CONTINUE READING →

Happy Birthday To Me: How Do You Celebrate Yours?

Today is my birthday. 29 and then some. I share my birthday with some other cool people: Carey Elwes of Princess Bride fame (my favorite movie), Hillary Clinton, Wheel of Fortune’s Pat Sajak and Felix the Cat. Some years, birthdays are overrated. Other years, underrated. All depends, really, on whether or not there are cupcakes. [...]

October 25, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

A Funny Thing Happened On My Way To A Good Story…

This is a guest post about the boom of storytelling, brought to us by the fabulous Erica W. Jamieson. When I bought tickets to a recent GrandSLAM event by The Moth at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, my husband figured we would be two – maybe ten – in the audience.  How many people could [...]

October 15, 2010 CONTINUE READING →

The 80s Fashion Revival Can’t Buy Me Love

A guest post by Kellie Fitzgerald. Does the recent 80’s fashion revival scare the hell out of anyone else? Anyone, Anyone, Bueller? It seems to me that the recent passing of 80’s movie master and narrator of my youth, John Hughes, coincides with fashion designers getting all nostalgic about the decade that I deem a [...]

September 17, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Sexism and The Soda

A guest post by Josh Grau. You can follow Josh on Twitter. I would never call myself a history buff, but I’m certainly a sucker for the origins of iconic events. I’m Wikipedia’s best customer, starting in one curious place and 300 links later ending up somewhere even more random, a journey with more pop [...]

September 2, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

When Idol Jumped The Shark

A guest post by Josh Grau. You can follow Josh on Twitter. I’m calling it right now: Idol is going down. A few weeks ago headline news took a break from the health care debate, the homecoming of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, and John and Kate plus all his dates to bring us the [...]

August 20, 2009 CONTINUE READING →