'Real Housewives' Get Into A Real Fight!

What a wonderful bit of news to wake up to this morning. There’s a fight brewing off camera on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, and guess what? It doesn’t involve Nene and Shereé. No, the two ladies involved in this explosive situation are Kim (not so surprising) and… wait for it… LISA WU HARTWELL. That’s …

TOP CHEF PHOTOCAP: New York, New York – It's A Wonderful Town!

Utensils down, hands up! Top Chef is back, and by the looks of this first episode of the New York season, I think we’ll be in for quite the ride, as Tom said. It seems as though we’ve got a nice selection of colorful characters, and while there are some generic, nameless ones in the …

Earthquake Drill Proves To Be A Suitably Chilling Way To Start Off Thursday

At 10 AM PST, upwards of 5 million Los Angelenos will be participating in the cheerfully named “The Great Southern California Shakeout.” To the unsuspecting, this event sounds like nothing more than a wacky dance contest, but in actuality, it’s an all too scary earthquake drill that aims to simulate a 7.8 seismic event — should …

THE PARSLEY CHRONICLES: Chapter 1 — And So It Begins

This past weekend, I headed to the nearby Ikea in search of various household items for my new apartment, and because I’m somewhat clueless when it comes to discount Swedish design, I employed the dutiful help of my friend Jash, who happens to be an expert at all things decor related. Well, as we wended …

HILLS RECAP: Smooth Moves?

I identified strongly with this latest episode of The Hills because like Audrina Patridge, I too moved to a new home last week, and also like her, I have wonderful new kitchen. Well, maybe not as gleaming as hers, but considering that none of the appliances seem to predate the Bush administration, I’d say that’s …

5 Things I'm Looking Forward To Now That I've Voted

Well, I just exercised my constitutional rights. And it was glorious. Actually, it wasn’t. I stood in line for an hour, which was fine and expected. The only problem was that the woman behind me would not. stop. talking. I’m telling you, she chatted incessantly, oversharing her entire life to virtual strangers. Thankfully, she wasn’t …