What’s my favorite new iPhone game? Tiny Wings! The game made its big splash last year, but I finally decided to download it two weeks ago, and it’s been a whimsical, glorious ride. Far more enjoyable than Angry Birds, if you ask me. So why am I sharing this? Because I need to post something …
Author Archives: Ben Mandelker
Don’t Be Scurred
If the blog looks a little weird, it’s because I’ve disabled all the plugins and switched to a basic theme temporarily. The site has been very slow for me on the backend, and supposedly if I disable everything, it should speed up. Everything will return, and hopefully, I will isolate the plugin that is slowing …
Mixology 101 Serves Sweet Cocktails At The Los Angeles Farmer’s Market
Los Angeles’s Farmer’s Market at Fairfax and Third just received a healthy dose of booze. Mixology, to be specific. The airy new bar Mixology 101 opened up this week, ready to serve a lengthy list of cocktails (over forty at last count) as well as beer, wine, spirits, and various bites. Steered by acclaimed bartender …
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REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC PHOTOCAP: Vicki Screams, Gretchen Cries, and Alexis Gets A New Nose
Is there anything better than an epic party disaster on The Real Housewives? Probably not. Last night’s Real Housewives of Orange County delivered just that — thirty minutes of ridiculous screaming, crying, and angry accusations. It all began last week when Tamra invited Slade to Bunco night with the girls. Clearly this would lead to …
Wine Knowledge FAIL
While perusing the reader comments on a foodnetwork.com recipe tonight, I came across the above submission. Serious wine FAIL.
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REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA PHOTOCAP: Party Central. And By ‘Party’ I Mean ‘Idiot’
What is there to say about this week’s episode of The Real Housewives of Atlanta? It was the same old crap: Peter and Cynthia hosted a party they couldn’t afford, Marlo and Sherayay had a disagreement, Kim yelled at Sweetie, Nene yelled at Bryson, Phaedra ogled a dead body, and Kandi made a weird face …
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WATCH WHAT CRAPPENS: Episode 8 – Shahs of Sunset, Anniversaries on Atlanta, and Top Chef Reunion
It’s time for another episode of Watch What Crappens, and this time it’s a little earlier in the week. We’ll be recording new podcasts on Mondays instead of Wednesdays from now on; so get excited to kick off your week with more Bravo banter. In this episode, Matt, Ronnie, and I take on the premiere …
Time for the 2012 B-Side Blog Tournament of Cham!
March Madness is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: the return of The Tournament of Cham! Longtime readers of this blog will remember that when I first started this NCAA Tourney brackets group a few years ago, “B-Side Blog Tournament of Champions” was simply too long for Yahoo to process, and so …
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SHAHS OF SUNSET: Persian Ughs
Bravo finally premiered The Shahs of Sunset last night, and I can happily report that I both love it and hate it all at once. On the one hand, it’s rather riveting in a car-wreck sort of way. On the other hand, it’s filled with mostly hideous people who proudly measure their self-worth with designer …