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Zen and the Art of Cougar Hunting
Zen Kern's cougar class: life-coaching an evolving dating paradigm
By GENDY ALIMURUNG
They practice picking up young men at the grocery store, these older women who have never been married, or whose husbands have left them for younger stock, or whose soul mates have died of heart attacks or in car accidents. On a balmy Thursday at a hotel in Pasadena… Keep Reading »
Zen and the Art of Cougar Hunting
Zen Kern's cougar class: life-coaching an evolving dating paradigm
By GENDY ALIMURUNG
They practice picking up young men at the grocery store, these older women who have never been married, or whose husbands have left them for younger stock, or whose soul mates have died of heart attacks or in car accidents. On a balmy Thursday at a hotel in Pasadena… Keep Reading »
Confessions of an Aspiring Kept Man: Is That a Cucumber in Your Shopping Cart?
It's not easy trying to be cougar bait
By MATTHEW FLEISCHER
I have a friend, Andrew, who lives in Paris. Every day, Andrew wakes up at 11, stretches, and prepares himself a leisurely cup of tea followed by a four-course breakfast — fruit, bread and cheese, yogurt and, finally, a cup of strong Vietnamese coffee and a piece of chocolate… Keep Reading »
Hancock, America's Low-rent Superhero, Just in Time for the Recession
It's a bird... It's a plane... It's Superbum?
By ELLA TAYLOR
In Hancock, a peculiar and occasionally charming poke in the ribs of the superman myth, Will Smith plays the rudest, smelliest superhero America has ever seen. Cursed with the physical elegance and urbanity of a Cary Grant or a Denzel Washington, Smith looks like an underdressed movie star even… Keep Reading »
Greg Ginn and SST Records: Going to Texas?
Ex-Black Flag guitarist releases six albums, ponders a move
By RYAN RITCHIE
Greg Ginn is complicated — and misunderstood. The 53-year-old guitarist is best known for his visceral playing in South Bay punk band Black Flag, but those who followed Ginn’s output after his group’s 1986 breakup know he’s not one to bask in the memories of the good ol’ days… Keep Reading »
Stick Figures: Cumin-Dusted Xinjiang Barbecue, at San Gabriel's 818
Northern China's favorite snack food
By Jonathan Gold
Xinjiang barbecue is one of the most compelling snacks in the world, thin skewers of charred lamb snatched bubbling from the grill, crusted with cumin and dried chiles, dusted with salt and Sichuan pepper, spurting hot grease when the burning flesh snaps beneath your teeth. The sizzling skewers of… Keep Reading »
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