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Girl Scouts of the United States of America

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    14 Essential Items to Bring to Every Fan Convention

    It's that time of year where it seems like there's at least one big fan convention going on every weekend somewhere in the country. Whether you're planning on heading to New Jersey for The Steampunk World's Fair later this month or counting down for San Diego Comic-Con in July, there are a few esse ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Eat Well Underground Market: January 29 in Altadena

    In these DIY times, what consitutes "underground?" If you have a website and a sign up list, is your function really off the radar? For the underground food event Eat Well Market founded by Aimee Silver and taking place on Jan. 29, the term seems to mean a single layer of secrecy -- she's not widel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    'Occupy the Rose Parade' Plans to Form Human Float, Slip Into Parade Lineup

    OWS got puns.​Ah, the Rose Parade. That fresh, floral, ferociously American march of Girl Scouts and City Councilmembers and high-school tuba nerds -- who, every New Year's, make Pasadena's main drag into a 1950s-era celebration of tissue-paper patriotism, and the center of the televised natio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    Girl Scouts Offering a "Locavore" Badge

    ​Once upon a time, Girl Scouts received badges for staying fit, enjoying nature, and peddling cookies. Now, for the first time in 25 years, they can also win a badge for achievement in a wide variety of increasingly relevant fields. In an October 12 All Things Considered report, Girl Scouts ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    August 25, 2011

    Born Again Christian Movie Higher Ground

    ​Once upon a time, Girl Scouts received badges for staying fit, enjoying nature, and peddling cookies. Now, for the first time in 25 years, they can also win a badge for achievement in a wide variety of increasingly relevant fields. In an October 12 All Things Considered report, Girl Scouts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    Wanna Go to a Secret Linkin Park Show in L.A.?

    Linkin Park got heart​Want to make someone else buy you a ticket to a secret Linkin Park show, and feel good about doing it? If you raise at least $500 for Japan Tsunami Relief, you'll be invited with a guest to a private Linkin Park concert in a "small, intimate venue" in the Los Angeles are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Girl Scouts Give the Ladyfinger to Girl Scouts of the USA Over Palm Oil's Environmental Toll

    Maigh/FlickrThin Mints palm oil​ As the awesomely-named Julie Jargon reports in The Wall Street Journal, a couple of Michigan Girl Scouts are making their cookie-slinging organization a bit queasy. With the sort of earnest, honest, single-minded conviction only young people can muster, high ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Asians in the Library's Revenge: UCLA Accepts Freshman Class That's 45 Percent Asian American

    'Revenge of the Nerds'Nerds.​You knew there would be some revenge of the Asians after Alexandra Wallace's racist YouTube rant about "Asians in the library" at UCLA. And here it is. The fall, 2011 freshman class just admitted by the school is a whopping 45 percent Asian and Asian American, rep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    The Girl Scout Cookie Locator: Or, How to Find Your Nearest Box of Thin Mints

    where we are now​ Thanks to LAist for the headsup on this one: The Girl Scout Cookie Locator, courtesy of the Scouts themselves. Now you have only to enter your zip code to find the nearest booth to where you are sitting right now, chugging bad coffee, loathing Mondays, wishing your hangover w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Y2K, 2011-Style: We're Running Out of Internet Protocol Addresses

    hotgirlswithiphones.comOne IP address at work.​When the precursor to the Internet was developed at UCLA in 1969, little did the pioneers know that we would all someday be connected by this thing many times over: Your computer at work has an IP address. Your laptop has an IP address. Your iPhon ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Girl Scout Cookies: Thin Mints a Runaway Favorite Amid Thinning Competition

    Maigh/Flickr​ Late last week, The Wall Street Journal reported that some Girl Scout councils are tightening their sashes this cookie season -- by bailing on a few peripheral varieties and cutting back on excessive packaging. Cookies sales garner the Girl Scouts of America a staggering $714 mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    Cookbook Review: The Boozy Baker And Her Sweet, Sweet Cocktails

    ​Wouldn't it be glorious if the parentheses of dinner -- cocktails and dessert -- collided to form one sweet, liqueur-infused moment? In the just-released The Boozy Baker cookbook, that's almost what happens. Author Lucy Baker (yes, her real name) delivers 75 recipes for spirits-infused cake ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    Notorious Kitty Cat Tagger Arrested After Allegedy Painting Feline Images Around Downtown Los Angeles

    SanrioDon't you know I'm loco?​Authorities on Wednesday announced they've taken one of the Los Angeles region's most hardcore criminals off the streets -- a man who surely strikes fear into the eyes of Hells Angels, Crips, Bloods and Girl Scouts alike. That's right, he's the ... kitty cat graf ... More >>

  • Film+TV

    June 17, 2010

    LAFF: the Best of the Fest

    30 films to put on your to-do list

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 9, 2009

    Girl Scouts Follow the Dough at Auntie Anne's Pretzels

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

  • LA Life

    March 26, 2009

    Can America Stop the Reconquista?

    Special April Fool’s Day edition

  • Eat+Drink

    May 15, 2008

    Where to Eat Now

    Special April Fool’s Day edition

  • Eat+Drink

    February 7, 2008

    Where to Eat Now: New to the List

    Special April Fool’s Day edition

  • Columns

    March 22, 2007

    L.A. Fashion Week Smackdown

    Jared Gold’s runway spectacle competes with Smashbox shows as Bobby Trendy says he never took money for interviews about Anna Nicole Smith and disses Howard.

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2007

    Jared Gold's Not-So-Quiet Army

    It was billed as "the wildest front row in all of Fashion Week." You sometimes get a tranny or two in the audience at Smashbox Studios, site of L.A.'s official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, but never in the numbers or caliber of the sparkling array of gorgeous cross-dressers in falsies and heels that ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 2, 2006

    Halloweekend

    It was billed as "the wildest front row in all of Fashion Week." You sometimes get a tranny or two in the audience at Smashbox Studios, site of L.A.'s official Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, but never in the numbers or caliber of the sparkling array of gorgeous cross-dressers in falsies and heels that ... More >>

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    Too Fast and Too Furious

    Not just Mel, but sanctimonious Hollywood, too

  • LA Life

    June 15, 2006

    Welcome to the Dollhouse

    Not just Mel, but sanctimonious Hollywood, too

  • News

    March 30, 2006

    Living Dolls

    Not just Mel, but sanctimonious Hollywood, too

  • News

    March 17, 2005

    Start Making Sense

    An open letter to Miguel Contreras

  • News

    May 13, 2004

    Drifting Pretty

    Nadine Toyoda and her girl racers

  • Supplement

    December 11, 2003

    Editor's Letter

    Nadine Toyoda and her girl racers

  • Supplement

    December 11, 2003

    Editor's Letter: The Print Moment

    Nadine Toyoda and her girl racers

  • LA Life

    August 7, 2003

    The Lovely Beads

    Nadine Toyoda and her girl racers

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Guilt Trip

    The transformation of Kathleen Ann Soliah into Sara Jane Olson

  • Columns

    December 27, 2001

    Giving: The Hollywood Way

    The transformation of Kathleen Ann Soliah into Sara Jane Olson

  • Columns

    December 6, 2001

    Report From the Holiday Front

    The transformation of Kathleen Ann Soliah into Sara Jane Olson

  • News

    August 2, 2001

    Congressman Condom

    What the Chandra Levy case says about our democracy

  • News

    June 28, 2001

    Still Cyco

    Mike Muir frees his soul and saves his mind

  • News

    December 7, 2000

    All My Children

    A first-year teacher’s journal

  • Music

    November 23, 2000

    Queens of Noise

    A first-year teacher’s journal

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