Author: Anthony R. Perlas
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Gisele Was Supposed to Open the Victoria’s Secret Show. A Broken Foot Gave Bella Hadid the First Walk
Gisele Bundchen was set to open the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in LA until a broken foot, per Us Weekly, sent…
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Why We Wear Masks on October 31: The 2,000-Year History of Halloween
From Samhain bonfires to Roman harvest goddesses, papal feast days, turnip lanterns and witch trials: the true history of Halloween, and why…
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Los Angeles From Halloween to New Year’s: The Season’s Dates, From Olvera Street to Zoo Lights and the Rose Parade
Día de los Muertos on Olvera Street, the Auto Show, Zoo Lights, Descanso’s Enchanted Forest, the Hollywood Christmas Parade and the 138th…
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The Black Friday Calendar: Target Starts Tomorrow, Walmart Splits It Into Three, Best Buy Runs 10 Days
Black Friday is a six-week season now. The dates for Target, Walmart and Best Buy, what memberships actually buy you, the return…
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Space Week: Hubble and Webb’s Cat’s Head Nebula, India’s NVS-03 Navigation Satellite, Artemis III Stacks Up and the Taurids Ahead
A cat made of dust in the Carina Nebula, a new navigation clock over India, the Artemis III core stage joined to…
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The Pulse: Boo York Subway Maps, Brooklyn’s Empire Bins, WeHo’s Rain-or-Shine Carnaval and Eileen Otte Ford’s Rule of Scarcity
New York renames its subway for Halloween and starts bagging the bags, while West Hollywood holds Carnaval in the first wet Halloween…
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How LA Nightlife Really Works: h.wood, SBE and Tao, Reviewed
Who runs Los Angeles nightlife, and the Wednesday route from The Hideaway to Warwick, scored.
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How New Yorkers Actually Meet: Lessons From Quora, Bartenders and the City’s Rooms
Apps are only part of it. Ask New Yorkers how they meet people and the answers keep coming back to rooms, circles…
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Sugar-Dating Scams: The Red Flags Forums and the FTC Both Warn About
Every sugar-dating forum has the same horror story: an offer that looks generous, then a request that reverses who is paying whom.…
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The First Meet-and-Greet in New York: The Safety Rules the Forums Agree On
For adults 21+ dating in New York, the first meeting is where judgment matters most. We read the threads where sugar-dating members…
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New York Club Reviews: Marquee and TAO Downtown, Scored
IGN-style reviews of Marquee New York and TAO Downtown: door, design, sound, bottles and value.
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Friday Night in Los Angeles, Reviewed: Three Venues, Three Scores
Break Room 86, Highland Park Bowl and Bigfoot Lodge, reviewed IGN-style for a Friday night in LA.