How to Get a Rock Star to Drink a Smoothie

You might call it star fucking So the thingamajig goes there? Look Mom! I’m the smiling head in the background! Somehow, way back in July of last year, when I was hanging out with Claudette in San Francisco, getting my, re-activization, I introduced her to the new fangled idea of…

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Ren’s Wedding in the Glen

Ren sure can make a cool bride Ain’t she pretty! Well you go girl!You go and get yourself married to one hunk of man. A man who’s so damn cool, he builds low rider bikes from scratch. A man who’s so handy, he can change out a car engine on…

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It’s Official: I am the Cooler, Older Cousin

I am so cooler than you! We partied all night And Dad wasn’t happy Way back when I was twelve or thirteen, I had a cooler, older cousin. Ann Renne, or just Ren as she preferred to be known, was my idol. She introduced me to all that was cool…

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Ann is Swank in Squirrel Hills

Its Party Time in P-Burgh Calm in Daylight Wild at Night Once upon a time, I lived in Moscow and hung out with a Joe-cool girl who at times was a friend, a housemate, and a hero. Now she lives in Pittsburgh, and until recently, I was scared about this…

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The Party Scene of Screen on the Green

We all screem for Screen on the Green Nice backdrop, eh? Its summertime in DC again, and that can only mean one thing: the start of this year’s Screen on the Green performances. Sponsored by big companies, but done with style and grace only found here, classic movies are shown…

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