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Jen Miller’s Art featured at Brazilian Carnival 2009

Saturday February 28 at the Hollywood Palladium thousands of people gathered to celebrate the culture of Brazil, listen to the beat-centric musical talents, partake of authentic grilled meats and lime-infused caipirinhas, and to shake it like a sambista on the dance floor- or try to, anyway.
A festive mood filtered through the colorful crowd like [...]

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New Year’s Eve Parties in New York City

2009 is waiting for us right around the corner, and along with it comes a fresh start and a new chance to create and mold your life into one of which you have always dreamed. So maybe 2008 wasn’t the best year ever for you; perhaps your new home was repossessed, you had to sell [...]

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Good(will) Glitter Sale

Note: The following blog is re-posted from a blog by Darnell Sue with her permission.
The Goodwill Glitter Sale was everything I thought it would be, and then some.
By “everything I thought it would be” I mean lots of great stuff and long lines. The “then some” includes much longer lines than last year and [...]

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Black Friday After Thanksgiving Day Sales in Seattle

Black Friday After Thanksgiving Day Sales- Seattle

Everyone knows the Thanksgiving story of the pilgrims and the Mayflower, of the Native Americans and the corn planted with a dead fish; we all have heard about the shared dinner of wild turkey and harvest grains, the pumpkin pie milkshakes, Coca-Cola and the tall black hats with buckles, [...]

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From the Streets of Seattle: PrEssHa

I think I first met my good friend and fellow redneck DJ family member PrEssHa (aka Matthew Thomas McGiveron) at the Produkt Dance studio in south Seattle where a Friday night’s festivities had slid right over into the next afternoon, and we were all lazing about, smoking and drinking and listening to music and dancing on the [...]

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Election Night Drinking Game

The United States may be a country divided into blue and red, with some of us carving ‘B’s on our faces and some of us laughing at prank calls like 5th graders, but this Tuesday night everyone will be united by that epic American invention, the TV: crammed around a screen big or small, watching [...]

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Election Night Parties in Washington D.C.

There is no better place to be than Washington D.C. for the momentous occasion that is the 2008 Presidential Election. Get your friends together and head out to watch the live election returns, drink a star-spangled cocktail and scream at the TV at these top spots for election night parties:
1. Forget apple pie and baseball, [...]

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Election Night Parties in Boston

If America was born of the mingling thoughts of freedom by our founding fathers, then Boston is certainly where some of the magic happened. From the Boston Common to Park Street Church to the site of the famous tea party, this New England gem has ‘I LOVE AMERICA” written all over its face. With an [...]

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Election Night Parties in Austin

Since moving away from Austin in 2000 I have described the city over and over as a “tiny liberal island in a vast conservative sea.” Here’s hoping those liberal islanders have something to celebrate as they watch the election returns filter in. Just remember: you may want to take that Obama sticker off your car [...]

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Election Night Parties in San Francisco

How will the fantastic saga of the 2008 presidential election play out? No one knows, except maybe Diebold, but one thing is sure: you want to watch the results surrounded by your compatriots with drink in hand. In San Francisco there are tons of election night parties; here are the best places to get your [...]

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Election Night Parties in Portland

Portland is a beautiful green city, full of nice characters, some really great music, a tram, a giant bookstore, and a shiny clean dose of political activism. Which means, come November 4th, the Portlanders will be out and about and looking for a place to watch the election returns, gather with neohippie friends and drink [...]

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Election Night Parties in Seattle

Republicans are Red,
Democrats are Blue
Whatever you voted,
There’s drinkin’ to do!
Seattle is a political town, full of passion and outspoken characters, luke-warm initiatives and hot debates on the street, sign-filled protests and the ubiquitous LaRouche booth. You know you care, so for the red-white-and-blue epic adventure that is the 2008 presidential election, after you vote don’t [...]

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XV Reasons to Go to Analog XV at Rebar FRIDAY NIGHT

The Produkt family throws a big crazy dance party the last Friday of every month at The REBAR called Analog, and this October the lineup is sweet, the candy corn is sticky, and there are tons of reasons you should come out and get down this Friday night! Here are my top 15:
1. It’s a Masquerade Ball! Guests [...]

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The More Celine Dion Changes, the More She Stays the Same: Taking Chances Tour

GUEST BLOGGER: EMMY PEI
The expression “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” is an unwritten rule that is followed by many, and understood by all. For Celine Dion, however, some rules are meant to be broken. While tourists were busy gambling their children’s college fund away, and while couples who shared nothing more than [...]

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Austin, We Got Your Back

Austin is for music lovers; and we’ve gotten our fair amount of grief from our Austinite friends for our lack of coverage in their particular neck of the Lone Star. But fret no more, we’re now in Austin, TX.
We’ve added 8 new cities to our coverage to bring us up from 25 to 32 [...]

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