Let's Look at Pictures of Beautiful Beaches and Plan Dream Vacations
Since it's still hot as hell, it can't hurt to pick the ideal destination for our next (imaginary?) getaways.
Ladies Love Going on Lady-Only Vacations, No Boyz Allowed
Just like Thelma and Louise before you, ladies love to ditch their partners and go on adventures. Even better, most modern girlcations (sorry) don't end in driving off a cliff. Win/win!
How to Be the Perfect Houseguest
There's a holiday weekend coming up, which means plenty of people are packing their bags and heading out of town to stay with family and friends near and far. Even if this isn't you and your big Fourth of July plans involve sweating it out your apartment and stuffing your face with summer soup*, chances are, at some…
Who the Hell Is Marshall Weinbaum and Why Did He Take This Weird Photo?
A minor Internet firestorm erupted earlier this week when a fairly unassuming fellow named Marshall Weinbaum posted this eyebrow-raising Facebook picture of lady bloggers clutching his quadriceps while he holds a sign that reads, “Hi Mom.” Why would Marshall Weinbaum do such a heinous thing, especially knowing that…
Beyoncé and Jay-Z Blasted For Culturally-Ignorant Havana Vacation
Bey and Jay are currently celebrating their fifth anniversary eating, wearing tribal-printed DVF (her), smoking cigars (him), and posing with schoolchildren in Old Havana. They also brought their moms Tina and Gloria, as well as some bodyguards, just like you or I would do on our anniversary vacations, right?
Men Twice As Likely To Use Workplace Bereavement Days To Play Hooky
In last year's Sundance movie The Lie, a man who plays hooky from work tells his boss that his kid is sick. Later, under duress, he blurts out, shockingly, that the baby has died—and the remainder of the film deals with the consequences. As it turns out, that premise is more realistic than you might have imagined: 26%…
It's Your Patriotic Duty to Be Overworked and Miserable
The other day, my mother called and I picked up the phone. This is noteworthy because I don't usually pick up the phone when anyone calls me, not even my mother, because I'm a very busy person whose life is full of many busy things. But I picked up the phone, and she asked me what I was up to, and I said that I was…
Ann Romney: Dog That Shat Himself Out of Fear Actually Loved Riding on …
Remember that story of how Mitt Romney once strapped the family dog's crate to the roof of the car before a road trip to Canada and the dog was so scared that he pooped all over the car? And then Mitt Romney pulled the car over at a gas station and hosed the car off and then continued driving? Well, according to Ann…
The Art Of Being A Third Wheel
Let me paint a little picture for you. You have just slogged through the hot, crowded streets to get to your office, you are sweating profusely, and you have about thirty douchey emails to answer. The phone rings, it's your mother. She is calling to inform you that you are being forced to spend a week at a remote…
How To Travel With Your Friends (And Remain Friends Afterwards)
A summer jaunt with your friends can be a source of beautiful memories — or an expensive deathmarch of awkwardness and acrimony. Here's how to make sure it's the former.
Bad Economy Pushes Lesbian Guesthouse To Welcome Men
Pearl's Rainbow, Key West's only lesbians-only guest house, is going to have to go temporarily sausage party to survive in this economic climate.
Mrs. O Rocks The Blogging Muumuu
[West Tisbury, MA; August 24. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama leave State Road restaurant after dinner with Vernon Jordan and other friends Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010, on Martha's Vineyard. Image via Getty]
Michelle Takes A Break In Marbella
[Marbella, Spain, August 4: The vacationing first lady walks the streets, surrounded by pastel-clad Secret Service agents. Image via AP.]
Teachers Punished For "Spirit" Lap Dance • Fox Viewers Aren't Interested…
• Two high school teachers from Winnipeg have been suspended for performing a lap dance at a pep rally. School officials say the dance was "totally inappropriate" and a 12th grade student called it "dirty." Video after the jump. •
Winter Broke
Slate's Explainer asks why college students get such long winter breaks. Answer: "the stagflation and energy crisis of the Carter era." The real question is why working stiffs don't get a whole freaking month to pretend to learn French. [Slate]
Free At Last
[Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; August 23. Image via Getty]
Has Anyone In History Ever Had A Successful "Staycation?"
I don't mean, have you done one. But, was it actually fun and relaxing, like, you know, the real thing? I seriously want to know!
(Shirtless) Clive Owen Is Saving You A Seat
[Somewhere in the Caribbean, January 23. Image via Splash.]
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Giorgio Armani Is The Mediterranean's Main Man
[Italy, July 22. Images via Splash.]
I Can Haz Honeymoon?
Okay kids, I'm outta here starting tomorrow. (Honeymoon, Hawaiian Islands, Australia, and hopefully, hugs from my favorite animal ever, the wombat.) Dodai, naturally, will be running the site in my 2-week absence, and, in addition to our regular staffers, guest bloggers Megan Carpentier and Sadie Stein will be on hand…