The Story and Nightmare Emails Behind One Elite Silver Lake Preschool's Turmoil

A specter of tyranny is haunting Silver Lake, Los Angeles. At Camelot Kids, a preschool in the ultra-hip east side of the city, where parents pay $18,000 a year for their progeny to have a full-service alternative nursery school experience, this summer saw a wave of toddler purges, mass teacher firings, and public…
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Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: five little pumpkins sitting on a gate. Rotting and filled with mold and next to some neglected animals.
'A Half-Dozen Large Spiders': Extremely Grim Yelp Reviews of Exterminators
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"Dirty Needles and Drunk Artists": Grim Yelp Reviews of Tattoo Parlors
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'Seat Was Full of Baby Formula': Grim Yelp Reviews of Air Travel
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: Up, up, and awa- oh dear Lord, that better not be urine in my seat. Why would you just pee right there? Who does that?
'Fresh Vomit on the Seats': Very Grim Yelp Reviews of Movie Theaters
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: Time to put on your 3D glasses! Oh my God, what’s all over those 3D glasses?
'Asked God's Forgiveness': Grim Yelp Reviews of Christian Vacation Spots
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: the (un)holiest of summer vacation destinations.
'Was Murdered Here': Very Grim Yelp Reviews of National Monuments
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: angrily one-starring our nation’s most beloved national treasures because they’re, like, smaller than you thought they’d be.
'$50 For a Fucking Hookah': Grim Yelp Reviews of Nightclubs
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a new regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: everybody in the club getting overcharged, groped, beaten up or just generally having a bad time.
'They Don't Do Any Cool Sexy Moves': Grim Yelp Reviews of Breastaurants
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a new regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: My Dinner with
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'Security Arrested Dad': Grim Yelp Reviews of Stadiums
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a new regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: sportsball.
"Idiot Mortician Forgot the Dentures': Grim Yelp Reviews of Funerals
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a new regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: death, the ultimate one-star experience.
'A Squirty Poop on the Floor': The Grimmest Yelp Review of Gyms
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a new regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: dark adventures at the temple of fitness.
'The Other Kids Had Taken All His Eggs': Grim Yelp Reviews of Easter

Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a new regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week’s bonus round: Easter.
'Pastor Appeared Drunk': Grim Yelp Reviews of Houses of Worship
Welcome to Grim Yelp Reviews, a new regular feature where we share people’s worst experiences at the worst places. This week: the house(s) of God(s).
