Nadia G’s Bitchin’ Christmas (Video)

Everyone loves to get into the act for Christmas.  For some reason, snowmen and brightly lit trees make everyone want to record a song. Adam Sandler, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie among those who have felt the need to share the holiday spirit.  Now, Bitchin’ Kitchen’s Nadia G. gives us…

Anthony Bourdain’s The Layover: Tony Takes Manhattan (A Recap)

Last week, The Layover premiered to audible groans of pain…by me. Anthony Bourdain’s new travel show had an interesting premise — what would Tony do if stuck in a city for 24 hours?  Unfortunately, the show had a frenetic overly produced feel about it. I disliked the clock counting down…

Fashion Freakouts at the Black Eyed Peas’ Final Concert in Miami

Last night, Sun Life Stadium was packed with thousands of people under the age of 45. Most of them were actually little children, up late for a night to watch the Black Eyed Peas’ final concert before taking a nice, long break from each other. Though fans sported fairly conservative…

Leave The Damn Turkey Alone!

Each year for this day they give up their livesWe eat them right down to the boneSo lay off the peach glaze, teriyaki and chivesLeave the damn turkey alone!Natives of India, by all means use curryTo season and uplift your birdIf Japan is your homeland I wouldn’t worryIf you smeared…

Chili’s Can Be Rude — Stop Throwing Away Your Food!

I love free stuff, Groupon, discounts, hook ups, and so on. But my obsession with not throwing away food when there is some other use for it stems from more than the fact I like to save a little coin.Americans generate more than 34 million tons of food waste annually…

Starbucks Bites Back on Behalf of the “Blonde” Brew

I was shocked to find out that someone at headquarters was actually paying attention to my silly rant on behalf of blondes everywhere, with regards to Starbucks’ new “light bodied blend.” My editor received an email with my name on it that very day, proclaiming “we chose the name Blonde…

Cut off Food Stamps to Mercedes Owners? Just Maybe

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about a plan in Michigan to deny food stamp benefits to people who own cars worth $15,000 and up.At first I thought, “Well, yeah.” A $15,000 car can be a symbol of financial success. It’s not a sign someone is in dire straits…