Believe it or not, but we’re only a month away from the start of Halloween season. That’s because the fright-dispensing folks at a few local haunted attractions begin slinging scares come mid-September, they’re already busy readying their ghouls and goblins in anticipation. North Phoenix’s 13th Floor Haunted House and Surprise’s…
They say beauty is only skin deep, but apparently even shallow good looks can cost a fortune if you’re a Hollywood hotshot. We all know that movie stars and the like are prone to spending ridiculous amounts of money on things, but in case you forgot that it takes a…
Looks like locals have yet another reason to consider Arizona the best state in U.S.– and contrary to what Buzzfeed might tell you, it has absolutely nothing to do with the snow, sunshine, or the fact that you can get both snow and sun in a single day…
This weekend, Arizona CopperCon: Revolution will bring nerd-culture lovers to the Windmere Hotel in Mesa for the annual four-day science-fiction convention — but, let’s be honest, if you’re into that stuff, you probably already knew that. What you might not know already is that this time around, the event offers…
Chances are if you’ve seen Mean Girls, you’ve seen it at least a half-dozen times. The hit 2004 comedy by Tina Fey starring Amanda Seyfried, Rachel McAdams, and a still salvageable Lindsay Lohan is a cult classic among girls, gays, and anyone who had to endure the hell that is…
We’ve all had that embarrassing trip or made an awkward mistake that made us feel like digging a hole in the ground and proceeding to die there. Instead of simply getting back up and dusting ourselves off or leaving the situation feeling down, Vine celebrity KC James shows us a…
By now you’ve probably seen BuzzFeed’s trending post, “36 Reasons Why Arizona Is The Best State,” and if you’re like us you were disappointed because, given its 36 pathetic attempts at promoting state pride, this list bordered on satirical. Come on, “inde1500 /sebastiana2,” is that the best you could come up…
If you are a videogame player on a budget, a casual game player who likes to sample, or a supporter of independent game developers, then you should look into the wonderful world of indie bundles. They’re a recent Internet phenomenon; as the name implies, an indie bundle is a set…
This is your brain. This is your brain on sex. A recent study on human pleasure by Rutgers researchers Barry Komisaruk and Nan Wise has discovered what may be the best news since science discovered that pot smokers are skinnier…
If you’ve ever seen the Tumblr Rich Kids of Instagram, you know what it is to feel simultaneously enthralled and enraged. The spoiled spawn of the one percent post pictures of themselves sipping champagne on private jets, being chauffeured in Bentleys , and posing on yachts in the Mediterranean. Now,…
Picture us furiously refreshing our browser Sunday morning in a tizzy of anticipation and nerves awaiting the BBC’s announcement for who will replace Matt Smith as the time- and space- (and dimension-) traveling doctor on the cult sci-fi series Doctor Who. Then, finally, after 30 minutes of waiting through the…
We’ve seen our fair share of bizarre beauty treatments — snake venom creams, flaming alcohol-soaked towel masks, and who could forget the flesh-eating “spa fish.” Nevertheless we are cringing at the latest spa treatment to come out of New York. Introducing the bird poop facial…
It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s — a flying ball sack. Yes, airborne testicles could very much become a thing in the United Kingdom if the country’s Male Cancer Awareness Campaign gets the proper funding. The program aims to get men talking about testicular cancer and has teamed up…
For better or worse, sometimes high school nicknames never wear off. In the case of Cory Martinez, hers was more swell than square. Luxie, a reference to Lux Interior of The Cramps, caught on and never went totally away. Now it’s resurfaced as the name of Martinez’s recently launched vintage…
Ceci n’est pas un jeu vidéo. Whether you’re a patron of the arts, a player of Nintendo games, or a culture-balanced connoisseur of both, chances are you’ll get as much enjoyment as we do out of the new Tumblr, Super Magritte…
Floating around in our cabinets is a magical ingredient that can help deodorize, exfoliate, and cleanse. Let us introduce to you: baking soda. This chemical compound, whose proper name is sodium bicarbonate, can be a key ingredient in your beauty regimen just as readily as a batch of chocolate chip…
This summer we’ve rounded up our favorite vintage shops by neighborhood: East Valley, Scottsdale, Roosevelt Row, and Seventh Avenue. Our last stop is the West Valley — and it does not disappoint…
Say what you will about Gilbert — which is probably not very much — that East Valley town has its charm. There’s great barbecue, decent housing prices, and did we already mention the barbecue? Oddly enough, it turns out that being a boring city isn’t all that bad. In fact,…
“Tell us what you know about the Midwest.” It seems like a simple enough task, but according to a new exhibit at the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) Space, not so much. “Reinvention in the Urban Midwest” is a new exhibit curated by the design and planning firm Sasaki Associates…
By day, Reanna Diehl does the nine to five thing at a Scottsdale law firm as a paralegal. However, at night — or practically any other hour she’s awake and not clocked in — the fashion designer is swamped with making her custom snapbacks, camis, or swimwear pieces for her…
Tell your pygmy goat and your teacup pig to hit the road because there’s a new rare breed of adorable in town and her name is Ippo. Half zebra, half donkey, Ippo is the interspecies child of the equine world better known as a zonkey…
Any style-savvy gal worth her weight in paillettes knows the sale-crazed saying: The early bird catches the Louboutins. While neither a pair of stilettos by Christian nor a Last Chance-style shoving match over shoes is in store, Valley fashionables can snap up discounted tickets to October’s Phoenix Fashion Week 2013…
