RIP Peter O’ Toole! A screen legend has died – RIP Peter O’ Toole! Such sad news for a great acting legend – after a life of carousing and impressive career achievements — including eight Oscar nominations, an Emmy Award… Read More ›
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Sexy Stewardesses! Hotel Babylon! Crazy Cruises! Blowing The Lid Off Travel!
Whenever the holidays hit, people head out to explore the world – and of course, party! With that in mind, let’s look at the wacky and sordid adventures that await you when you hit the road. Maybe you want to… Read More ›
Billy Goat’s Tavern! The “Cheezborger Cheezborger” Redeemed!
Billy Goat’s Redemption! Last week I wrote up my experience eating at the Billy Goat’s Tavern underneath Michigan Avenue in Chicago. I have included some of that original writeup, particularly the history of the tavern, the curse of the Chicago… Read More ›
Supersize My Pork! Mondo Bacon! Burgers On Steroids! Go Big Or Go Home!
You like BIG burgers? I mean – STUPIDLY BIG BURGERS? BREAKING BURGER NEWS – PORK EDITION! There was a major record set recently that combines the worlds of burgers and pork! 2012 World Pork Expo sets biggest pork burger record!… Read More ›
Florence, Grace Potter & Marina! Rock’s Hottest Female Singers!
Want some new music – from bands fronted by strong female singers? Sure you know about Florence + The Machine, but there are two other performers with the same unique-sounding names, so let’s put on our headphones and give them… Read More ›
Yak Dumplings, Flesh-Eating Monkeys + Safari’s Gone Wild! Offbeat Food Travels Galore!
Yikes! Yak! He looks like he’s in a BAD mood…here’s why: In the mood for yak dumplings? Neither is he! Ok then, how about this? Want to hang out with some flesh-eating Monkeys? NO? Ok then… Want to hang out… Read More ›
My Night With Prince Albert of Monaco! More Cannes Cannes Memories!
Welcome to Cannes! Time now for more stories and pictures of my trips to Cannes, France for the International Festival du Film… This is the French Riviera, one of the most beautiful places in the world – and say hello… Read More ›
A Fistful of Yen, Sniffing Glue and Calling Me Shirley, Too! Classic Comedy Movies!
If you know the phrase “fat, drunk & stupid”, then you know one of the funniest movies of the 70’s…or perhaps this one: “looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue”… And if you ever thought there… Read More ›
Big Stars! Bright Lights! Cannes! Cannes! Cannes! The Film Festival Up Close!
Welcome to Cannes! Welcome to the French Riviera, one of the most beautiful places in the world, a sleepy, happy retirement community where the locals play boules for hours in the town square… Beautiful, classic hotels like the Splendid overlook… Read More ›
Forbidden Rolling Stones! Fighting Dandys! Janis Joplin Parties! Greatest Rock Docs!
Behold the “Summer Of Love” – when “flower power” met “free love” – and hordes of hippies boarded psychedelic buses that cross-crossed America looking for music festivals, so people could “drop out and turn on.” It was a golden, innocent… Read More ›
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