Entries from LAist tagged with 'dating'
March 29, 2008
Oh, boy. Where do I start? Remember Jack Spade? Dating and even hooking up with him was great until he abruptly stopped hanging out with me. HE SAYS it’s because of his hectic and demanding work schedule. I SAY it’s because of his premature ejaculation problem.......
Continue Reading "April Smear and the No Bone Zone"February 14, 2008
RocknRollDating.com is the creation of Eagle Rock resident and music industry veteran, Daniel House. He has created the free online dating site with music as the coming-together concept. Put in your favorite bands and concerts, your preferred genres and the normal dating profile stats such as heights, sex, etc. and go find your mate based on the tunes you share in common. Or maybe you'll find someone who will let you experience new music. Tonight,......
Continue Reading "RocknRollDating.com: Find Love Through the Love of Music"February 14, 2008
Back in 2004, two Harvard graduates decided to make a dating website with the vision that dating should be free. Since then, OkCupid.com has gained 525,000 active users (meaning active within the last 8 weeks), climbing their way up to the top of the online dating empire, possibly freaking out Match.com, which has an estimated 1.3 million users. In Los Angeles alone, OkCupid has 54,000 registers users (including Tom from MySpace... maybe that's him, maybe......
Continue Reading "Need a Date? How About a Crazy Blind Date?"February 14, 2008
Photo by emdot via Flickr. Today being Valentine's Day in the City of Los Angeles, what better day than today to extol the virtues of the great City on a day when a date means so much? So, what follows are five simple reasons that the City of L.A. makes a better date: 1. L.A. goes slow 2. L.A. has many cultures and claims them all 3. L.A. is shapely (have you ever taken......
Continue Reading "Los Angeles: Be My Valentine"February 13, 2008
Can we now add eating habits to the long list of modern relationship deal-breakers? The New York Times published a pre-Valentine's Day article this morning discussing the difficulties couples face when their diets are dramatically different: Ben Abdalla, 42, a real estate agent in Boca Raton, Fla., said he preferred to date fellow vegetarians because meat eaters smell bad and have low energy. Lisa Romano, 31, a vegan and school psychologist in Belleville, N.Y.,......
Continue Reading "He's Just Not That Into You...And Your Meat"February 11, 2008
On the Pier in Santa Monica Mr. Lincoln, we like your pennies, says the US Postal service, just a day shy of his birthday. To celebrate, they announced today that postage will go up by 1 cent to 42 cents, effective May 12th. A 15-minute car chase had CHP officers trying to catch up with a woman wanted in a forgery case today. The pursuit began in El Monte and ended in Sylmar, reaching......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: A Penny for Your Thoughts"February 6, 2008
Last week I met up with Tony Pierce and some of his friends at the best Downtown bar to catch up and have some drinks. After talk about pimps blogging in Compton and strippers getting fondled in Canada, Tony turned to me and asked, “So you been writing about any guys lately?” “Nah man, I’m not dating anyone so there’s nothing to tell,” I answered. Tony replied, “I don’t believe it. You’re hot.” Well,......
Continue Reading "Angelena's Forecast - Sunny Skies"January 20, 2008
We're sad to learn that actress Suzanne Pleshette has died in Los Angeles from lung cancer at age 70. Although she appeared in film very early in her career in such high profile projects as Jerry Lewis' The Geisha Boy and Hitchcock's The Birds, the vast majority of her time was spent in television. She's best known for her role as Bob Newhart's wife, Emily Hartley, in "The Bob Newhart Show" from 1972-1977 but she......
Continue Reading "Suzanne Pleshette, Rest In Peace"January 16, 2008
It seems that if you want to pick up on hot men, you apparently need to check out the WGA strikes -- those men in red t-shirts are sizzling. Radar has the exclusive scoop:The scheme, according to a striking Fox scribe, goes something like this: "The first step in the 'picket pickup' is picking who you want to picket behind. You don't even have to worry about looking like a stalker, because you're supposed to......
Continue Reading "Where to pick up hot guys in LA"December 18, 2007
OOOwww! Good evening Los Angeles! Wooo! How you all fee-ull? People. You know! I don't believe the LA Forum has a chimney... so if y'all want Santa Claus to come pay us a visit you're gonna need to raise the roof off this mother!! And I think if all twenty thousand of you flick your lighters in time with the beat we can turn this place into the biggest Christmas tree in the world!......
Continue Reading "Holiday Songs: Arena Rock Christmas"December 18, 2007
Part II of ten surprisingly lovely days with a 19-Year-Old Swedish Sex Kitten who turned out to have quite more than Nordic good looks....
Continue Reading "Part II: Ten Steamy Days With A 19 Year Old Swede"December 15, 2007
Ten surprisingly lovely days with a 19-Year-Old Swedish Sex Kitten who turned out to have quite more than Nordic good looks....
Continue Reading "My 10 Steamy Days with a 19-Year-Old Swedish Sex Kitten, Part I"December 10, 2007
Four out of the last five women who have shared my bed all said they had boyfriends when I met them. To the best of my knowledge three actually did and one was completely fibbing. I really don’t care one way or the other. And when a woman you’d like to meet (and bed) tells you that she has a boyfriend, you shouldn’t care much either. Whenever a woman tells me she has a......
Continue Reading "She’s Got A Boyfriend…Hooray, Hooray!"December 8, 2007
Like a good man, a good toilet can be hard to find. And much like in the ways of love, it seems the more desperately you need one, the harder it is to find one. This need to pee freely--and in a clean environment--has sprung forth a website called MizPee, which keeps tabs of the toilets in several major cities, including our own. Site users can search by address and see how local loos......
Continue Reading "Where to Go When You Gotta Go"November 30, 2007
The holidays are a great time to sarge (pick up) women. Why now? Because shopping malls are FILLED to the brim with hot women doing their last minute shopping. Go to any major mall in the country and you'll have the chance to meet all the smokin' babes you could possibly want! Use any of these 4 basic approaches, adapted for the holiday shopping season, to meet the sexy girls of your dreams!...
Continue Reading "Are The Thrice Damned Holidays Good For Anything?"November 23, 2007
Los Angeles' most-powerful bachelor just got more eligible. After being outted by a sex-blogger nearly a year ago that his marriage was on the outs, it soon became news that Mayor Tony was playing hide-the-taquito with the hottest anchor on Telemundo. Tonight the LA Times is reporting that the Mayor has one less Christmas card to send out this year. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and television news reporter Mirthala Salinas have ended their romantic relationship,......
Continue Reading "Hey Ladies of LA, Guess Who's Single?"November 20, 2007
In the world we live in now, Pixar is nothing less than an institution. Every film it releases is an event and each of them receive excellent reviews and make piles of money. Of course, Pixar wasn't always so admired and ubiquitous. It was once a money-losing division of LucasFilm that was sold off to Steve Jobs for a paltry 5 million dollars. All of this is laid out in a behind-the-scenes feature on......
Continue Reading "DVD Review: Pixar Short Film Collection, Vol 1"October 13, 2007
Most Gay and Lesbian literature uses the initials LGBT to describe the community. It stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender. But the bisexual part doesn't usually get a lot of attention. MTV's new dating show, A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila, has made bisexuality public. I normally would not have watched a show with some random Myspace chick, but this set-up, with straight guys and lesbians duking it out for the same......
Continue Reading "Tila Tequila Brings Bisexuality Out of the Closet"October 4, 2007
Over 1,300 illegal immigrants have been arrested and deported over the course of the past two weeks -- many are convicted criminals but many are just undocumented workers. No word on whether or not their bones will be used to build a road to nowhere. LA City Council Member Greig Smith makes a weekly public transportation effort -- but most city movers and shakers do not. LA CityBeat examines what kind of example is......
Continue Reading "Extra Extra: Local Transit, Sex Scandals, and More"September 26, 2007
It's better than winning the lottery. LAist is running three contests right now: a pair of tickets for Bright Eyes with the LA Philharmonic for this Saturday, a pair of VIP passes to LA Weekly's Detour Festival on October 6 and a pair of tickets for next The Crystal Method at The Roxy next tuesday. Speaking of Detour, the line-ups and stages were announced today Hopefully, citizens won't get cheated as much anymore: the......
Continue Reading "Extra, Extra: 70 years as a bus mechanic"September 23, 2007
Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner's Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest's crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods. LAist saw national headlines soar this week with......
Continue Reading "This Week in the World of -Ist"September 13, 2007
There are a lot of fucked up things going on in Los Angeles at night. Drug deals, murders, gang violence, just to name a few. To me, it was hard to believe that cops would come in quick time to a domestic disturbance complaint, so I never called until tonight. My neighbor’s girlfriend moved into his apartment several months ago. Since her arrival, there’s been nothing but cackling, crying, screaming, and slamming of doors. During......
Continue Reading "Loud Neighbors? Call the Cops."September 4, 2007
Labor Day Related Accounts Payable Door to Door for Greenpeace 10 Tips to Get Ahead in the Business World Creating A Hostile Work Environment With Dirty Comics Slinging Sunglasses in Inglewood Graveyard Manager at Gorky's Russian Cafe Phone Scam Artist Street Spammers and Signwalkers High School Janitor Labor Day Recipes. Yum! First Film, Last Straw My Year Running Bootlegs Sex Why Dating/Hooking Up With Friends Isn't a Good Idea Media & Advertising Misadventures in......
Continue Reading "It Was A Long Weekend, Here's What You Missed: Earthquake, Tornados, Nic Harcourt Interview & More..."September 1, 2007
It's Sex Saturday! That means April Smear is going to post a rant or question about all things sex. Let’s create a dialogue and attempt to understand the sexual underbelly of Los Angeles! Thinking about one of my friend’s dating or hooking up with a guy that I used to date always makes me feel uneasy. To me, it just seems to go against nature. How do you react when you’re all hanging out?......
Continue Reading "Why Dating/Hooking Up With Friends Isn't a Good Idea"August 23, 2007
Do you know what happens when you start documenting all the of the crazy action you've been receiving? It STOPS. My mojo has come and gone, and I await the day when it will make its return. A couple of weeks ago I couldn't go anywhere without being hit on by cute guys. Now, I only get hit on by cute guys with girlfriends. And it's not so much the girlfriend part that bothers me.......
Continue Reading "Angelena and the Incessant Girlfriend"August 20, 2007
From the first beat of “Silver Lining”, Rilo Kiley announces a truly more adventurous sound – one that departs from country-tinged acoustics and embraces slick beats with a retro flair. Under the Blacklight, the first effort from the band since 2004, is Rilo Kiley’s unapologetic brush with the dance floor. On the first track, the deliriously catchy “Silver Lining”, Rilo Kiley boasts a sound somewhere between techno and soul. Over handclaps and an R&B......
Continue Reading "Confessions on a Dance Floor: Under the Blacklight"August 16, 2007
"Look honey, I'm classy! I didn't buy your sex directly, I bought this expensive bauble instead!" If you ever want a comic glance at the dark underbelly of the LA dating scene, check out the LA Craiglist Personals - always a boundless source of entertainment. The following ad, for instance, is hilarious because I'm more than 91 percent sure the female who wrote it just finished watching Pretty Woman on HBO at 2 a.m.......
Continue Reading "Fun With Craigslist Personals - A New "Pretty Woman"?"August 15, 2007
Today, Susan Doyle's weekly transportation column in the Daily News looks into how lengthy commutes fatigue Angelenos, forcing them to stay home on the weekends and time leisurely trips around traffic. She also pulls out the "geographically undesirable" phrase when it comes to dating:Whether behind the wheel or sitting on a bus, Los Angeles commuters spend about 93 hours a year stuck in traffic. And those like Hicklin often end up feeling so wiped......
Continue Reading "Avoiding Life Because of Traffic"August 7, 2007
Sex is something that drives us, empowers us and gets us into really stupid situations with people we have no business seeing naked. Jen Sincero is the bestselling author and sexpert with the carnal knowledge you need. Ask her your questions (all are posted anonymously). Cuz there's no such thing as being too good in bed. Dear Jen, I have a question that's been driving me NUTS. I can't decide between boys and girls.......
Continue Reading "Living In Sin: Holes Vs. Poles"August 2, 2007
I know I’m working too hard when my social life takes a complete nosedive and the only men I’m able to fantasize about are ones that I can’t have. These include old crushes that provide nothing but heartbreak and guys I work with. The Suit called to tell me he was visiting my side of town with his friends. “Do you want to come and hang out?” he asked. In spite of feeling tired, I......
Continue Reading "Angelena says, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave.""