Vintage Phoenix Memory: Monkey House Shines

It happened again the other day. I met someone at a cocktail party — a museum docent who used to live downtown — and we got to talking about the older neighborhoods in Phoenix and which historic districts we preferred. When I mentioned the corner our home is located on,…

Farthest Galaxy in the Universe Discovered

While most of us are content “reaching for the stars” and “shooting for the moon,” a team of scientists at W.M. Keck Observatory took their ambitions a million steps further by discovering what is now the farthest known galaxy on record…

10 Alternative Halloween Costumes for Kids

Attention breeders with a penchant for procrastination: Halloween is next week. And while it’s easy enough to get your kid the old stand-by costume in a bag — princess, vampire, the plain but classic pumpkin — this year, we want you to think outside the box, and possibly the realm…

Vintage Phoenix Business: Big Surf Waterpark in Tempe

Phoenix is a resort town in many ways, with one important exception: There’s no beach. That (more or less) changed in 1969, when the Big Surf wavepool opened at 1500 North McClintock Drive in Tempe, providing Phoenicians with the closest alternative to real sand and giant waves…

The 3 Worst Fall Fashion Trends of 2013

Between oversize coats, fall shades of gray and emerald, and ladylike layers of leather, there’s plenty to keep you clothed (and stylish) this season. But there are three trends so sad and unflattering that we’d rather you go naked than partake in their unfortunate popularity…

Carrot Dating Seems Like Prostitution

Gold digging is alive and well, thanks to online dating sites like SugarDaddies.com and SeekingArrangments.com. While trading in a well-maintained body for a well-maintained lifestyle is more or less legal, a new matchmaking website by SeekingArrangments founder Brandon Wade has many wondering: Where do you draw the line between presents…

5 Reasons Why the Man Bun Needs to Go

Between the celebrities, Tumblrs, and how-to videos, the man bun has been creeping across the Internet and up men’s scalps since early spring. And just like the grass in our lawns or the potted plants at Trader Joe’s, we assumed, nay, prayed that the trend would die off by fall…

Simon Doonan to Sign The Asylum at Barneys Oct. 19

Writer, bon-vivant, window dresser, fashion commentator — Simon Doonan is kind of everything we aspire to be. The stylish scribe also serves as creative ambassador-at-large for Barneys New York. On Saturday, October 19, we and fellow fans of the witty, well-dressed Englishman have a chance to rub elbows with Doonan,…

Flying Cars Are Coming

Big news, road-trippers and rush-hour commuters. Commercial flying cars are apparently landing in the not-too distant future. And while our inner child is thrilled to be one step closer to living like The Jetsons, it only takes one entitled jackass cutting us off through four lanes of traffic to remind…

Labia Dye Keeps Vaginas in the Pink

Well, color us excited. Recently, we stumbled upon Cosmopolitan’s list of “6 Ways To, Um, Decorate Your Vagina.” And while most of these twat treatments were old hat to us — vagina facials, vajazzling, lady-scaping — there was one beauty product that had us tickled pink. Labia dye…

Inside the Star Wars: Rebels Panel at New York Comic-Con

Editor’s note: Tatiana Craine, web editor at our sister paper City Pages, got the inside scoop on the latest news about Star Wars: Rebels at New York Comic-Con. Star Wars fans got a teaser of the highly-anticipated Star Wars: Rebels show slated to premiere in 2014. Pablo Hidalgo, one of…

Behind the Costumes at New York Comic-Con: Sherlock and Smaug

Tatiana CraineSmaug the dragon and Sherlock Holmes at New York Comic-Con.Editor’s note: Tatiana Craine, web editor at our sister paper City Pages, got a behind-the-scenes look at the cosplayers at New York Comic-Con over the weekend. It’s said that you’re never more than three feet away from a spider. At…

Icelanders Invent Anti-Incest App

In the age of unwanted pregnancies, revenge porn, and STDs, the sexually active forget about a classic problem in the bedroom: incest. Fortunately, with a globalized population of an estimated 7.1 billion, we can all take comfort in the odds that sleeping with our cousins is slim to none. Well,…

Lawless Denim & Co. Opens at Cityscape in Phoenix Saturday

If you’ve been searching for the right pair of jeans for months now, you’re in luck. Lawless Denim & Co. will open its doors on Saturday, October 12, at Cityscape in downtown Phoenix. The location will serve dual purposes with one side being used as a retail space where leather…

Vintage Phoenix Collection: Gary Gauthier’s Phoenix Suns Memorabilia

Hanging sports collectibles on the wall was a big step, but painting those walls purple and orange marked another level of dedication, says Gary Gauthier, Valley resident and massive Phoenix Suns fan. Gauthier moved to Phoenix with his family in 1968, which coincidentally was the very year that the Phoenix…