5 Best Things to Do in Metro Phoenix This Week

Heaven Can Wait Your spirit’s in limbo, and your body’s toast. Turns out you died by mistake, destiny-wise, and the admins need to send you back. So you occupy a murder victim’s body, but now you have to avoid people who want to kill you — well, kill him —…

10 More Dating Slang Terms You Need to Know for 2015

No matter how much you think you know about dating slang, there’s always more to learn. As everyone you know gets involved in relationships for the next six to eight months (welcome to cuffing season!), here are 10 more dating slang terms you should know. Lumbersexual You know those dudes…

Best of Phoenix 2015: Painted Desert

From the sky, Phoenix is brown and cracked, lifeless, a desert wasteland. But the bird’s-eye view does not do justice to this metropolis. Hit the streets, the trails, and the summits and this place reveals itself, slowly, as an oasis. Against odds and for decades, modern pioneers have painted, planted,…

Best of Phoenix 2015: Are Our Canals the Next Big Thing?

Ethan Misiewicz is throwing things into the canal. He came across his old Easter basket at the back of the coat closet this morning, and the only good use for stale jelly beans, he’s decided, is pitching them into the lake. “But we don’t got a lake,” the 8-year-old explains…

Best of Phoenix 2015: Pushing the Limits, One Hell Ride at a Time

Jason Rose is not a runner. There’s no indication that he’s particularly fond of the heat. But the notorious, big-haired public relations executive knows a sweat-drenched stunt when he sees one, and that’s how Scottsdale got saddled in 2013 with Beat the Heat, a running event marketed as “The Hottest…

How ASU’s Bike Co-Op Brought a Garage Bike Back from the Dead

For four years, I’ve owned a “garage bike,” a blue Schwinn mountain bike nicknamed “Bluey.” Since 2012, Bluey has leaned against a cement wall, collecting dust and cobwebs. Each time I noticed Bluey, my heart sank. Poor little guy, I’d think. One day, I’ll fix you up nice. Like a…

9 Things Facebook Needs Now That We’re Getting a Dislike Button

Last week, Facebook genie Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social media site is working on a “dislike” button – that is, an icon that expresses remorse and polite disagreement. We’re pretty sure there is no way this could possibly go wrong. Feeling inspired by this impending cyclone of hatred — er, empathy…

5 Best Things to Do and See in Metro Phoenix This Weekend

Park(ing) Day For a city steeped in commuter culture and bursting with blacktops, a day dedicated to transforming parking spaces into public places may seem a pipe dream. Yet every year people gather in metered spaces not to pay to park, but rather to create a different version. Park(ing) Day…