Wed, Feb 6, 2013, 11:59pm
Los Angeles Union Station is the closest you can get to a Grand Central of the “other” coast. The majestic old structure boasts Spanish stucco and missionary mosaics that perfectly typify the Westerns I used to re-enact as a kid.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013, 11:48pm
I was 16 years old the first time I came across a pro-anorexia website, covertly looking at the web page in case my parents came in. Dozens of images flooded the screen—girls in underwear with jutting clavicles, the skin over their ribs stretched taut.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013, 11:36pm
The first time I heard of Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, I was watching a clip from Toddlers and Tiaras—the youth pageant show that would lead to the spin-off Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, making the six-year-old a household name.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013, 11:25pm
My first exposure to Macklemore came in the form of his song and video for “Irish Celebration,” a bawdy, brawling ode to the rapper’s Irish heritage.
Wed, Feb 6, 2013, 11:22pm
For cancer patients, aspiring cyclists, and the surprisingly large number of kids with an affinity for yellow silicone bracelets, Lance Armstrong was an inspiration, a paradigm of the unconquerable nature of the human spirit.