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My first visit to Paris was a memorable one. The time was early November 2002, about five weeks after I had arrived in London to begin my year abroad. My parents were visiting, and after spending time in England, they took the train across the channel and into Paris. I followed them a few days later and spent two nights there.
The cuisine of the New South" was how Ben Barker once described it--a globally-influenced, richly-flavored style of cooking that draws entirely from locally-grown ingredients.
The Recess Sex Survey is back for a second year!
I have a friend who can give herself an orgasm sitting at a table in a crowded restaurant. Seriously. She's done it on a second date, no less. Another claims that during the best sex of her life she actually lost count of the number of orgasms she had--once she hit double digits.
It's hard to find a bar in Durham.
Can someone tell me what has happened to VH1? Every time I tune in these days, I'm greeted with yet another poorly-scripted quasi-documentary on some subject barely related to music at all. Like a young girl who plasters her room full of Backstreet and *NSYNC posters, VH1 now engages in celebrity worship so shamelessly that it destroys any credibility it might have actually had on the subject. Viewing VH1 programming today is like taking a prep course before moving onto the E! network--a far cry from the glory days of actual music and endless episodes of witty programming like Pop-Up Video.
Abercrombie & Fitch, Adriano Goldschmeid, Brooks Brothers, Burberry, Chanel, Citizens
O, beware, my lord, of jealousy! / It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock / The meat it feeds on.
Each year we watch the same old beauty pageants full of beautiful women in their late teens and early 20s. But who says beauty stops at 25? Beyond the world of silicone breasts, Vaseline smiles and Donald Trump, there is an altogether different pageant circuit--the Senior pageants. Don't be surprised. As we all know, older women can be surprisingly voluptuous, and if you don't believe me, just check out the photo of Miss Senior America. In the spirit of celebrating hot old women, Recess presents our list of the top 10 women over 60:
It started with a loft in SoHo. There was an aspiring female rapper, a chiseled model, a southern charmer. But soon there was an AIDS patient in San Francisco, a menage-a-trois in Miami, an alcoholic in Hawaii, a wide-eyed Mormon in New Orleans, a casino penthouse in Vegas and a dare-devil spin-off touching all corners of the world. It sounds a bit extraordinary, but for a generation of MTV watchers it has been nothing but "The Real World."
Tell us about your new album.
On Sept. 6 in Roanoke Rapids, NC, a man attempted to purchase $150 worth of groceries. To pay for his items, he handed the clerk a $200 bill bearing the portrait of President George W. Bush complete with a White House drawing on the backside featuring lawn signs reading "We Like Ice Cream." The clerk accepted the bill and offered back $50 in change.
According to a recent study by the National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council, American pets--much like their owners--are dangerously overweight. The report indicates that upwards of 25% of American cats and dogs meet the standard of "obese" and need to lose weight. Therefore, as a public service announcement, Recess takes this opportunity to analyze the fitness levels of some of our favorite celebrity animals to find out what makes your pet a fit fido or a husky heifer: Yogi is not your average bear. He's rude; he's a kleptomaniac, and worse of all he's addicted to food. Sadly, Yogi's case is not unique. Obese animals are a reality--our reality.
Things are a little desperate for Michael Jackson these days. Thanks to a recent album flop and a flair for retail spending unrivaled in the Western world, the King of Pop is seeking some much-needed cash--so much so that he's opening his house to tourists. For a mere $5,000 visitors will be treated to two meals in additon to a tour of the Neverland ranch--chimps, go-karts, surgical masks and all--on Sept. 13; the whole thing is billed as a "once in a lifetime event." So what can visitors expect to find inside this "extraordinary and magical oasis?" Recess let's you know what we'd like to discover inside the ranch:
Back in the day it was easy to make plans. "West" was the buzzword, and that's where it all went down. These days, the hottest parties seem to be happening off-campus. And that's where we come in. Because the rich fabric of the Durham nightlife scene is surely worth a year of good times, we at Recess are proud to offer our very own Durham nightlife weekly plan. Drink specials, live music, drink specials--Durham's got it. Seven nights a week, all over the Bull City, all kinds of fun. So if the media room in the WEL doesn't make your Sunday-Saturday schedule, share in ours. And bring your ID.
If you're as bored as we are by the never-changing U.S. News and World Report annual College Rankings (could we please move ahead of UPenn?), you'll be happy to know that the good people at the Princeton Review have released their new, far more entertaining rankings for the '03-'04 academic year. As usual, they're full of fun. Recess lets you in on the results and offers its opinions:
Dean Chapman:
He's the biggest athletic star in the world, married to a Spice Girl (the hot one who never sang), the obsession of women the world over and the recipient of multi-million dollar endorsement deals. He's Britain's David Beckham, and he's about to come out of the closet.
"Aw, you look like the Fourth of July. It makes me want a hot dog real bad."
Nan Keohane, President
