So, I spent last week in London. And apparently I need to keep my eyes out of the gutter and start paying more attention to the world around me because I missed two things that would have been very high on my To Do list. (1) Walk-in cocktail opens in LondonIt’s a bar filled with […]
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Trivia @ Club 21
Tonight at Club 21, 2035 NE Glisan, the first-ever “Blogtown Mingler” (we can work on that name). Contrary to last week’s post, trivia actually starts at 8 pm—I’ll try to get there early and grab a table. Not sure how many people are gonna show up or if we’re gonna have to have more than […]
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The Perfect Woman
And here I thought having a bottle opener attached to my key chain would make me more popular, but Hot Topic has an even better idea: four inch stripper heels with a bottle opener built into them! Just don’t wear them if you’re not used to walking in high shoes, especially drunk. You’ll turn your […]
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The Sports Bar Post
There is no way in hell I’m going to get a ticket for the playoffs. I didn’t have enough pre-thought to begin waiting in line two days ago to buy one today, I don’t have the exorbitant amount of cash needed to procure one from an unscrupulous Craigslist scalper, and my season ticket holder friends […]
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Update: Trivia @ Club 21
Okay, we discussed this last week—how former Mercury staffer Katie Shimer is running a trivia night at Club 21, which happens to be the bar right next to our office, and how that might make a fun Blogtown/Mercury staff mixer. Well, Katie won’t be there this week (something about a “job interview” and “not being […]
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Tax Day Food Deals
It’s tax day. I’m assuming this isn’t news to you. Chances are you’ve already pored over your forms and receipts, read the tax code in its entirety, hemmed and hawed over whether or not you could deduct the cost of your monthly erotic massage as a “medical cost,” and eventually sent the IRS a check […]
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Insane Costume Shop Owner vs. Reporter… WHO YA GOT ?!?
Part Two in the WHO YA GOT ?!? Friday™ series. Sharing an office with Sarah Mirk and Matt Davis, I can’t tell you how many times the two intrepid Mercury reporters have come back, nearly in tears, after interviews like this: Ummm… Insane Costume Shop Owner Friday?
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Nate Tilden: Nice Guy
I spent a good amount of time with the Beaker and Flask (from here on known as B&F) crew for this week’s feature and came away with hours of tape. The trouble was deciding what to keep. One of the more interesting aspects largely left out of the B&F story is how Clyde Common plays […]
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Trivia at Club 21
Starting tonight, former Mercury food editor Katie Shimer will be hosting a trivia night at Club 21, Thursdays at 7:30 pm. Katie has been doing trivia in the Lompoc empire for some time now; should be a good time. Word is the Club has a DJ night in the works as well, starting in a […]
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Shhhhh…
Okay, they got me with the visual on this flier, because this tiny dog looks like it’s crossed with a pygmy goat: I am definitely in support of responsible pet adoption, and of the work that non-profit pet store and adoption center the Pixie Project does. That said, doesn’t the mix of on-site cats and […]
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The Miracle of Mannequin Childbirth
Now a lot of people are going to claim that this video is NSFW. However! I believe that mannequin childbirth is a beautiful, and more importantly, COMPLETELY NATURAL thing. However, don’t watch this if you are creeped out by actual human childbirth, childbirth simulators, rubber sex dolls, long awkward silences, medical procedures, and especially forceps […]