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More Vacation Packages for Overworked Moms

You’ve spent the entire summer schlepping kids from swim lessons to soccer practice, planning the family road trip and washing an endless amount of beach towels. Mom, you need a break! Fortunately, hotels across the country agree and many of them have designed special travel packages to help overworked females rest and rejuvenate so they can make it through the upcoming holiday season. Take a look: LOS ANGELES Omni Hotel is currently offering a “Housewives on Hiatus” special targeted to overworked and under appreciated females. The package includes a one-night stay in a deluxe room plus a gossip magazine and … Continue reading →

Examining Reality Romances: The Girls of MTV’s The Hills

When Wayne and I first moved to Nashville we got cable, something we hadn’t had in Florida. But Comcast had a deal that made it worth our while so that’s how we came to have MTV and get hooked on a show called Laguna Beach: The Real O.C. It followed a group of “wealthy, attractive teenagers” during their senior year of high school. One of the stars from that show, Lauren Conrad, ended up getting a spin-off deal to star in a new show, The Hills. It follows her and her friends –Heidi, Whitney, and Audrina— living in Los Angeles … Continue reading →

A New Life For The Los Angeles River

You may have seen it on the news or in a Hollywood car chase — the concrete channel known as the Los Angeles River. Most people think of it as “that box channel off the freeway.” The flood-control channel has been considered a possible alternative route to clear up clogged freeways, but is now being considered for a more natural use. Conservationists from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy would like to turn the fifty-one mile waterway into a federal wildlife sanctuary. It will take millions of federal dollars to buy up the land along the concrete waterway and destroy some … Continue reading →