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(Graphic: Helen Jane Hearn/TueNight.com) Jim Jarmusch’s quirky, black and white Stranger Than Paradise. David Lynch’s bizarre (Dennis Hopper!) Blue Velvet. Robert Townsend’s hilarious skewering of the movie industry, Hollywood Shuffle. Offbeat… Read More
My niece mashed up the word “hanitizer” when she was just five years old. I doubt she was the first, but her accidental insight was evidence that she’s growing up… Read More
In 2nd grade, we always held hands with another student in our class when we walked to lunch. For me, that other student was Carla. I can see Carla’s smile… Read More
I am a binger. Not in a dangerously unhealthy way. (Well, that’s debatable.) But if it can be done in handfuls, consecutive viewings or multiple purchases, I’m a sucker. Shades… Read More
A trip can be a journey to Singapore or it can be a jaunt around the block. Both can do wonders to change your perspective and open up your mind…. Read More
(Graphic: Nancy Gonzalez/TueNight.com) Does this bring me joy? Does THIS bring me joy? If you’ve read the rabidly popular Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, you know this is the one… Read More
(Photo Credit: Mac Premo/TueNight) I cringe at our theme name this week. It’s a term I’ve never liked and one that magazines and tabloids continue to foist on us. When… Read More
Images from Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (Collage: Nancy Gonzalez/TueNight.com) We relate to people through certain time chunks in our lives — the high school chunk, the college chunk, that… Read More
Earlier this year, at the South by Southwest festival, I witnessed a friendly debate between two rock star science and tech leaders… over high heels. “What shoes would Steve Jobs… Read More
As a kid, I used to get Martin Luther and Martin Luther King Jr.’s names mixed up. Actually, I imagined one was the other one’s father. That the “King” one was… Read More
“That’s not my name. That’s not my name.” That punchy ditty by The Ting Tings is popping around our office. We, too, get irked when you don’t call us by… Read More
A glint of sun warms our forearms and we’re ready for a road trip! Top down (as if), pop in the mix tape, er put on ‘80s on 8, and… Read More
It’s a Masters jacket, it’s a smoothie with healthy stuff in it, it’s an envious glare, it’s a recycling bucket, it’s cold hard cash and it’s tomorrow. (Oh, crap!) This… Read More
After seeing Hedwig and the Angry Inch for the third time last week in the span of about three months, my husband told me I officially qualify as a super… Read More
“The incredible, edible egg.” That’s just one of many ‘70s commercial jingles affixed to my memory bank. In fact, this ad for the American Egg Board was remade in the… Read More
I have a pretty little cactus in my office that’s kinda hard to kill. I only have to water it, like, every six weeks. So usually, if I remember, I pour… Read More
(Illustration: Margit Detweiler/TueNight.com) As I write this, it’s Tuesday, 12:34 pm and we launch in a few hours. I’ve just returned from a weekend at South by Southwest in Austin,… Read More
Is that? Could it be? I squint at the light streaming through my window. Nope. Not true. I don’t believe you, Outside. Here on the East Coast, we’ve been pummeled… Read More
I want to be as spectacular as a Dahlia. I want that dulce de leche donut from Donut Plant. I want you. Desperately. Oh, Desire. Juicy, berry-stained lipped desire —… Read More
(Graphic: Nancy Gonzalez/TueNight.com) Some of the best stories reveal an author’s most private moments. A love affair, a devastating ordeal, a sliver of a feeling about the world. Those things we might keep hush… Read More
We eliminated sugar. We gave up takeout. We even stopped wearing pants. For 30 days, six of us challenged ourselves to stop or start one thing. So what did we… Read More
(Photo: Neil Kramer/ TueNight) I met my husband on a website. Yes I did. There he was, “Midnight_Train00,” photographed at someone’s wedding, shielded in cool-guy sunglasses and busting a move…. Read More
In this day and age when everyone gets a trophy (except the Seahawks…. but maybe the dancing shark actually won), we remember a time when there were true winners and losers. You… Read More
Ah those juicy tidbits said in whispers, protected by a cupped hand — that are very rarely charitable. Honey, if you don’t have something nice to say… come sit next… Read More
(Photo: Ruby Gonzalez) It’s hard to imagine a life without labels; it’s human nature’s lazy way to put our beautiful, complex and messy lives into a tidy box. Nerd, jock,… Read More
Dear You, Have we officially tossed “Dear” out the window? Nope. The last email I received that began with “Dear Margit” was today at 6:05am in my spam folder from… Read More
Some say it takes 30 days to change a behavior, to start – or kick – a habit. Some say 21, some say 66, but we like the tidy sum of 30. (Yes,… Read More
