Summer’s here and the time is right for kicking back on a lounge chair, dousing yourself in coconut suntan lotion and relaxing by the nearest body of water. But wait . . . there’s something missing! A tasty, chilled cocktail, perhaps?
Articles by Leilani Clark
Yo La Tengo Freewheels It To Santa Cruz
“It’s kind of an acoustic show, but mostly it’s a question-and-answer show,” says McNew by phone from Brooklyn. “The only thing we plan is what song we’ll open with.” Freedom and spontaneity take over after that, with the band fielding questions from the audience. “We’ll just sit there and stare at you until somebody asks a question,” says McNew.
California Cleans Up Its Act
If passed, AB 889 would grant nannies, housekeepers and attendants to the elderly and disabled the right to rest and meal breaks, limited overtime pay and workers’ compensation benefits to those who work fewer than 52 hours over a three-month period. (In-home support services workers are excluded from the bill.)
Gift Guide: The Next Small Thing
Are we over big yet? Have we had enough of supersizing? This could be the year to buck the trend with gifts that are small in size but big on style.
FAIR Time for LGBT History
In the early morning hours of June 27, 1969, after countless police raids on the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, gays and lesbians finally fought back. The ensuing three days of bottle-throwing, broken windows and street fighting has gone down in history as the Stonewall riots and is acknowledged as the beginning of the gay rights movement.
Last Call For The Yellow Pages
It was the final straw. After coming home to yet another stack of Yellow Pages blocking the entrance to her apartment building last year, Aimee Davison couldn’t take it anymore. “I’m breaking up with you, phone book,” she posted on Twitter after stepping over the pile of unsolicited books. “Stop coming to my house, you tree killer.”
The New 40: The Case For The 21-Hour Work Week
Just before leaving my last full-time teaching gig in 2005, I shot off an email to the head of the charter school organization for which I worked explaining that I was leaving my position as a humanities teacher because I felt the job had become completely unsustainable. I could no longer work the 10- to 12-hour days that it took to get all of the work done while remaining sane and healthy. I had no time for my relationships or for my own creative projects, much less for healthy living.
