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GET BUCKETS: the Cavs pull through in OT against the defending NBA champs

GET BUCKETS: the Cavs pull through in OT against the defending NBA champs

I cherish the moments I get to watch the Cavs in these crucial and intense end-of-season games that are nationally televised (ALWAYS MISSIN’ THE CLEVE! S/O to Sports Time Ohio!) while I’m out on the East Coast (where I’m always hearing jabber about the Knicks’ disappointment,…

On accidentally creep-liking your crush’s Instagram pics: it’s OK, we’ve all been there

On accidentally creep-liking your crush’s Instagram pics: it’s OK, we’ve all been there

“You know that moment when you’re on your phone and your thumb just sort of loses control?” Accidentally creep-liking your current love interest’s Instagram is nothing uncommon. You would be surprised the women I run into who have been secretly looking at their crush’s pics…

Brass tops, sensual shapes, and handmade studio porcelain: a peek inside KleinReid NYC

Brass tops, sensual shapes, and handmade studio porcelain: a peek inside KleinReid NYC

You will never run out of ways to be surprised at what lies behind the concrete and brick walls of New York City. A prime example of this phenomenon is KleinReid, located in one of the more up-and-coming and rapidly-developing neighborhoods of Queens, Long Island City…

A historical list of badass b*tches for International Women’s Day

A historical list of badass b*tches for International Women’s Day

One could argue it seems unfair there is an International Women’s day but no International Men’s Day by the simple virtues of feminism. But in a world where women are STILL fighting for simple things such as equal pay in the workforce, I think it’s…

Tinder just went all OKCupid on us with <i>Tinder Plus</i>

Tinder just went all OKCupid on us with Tinder Plus

“It’s like we’re predetermining our entire love lives based on the luck of the swipe” Tinder is a drug. A few months ago I went on a rant about how the inevitable addiction takes over your entire life. FAST. Before you know it, you will…

New Orleans Jazz Fest ’15: Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Tony/Gaga and Bo Dollis tribute art

New Orleans Jazz Fest ’15: Elton John, Ed Sheeran, Tony/Gaga and Bo Dollis tribute art

Expect magic to happen this year at Jazz Fest. Many of NOLA’s favorite music show headliners are not your most stereotypical festival bunch per se, but rather artists leading the music industry who integrate jazz influence into their songs in a way that has threaded together…

<i>A Year in Champagne</i>: how the world’s most famous wine is made

A Year in Champagne: how the world’s most famous wine is made

“Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.” —Tom Waits If you have been following Loop at all over the past couple of years you would know I adore the documentary SOMM, and anything having to do with wine now I’m all like,…

Beware of the special beans: <i>Into the Woods</i> review

Beware of the special beans: Into the Woods review

“The woods are just trees, The trees are just wood.” Anybody going to see Into the Woods who is not familiar with the story was probably just expecting to see Meryl Streep with big blue hair going crazy for 3 1/2 hours, which might actually be…

<i>Birdman</i> FTW, nobody invite John Travolta to an award show ever again, and more thoughts on this year’s Oscars

Birdman FTW, nobody invite John Travolta to an award show ever again, and more thoughts on this year’s Oscars

On a much lighter note from last year’s Oscars (YAWN!), Neil Patrick Harris actually killed it in the beginning with his clever songs and sense of humor throughout, though the show did sort of drag on towards the end (as it tends to always do after…

Loop’s annual last minute 2015 Oscar predictions: <i>BIRDMAN</i> for everything!

Loop’s annual last minute 2015 Oscar predictions: BIRDMAN for everything!

HERE THEY ARE: my annual last minute Oscar predictions. Let’s do this! Best Picture: “American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers*…