Speaking of Gaslamp guys, can't think of another name for them other than "douche"

That's funny - I was corrected when I called the PB guys bros. Now I know it when I see it. And hate going further east than Mission Valley for this reason.

And they've hijacked the shaka hand sign, too. SoCal surfers who have never been to Hawaii say "brah" (incorrectly) and do this all the time. Can't stand it.

Haha! I just posted something about that to another commenter — how the bro here in SoCal is the desert-loving, lifted truck guy. Especially in East San Diego and Riverside.

When I was in college in Seattle, the bro was the white-hat and Abercrombie & Fitch wearing, preppy and pretty frat boy (okay, this was a long time ago) that grew up somewhat privileged, and had parents who worked at Microsoft. Here in Southern California, the "bro" drives a lifted truck, likes to ride dirt bikes and…

Oh my god I think you do have a point — can't believe I did not notice until you said something. My mother DOES consume a lot of right-wing media — even though she is an immigrant herself. Go figure.

I actually didn't see it until I was 31 years old. I was dating a Mexican man and my Korean mother flipped the fuck out and threw every stereotype at me — asking if he was "illegal," in a gang, and insisting that he was only with me because he wanted a green card. I totally lost my shit and saw her in a completely…

Maybe I'm better suited for the East Coast, because apparently I have Chronic Bitch Face. I get asked all the time if I am angry from strangers, and the "what's wrong" question from my boyfriend is constant — it never fails, he will always ask me that when I am simply lost in thought, looking for something, or…

A lot of companies still have archaic thinking and physically want us in here from 8 to 5 or 9 to 6. I've been in publishing and media for my whole career, and never understood why writers and editors are not able to work at home a few times a week. For our field I think we'd be more productive if we could write or…

Are we dating the same man? Haha! I thought it was just my boyfriend who was such an ass. I hate telling him when something is bothering me, even when it has nothing to do with him. I get judged, or he'll say something to the effect of "I don't seem to have that problem, why do you?" Since I'm not going to get any…

Yeah a lot of magazines had to convert, for the Kindle and iPad, to different formats. I still prefer the feeling of glossy pages and rolling up a magazine and taking it to the beach.

I shamefully admit that I find flipping through an issue of Cosmo, Glamour or Vogue to be relaxing after a long day of editing a business newspaper, when I need to decompress and don't want to think.

I miss Jezebel's "Cover Lies" feature. Please bring it back.

I had an interesting experience when I studied abroad in Cape Town while I was in college. Black children always wanted to touch my hair, and often asked to do so. Same thing happened to friends on the trip that were blonde. I didn't really think much about it when it happened, but now that I look back on it, they…

Maybe this is a sign that I'm getting old, but I don't understand the point of these piercings.

It really is that simple. But he still won't get it.

I once heard bi-racial people referred to as "a new American hybrid." As if we're fucking CARS.

Very true. A&F was all the rage when I was in college — and that was ten years ago.

I do the same thing — I'm taken as being standoffish and not friendly, which in the workplace, especially, is fine by me. However, I have found that "perma bitch face" attracts creeper men, for some reason — I initially thought it would keep them away.

This is why I was bummed when Prescriptives left department stores. I have yet to find a brand that will custom make a foundation for you.