Since our trimethyldioxypurist is on the road for Labor Day, we're stepping in on the caffeine beat to pass along some sad news: Peet's Coffee founder Alfred Peet died earlier this week (Wednesday) in Oregon. Mr. Peet, born in Holland, opened the first Peet's at Walnut and Vine in Berkeley in 1966, and watched it spread nationwide (there's Peet's in New England now?). And the rumors you've heard about the Peet's/Starbucks connections are true: the......

All across the Ist-A-Verse (or at least the American parts thereof), writers and editors are in the midst of enjoying their three-day weekend. But after the week we've all had, we feel like the break is not only needed, but deserved. Just look at everything we've been doing! Gothamist headed into the Memorial Day weekend with a number of tasks accomplished. They worried about Long Islanders giving New Yorkers a bad name. They tried......

Local zine Ker-bloom! never fails to supply a light meditation on various topics (love, gamer culture, mid-life crises and more) – the latest issue, #63 deals with topics of forgiveness. Each issue is gorgeously, painstakingly handset and letterpress-printed on recycled cardstock, in limited edition batches of about 250. Karen Switzer (aka artnoose) has kept Ker-bloom! in production since 1996, and also runs Crafty Cards, designing custom letterpress cards and stationary out of her East......

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the......

Our concert picks for the week of 4/28-5/4. We have two words for you this week: giveaway bonanza. Not only will we tell you about great music coming to San Francisco, we will also hook you up with some fantastic musical prizes. Keep reading for your chance to win: * A pair of tickets to tonight's sold out Eisley show at Slim's! * A copy of British Sea Power's CD Open Season! * A pair......