American Gigolos (Tapping into your inner hustler.)
Excited, curious, and a little envious at times: I’ve had a fascination with escorts ever since Mom told me the story of the “hooker with the heart of gold” when I was little. And then there was the the visit to Miami, where we encountered a seven-foot tranny prostitute. She was dressed in gold lamé [more ...]
The 14th Dalai Lama – (a.k.a. 拉莫頓珠)
The 14th Dalai Lama is truly an icon of wisdom. ”Dalai” literally means “Ocean” in Mongolian, and is a translation of the Tibetan name “Gyatso,” while “Lama” is the Tibetan equivalent of the Sanskrit word “guru.” The two words together literally mean “Ocean Teacher” and signify a spirituality that is as great as the ocean. [more ...]
Bouncing back from rock bottom. – (A real story by Grit Men contributor, Evan.)
I always thought turning 40 would be the beginning of the end. And for me it was, but not in the way I imagined. I turned 40 and my life spun out of control into a downward spiral. At the time, I was living the gay dream: a loving partner, a beautiful home, a great [more ...]
I was on Grindr some time ago, on a Saturday night. I didn’t feel like dealing with the bars; I just wanted a little entertainment. I got a message from an anonymous user:
“The fact that you’re on Grindr on a Saturday night is why you’re 43 and single”
Then he disappeared, of course. Coward.
But then, he was on Grindr on a Saturday night too.
An incredibly juvenile and insensitive message to send, but the guy had a point of some kind… so I went out. Thanks, asshole.
Every Saturday is the same these days. I get up around eight, walk the dog down Sunset to the Coffee Bean, tie him to the table, and go inside, not knowing what to order. It’s never the same thing. I haven’t found the right one yet. Even our temperate January is too cold for iced [more ...]
Whether it’s a lover and his spending habits, or a parent and her eating habits, people know what they want – good or bad – and they usually aim to get it. Instead of expecting to change them, we are better off determining if their way is something we can live with. We don’t need [more ...]
If you’re going to be in a relationship, don’t be the ‘permeable membrane’ Liz Gilbert conjures in Eat Pray Love; don’t give up your soul; don’t lose sight of yourself. You want a partner, not a conjoined twin; you share an address, or a name, not a skin and vital organs. He fell in love [more ...]
If you’re one of the countless people in Los Angeles who bought a Prius, you probably didn’t consider it a “luxury” car when you made the decision to purchase it. Maybe you thought that you were somehow saving the planet, not thinking about the ecologically-disastrous strip mines needed to produce nickel for the nickel-metal hydride [more ...]
Britons drink it 1:1. The American recipe calls for more juice, 1:5. Some like a salty rim, and others like it clean. However you drink it, the Salty Dog is a highball whose time has come, again. Even Hunter S. Thompson would approve. “The past two weeks have been relatively calm ones for me. Immediately [more ...]
Brad Pitt testifies to the power of fundamental choice, telling W Magazine that becoming a father inspired him to quit smoking cigarettes: “In the late 90′s [Brad] was something of a slacker, ‘spending too much time smoking things I shouldn’t be,’ Pitt recalls. ‘I was asking, What’s it about? It couldn’t just be wanting a [more ...]
Happy birthday to Daniel Craig, the man who brought the grit back to Bond. I don’t have anything against Pierce Brosnan; he gave us the Bond we wanted at the time, but seasons change and heroes change with them. We needed a Conneryesque, radical Bond, Fleming’s Bond: more Batman than Superman in terms of his [more ...]
Five years ago, who among us could have predicted the economic landscape? Who would have guessed that there would be a 20% unemployment rate in California? It’s a different world, and to keep up with it, a new kind of job site has emerged. JobFox.com is equal parts Linked In, Facebook, Monster, and career counseling [more ...]
Red wine (and especially pinot noir) tops the list of healthy alcoholic beverages. Here’s why: Drinking red wine may preserve memory and protect the central nervous system. It also prevents clots and blood vessel inflammation—both of which are linked to heart disease and decline of cognitive function. Overall, red wine drinkers have overall lower body mass [more ...]
Hinduism is formed of diverse traditions and has no single founder. Among its roots is the historical Vedic religion of Iron Age India, and as such Hinduism is often called the “oldest living religion” or the “oldest living major tradition”. Demographically, Hinduism is the world’s third largest religion, after Christianity and Islam, with approximately one [more ...]
Born in 1969 in Hackney, London, the son of a taxi driver, McQueen started making dresses for his three sisters at a young age and announced his intention of becoming a fashion designer. He said that one of his earliest memories was from around the age of 3 when he drew a picture of a [more ...]
There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of how little life is actually different than high school: we want to know where the best parties are, how to get free stuff, and what your dick looks like. When Barbara Walters interviewed Adam Lambert and Lady Gaga, she could hardly wait to [more ...]
Financial Times’ style section recently reported that fewer men are covering their greys – or at least selectively leaving some showing – to maintain a distinguished look. Guys who aren’t so grey are having a talcum powder dusted at their temples for more gravitas at work. It’s nothing that George Clooney – who once said, [more ...]
Welcome to Summer. This is the Hemingway Daiquiri as he drank it at the El Floridita Bar in Havana, Cuba, from the early 1930s till Castro took power in 1959. Hemingway liked (it) a little tart, so they poured it without the sugar, but with a Maraschino on top. On a light evening of drinking, they [more ...]
Ski mountain conditions from Snow Service Denver
