Tasha Paradise

These are known by many names. Here in Los Angeles, they are usually called Mexican Wedding Cookies or Cakes, but we always called them Snowballs. You have to be careful not to inhale the powdered sugar, but this light, nutty cookie is worth a little white powder up the nose. SNOWBALLS 1/2 cup butter or margarine 3 Tablespoons powdered sugar, plus more for coating the cookies 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour 1 cup finely...

Ahhh, Christmas, carols fill the air along with the aroma of baking cookies. hearts are filled with joy, and Santa sends out obscene mail to good little girls and boys. Here are some stories of holidays gone bad, including some from holidays past. Ho ho ho!!!Author of nasty letters from Santa sought Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:39am ET OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's post office and police are trying to track down a "rogue elf" who...

It all started with Anthony Bourdain's Mexican border episode of his show No Reservations. At one point he picks up a riding crop in a leather shop. He slaps it confidently against the palm of his hand, and says, "Yeah, this is coming home with me." I've always been attracted to his superior punk New York attitude. But the "whack" of that riding crop took it somewhere new. I confessed to my boyfriend, "I'm sorry...

One day I came back from vacation to a stack of bills and paperwork. As I was going through them, I found a video rental receipt with titles like, "C*m on my T*ts." I held the receipt up to my boyfriend, "Do we need to have a talk?" "I just don't even know what to say." "Because I would watch them with you if that's what you want. It's OK." "No, you were just...

1. I can go to work in my pajama bottoms 2. I can find any song in the world on the internet 3. There are three different CSI-s, plus about four other shows that are exactly like CSI 4. The miracle of modern pharmaceuticals 5. I can hear my boyfriend coming home right now and he is going to cook me dinner Picture by Ofelaine, via Flickr...

Once again, I have just received a slew of emails notifying me that I have won a contest, inherited a large sum of money, been chosen as a trustee for a wealthy gentleman, or that I am needed to assist someone in moving large sums of money out of a foreign country. Welcome to the era of the internet scam artists, who ruthlessly cheat elderly, disabled, and just plain gullible people out of their...

Great things can happen. But somehow, he always ends up getting kicked in the nads. Anime was always a bit much for me, but in 2-minute clips, it's the best. Click on the image or go to the jump to watch the movie (It's on auto-play)....

Last week, we headed over to a really cool club (whose name I will not disclose, because I don't want to get it shut down). We were saddened to discover that we had missed the band we had come to see. They were already over by 11pm; I had assumed they would be the headliners. But the crowd was a fun mix of 20-40 year-olds. And while the next band, the McDaniels, did not...

A friend of mine stopped at a convenience store while driving across the California desert in the late 80s. As he turned the aisle, he almost had a heart attack. He was staring right into the face of Charlie Manson! He quickly realized this short teenager was too young, and of course Manson was locked up. Still, the resemblance was uncanny. The teen's mother protectively came over and gave my friend a dirty look....

I love this movie! How can you resist Boris Karloff and Phyllis Diller? At a young age, Francesca became my ideal of beauty and I have spent my entire life trying to look exactly like her. This scene features Francesca (Gale Garnett) teaching me my first lessons in vamping....