April 26 2:00 Blue Wasabi, Why Men Love Bitches
May 13 5:30 Zipps, I Was Told There'd Be Cake
May 31 2:00 The Vig, The Game
TBA
TBA
Friday, April 17, 2009
Such a Pretty Fat by Jen Lancaster
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest to Discover If Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big; Or, Why Pie Is Not the Answer
About the Book:
Are you tired of books where the self-loathing heroine is teased to the point where she starves herself tiny in hopes of a fabulous new life? Do you hate the message that we women can't possibly be happy until we fit into our skinny jeans?
Yeah? Well, Jen Lancaster is, too.
Jen doesn't find stories like this uplifting; rather, they make her want to hug these women and take them out for fizzy champagne drinks and cheesecake and explain to them that until they figure out their insides, their outsides don't matter.
Unfortunately, being overweight isn't simply a societal issue that can be fixed with a dose of positive self-esteem. It's a health matter, so on the eve of Jen's 40th birthday she decides to make changes so she doesn't, you know, die. Because what good is finally being able to afford a pedicure if she loses a foot to adult onset diabetes?
Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomanical, Self-Centered, Smartass, or Why You Should Never Carry a Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office
About the Book:
This is the story of how a haughty former sorority gal went from having a household income of almost a quarter-million dollars to being evicted from a ghetto apartment in less than two years. It's a modern Greek tragedy, as defined by Roger Dunkle in The Classical Origins of Western Culture: a story in which "the central character, called a tragic protagonist or hero, suffers some serious misfortune which is not accidental and therefore meaningless, but is significant in that the misfortune is logically connected."
In other words?
The bitch had it coming.
About the Book:
This is the story of how a haughty former sorority gal went from having a household income of almost a quarter-million dollars to being evicted from a ghetto apartment in less than two years. It's a modern Greek tragedy, as defined by Roger Dunkle in The Classical Origins of Western Culture: a story in which "the central character, called a tragic protagonist or hero, suffers some serious misfortune which is not accidental and therefore meaningless, but is significant in that the misfortune is logically connected."
In other words?
The bitch had it coming.
The Game Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artist by Neil Strauss
Are you just another AFC ("average frustrated chump") trying to meet an HB ("hot babe")? How would you like to "full-close" with a Penthouse Pet of the Year? The answers, my friend, are in Neil Strauss's entertaining book The Game. Strauss was a self-described chick repellant--complete with large, bumpy nose, small, beady eyes, glasses, balding head, and, worst of all, painful shyness around women. He felt like "half a man." That is, until a book editor asked him to investigate the community of pickup artists. Strauss's life was transformed. He spent two years bedding some fine chiquitas and studying with some of the North America's most suave gents--including the best of them all, the God of the pickup "community," a man named Mystery.
Mystery is an aspiring Toronto magician who charges $2,250 for a weekend pickup workshop. He is not much to look at: a cross between a vampire and a computer geek. But by using high-powered marketing techniques he's turned seduction into an effortless craft--even inventing his own vocabulary. His technique sounds like a car salesman's tip sheet: his main rule is FMAC--find, meet, attract, close. He employs the "three-second rule"--always approach a woman within three seconds of first seeing her in order to avoid getting shy. Other tricks: Intrigue a beautiful woman by pretending to be unaffected by her charm; also, never hit on a woman right away. Start with a disarming, innocent remark, like "Do you think magic spells work?" or "Oh my god, did you see those two girls fighting outside?" And finally, the most important characteristic of the pickup artist--smile.
After two years, Strauss ends up becoming almost as successful as Mystery, but he comes to an important realization. His techniques were actually off-putting to the woman he ended up falling in love with. And they never prepared him for actually having a relationship. After a while, he ran out of one-liners and had to have a real conversation. Still, The Game is a great read that may help some AFCs come out of their shells. --Alex Roslin
Mystery is an aspiring Toronto magician who charges $2,250 for a weekend pickup workshop. He is not much to look at: a cross between a vampire and a computer geek. But by using high-powered marketing techniques he's turned seduction into an effortless craft--even inventing his own vocabulary. His technique sounds like a car salesman's tip sheet: his main rule is FMAC--find, meet, attract, close. He employs the "three-second rule"--always approach a woman within three seconds of first seeing her in order to avoid getting shy. Other tricks: Intrigue a beautiful woman by pretending to be unaffected by her charm; also, never hit on a woman right away. Start with a disarming, innocent remark, like "Do you think magic spells work?" or "Oh my god, did you see those two girls fighting outside?" And finally, the most important characteristic of the pickup artist--smile.
After two years, Strauss ends up becoming almost as successful as Mystery, but he comes to an important realization. His techniques were actually off-putting to the woman he ended up falling in love with. And they never prepared him for actually having a relationship. After a while, he ran out of one-liners and had to have a real conversation. Still, The Game is a great read that may help some AFCs come out of their shells. --Alex Roslin
The Vig
40th St and Indian School
Sunday May 31, 2009 2:00
I Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
This debut essay collection is full of sardonic wit and charm, and Crosley effortlessly transforms what could have been stereotypical tales of mid-20s life into a breezy series of vignettes with uproariously unpredictable outcomes. From the opening The Pony Problem to the hilarious Bring-Your-Machete-to-Work Day (which will ring true for any child of the early 1990s who played the first Oregon Trail computer game), Crosley is equal parts self-deprecating and endearing as she recounts her secret obsession with plastic ponies and the joys of exacting revenge via a pixilated wagon ride. In less capable hands, the subjects tackled—from unpleasant weddings of long-forgotten friends to horrendous first jobs—could have been a litany of complaints from yet another rich girl from the suburbs. But Crosley, who grew up in Westchester and currently lives in Manhattan, makes the experiences her own with a plethora of amusing twists: a volunteer job at the American Museum of Natural History leads to a moral quandary, and a simple Upper West Side move becomes anything but. Fans of Sarah Vowell's razor-sharp tongue will love this original new voice. (Apr.)
Zipps Sports Grill Ray
3950 W. Ray Rd
Chandler, AZ 85226
3950 W. Ray Rd
Chandler, AZ 85226
Wednesday May 13, 2009 5:30pm
Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov
Contending that some women are "too nice," comedian and radio show host Sherry Argov has written Why Men Love Bitches: From Doormat to Dreamgirl-A Woman's Guide to Holding Her Own in a Relationship. "I'm not recommending that a woman have an abrasive disposition," Argov writes, "The woman I'm describing is kind yet strong. She doesn't give up her life, and she won't chase a man." Her sassy book is filled with scenarios and advice aimed at making women subtly stronger and self-empowered. Argov's principles, which range from the farfetched to the downright absurd, include "If you give him a feeling of power, he'll want to protect you and he'll want to give you the world" and "A little distance combined with the appearance of self-control makes him nervous that he may be losing you." The book, which has already been featured on The View and The O'Reilly Factor, should make waves with its controversial view of relationships. Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Blue Wasabi
Hilton Village 6137 N. Scottsdale Road
Hilton Village 6137 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale480-315-9800
Northeast corner of Scottsdale Road & McDonald
Sunday April 26, 2009 2:00pm
Monday, April 6, 2009
Discussion Topic Next Meeting
At the next meeting, besides discussing our latest book, we will be deciding on a regular time to congregate each Sunday that bookclub is held. This will enable new people to know ahead of time when our meetings are held and avoid any confusion that comes along with switching meeting days and times. Sundays seem to work for everyone so we'll need to find a good time and set that for each meeting. Bring your calendars too! We'll be planning for the next 3 books, so bring new book ideas as well :)
Next Meeting Place
We'll be meeting at Cadillac Ranch at Tempe Marketplace for the next meeting on Monday, April 13, 5:30pm. See everyone then!!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
HAPPENS EVERY DAY
Hey Vino Girls!
Hope you were all able to get Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies. Next book club meeting will be Monday April 13 5:30pm location TBA.
Try to read the whole book, its a fairly quick read. See you all there!
Andrea
Hope you were all able to get Happens Every Day by Isabel Gillies. Next book club meeting will be Monday April 13 5:30pm location TBA.
Try to read the whole book, its a fairly quick read. See you all there!
Andrea
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Book Club March 8
March 8th at 10:15am South Mountain (Baseline road, south on 46th street, cross canal to find parking) Discuss I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell. Wear hiking clothes, bring sweartshirt or something to sit on, water, and a snack to share!
Call if you have trouble getting there.
See you there!
Call if you have trouble getting there.
See you there!
Happens Every Day by Isabell Gillies
Gillies had the perfect life with the man of her dreams--until she watched him fall in love with another woman in their small college town. A memoir so raw you feel like it's your best friend telling you her story.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
He's Just Not That Into You
It’s a classic single-woman scenario: you really like this guy, but he’s giving mixed messages. You make excuses, decide he’s confused, afraid of commitment. Behrendt, a former executive story editor for Sex and the City—and a formerly single (now happily married) guy who knows all the excuses—provides a simple answer: he’s just not that into you. Stop kidding yourself, let go and look for someone else who will be. After all, as Behrendt sensibly puts it, "if a (sane) guy really likes you, there ain’t nothing that’s going to get in his way." If you’re not convinced yet, by all means read this smart, funny and surprisingly upbeat little book, full of q’s and a’s covering every excuse woman has ever made to avoid admitting to herself that a man just wasn’t that smitten with her.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
My name is Tucker Max, and I am an asshole. I get excessively drunk at inappropriate times, disregard social norms, indulge every whim, ignore the consequences of my actions, mock idiots and posers, sleep with more women than is safe or reasonable, and just generally act like a raging dickhead. But, I do contribute to humanity in one very important way: I share my adventures with the world. —from the Introduction Actual reader feedback:
"I am completely baffled as to how you can congratulate yourself for being a womanizer and a raging drunk, or think anyone cares about an idiot like you. Do you really think that exploiting the insecurities of others while getting wasted is a legitimate thing to offer?"
"Thank you, thank you, thank you—for sharing with us your wonderful tales of drunken revelry, for teaching me what it means to be a man, for just existing so I know that there is another option; I too can say ‘screw the system’ and be myself and have fun. My life truly began when I finished reading your stories. Now, when faced with a quandary about what course of action I should take, I just ask myself, ‘What Would Tucker Do?’—and I do it, and I am a better man for it."
"I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don’t believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist."
"I’ll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You’re an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in both shock and awe at how much I want to be you."
"I am completely baffled as to how you can congratulate yourself for being a womanizer and a raging drunk, or think anyone cares about an idiot like you. Do you really think that exploiting the insecurities of others while getting wasted is a legitimate thing to offer?"
"Thank you, thank you, thank you—for sharing with us your wonderful tales of drunken revelry, for teaching me what it means to be a man, for just existing so I know that there is another option; I too can say ‘screw the system’ and be myself and have fun. My life truly began when I finished reading your stories. Now, when faced with a quandary about what course of action I should take, I just ask myself, ‘What Would Tucker Do?’—and I do it, and I am a better man for it."
"I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don’t believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist."
"I’ll stay with God as my lord, but you are my savior. I just finished reading your brilliant stories, and I laughed so hard I almost vomited. I want to bring that kind of joy to people. You’re an artist of the highest order and a true humanitarian to boot. I'm in both shock and awe at how much I want to be you."
Friday, January 30, 2009
53rd Annual VNSA Used Book Sale
February 14, 2009 - February 15, 2009
Feb 14, 8am - 6pm. Feb. 15, 8am - 4 pm
Address: 1826 W. McDowell Rd. - Phoenix
Location: Arizona State Fairgrounds
Phone: 602-265-6805
Admission: admission is free, $7 fairgrounds parking fee
The sale: This is one of the largest used book sales in the country with over 600,000 items for sale: hard-covers, paperbacks, texts, videos, CD&39;s, computer manuals, maps, puzzles and other book-related items organized into 27 categories for easy shopping. Almost all books will be half price all day Sunday.
Feb 14, 8am - 6pm. Feb. 15, 8am - 4 pm
Address: 1826 W. McDowell Rd. - Phoenix
Location: Arizona State Fairgrounds
Phone: 602-265-6805
Admission: admission is free, $7 fairgrounds parking fee
The sale: This is one of the largest used book sales in the country with over 600,000 items for sale: hard-covers, paperbacks, texts, videos, CD&39;s, computer manuals, maps, puzzles and other book-related items organized into 27 categories for easy shopping. Almost all books will be half price all day Sunday.
CRAZY, SEXY
Crazy, Sexy
by Monica Long Ross and Deborah Carrick
The Arizona Women’s Theatre Company presents Crazy/Sexy, a new comedy with music, February 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28 and March 1, 2009.
Performances Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm and Sunday matinees at 2:00pm at the Cattletrack Compound Studio, 6105 N. Miller Road (101 N. Cattletrack) in Scottsdale.
Lose yourself at Lulu’s Lingerie Shop---where every woman has a story and a body. Some are riding high on a rollercoaster of lust. Others play at the “beautiful woman racket.” Most see no reason a girl shouldn’t take the same liberties a man does. True confessions. Scandalous women. Passion unleashed. But in this crazy sexy world, a girl has to live by her wits and her wiles. Tales from classic pulp fiction with musical interludes at the Arizona Women’s Theatre Company
($17-$22). Further information at 480 607 7107
MY FIRST TIME
Was your first time awkward or "like Christmas morning!" (Story #19553)? Were you with your high school sweetheart or with your psychology professor (Story #7779)? Were you in Washington Square Park (Story #5049) or a Burger King bathroom (Story #2995)? If you did it, you probably remember it. And now you can hear about everyone else’s!
My First Time is a new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues that features four actors telling hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people … just like you. In 1998, nearly a decade before blogging began, a Web site was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their "First Times." The site became an instant phenomenon with more than 40,000 stories pouring in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, straight, gay, shy, sexy and everything in between. And now, these true stories and all of the unique characters in them are brought to life in this acclaimed 90-minute play, presented by Ken Davenport, the producer of Altar Boyz and creator of The Awesome 80s Prom.
My First Time is a new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues that features four actors telling hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people … just like you. In 1998, nearly a decade before blogging began, a Web site was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their "First Times." The site became an instant phenomenon with more than 40,000 stories pouring in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, straight, gay, shy, sexy and everything in between. And now, these true stories and all of the unique characters in them are brought to life in this acclaimed 90-minute play, presented by Ken Davenport, the producer of Altar Boyz and creator of The Awesome 80s Prom.
February 13–March 15, 2009Thursday @ 7:30 p.m.Friday and Saturday @ 8 p.m.Saturday and Sunday matinees @ 2 p.m.Theater 4301, Galleria Corporate Centre, Scottsdale
Feb 8
Hey!!
Happy weekend everyone! Hope you're all geared up for the big game on Sunday! woohoo!
Hope everyone had a good time at the book club last Sunday, we got a little chatting in, and those of us who weren't hungover already....were the next day! Our next meeting will be Sunday Feb 8 at 2pm at the Vig...read all or as much as you can of My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler. I hope to see you all there!!
Happy weekend everyone! Hope you're all geared up for the big game on Sunday! woohoo!
Hope everyone had a good time at the book club last Sunday, we got a little chatting in, and those of us who weren't hungover already....were the next day! Our next meeting will be Sunday Feb 8 at 2pm at the Vig...read all or as much as you can of My Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler. I hope to see you all there!!
My Horizontal Life
Opening with a cute story from when she was seven and photographed her parents having sex, stand-up comedian Handler goes on to discuss the virtues of the one-night stand, which amount to having sex early enough so you're not months into a relationship before you discover he's into "anal beads and duct tape." She discusses her quest for sex with a "black man," which doesn't work out because the date she finds on ChocolateSingles.com has a penis so large, she "would have had to be the size of the Lincoln Tunnel to accommodate that thing." After him, there's a "little midget," but she sobers up before sleeping with him. Next come a number of would-be partners with penises too small to consider. Finally, there's a guy Handler does sleep with, only an embarrassing incident involving a "giant skid mark" prevents her from seeing him again. By the end, Handler considers settling down with one man, which might actually net her more sex than these mostly unconsummated one-night stands. Anyone who laughs at the mere mention of vaginas and penises may find Handler's book almost as much fun as getting drunk and waking up in some stranger's bed. Agent, Michael Broussard Dupree. (June) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
ARE YOU THERE VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA
When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power -- vodka. You would too if you found out that your boyfriend was having an affair with a Peekapoo or if you had to pretend to be honeymooning with your father in order to upgrade to first class. Welcome to Chelsea's world -- a place where absurdity reigns supreme and a quick wit is the best line of defense. In this hilarious, deliciously skewed collection, Chelsea mines her past for stories about her family, relationships, and career that are at once singular and ridiculous. Whether she's convincing her third-grade class that she has been tapped to play Goldie Hawn's daughter in the sequel to Private Benjamin, deciding to be more egalitarian by dating a redhead, or looking out for a foulmouthed, rum-swilling little person who looks just like her...only smaller, Chelsea has a knack for getting herself into the most outrageous situations. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea showcases the candor and irresistible turns of phrase that have made her one of the freshest voices in comedy today.
Sorry for the cancelation on the first week, but ya know what?? WE'RE GOING TO THE SUPERBOWL!!! :)
Sunday Jan 25th at 2pm we will be meeting for the book club, 40th st and Indian School. Read the whole book if you can, we will discuss it and decide on meeting plans then!
See you then!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Time to Read
Hey Vino Girls!
There has been some interest in starting our book club up again, so this is my attempt to do so! Please fill free to log in and post blogs or comment on the ones that are already posted. Next meeting will be Sunday January 18 at 2pm at The Vig, 40th St and Indian School.
Andrea
p.s. I stole the profile picture but I think it's so cute! :)
There has been some interest in starting our book club up again, so this is my attempt to do so! Please fill free to log in and post blogs or comment on the ones that are already posted. Next meeting will be Sunday January 18 at 2pm at The Vig, 40th St and Indian School.
Andrea
p.s. I stole the profile picture but I think it's so cute! :)
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