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After reviewing video submissions from colleges around the country explaining why Tosh.0 should invade their campuses, he chose a school that didn’t even submit a video–Arizona State University. Can’t say we’re surprised! The Tosh.0 College Campus Invasion will hit the desert sometime in September. Stay tuned for details.

The Cheesecake Factory has recognized the nation’s obesity problem and will be introducing some changes to their menu. Between August 8th and the end of September,all 150 locations will offer 15 entrees under 590 calories and 12 appetizers under 490 as part of the new “SkinnyLicious” menu. Less cheese and light mayo are a few of the changes that will help reduce calories. Fresh vegetables will also replace potatoes on steak and fish entrees.

Come on down to Mastro’s City Hall Steakhouse on August 20th for “Take a Shot at Cancer” hosted by Captain “Wild” Bill Wichrowski of Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch. At $150 per person,guests can enjoy an all-inclusive “Surf and Turf” dinner including Alaskan Red Crab Legs caught by the captain himself. Mastro’s mouthwatering Filet, Hawaiian Ahi Tuna, Warm Butter Cake and other Mastro favorites will also be served.

Proceeds from the pink carpet event will benefit the fight against cancer and guests have the chance to win a custom “Take a Shot at Cancer” golf cart built by Roadrunner Golf Cars. Reservations can be made by calling 480-941-4700.

The menu at Olive & Ivy Restaurant + Marketplace at the Scottsdale Waterfront has gotten a menu makeover for the first time since the restaurant’s opening in 2006. The revamped lunch menu includes the addition of ten salads and sandwiches including a Pastrami Reuben with caramelized sauerkraut, baby swiss, thousand island and a Grilled Salmon Caesar salad, with parmesan croutons. Crème Fraiche Gnocchi, with English peas and big eye tuna with Frenched green beans, “nicoise vinaigrette” are some of the five enrees added to the lunch menu.

For dinner, guests can enjoy three new salads and six new pasta, meat and seafood etrees including “Lasagna” Bolognese with spinach, ricotta and garlic bread and Maine Lobster Risotto with leeks, grilled oyster mushrooms.

Six new bruchetta small plates have been added to the menu and are available during happy hour for just $3. Guests can also enjoy a variety of new flat breads available for $8 during happy hour.

Lunch is served 11am-4pm daily and happy hour is served from 4-6pm Monday through Friday.

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If you haven’t had the chance to check out Pink House Boutique, now is the time. On Friday, August 5th Glendale’s trendiest boutique is hosting a trunk show featuring over 400 pairs of handmade earrings and other jewelry by Gina’s Originals AZ. Designer, Gina Burns has been using antique buttons, coins and keys along with vintage flowers to make one of a kind jewelry for six years. Earrings will be priced 3pair/$20 during the trunk show and shoppers can sip on wine while they browse around the boutique. Pink House Boutique carries a mix of new, recycled, reconstructed and vintage fashions and hosts trunk shows on the third Friday of every month.

Skip the dinner date or movie night and get out to the Punk Rock’N Roller Derby on August 20th for some downright wild entertainment. Get ready to see the Schoolyard Scrappers, Bombshells, Runaway Brides and Brutal Beauties of the Arizona Derby Dames lace up their skates and battle it out on the roller rink with three intense roller derby bouts.

Aside from watching the ladies duel it out, Authority Zero will be giving a headlining performance which will mark the homecoming of the band to their native Arizona roots after their European tour. Local band, the Earps and San Diego based band, Unwritten Law will join Authority Zero with high-energy punk-rock performances. The fun begins at 2pm at the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the first bout kicks-off at 5:30pm.  Tickets are priced between $25 and $125 and can be purchased in advance here.

The Artist Gallery at the Musical Instrument Museum will reopen August 6th with a brand new exhibit dedicated to the King. The new exhibit, Elvis Presley: Three Decades of the King, will give fans an up close look at an array of Elvis’ musical instruments, clothing, personal items, and other interesting artifacts. To celebrate the opening of the new exhibit, Las Vegas Elvis tribute artist Donny Edwards will be ‘in the building’ to entertain visitors with Elvis classics, along with Kevin Kern, the director of public relations from Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc., to answer questions about the exhibit.

Fans will have the chance to test their knowledge with a trivia session and even grab a peanut butter and banana sandwich from the MIM Cafe. After getting all shook up with Elvis, visitors can check out instruments from musical icons from around the world including John Lennon, Paul Simon, the Black Eyed Peas, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and many others. Doors open to the public on Saturday at 9am and general admission tickets must be purchased for entry into the celebration. For tickets and a complete schedule of events click here.

If you haven’t had the chance to check out Pink House Boutique, now is the time. On Friday, August 5th Glendale’s trendiest boutique is hosting a trunk show featuring over 400 pairs of handmade earrings and other jewelry by Gina’s Originals AZ. Designer, Gina Burns has been using antique buttons, coins and keys along with vintage flowers to make one of a kind jewelry for six years. Earrings will be priced 3pair/$20 during the trunk show and shoppers can sip on wine while they browse around the boutique. Pink House Boutique carries a mix of new, recycled, reconstructed and vintage fashions and hosts trunk shows on the third Friday of every month.

This season bold chains are the go-to jewelry trend. It’s easy to create an edgy look with a multi-chain bracelet  or stay clean-cut and classic with a single chain statement necklace. But, jewelry isn’t the only place we’re seeing them. Shoes and handbags are seeing a chain reaction to the trend. We’re in love with the Rachel Zoe ‘Audrey’ shoulder bag because it combines a chic neutral snakeskin pattern and simple gold chain link accents to create the perfect fall accessory. We’re also obsessed with the Marc Jacobs ‘Chain Ankle Boot’ available in navy, black and rust. Check out the gallery below to see our favorite chain accessories.

Arizona State Alum, Adam Lowy must have gotten some studying in when he attended one of the top party schools in the nation because he is one of five finalists eligible for a VH1 Do Something Award. Unlike most award shows, the Do Something Awards not only recognizes celebrities for their charitable work, but young people for giving back to the community.

After working for his 90 year-old family moving business, Lowy saw firsthand the amount of food that gets wasted when people move and started Move For Hunger.  The non-profit organization works with moving companies to pick up unwanted non-perishable food items from those who are moving and take it to local food banks. After just two years, the 25-year-old’s organization has 150 movers in 35 states involved and 325,000 pounds of food has been delivered to food banks. Make sure to cast your vote for the former Sun Devil and tune into the Do Something Awards on August 18th at 9/8c on VH1.

There is an extra sweet deal hitting the desert. Here’s the scoop: From July 28-August 3rd stop by any Arizona Whole Foods Market and pick up two pints of ice cream from local vendors, Berto’s, Sweet Republic and Freezees Nutcream for just $7. Stay cool while supporting local businesses.

We’ve seen the success of her designer label, L.A.M.B., and now Gwen Stefani is bringing her Japan-Inspired, rocker fashions to Target. Launching in stores and at Target.com on November 13th, the new collection, Harajuku Mini will include products for babies, children and tweens. The celebrity style pieces are priced at not-so-celebrity prices ranging from $4-$30.

August is almost here and a new month means it’s time to clear out the iPod to make room for new music. DJ William F-Ing Reed has some fabulous track suggestions for you.

Little Dragon – Nightlight
M83 – Midnight City
The Drums – Money
TheophilusLondon – Why Even Try (RAC Remix)
Flying Lotus – Mint Leaf Lullaby

Move over Sprinkles..there’s a new cupcakery in town. Opening in the Scottsdale Seville Center on August 15th, 21 Cakes, named after the glamourous art deco period and New York City’s 21 Club,  will offer 12 delectable cupcake flavors each day including the classic, Red Velvet. On top of the traditional flavors, you will find the Belgian cupcake– a Belgian waffle-like experience with fresh fruit compote served on top of a cupcake and a dollop of freshly-made whipped cream and the Breakfast Cupcake– a cinnamon sugar cupcake without frosting similar to coffee cake. Must we say more?

Owner and Pastry Chef Linda Schneider is taking her family heirloom recipes to a whole new level of freshness by using seasonal fruit straight from Napa and skipping the preservatives and artificial flavoring. 21 Cakes cupcakes are crafted using the finest ingredients including Madagascar Vanilla, Belgian chocolate, local farm-raised eggs and dairy products.

While spoiling your taste buds at 21 Cakes, relax in a contemporary chic atmosphere that feels like a Paris side street discovery – complete with white carrera marble countertops, dramatic lighting and antique cupcake muffin tins encased in plexiglass lining the walls. A large glass-enclosed Frosting Room and see-through kitchen will make your experience at 21 Cakes that much more memorable.

Cupcakes are $3.35 each or $37.00 per dozen. Holiday and seasonal specials will be available along with locally roasted coffee blends and cupcake gift packs.

No need to travel to the Big Apple for your favorite Broadways shows because local theatres are bringing the classics right here to the Valley. The 2011-12 season lineups have been released and it looks like another year of talent and entertainment ahead of us. Check out what shows are coming to the Valley after the jump. »READ MORE

Stay cool for the cure this Saturday with the ultimate water gun and balloon fight in Old Town benefiting Susan G. Komen. Hosted by American Junkie and Firehouse, participants will receive a complimentary shot with their $5 donation at the noon kickoff at Firehouse.

Everyone must show up in a white t-shirt because red and blue teams will be decided the day of the fight. Anywhere between American Junkie and Firehouse on Stetson Drive is fair game and Old Town has plenty of side streets, parking structures and alleyways for sneak attacks and ambushes.

Water refill stations will be set up by sponsors as well as golf carts for troop deployment and extraction. This is the real deal guys, so get out your Super Soakers and pretend you’re 8 years old again. All donations will go directly to Susan G. Komen. Participants must meet at Firehouse at 12pm on Saturday, July 30th. Fight begins at 1pm. For more details check out the Facebook page.

Even though we just released our favorite fall nail polish trends last week, the nail polish world is ever-changing and we had to share this cool new gimmick with you. Crackle, tie-die…what’s next you ask? Magnetic. Yep, you heard right, a magnetic nail lacquer. A UK nail brand, Nails Inc. is releasing a polish called Magnetic Attraction which contains iron powder and comes with a magnet embedded in the cap. After applying a coat of the polish, all you have to do is hold the magnet over your nails to get the rippled effect. It’s available in October and hopefully by then Nails Inc. will have expanded into the US.  If you can’t wait until then, LCN has a professional line selling for $10 a pop not including the magnets which sell for about $20…which high-end Scottsdale salon will pick it up first?

After reviewing video submissions from colleges around the country explaining why Tosh.0 should invade their campuses, he chose a school that didn’t even submit a video–Arizona State University. Can’t say we’re surprised! The Tosh.0 College Campus Invasion will hit the desert sometime in September. Stay tuned for details.

It’s the country club of all dog parks. Club PAWS, opening August 6th is a membership-based dog park and competition venue that requires all dogs to pass a socialization test, be current on all vaccinations and be neutered and spayed. It is located at Villa La Paws, a dog daycare, boarding, grooming and dog training company in Phoenix and is described as a safe alternative to traditional competition practice venues and public dog parks. Club PAWS provides an outside shaded sand box, slides and climbing structures, as well as wi-fi, evaporative coolers, tables and umbrellas for the dog owners. For the dog owners with prior obstacle equipment experience (whatever that means) a climate-controlled competition pavilion with agility and trick props, tunnels, jumps and teeters can be reserved.

The grand opening of Club PAWS is August 6th & 7th from 7am-7pm and only pre-approved doggies and owners will be admitted. For more information call 1-888-855-7833 or visit www.VillaLaPaws.com.

National Ice Cream Month is coming to an end so Cactus Flower Florists is throwing one last hurrah–an ice cream social! On July 28th at the Scottsdale location kids of all ages are invited to make floral ice cream sodas using their favorite color carnations. Before taking home their adorable creations they can satisfy their craving with ice cream from Sweet Republic. The fun begins at 2pm and the cost is $10. Hurry up and register online today because spots are filling fast!

Cactus Flower Scottsdale
10822 N Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85254

No, not that kind of shot (although, if you’re buying…), think amazingly moisturizing shots for your tresses. With the intense Arizona sun frying your hair, stop by Drybar Scottsdale for a blowout, and treat your dry ends with a complimentary Super Hue or Sea Breeze shot treatment. Normally $20 a pop, the shots help nourish and moisturize brittle and color-treated hair. The offer is good Sunday-Thursday now until the end of August when you purchase a blowout. Book your blowout online today.

The end is in sight for the popular culinary venue, Cycle, but not before some of the Valley’s top chefs roll on through. The pop-up restaurant opened it’s doors at the Lexington Hotel April 1 with a set expiration date for Fall 2011. Since its opening back in March, Cycle has since been occupied by 22 chefs and has served just about everything from mac & cheese to fried catfish. The final menus will be whipped up by Payton Curry, Josh Hebert, Joel LaTondress and Cullen Campbell.

Payton Curry is no amateur when it comes to pop-up restaurants. His pop-up restaurant at the Welcome Diner was a huge success and he is bringing his delicious creations to Cycle for two nights only on July 29th and 30th. Named “Payton’s Place,” local vegetable and fresh seafood can be expected in the prix-fixe 5-course meal. The cost is $45 and cocktails concocted by master mixologist Travis Nass of Rancho Pinot can be purchased separately.

On August 5th and 6th, POSH chef Josh Hebert will bring his Japanese food favorites to Cycle. On the menu– okonomiyaki, tako yaki, three types of ramen and green tea pot de creme! Appetizers start at $7 and main dishes are $12. This pop-up restaurant will have guests believing they’re on the streets of Tokyo.

Joel LaTondress, food blogger, citizen dining critic and web developer (love that) is offering a prix-fixe “Summer Cookout” at Cycle on August 8th and 9th. The $45 6-7 course meal will include sweet corn ravioli and homemade potato chips.

Finally, Cullen Campbell is bringing a little big of everything to Cycle. Belgian waffles with peaches, foie butter and maple syrup… proscuitto, grits, eggs and truffles. Must we say more? “Pazzo” which means “crazy” in Italian is the perfect name for Campbell’s inventive pop-up which will be open August 19th and 20th.

Seats are limited and expected to sell out. For more informations and reservations visit www.CyclePhoenix.com

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It can be hard to look and feel fresh all day after melting in the Arizona summer sun so we found a few beauty necessities that will keep you from looking like you just left the gym. All of the following must-haves can be found at Sephora. »READ MORE

Happy Friday, pardner. We’ve got a wild and western weekend in store for y’all, so you know what that means? Strap on them boot straps, because we’re goin’ for a ride!

First up is the Shootout on Whiskey Row in Prescott Arizona. Those crazy bank robbers been at it again, so we’ve got gunfight reenactments, a gun fighting competition and an 1800′s costume contest (for you ladyfolk). Held annually on Cortez Street by the Prescott Regulators & Their Shady Ladies Inc. (sounds promising!), this is an event to remember. Stop by this Saturday and Sunday in downtown Prescott from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and don’t forget your best poker face, we’ve got a shootout to win.

Next, let’s continue this boozy weekend with a float down the river. This Saturday, July 23rd spend day of  kayaking on the Verde River before sipping on wine from the Arizona Stronghold Vineyards and  enjoying lunch in scenic Verde Valley. Hosted by Sedona Adventures and Tasting Room Staff Member Extraordinaire, Wells Blanchard, the 4 hour trip will include a shuttle to the river, a trip down the river in a kayak, lunch and wine tasting. The cost is $75 for members and $90 for non-members. To reserve your spot contact Etta Phillips at 928-639-3004 ext 222. We’ll bet they won’t mind if you bring your holster and gun.

Whatever you do this weekend, be safe now, ya’ll!

Explore the world of adult drinks at Cartwright’s Sonoran Ranch House in Cave Creek with it’s new weekly Summer Libations Club. Beverage director and sommelier Anthony Mueller will lead topic-specific classes every Thursday from 6-7pm until the end of September. In August attendees will be educated on beers of the world and then examine liquor and mixology in September. An original cocktail from the mixology class will be featured as the October drink. The cost is $15 per class and guests can earn a $25 gift card for every five classes attended.

If you don’t get up to Cave Creek often, make it a day and visit the Queen Creek Olive Mill. As Arizona’s one and only olive oil producer, the Olive Mill is home to 16 varieties raised in naturally pesticide-free groves. Take a stroll through the olive grove and take a tour of the mill before visiting their gourmet marketplace to shop for locally made foods and gifts.