Getty Image / /Uproxx Texas House Bill 1325 has just deemed that substances from the Cannabis sativa plant that produce hemp are now legal in the great state of Texas, which technically means marijuana — a “substance” from the plant Cannabis sativa — is also legal… to an extent. Don’t get us wrong, weed is […]
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Getty Image/Uproxx If you want to level up your style game and elevate your own personal wardrobe, who better to look to for inspiration than the true arbiters of cool: the voices of hip-hop? Since its origins in the late 1970s, hip-hop culture has always concerned itself with the pursuit of the freshness. That hunger […]
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McDonalds/Getty/Uproxx Earlier this summer, McDonald’s brought some popular items from other countries stateside as part of their International Menu promotion. While we were excited about the idea conceptually, the menu left us a little unsatisfied. What we got was, well… safe. Cheesy bacon fries from Australia and a tomato-mozzarella sandwich from Canada? C’mon McDonalds, you’ll […]
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Getty Image Don’t get us wrong, we love a good bourbon-based cocktail. We can enjoy random variations on the Old Fashioned (bacon washed, anyone?) any day of the week. But we also understand the difference between mixing bourbons and sipping bourbons. Obviously, sometimes these two levels overlap. But sometimes they really don’t. There are high-quality, […]
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Getty Image/Colin Caplan Colin Caplan is a pizza guru. His deep love of his hometown, New Haven, Connecticut, has morphed into a deep love of all things pizza. Caplan’s so entrenched in the pizza scene of New Haven that he authored the book Pizza in New Haven in 2018 and co-produced a documentary called Pizza, […]
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iStockphoto We don’t need to point out that craft beer is booming like never before in the United States. We’ve said it often, but there are over 7,000 breweries in the country today. Only five years ago, there were less than 4,000. That kind of growth is staggering. Having such an influx of breweries also […]
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Getty Image/Unsplash Expanding your palate is a lifelong journey. We have to experiment and challenge ourselves, to try new things, again and again, until we develop a taste for something or finally admit that those particular flavors just aren’t for us. For some of us, a hundred sips of scotch or fifty nibbles of blue […]
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Popeyes Popeyes and Chick-fil-A are officially at war over chicken sandwiches, though right now it’s a battle mostly of subtweets on Twitter. That’s good, as modern warfare generally doesn’t pause on Sundays anymore and actual violence over fast food is certainly frowned upon. In early August, Popeyes announced that it would release a legitimate chicken […]
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Lindsey Kennedy/Uproxx Taos Vortex, the psychedelic music festival from the minds behind the Meow Wolf art collective, is this weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico and we’ll be going live on the Uproxx Travel Instagram over the weekend to catch all the madness on the festival floor. Ahead of her set at the festival, we […]
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Unsplash In the world of cocktails, rum never gets the credit it deserves. Whiskey always seems to take the top slot in the aged spirits mixed drink power rankings, pushing dark rum to the background. And bartenders are all about the gin these days, obscuring white rum. But it’s still summer for a few more […]
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Getty Image National Rum Day is Friday. While we celebrate this sugar cane juice (or molasses)-based spirit all year long, the 16th of August is the one day it gets to have all to itself, whiskey be damned! For one full day (and into the weekend), we’re focused on white rum (unaged), dark rum (aged […]
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Unsplash If you’re using an older model of the 15-inch MacBook Pro and are on the verge of taking a trip, you should probably be aware that the Federal Aviation Administration has just issued a ban on certain MacBook Pros, barring them from all commercial flights. The move comes on the heels of Apple […]
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Baja Beach Fest If you’ve heard anything about Baja Beach Fest — the reggaeton and Latin hip-hop festival coming to Rosarito, Mexico’s historic Papas & Beer this weekend — you know this: It’s a party. Like a big, wild, sprawling, bucket-list rager. And while other festivals seek to widen their reach by bringing in digital […]
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Unsplash/iStock We love spicy food around these parts. From hot wings to nachos to sushi slathered in wasabi, we just can’t get enough heat. We won’t even consider eating a slice of pizza if there isn’t a pile of chili flakes on top. Tacos are hot sauce or GTFO. But when you eat spicy food, […]
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Olive Garden/Uproxx Once a year for the past five years, Olive Garden has blessed us all with the chance to engorge ourselves on bowl after bowl of their pasta thanks to their Never Ending Pasta Pass. But despite its name, the pasta does in fact end — which we aren’t too thrilled about. I personally […]
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Getty Image We’re at the tail end of the high season for travel. Labor Day is just around the corner and that’ll bring in Labor Day sales and the beginning of the fall shoulder season. Though we’re not quite there yet, that doesn’t mean there aren’t travel deals and cheap flights to be found. You […]
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Uproxx Chips are perhaps the most-hated-on-yet-delicious, affordable, and inventive foodstuff on the planet. This crispy, salty, deep-fried snack offers a rad accompaniment to a sudsy can of beer, a barbecue, a burger, or a hot dog. Hell, you can eat a full bag all on its own without really trying. We’ve all done that a […]
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Getty Image One of the reasons some drinkers find Scotch to be out of reach is the price. Meander through the halls of your local liquor store and you’ll be met with whiskies ranging from the hundreds of dollars to the thousands. This image of over-the-top luxury connected to this spirit isn’t helped by the […]
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Getty Image/Sarah Grothjan Sarah Grothjan loves nothing more than escaping the confines of her Portland life for the backcountry of the Great Pacific Northwest. Grothjan worked as an award-winning journalist before focusing her writing prowess on the natural world. These days, she’s focused on her own platform — blogging about her outdoor adventures, the reality […]
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Getty Image Being underrated is great because you might be underestimated. You’ll also have the ability to surprise people with your untapped potential. On the other hand, nobody wants to be overrated. Being overrated comes with burdens and just generally sucks. Nobody wants others to believe they get more credit than they deserve. The same […]
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