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  • Village Voice

    Musto Fabulous!

    Our gossip columnist and noted fashion plate serves up a year's worth of unforgettable images.

    By Michael Musto

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    Hog Huntin'

    Lost art or horrible slaughter? It's all in the eye of the slayer.

    By Natalie O'Neill

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    A Miscreant's Christmas

    An ex-con's surprising blog celebrates a city's dark places.

    By Justin Kendall

A View to a Keel

California dreaming — not

By Lilia Menconi

Published on January 16, 2008 at 4:00am

Ecch, California. They’ve got beautiful weather and miles of coastline for their fancy boats. We want some of that. But we like a challenge, and we’ve got grit enough to make it happen in the middle of the desert. Beat that, you lazy effing bastards! At the 48th Arizona Yacht Club Birthday Regatta and Leukemia Cup we’ll be showing off our sea legs with numerous races benefiting the Desert Mountain States Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Jan. 18-20, 2008