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By Sam de Brito

Updated October 12, 2015 — 3.41pmfirst published at 2.53pm

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Forgive the shameless plug, but this is the entry we had to have. Think of it as our first, fumbling kiss… I promise to be gentle. The name of this blog and, the reason I landed this gig, are because of a book I've just written titled No Tattoos Before You're Thirty… what I'll tell my children.

Conceived as an advice guide to my yet-to-be-born kiddies, it grew out of a column for a Sunday newspaper. In the book, the very first pearl I impart to my daughter is: "All men are liars. Any male between the age of thirteen and death who says 'I just want to be friends' wants to sleep with you. Men will say anything to get you in bed and none of them are to be trusted." Now, here's the bizarre thing…

Both of the female editors I worked with (at the publishing house and at my former Sunday newspaper) wanted to change this not-altogether-original advice to read: "All men are liars (well, most of them anyway)."

Their reasoning was and, I paraphrase, "you can't generalise, not all men are like you."

Really? And maybe I can interest you in buying the Harbour Bridge?

Men lie about everything: we lie about where we've been, who we were with and, especially, what we were doing. We lie about how much we like our girlfriend's cooking, clothes, friends, family, boobs and the boobs of their friends and family.

We lie about our income, exes, ambitions, how many women we've slept with, beers we've drunk, our abiding affection for pornography and what the hell that rash is.

"We lie so much it's like a second language," says comedian Chris Rock.

Why do men lie?

Simply; to avoid confrontation, pain and, ultimately, the growth that being truthful requires. The majority of men are still boys and we like things just the way they are, thank you. Taunts of 'why don't you grow up?' are like video game sweat off Lara Croft's back.

The more intriguing question, for me anyhow, is why do women lie?

As Chris Rock says: "You know what a man's lie is like? 'I was at Kenny's house'. A woman's lie is like, 'It's your baby'."

I've learned this lesson, to a degree, beating myself up for the tiny fibs I thought were tainting the sanctity of a relationship, only to call my girlfriend at her friend's place and hear…

"Aww, did she say was sleeping here tonight? I'm really sorry, Sam."

Still, I'm not cynical; I'm a pragmatist. I just expect that sooner or later, a woman is going to tell me a whopper that, if discovered, would change the course of both our lives.

What I don't get, is women, usually university educated, dating guys wearing skivvies, who insist men are different: that there are bad guys who lie and good guys who don't.

So, lemme clear that up for you right now, ladies.

The bad guys lie to get in your pants.

The good guys lie to get in your heart.

Why do you lie?

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Eater LA has learned that chefs Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo will close their seminal restaurant Animal on Saturday, June 17 after 15 years of operation. The Fairfax Avenue stalwart debuted in June 2008 and soon received local and national attention for its bold cooking and even bolder chef personalities. Known as the Two Dudes, Shook and Dotolo grew Animal’s following with a menu chock-full of rich cuts of pork belly, under-appreciated offals, and plenty of then-legal foie gras.

“After 15 years we have decided to close Animal. Our last day of service will be the 17th of June. A huge heartfelt thank you to all of the farmers, artisans, purveyors, team members past and present, guest chefs, the diners who came to support us and to all of our friends and families. We had fun, made great memories and will cherish it forever,” said Shook and Dotolo in a joint statement sent to Eater.

Animal took the city by storm with its no-holds-barred approach to food, and demand quickly ballooned for dishes like foie gras loco moco, crispy pigs ears, and a bacon chocolate crunch bar. This style of cooking grew to prominence in places like Montreal at Au Pied de Cochon and Joe Beef, and in London at Fergus Hendersons’s iconic St. John, but was a novelty at the time on this particular stretch in the Fairfax District.

While then-LA Weekly restaurant critic Jonathan Gold mostly embraced Shook and Dotolo’s drippy, over-the-top “Boy Food,” former Los Angeles Times restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila sniffed at its approach (“Hide the salt and the sugar … and maybe — just a thought — cut back on the bacon”) and former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni wasn’t completely sold (“Animal isn’t a great restaurant, or at least it wasn’t when I tried it”). Shook and Dotolo received best new chef honors from Food & Wine magazine in 2009. Despite the mixed critical reception, Animal came to define an important moment in the late aughts LA dining scene.

Shook and Dotolo, who met at culinary school in Fort Lauderdale in the late ‘90s, initially rose to fame with a Food Network show called “Two Dudes Catering” and the cookbook Two Dudes, One Pan. In 2004, the two chefs launched a successful local catering company called Carmelized Productions. The chefs continue to operate Son of a Gun on West 3rd Street, Jon & Vinny’s (multiple locations), Helen’s Wines (multiple locations), and Cookbook Market in Echo Park and Highland Park.

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A kid-size red-and-white mailbox in Delaware has had a direct line to Santa Claus for more than 60 years.

Santa's Mailbox, a hand-painted, vintage depository of Christmas hopes, wishes and dreams, has been parked outside Fairfax Hardware every December since the Fairfax Shopping Center opened in the 1950s.

But store owner Art Pleasanton says the mailbox, a charming holiday tradition for generations of Delawareans, is even older than the Concord Pike shopping center.

Before coming to Brandywine Hundred, it was likely part of a Christmas display at a hardware store in Wilmington's Trolley Square in the late 1940s.

Little has changed in six decades. Write a letter to Santa and drop it in the slot. No stamp needed. Postal service to the North Pole is far more lenient than the one run by the federal government.

"Kids believe in Santa, and there's a mailbox just for them," Pleasanton says. Still, adults also like the continued custom.

"A lady came in a couple of years ago, and she had a photo of her kids, it was probably from the late 1950s, standing by the mailbox. It's just great memories like that."

Every holiday season since he bought the hardware store in 1994, Pleasanton has set the mailbox out on the sidewalk, just as all the previous owners before him have done. It's as much a part of December as stringing lights on a Christmas tree.

The mailbox was likely built by the late Charles J. Noonan, a World War II Army veteran who earned a Bronze Star for leadership during the first wave of the D-Day Normandy invasion. He owned Noonan Brothers Hardware located at the corner of Delaware Avenue and North Scott Street in Wilmington. (The site is now home to Ober R. Kline Picture Framing.)

Pleasanton says customers have told him Noonan made the mailbox for his children and it was probably displayed in the then Trolley Square store.

When Noonan Brothers moved its store to the Fairfax area, a post-World War II Wilmington suburban neighborhood that sprang up in the early 1950s, the mailbox came with them.

Ever since then, hardware store owners, which included the Krege brothers after Noonan sold the business and now Pleasanton, have been the stewards of Santa's mail.

"It's been a tradition to put out the mailbox," Pleasanton says.

The sturdy metal and wooden structure resembles a federal mailbox except for its smaller size and fading cherry red color. "It's getting a little beat-up," Pleasanton says, adding it hasn't had a paint touch-up in at least 40 years.

Not long after the Thanksgiving turkey is carved, the pint-size mailbox comes out of storage. It sits on the Fairfax Shopping Center walkway at 2201 Concord Pike until Santa begins his annual around-the-world journey on Dec. 24.

Each season, the mailbox is stuffed with anywhere from 50 to 200 letters.

There once was a time when children did more than sit on Santa's lap and whisper their Christmas desires into his ear. They actually took pen, pencil, markers or crayon to paper and wrote a letter.

But, in the age of emails and text messages, handwritten letters have become a dying art, and the missives to Santa have been dwindling.

The Fairfax Hardware store staff knows so because they check the mailbox at least once a week. Over the years, they've learned that not everyone realizes this is Santa-only mail.

"We look because people make mistakes and will drop in their Christmas cards or their Delmarva Power bill. It happens. People are in a hurry," Pleasanton says. He makes sure every errant card or bill get to a U.S. Postal Service mailbox.

A quick peek at the letters, which often include drawings and pictures, usually reflect the current trends or the toys being hawked on TV, Pleasanton says. Some years, it's Big Wheels, some years, it's XBoxes.

One letter this year includes a colorful drawing of Santa feeding a reindeer with the words: "Did u like the cookies?"

"It's all from the heart so that's really, really nice," Pleasanton says.

The mail is only for the eyes of Santa and his elves, and the store's staff is discreet and very protective of the letters and the privacy of the writers. It's important to maintaining the legacy of Santa's Mailbox. And, as stewards of the Delaware tradition, they understand the magic of believing in Santa is nothing to trifle with.

But, wait, where do the letters go every year?

To the North Pole, of course, Pleasanton says. Just the way it's been for more than 60 years.

Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or [email protected] and follow her on Twitter @pattytalorico.

The owner of Cupcake Heaven announced Thursday he is closing his 10-year-old business in the Fairfax Shopping Center.

Drew Hurst said a new business will begin preparations to occupy the Concord Pike space on June 1. He did not name the business.

Cupcake Heaven opened a decade ago as a specialty cupcake bakery. At that time, the individual, frosted confections were at the height of their popularity.

A U.S. fixation on gourmet cupcakes began about 2000. The culinary trend is widely credited to New York City's Magnolia Bakery, which was featured in an episode of the former HBO series "Sex and the City."

Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw and actress Cynthia Nixon who portrayed Miranda Hobbs were shown eating vanilla cupcakes with pink buttercream frosting outside of the bakery.

The craze continued until about 2014. But, by then, an overly saturated market and rapid expansion caused many cupcake businesses to crumble.

One of the most well-known, Crumbs, a high-end bakery chain that once had a cupcake business in the Christiana Mall, closed all of its stores in December 2016.

Another popular Delaware cupcake business, SAS Cupcakes in Newark, called it quits in 2015 after eight years in operation.

Hurst credited the success of Cupcake Heaven to "an incredible staff, family support, and wonderful customers."

In a statement, he wrote, "Over the years, I have met some of the greatest people and have been fortunate to share in the joy of celebrating weddings, birthdays, company events, and special occasions with many families and businesses."

Hurst said limited hours begin May 4.

Cupcake Heaven will be open from 7 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday and will sell coffee, beverages and select baked goods.

It will continue through the month "or while our supplies last," he said.

Hurst said he is continuing his other business, Beacon Safety, also in the Fairfax Shopping Center. It offers safety seminars including First Aid and CPR, as well as Workplace Violence and Active Shooter training.

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Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or [email protected] and on Twitter @pattytalorico

Are you superstitious when it comes to buying lottery tickets?

Here is a look at where the big-winner Powerball tickets ($10,000 or more) have been sold in Delaware, according to the Delaware Lottery website, so you know what place you might want to visit or avoid. Of course, some places sell more tickets than others so they are likely to have more winners. With more than 600 licensed Delaware Lottery retailers, many places have yet to sell a big Powerball-winning ticket.

In Delaware, Powerball tickets are sold until 9:45 on the night of the drawings (Wednesdays and Saturdays).

The Powerball jackpot for Saturday has an annuity value of $750 million. The drawing will be at 10:59 p.m.

Sold the most big-winner tickets

10 winners:

Six winners:

Five winners:

Four winners:

Three winners:

Jackpot winners

Ten locations have sold jackpot-winning tickets since 1993. None have had more than one jackpot winner.

$2 million winner

There has been just one $2 million winner, and that ticket was bought at Jay's Liquors in Wilmington.

$1 million winners

There have been seven $1 million winners, and they each bought at a different retailer.

$200,000 winners

Every Delaware location that has a $200,000 Powerball ticket has sold not one, but two, three or four $200,000 tickets.

If you're not worried about winning the Powerball jackpot but would be happy with $200,000, then Bodie's Dairy Markets in Milton, Fairfax News in Fairfax and Naamans Beverage Mart in Claymont might be your choice of vendor as each has sold four $200,000 tickets.

$50,000 winners

Only one store has sold more than one $50,000 winner: Samson's Country Maid in Pike Creek.

$10,000 winners

If $10,000 would be OK with you, then you might consider Fairfax News, which has sold the most: six tickets.

Back Bay Tobacco in Millsboro, which has sold five $10,000 tickets, might be a good choice for downstate lottery players.

Power Play winners

No single retailer has sold more than one Power Play-winning ticket. There have been 23 winners.

If you cannot see the table above showing where big Powerball-winning tickets were bought, you may view it at https://bit.ly/2OQRcis.

Mega Millions jackpot results: Winning ticket worth $1.537 billion