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Sean Cooley

Former Senior Editor Sean Cooley has been with Thrillist since 2013. He's a big fan of churro ice cream sandwiches and has a Google alert for "Nic Cage to star in next Fast & Furious movie." His half-baked musings are tweeted @SeanCooley.

Articles by Sean

Everything You Need to Know About the LA Marathon This Weekend

Break out the goo packs and nipple tape, because it’s the one day of the year where LA traffic is horrendous but for a good cause: the LA Marathon.

By Sean Cooley

Lavish Your Valentine With These Cannabis Edibles

Just about the sweetest thing you can do for your 420-friendly Valentine -- aside from smoking them up and going to opening night of Sonic the Hedgehog -- is to get them something sweet… with weed in it.

By Sean Cooley

The Best Cannabis Edibles to Make Your Holidays Merry and Bright

For all the gifts and frosted cookies you’re entitled to this holiday season, so too will come the stress-related maladies of visiting with family this time of year.

By Sean Cooley

The New Jetset Will Teach You How to Travel for Free

As our modern day gig economy turns everyone’s home into a BnB and everyone’s car into a cab, there’s also a new breed of traveler emerging who refuses to accept less than the best: the points churner.

The Best Things to Eat at the New LA Eataly

After years of anticipation, Eataly -- the mega-popular Italian marketplace with US locations in NYC, Boston, Chicago, and soon-to-open Las Vegas -- has finally opened its doors in LA.

By Sean Cooley

What to Eat at LA's Iconic Grand Central Market

Grand Central Market, Downtown LA’s daily food stall feasting grounds, is turning 100 this year -- and for a centenarian, the old gal has done well in keeping up with the times.

By Sean Cooley

El Jimador

How to Live it up During Day of the Dead in Los Angeles

When it comes to gigantic, elaborate celebrations where you can drink and eat while coated in face paint, Los Angeles simply can’t be beat.

El Jimador

7 Ridiculously Good Things You Need to Eat at LA's Final 626 Night Market of 2017

There are two constants at 626 Night Market: the first is the familiar bad-but-good smell of fermented tofu that greets you as you enter Santa Anita Park.

By Sean Cooley

Sanpellegrino

Don’t Miss Out on These Quick but Awesome LA Adventures

When you’re in Los Angeles, there’s a tacit agreement that your time will occasionally be sucked up by things like traffic jams or Instagram models blocking an ENTIRE sidewalk for a photoshoot.

Sanpellegrino

Hit Chicago's Free Museum Days This Fall or Remain an Uncultured Brute

You know the stereotype of the starving artist, but it's the unheralded starving art fan that brings us here today.

By Sean Cooley

State Fair of Texas Food Winners: Judges Choose Fried Jell-O, Cookie Fries, Early Graves

In the lead up to the Lone Star State’s annual pageant of food that could never be part of a sustainable human diet, the best tasting and most creative food winners at the Texas State Fair have been announced.

By Sean Cooley

You Can Eat BBQ From Chicago's Top Grill Masters This Sunday

On August 21st, a group of Chicago grill masters will enter a BBQ kumite, one will emerge as Thrillist’s Taste of Summer champion, and we'll all be better off for it.

By Sean Cooley