Motorcycle fellas are hulking, intimidating dudes. When you see them pass by in herds — leather tassels whipping, bandanas flapping, mischievous eyes gleaming — it’s tough to imagine them exploring their softer sides. Try as you might, you can’t envision them weeping through a romantic comedy, soaking daily stress away…
Supporting the arts doesn’t have to be stuffy, at least not if you choose BAM events. The onomatopoeic organization is loaded with young movers and shakers, all of whom take time out of their professional lives to party for good causes. Take today for instance: During BAMBash, the Boca Raton…
Growing up in a highly religious family blows: you have to spend your weekends at wacky revivals, you can’t even unwrap a Fruit Roll-up without getting that sticky feeling of eternal damnation, and you never, ever get to watch Dirty Dancing at sleepovers. It seriously sucks. Will Proudfoot is bound…
Deep in the thicket of Wilton Manors, there lies a drinking hole full of ladies with an axe to grind. Or rather, several axes. If you’ve managed to hold on to outdated conventions about video game playing being genetically linked to Y chromosomes, you should swing into New Moon Bar…
She’s always bailed you out of jams. From when you wet your Smurf overalls in kindergarten to the time your car broke down while you were fake running away (Screw curfews, I’m outta here!) — your mom’s had your back. Thank your favorite lady for all she’s done on Mother’s…
Had Aquaman been born a woman, his comic book would have been much cooler. Aqua Girl’s enemies wouldn’t be pirates or other traditional foes, no! She would shake down major ocean polluting companies like Exxon and send them to an island where she, and the rest of the Justice League…
Ladies, listen up. Life is about learning new things — after all, you’ll never know what you might excel at if you stay in your current routine (evening, couch, Dibs). Take archery, for example. You could be harboring an uncanny gift for hitting targets with a crossbow. You could be…
Have you noticed your fellow Floridians are looking less tan than normal? Well that’s because we are in the middle of Film Fest Season. It’s a beautiful time, really — when else are you considered refined for staying indoors and eating popcorn? This weekend, transform yourself into your most upscale…
You know Tel Aviv as a major Israeli hub, a sort of Mediterranean Manhattan. You are aware of its contributions to the global economy via the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the way its support of the arts trickles out into the world — filling our lives with poetry, dance,…
Museums bore you. They’re just so… unsexy. And clothed. You prefer your culture served up with a twist of kink, which is precisely why you’ll be attending ARTundressed ´08: South Florida’s First International Erotic Art Festival. This weekend-long fest features all varieties of art: film, fashion, sculpture, canvas, music —…
It’s official: Kanye West’s star-studded Glow in the Dark Tour is dampening music critics’ panties everywhere it travels. Even seasoned haters are raving: they’re calling it the “ultimate concert experience” and “the show to redefine arena performance.” It seems that West’s world-famous ego might have finally found an environment that…
The odds are that you’ve survived at least one of these in the last week: A hellish, sadistic assemblage of final exams. Increased responsibilities at work while everyone else takes their summer vacations (“You don’t mind being a team player this week, do you?”). Or a bear attack. (What? If…
There’s a sensual art to disrobing. Most of us get awkwardly tripped up in our blue jeans, god forbid we try our evening wear — hopping hopelessly until we tumble over. Then there are seasoned burlesque performers, like the fancy ladies of the Boudoir Beauties: They just shimmy a hip…
Bootie bass maestro José El Rey is multitasking. In addition to his full time job (Player), he’s also throwing down some new tracks in a Miami studio when we call. Fortunately, he has a portable telephone, a patio, and many big thoughts to share. Otherwise, we might never know about…
For a few days out of every year South Florida gets more exotic. Fort Lauderdale becomes flush with lovely ladies, each glittering from their skin-adhered jewels. They drape themselves in colorful scarves and throw you a little wink, hip flip as you check out next to them at Publix. That’s…
Right now there are two classes of people: those with tickets for tomorrow night’s Bon Jovi concert and those without. Ticket holders are understandably excited; they get to see ol’ Jon Bon make bedroom eyes at the audience — thousands of pairs of panties will be dampened in unison. But…
Close your bar tab a little early on Saturday night – you’ve got morning calisthenics to do on Sunday. Yes, it’s time to lace up your shoes, open your wallet, and stroll for a very good cause, the Florida AIDS Walk. You care about the people in your community and…
Sure, you’ve left your mark on a few hotel rooms. How could you not? These spaces become your temporary residences, so naturally you customize them: Your toothbrush is just right of the sink, your condoms are on the Bible. Whatever it takes to make that rented room feel more like…
From the low-budget runway shows you put on for mom and dad as a kid, to the way you now stare longingly into boutique windows – it’s safe to say that you’ve always had a bit of a thread-lust. As an adult your tastes have matured with you. While you…
Watching the Simple Life makes you irate. You know in your soul that you are a much better match to be Paris Hilton’s BFF than Nicole Richie. And now that the Nickster has traded in her flask and sleeping aids for a stroller and a wedding band, Paris is a…
Go ahead: Take cheap shots at puppeteers, see if they care. Puppet people rise above your negativity. They do noble storytelling work — with children. What do you do for a living, huh? Work at the Gap? Does folding skinny jeans and cardigans give you the same inner joy as,…
You’re in a rut. You’re still drinking the same merlot with the same stale group at the same wine bar, just as you’ve done for years. But that’s wearing thin. You need to shake things up! You need Art of Wine Nights at the Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art (One…
