A third Jurassic Park movie was of course inevitable, given that the second shattered box office records. (It also shattered the conventional notion that any movie starring Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, and a bunch of dinosaurs had to be at least somewhat interesting.) But when you have one of the...
If it's a great Cuban sandwich you seek, head for the Tropical Café on Andrews Avenue just south of Sunrise Boulevard. God help you if you have to park in the minuscule lot, but that's the price you pay for perfection. Pull up a stool and you're as likely to...
Tampa-based metal band Savatage isn't known for subtlety or graciousness. But the band members outdid themselves when they visited Boynton Beach club Orbit on May 19 as part of the group's Poets and Madmen tour, according to some of the venue's employees. "If they come back," fumes Orbit manager Pete...
In honor of this stars-and-stripes time of year, I state unequivocally that I often feel lucky to be an American. When I look at the political situation in places like Cuba, I'm thankful that I was born in a country where we get to elect our own morons. When I...
Remember that weird childhood game of sitting in the dark on Halloween, passing around human body parts? You know, carrots for fingers, peeled grapes for eyeballs, or chilled spaghetti for guts? The mere power of suggestion (combined with too much candy corn) could make for a rollicking evening of disgusting...
Ladytron 604 (Emperor Norton Records) The Japanese seem to have a better understanding of American culture than Americans do -- or at least a realization that they're better at assimilating and restyling our culture. What else could explain the ultra-American, sensational pop music of Japan's Fantastic Plastic Machine? This act...
This is not a simulation; Citizen Senatrix DWS Version 32.0 has joined us to answer questions on behalf of her prototype, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former state senator from South Broward/ North Miami-DadeHow would your predecessor view our current governmental structure? What practices from her era remain relevant today? Debbie would be very pleased with our efforts to make our government even more seamlessly amphibious. I have been doing some historical research to identify how other forms of government reached out to their constituents that were more […]
Ex-Stranglers frontman Hugh Cornwell is one of the few major punk figures of the past 20 years successfully to marry his past to his present. Most of his contemporaries have traded their youthful fire for a more sedate and reflective stance as they move further into middle age; Cornwell has...
EchoIt’s rare enough when a new restaurant opens in Palm Beach that has all the elements for success: a stellar management team, plenty of money behind it, and a topnotch bill of fare. But it’s even more unusual for one critic after another to crack that oyster and find a perfect pearl every time. That’s […]
EchoIt’s rare enough when a new restaurant opens in Palm Beach that has all the elements for success: a stellar management team, plenty of money behind it, and a topnotch bill of fare. But it’s even more unusual for one critic after another to crack that oyster and find a perfect pearl every time. That’s […]
Robert Scott Crane insists he had no idea that people would be so fascinated with his famous father's penis (or is that his father's famous penis?). "We knew it would be big," Scotty Crane says, "but we didn't know how big." He's talking not about the member in question--of its...
Tuti Fruti of HollywoodCareless falafel fabrication can result in a deadly dry, throat-clogging orb — asphyxiation by ground chickpea. But at the improbably named Tuti Fruti, Shehab Breish and Jamal Masoud whip up before your eyes falafel that is crunchy, moist, and beyond palatable. The Palestinian duo took over the Health Food Cafe earlier this year and introduced […]
Tuti Fruti of HollywoodCareless falafel fabrication can result in a deadly dry, throat-clogging orb — asphyxiation by ground chickpea. But at the improbably named Tuti Fruti, Shehab Breish and Jamal Masoud whip up before your eyes falafel that is crunchy, moist, and beyond palatable. The Palestinian duo took over the Health Food Cafe earlier this year and introduced […]
Anglin's Fishing PierIf anyone knows fishing, it’s worms. Thus by extrapolation, the guys who sell worms to fishermen ought to know where the good fishing is; four of five bait shops surveyed recommended Anglin’s Fishing Pier. And why not? The fish are biting. Ask folks along the pier, “Havin’ any luck?” (asking if anglers have caught anything […]
Anglin's Fishing PierIf anyone knows fishing, it’s worms. Thus by extrapolation, the guys who sell worms to fishermen ought to know where the good fishing is; four of five bait shops surveyed recommended Anglin’s Fishing Pier. And why not? The fish are biting. Ask folks along the pier, “Havin’ any luck?” (asking if anglers have caught anything […]
When Fort Lauderdale's Museum of Art (MoA) pulled the plug on the Hortt Competition last year, an era appeared to have ended. At 41 years old, the Hortt -- named for former Fort Lauderdale mayor, art collector, and MoA benefactor M. Allen Hortt -- was one of the region's longest-running...
Margarita CafeFirst off let’s get one thing straight: This is about TEQUILA. And if you think Cuervo is tequila, stop reading right now — you probably believe Budweiser is beer and Domino’s is pizza, too. For the rest of us with — ahem — more-educated palates, true tequila is only the 100 percent blue agave variety, […]
Margarita CafeFirst off let’s get one thing straight: This is about TEQUILA. And if you think Cuervo is tequila, stop reading right now — you probably believe Budweiser is beer and Domino’s is pizza, too. For the rest of us with — ahem — more-educated palates, true tequila is only the 100 percent blue agave variety, […]
A ragtag group of travelers, one of whom is a violent man prone to aggressive outbursts, rides in a ramshackle transport on a journey through dark terrain. Mostly they sleep peacefully, until an error in their navigation equipment becomes apparent and their vehicle breaks down in the middle of nowhere...
In February, Restaurants & Institutions published a report about the growing popularity of drive-thru dining. "More than eighteen percent of all restaurant dining occasions (both quick- and full-service) involved a drive-thru window in 2000, up four percentage points from 1990, according to NPD Foodservice Information Group, Rosemont, Illinois," editor Deborah...
On the fifth floor of a squat, cream-color building just north of downtown Miami, an 8-by-11-inch color printout that reads "Fanatic" is taped to a maroon door. Inside the office Jorge Caligaris, editor of Soccer Fanatic, predicts a rosy future for his Spanish-language publication, which is printed in Miramar and...
