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A good cocktail, like any important creation, reflects the culture in which it was created. A carefully prepared libation should dutifully represent its region of origin, but...
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Iron Maiden's a little fixated on death, but that's part of what gives this British heavy-metal band its...
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Epica is not to be taken lightly. Yes, the Dutch symphonic metal band features string instrumentals and choral scores juxtaposed with mad-crazy guitar licks and death grunts....
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Clad in a black bra that barely concealed her astonishing rack, the woman carried drinks over to her husband, a lanky gent with graying hair who was seated on a couch in the...
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This week, join me as I take a trip into the most classic gay bars in Wilton Manors. These are two tried-and-true exemplary specimens of everything a gay club should...
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Gentle reader, I have downed many Guinnesses and feigned (terrible) Irish accents on many occasions. I've sat at dark-wood bars and gazed upon kitschy shamrockesque...
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I'd been wandering around America's Backyard for a while. I was misdirected twice by bartenders and nearly knocked out by some unwieldy dancing college kids; I'd been tempted...
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What do you do in Boca after all the frozen-yogurt shops have closed? And more specifically, where do you go if you just want to kick back, have a good time, and not be judged...
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Hollywood Boulevard boasts about a thousand little cafés, supercute boutiques, and squeaky clean bar/restaurants. But where do the badasses go? This week, I...
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If there's anything that I don't like giving, it's validation to other writers. This is because most of them are trendy hipsters who refer to their craft as "narrative...
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What does it mean to be American, if not celebrating good music, cheap booze, and scantily clad ladies? This week, I journeyed north to celebrate the finer things in...
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Sometimes Wilton Manors bars get a bit of a reputation as packed, low-lit meat markets where dancing, shirtless men slap skin and sip bitch drinks.
Well, I am here to tell...
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As we walked through the parking lot of Sullivan's — past a Corvette with a vanity license plate (JAK POT) — I glimpsed a flash of electric-blond hair through a...
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A bar is only as good as its bartenders. And while most can make a mean drink, an elite few can make your bar experience truly magical. Here's a tour of three bars that house...
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Coheed and Cambria is known for its emotional, narrative-driven lyrics, little-girl-on-helium vocals, and rip-roaring '80s-metal-style guitar solos. But beyond that, Coheed...
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English composer Frederick Delius once said, "Music is an outburst of the soul."
Most of my "outbursts" are alcohol-induced tantrums thrown in parking lots directly following...
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When the weather is shitty, your boss is pissed, your dog dies, and no one seems to understand, there's only one thing to do: Stop being a pain. Life is pain, Princess. And...
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On a melancholy Friday evening in May 2009, glasses were clinked and rum was swallowed as South Florida bid its most legendary bar a fond farewell. The Wreck Bar was drawing...
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There are some places where spring break never ends. People there will always be dancing and drinking till they publicly pass out. There will be fights and fondling and...
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I like my nightspots to feature partial nudity, enough bitch martinis to drown a sorority, thumpin' bass, tit-grabbing, dirty grinding, liquor stiff enough to knock you off...
