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Bahamas

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Tight Quarters While Cooking on a Yacht Ends With Visit to the Poop Deck

    Chef Sara Ventiera is on a three-week trip to the Bahamas, manning the kitchen on a 91-foot yacht. She will file regular updates from the waters about what it's like to work on a yacht, from pretrip provisioning to seaplane produce delivery. Click here for previous reports. This week was the first ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Rough Seas Ahead, So How About That Lobster?

    Chef Sara Ventiera is on a three-week trip to the Bahamas, manning the kitchen on a 91-foot yacht. She will file regular updates from the waters about what it's like to work on a yacht, from pretrip provisioning to seaplane produce delivery. Click here for previous reports."What would you like for l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    High Seas Cooking Lesson of the Day: Salads Become Flying Objects in Windy Weather

    Chef Sara Ventiera is on a three-week trip to the Bahamas, manning the kitchen on a 91-foot yacht. She will file regular updates from the waters about what it's like to work on a yacht, from pretrip provisioning to seaplane produce delivery. Click here for previous reports."Let's get up and get out ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    "We're Turning Back to Key Largo," Said the Captain; Time for Lamb With Mint Sauce

    Chef Sara Ventiera is on a three-week trip to the Bahamas, manning the kitchen on a 91-foot yacht. She will file regular updates from the waters about what it's like to work on a yacht, from pretrip provisioning to seaplane produce delivery. Click here for previous reports."We're turning back to Key ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Farm-Raised Salmon? Not on This Yacht

    Chef Sara Ventiera is setting off on a three-week trip to the Bahamas, manning the kitchen on a 91-foot yacht. She will file regular updates from the waters about what it's like to work on a yacht, from pre-trip provisioning to seaplane produce delivery.As soon I saw the "Norwegian Atlantic Salmon" ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Cooking on a Yacht: An Insider's Guide

    On April 16, chef Sara Ventiera heads out for a three-week trip to the Bahamas, manning the kitchen on a 91-foot yacht. She will file regular updates from the waters about what it's like to work on a yacht, from pre-trip provisioning, to sea plane produce delivery.It has happened to every South Flor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2012

    Holy Ship! Boat Runs Aground in Bahamas, Drinkers Mostly Unfazed

    ​The inaugural Holy Ship! cruise, which sailed this past weekend from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas with a huge cast of electronic music artists and fans in tow, hit a serious snag on Saturday morning. Like, the MSC Poesia literally snagged land, and things got shaky for a while for Skrillex, Fat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Oil Drilling off the South Florida Coast: The Bahamas and Cuba Stake Their Claims

    ​They didn't have much reason to do it before, but the Bahamas and Cuba have defined an international boundary in the waters off the coast of Florida. Now, the reason is clear: both countries are poised to start drilling for oil from floating rigs.Former Florida Senator Bob Graham co-chaired a com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2011

    New Fast-Ferry Service to Bahamas Will Cost About $100 for a Day Trip; Starts December 9

    Baleària​A Barcelona-based company that offers fast-ferry service to the Balearic Islands has set up shop in Port Everglades and will soon offer fast-ferry service to the Bahamas in two and a half hours, as we reported Monday.The ferry Pinar del Rio will travel at 32 knots and carry up to 463 peo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2011

    Express Ferry Offering High-Speed Boat Trips to Bahamas From Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades

    Hate flying? Lost your yacht in the recession? But sure as hell would love a decent rum runner and a handmade straw hat?If so, you are so in luck, because a new boat called the Bahamas Express Ferry is about to start high-speed service from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas. A massiv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2011

    Calling All Servers, Line Cooks, Bartenders, and Hosts: Burger Bar, Steak 954, Old Calypso, and Sugarcane Need You

    ​Burger Bar by Chef Allen, slated to open November 15, seeks servers, bar backs, hostesses, runners, line cooks, and dishwashers. The space is across from Scripps, offering indoor and outdoor seating. It's the second of his burger restaurants, with the first located in the airport. Susser's custom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    Information on Immigrants Deported in Raid Is Heavily Censored and Vastly Incomplete

    ICE​After a statewide immigration raid in December netted 95 arrests -- eight of whom were supposedly in Broward -- New Times submitted a request to the federal government under the Freedom of Information Act for the records containing any biographical information about those arrested in Broward o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Chef Victoria Allman's New Book Mixes Yachts and Food

    ​Chef Victoria Allman does most of her cooking while traveling around the world on a yacht. Her first book, Sea Fare, was full of travel stories and recipes, which is what her new book, SEAsoned, is about as well.Actually, this is what it's about:"Add two inexperienced crewmembers, an anorexic div ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Q&A with John and Lisa Ciulla, Owners of West Palm's Bahama Mama's

    Nicole DannaJohn and Lisa Ciulla, owners of Bahama Mama's in West Palm Beach​A trip to the islands may only be an hour or two boat ride from the coast of West Palm Beach, but if that's still too far away, Charlie's got an idea for you:Head on over to Bahama Mama's, the new Caribbean-style restaur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Umi Fishbar Grill Opens in Palm Beach Gardens

    Umi Fishbar's Bahamas roll​One of Palm Beach County's best-known restaurateurs has teamed up with one of Palm Beach County's best-known chefs to create a contemporary, Asian-esque eatery in the space once home to Noche restaurant-niteclub in Palm Beach Gardens.  Carmine Giardini and chef John ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    Caribbean Comes to Clematis

    ​It's Bahama Mama's, mon.  That's the latest eatery to set up shop on West Palm's very own Restaurant Row (340 Clematis Street; 561-659-2912) a Caribbean-themed, seafood-oriented spot only a block from Reef Road Rum Bar, another island-inspired restaurant.  Proprietor John Ciulla "has be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Chef Angelo Elia of Casa D'Angelo: "I Am Here Seven Days a Week"

    ​Chef Angelo Elia epitomizes the American dream. After moving from Italy to the U.S. as a teenager, he worked his way through some of New York and Florida's prestigious kitchens. Along with the original Casa D'Angelo, Chef Angelo and his wife, Denise, now find themselves at the head of their own r ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2010

    Viva Biba

    ​Chef Angelo Elia epitomizes the American dream. After moving from Italy to the U.S. as a teenager, he worked his way through some of New York and Florida's prestigious kitchens. Along with the original Casa D'Angelo, Chef Angelo and his wife, Denise, now find themselves at the head of their own r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    CityPlace Now a Venue For Protesters; Let's Protest CityPlace

    Flickr: livingonimpulseCityPlace: Where they deliver lattes to the picket line​Do you have an issue close to your heart, but don't want to go anywhere scary to protest it? Do you define "scary" as any place without valet parking? Then have we got news for you! For the low, low fee of permanent yup ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 22, 2010

    Tour de Home

    Flickr: livingonimpulseCityPlace: Where they deliver lattes to the picket line​Do you have an issue close to your heart, but don't want to go anywhere scary to protest it? Do you define "scary" as any place without valet parking? Then have we got news for you! For the low, low fee of permanent yup ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Wild Iguana Catchers/Eaters Welcome in Florida

    Alexander Rust and Vanessa Palm should have vacationed in South Florida instead of the Bahamas. The pair of 20-something Midwesterners were arrested over the weekend for catching, then grilling and consuming, an endangered iguana in the Exuma Cays. Here in Florida, tho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Palm Beach Mayoral Candidate Has Corrupt Past In Bahamas

    Even by Florida's loose ethical standards, Palm Beach mayoral contender C. Gerald Goldsmith has a corrupt past that should make his candidacy a joke. Goldsmith, who served on the Palm Beach town council back in the mid-1990s, survived the Feb. 3 election ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    For You Al Lamberti Quote Collectors

    Speaking about the ill-fated efforts of the Dunkin' Donuts suspects to board a ship bound for Bermuda, a trip for which they would have needed passports they didn't have and which was a stupid choice anyway because the Bahamas would have arrested and extradited them. Nudge. That's your cue, Al."They ... More >>

  • News

    June 12, 2008

    Shark Huggers

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them – even if they are eating machines

  • Calendar

    March 13, 2008

    Smoke, Drink, and Gamble: It’s for the Children

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them – even if they are eating machines

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    Jah Cure Concert Postponed

    Tourists can't wait to get next to them – even if they are eating machines

  • News

    September 13, 2007

    High Seas

    Lots of drugs, drinks, and titty fights, but the Climax Cruise ends in clammy anticlimax

  • News

    September 1, 2005

    Finding Jairo

    Another family has a story of loss in the Bahamas -- and it could help solve the Gary Weaver case.

  • News

    August 18, 2005

    Finding Gary, Part 3

    Donna Weaver's search for her dead mate reaches a crescendo

  • News

    August 11, 2005

    Finding Gary, Part 2

    A rogue FBI agent, tons of smuggled drugs, a wife in search of her husband's corpse

  • News

    April 14, 2005

    Pipe It to Me

    Hold on a Bahamian Minute

  • News

    February 3, 2005

    Entrapped

    Hollywood police used a Bahamian Casanova to set up Valarie Curry

  • Culture

    April 22, 2004

    Art Beat

    Hollywood police used a Bahamian Casanova to set up Valarie Curry

  • Culture

    April 15, 2004

    The Beatles

    Photographs by Harry Benson

  • Culture

    April 8, 2004

    Now on Display

    Photographs by Harry Benson

  • Culture

    April 1, 2004

    Artbeat

    Brief sketches of what's happening in the Broward art scene.

  • Culture

    March 25, 2004

    Artbeat

    Brief sketches of what's happening in the Broward art scene.

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 15, 2003
  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002
  • Best of BPB

    May 16, 2002
  • Sports and Recreation

    May 16, 2002

    Best Place to Gamble

    The Resort and Casino at Bahamia

  • Calendar

    April 4, 2002

    Barnacled Bargains

    Come sift through the salvage at the Dania Marine Flea Market

  • Arts and Entertainment

    May 17, 2001

    Best Bowling Alley

    Holiday Lanes Bowling Center

  • Goods and Services

    May 17, 2001

    Best Cheap Beer Selection

    Super Saver Supermarket

  • Best of BPB

    May 17, 2001

    Jose Lambiet

    Jose was a gossip columnist for Fort Lauderdale's Sun-Sentinel newspaper before moving to a similar post at Star magazine

  • Sports and Recreation

    May 17, 2001

    Best Boating

    Peanut Island

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Letters

    Peanut Island

  • News

    November 19, 1998

    The Other Side of Paradise

    The Bahamas. Sun, fun, and upscale resorts, right? Add murder to the mix, and throw in a Third World-style underclass.

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    You Don't Have to Travel Like a Refugee

    Forget rickety rafts and inner tubes. The well-heeled illegal immigrant is coming here on a luxury cruise.

  • Music

    February 26, 1998

    Short Cuts

    Forget rickety rafts and inner tubes. The well-heeled illegal immigrant is coming here on a luxury cruise.

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