Easter

Dan Marino on Dolphins New Uniforms: "If You're Winning, It All Looks Good"

The Miami Dolphins officially unveiled their brand new uniforms and logo at a party in Sun Life Stadium on Thursday. At the event, which took place prior to the draft, classic and new uniforms clashed in an evolutionary showcase. New Times was in attendance to find out what fans thought of the new ... More >>

Five Things to Do With Leftover Easter Eggs

Making Easter eggs with the kiddos is fun, but most kids are done with the eggs after they've found them all and quickly move on to their baskets o' candy. So, what do you do with those color dyed, hard boiled creations after the day is over? We came up with five ways to get rid of those damn chicke ... More >>

Easter Bunny on a Plate: Cafe Boulud's Dijon-Style Rabbit

Easter weekend is about to begin. With it comes a celebration of all things Easter Bunny: Easter Bunny cards, Easter Bunny cakes, Easter Bunny chocolates, Easter Bunny decorations. It doesn't freaking end.This Easter, rather than stuffing your face full of fake, preservative filled rabbit, why not t ... More >>

Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: Easter Brunch and More

Holiday weekends are typically slowww on the food and drink event front, and Easter is no exception. That said, there are a few goings-on about town, including food-truck rallies, free winetastings, and, appropriately, the start of Slow Foods Week. After the jump, find a list of some of the happenin ... More >>

Mojo Donuts in Pembroke Pines: We Eat a Dozen in About a Minute (Pictures)

Until now, south Florida has been a little behind in the hand crafted doughnut craze that's sweeping the nation. From New York City, where hipsters stand in line for an hour for a Meyer lemon doughnut from Doughnut Plant to Portland, Oregon, where Voodoo Doughnuts has been featured on nearly every s ... More >>

South Florida Easter Brunch and Dinner Guide

Got a craving for carved meats and piles of fluffy scrambled eggs? Easter is this Sunday, which means only one thing: Brunch. Get out of the kitchen and let a restaurant handle the holiday meal, whether that means an egg-filled brunch or a lamb-chop-rich dinner. After the jump, find a list of restau ... More >>

How To Bake Cupcakes Inside Your Easter Eggs

Come Sunday morning, what's the first thing you'll be guaranteed to stuff your face with after an exhausting Easter basket hunt? Will it be fruit-flavored jelly beans, a block of rabbit-shaped chocolate or an entire box of florescent pink Peeps? Guess again. Before you reach for that basket of sug ... More >>

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Serendipity 3's Easter-Inspired Candy Cocktails: Make Them at Home

The best thing about celebrating Easter is all that wonderful candy. Chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and jelly eggs and are all delicious treats and it's a safe bet if you have kids, your sweet darling progeny will come home with a basketful of these delights. So what do you do with a hous ... More >>

Five South Florida Food & Drink Events This Weekend: St. Patrick's Day and More

What happens when the worlds of spring break and St. Patrick's Day collide? A hot, drunk mess and South Florida will have a lot of cleanup to do come Monday morning. In the meantime, there are plenty of ways to party away the weekend with food (but mostly drink) in hand. Not into the whole frat part ... More >>

Unchained Malady: Quentin Tarantino Emerges From a Chaotic Couple of Years With His Most Ambitious Film to Date. Will the Academy Really, Really Like It?

New Details on Alleged Sexual Harassment by Craig Ferguson, Former Thompson Academy Director

The former director of boys' lockup Thompson Academy, Renza "Craig" Ferguson, resigned under a cloud of suspicion in March. Staff members had made allegations that he was transporting young male inmates off campus and bringing them home to shower. See also: - Our cover story on abuse at Thompson A ... More >>

Hollywood City Manager Doug Hewett Gets Paid $66,000 For Getting Arrested

Hollywood City Manager Doug Hewett was arrested on DUI charges after a police officer reported Hewett was swerving on the way home from a male strip club on Easter Sunday. A meeting this morning was held to figure out what was going to happen to him after Mayor Peter Bober called for his r ... More >>

Gulfstream Park Draws Ire From Horsemen for Running Last-Minute Quarter-Horse Race

Two major horse owners' associations are once again miffed by a local casino giant's efforts to conduct races in order to keep a second gambling permit under Florida's twisted rules for pari-mutuel casinos.Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach usually runs thoroughbred races, according to an extensive ... More >>

Bunnies and Eggs and Drag Queens — Oh My!

Creative Ways to Celebrate Easter in Broward and Palm Beach Counties

Easter and brunch go together like sodium-laced store-bought ham and canned pineapple slices. If you want the traditional eggs Benedict and carved roast beef holiday experience, check out our lists of Broward and Palm Beach restaurants serving Easter meals. If you're looking to do something a littl ... More >>

Whole Foods Market Opens in Pembroke Pines (Photos)

​As the birds started singing, dozens of Pembroke Pines shoppers were lined up for the grand opening of the new Whole Foods Market in Pembroke Pines yesterday, March 28.The Pines market, located at Cobblestone Plaza on Pines Boulevard, is the 11th Whole Foods to open in South Florida.  The ma ... More >>

Easter Brunch and Dinner in Fort Lauderdale, Lighthouse Point, and Broward

​After the Easter basket has been riffled through on Sunday, April 8, you'll realize that Peeps and chocolate bunny ears aren't going to do the trick for your big Easter brunch and/or dinner. Thankfully, there are plenty of choices in Broward County for those who want to dine in a restaurant for E ... More >>

Easter Brunch and Dinner in Delray Beach, Boca Raton, West Palm Beach, and Palm Beach County

​There's still plenty of time to storm Target for Easter basket supplies -- Peeps! Don't forget the damned Peeps! -- but if you're looking to secure a spot to eat an Easter brunch or dinner, you better hop to it. Restaurants serving Easter meals in Palm Beach County will fill fast, and reservation ... More >>

Chrome Dick's Raphael Alvarez on Absolutely Everything

​Glimpses of the South Florida Scene is a column devoted to the artists thriving within Broward and Palm Beach counties featuring interviews with the folks making it happen. This week, Chrome Dick.It goes without saying, but "Chrome Dick" is a jarring phrase, image, and idea. The sounds Raphael Al ... More >>

Sheriff's "Regret": A Step in the Right Direction

Here's the full text of Sheriff Al Lamberti's statement in which he apologizes to Judge Ilona Holmes: "This past Sunday the Broward Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a home burglary in progress from a concerned citizen who provided incorrect information regarding the home address. On sc ... More >>

Broward Judge Ilona Holmes Confronted BSO Deputies With Gun on Easter Sunday

​We've come face-to-face with Broward Circuit Court Judge Ilona Holmes, and she runs a tight ship over in the courthouse. She once directly addressed a New Times reporter sitting in the back row during a pretrial felony hearing, asking his name and intentions.Apparently she has a similar take-char ... More >>

Where's the Leadership, Sheriff?

Judy Stern showing her deep concern for the ocean. ​The photo above is one that the Broward Democratic Party didn't want you to see.Or at least the part of it showing lobbyist Judy Stern with a sign denouncing offshore drilling. The photo was taken at the "Hands Across the Sands" protest last June ... More >>

The Holmes Report: BSO Explains How It Happened

It's a grim thought, but you have to wonder how close Broward Circuit Judge Ilona Holmes may have come to getting shot on Easter Sunday. Broward sheriff's deputies surrounded Holmes' sister house in Deerfield Beach with guns drawn, believing that the house was being burglarized. They had the wr ... More >>

Coupons and Food Deals From Maggiano's, Hooters, and Smokey Bones

flickr/Thomas Hawk​Feeling the taste of Italy this month? Well, Maggiano's Little Italy has double the food for one price.  

Got Leftover Peeps? Five Peeps Recipes

Photo by: Robyn Lee (seriouseats.com)Peepshi!​Warning: Peeps were harmed during the making of this blog entry! (Sorry, PETA.)While strolling down the candy aisle at your local Walgreens store, you may have been lured in by all of the mesmerizing, pastel-colored holiday candy on display. Some of th ... More >>

The Golden Ticket: Win a Spa Getaway at the Four Seasons With a Chocolate Easter Egg from Buddha Sky Bar in Delray Beach

Buddha Sky Bar​Charlie has a tip for a decadent Easter treat -- and it's one that you surely won't feel one bit guilty about. Just head over to Delray Beach's newest hotspot, Buddha Sky Bar, which is celebrating this Easter by giving back by putting its own twist on the traditional choco ... More >>

Ten Ways to Ruin Easter Dinner

Tricia WoolfendenThis lumpen bunny cake mess is a great start to ruining Easter Dinner for everyone!​Have you been saddled with hosting Easter dinner when you'd much rather spend the day kicking back your misanthropic heels and hiding from the family? Below are ten ways that can all but guarantee ... More >>

Where to Eat Easter Brunch in Palm Beach and Broward

​With Easter being only a hop away, it's time to get all your eggs in a basket. You may already have the kids' baskets prepared and you know where you're going to church -- but do you know where you're going to brunch?! This Easter, many of your favorite restaurants will be setting up an elab ... More >>

Zombie Jamboree Kicks Off Miami's Rum Renaissance and Celebrates the Zombie Cocktail

The Easter Holiday lands on Sunday, April 24 this year, rather late, and having most of us with serious alcohol withdrawals due to the Lenten sacrifices. Easter can't come soon enough, less than 2 weeks and counting. Your segue into hedonism just got easier with the party of the year.

Vegetarian Easter Dishes: Feed Your Meat-Free Friends

By Aussiegall via Creative Commons There's plenty for the bunny huggers to eat besides carrots.​ As a vegetarian, Easter is one of several holidays where I struggle to muster half the enthusiasm for the menu as most everyone else in the room. If, like me, you've ever gone riffling through the East ... More >>

Easter Egg Hunts and Activities in Palm Beach and Broward Counties!

flickr, vanherdehaage ​                               It's time to stock up on candy and gather around with your peeps; Easter is almost here! Here are some of the places with fu ... More >>

Coupons and deals from Sonny's BBQ, Quiznos and Ben and Jerry's!

Flickr/Joye~ Plate after plate of goodness at Sonny's BBQ.Usually, all-you-can-eat places offer less-than satisfying food. Fortunately, there's Sonny's BBQ.  

Valentine's Day Candy at To the Moon Marketplace

Clean Plate Charlie caught up with To the Moon Marketplace owner Antonio Dumas, who gave us a sneak peek at some of the sweet treats the shop is offering for Valentine's Day. We stood by while he broke open boxes that came back with him from a national candy convention. We were like a kid at Christm ... More >>

Florida's Eight Most Wanted Sexual Predators

Photo: FDLEEnrique Soto​It takes an especially brutal sex crime to qualify a sex offender as a "predator." The Florida Department of Law Enforcement currently lists eight sexual predators who have absconded -- meaning they're not living at the address in the sex offender registry. Based on th ... More >>

ILLEGAL From Terry Greene Sterling

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

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