Frank Sinatra

Flying With Blue Eyes

Why Service Matters As Much As What's On the Plate (Or In The Glass)

​"Service is 60% of a diner's experience," a chef said who I'd met at a midweek happy hour. The guy having a couple of beers on his night off is a Brit, a starred Michelin chef who's now working on a boat. Why? "The money is insane," he said. I tend to agree with him about service. When it's polis ... More >>

No Reservations: Anthony Bourdain in the California Desert

Travel ChannelGirls, girls..there's no reason to lose your heads over Anthony Bourdain. He's married.​No Reservations has had Anthony Bourdain travel to some interesting places like Cuba, Ghana, Liberia and Cambodia. Imagine our surprise when last evening Tony was seen driving a vintage Thunderbir ... More >>

51 Supper Club to Dish in Palm Beach Gardens

​You won't have to sing for your supper but you can dance to it at the new 51 Supper Club and Lounge (11701 Lake Victoria Gardens Ave., 561-622-3500), which opens next week in the giant Downtown at the Gardens mall.  A throwback to the days before DJ stations, grazing menus and molecular gast ... More >>

The Inside Scoop on the Living Room's Buxom Pinup Girls

The bathroom at the Living Room is wallpapered with old pinup magazines.​In my review of the Living Room in Boynton Beach, I talk about how owner Lisa Mercado transformed the restaurant into a highly personal, almost schizophrenic collection of knickknacks and oddities. But one thing I left out wa ... More >>

Find Your Heart at Kravis

The bathroom at the Living Room is wallpapered with old pinup magazines.​In my review of the Living Room in Boynton Beach, I talk about how owner Lisa Mercado transformed the restaurant into a highly personal, almost schizophrenic collection of knickknacks and oddities. But one thing I left out wa ... More >>

Turn Your Swag On!

The bathroom at the Living Room is wallpapered with old pinup magazines.​In my review of the Living Room in Boynton Beach, I talk about how owner Lisa Mercado transformed the restaurant into a highly personal, almost schizophrenic collection of knickknacks and oddities. But one thing I left out wa ... More >>

Café Martorano, Broward's Most Successful Restaurant, Goes Global

The bathroom at the Living Room is wallpapered with old pinup magazines.​In my review of the Living Room in Boynton Beach, I talk about how owner Lisa Mercado transformed the restaurant into a highly personal, almost schizophrenic collection of knickknacks and oddities. But one thing I left out wa ... More >>

South Florida According to Brooklyn: On Loyalty

photo by Justin Namon, www.thepopnessparty.comTo read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. This week I'm just gonna shoot off at the mouth. I want to talk about loyalty. And I don't mean this to sound like bitching or complaining -- I'm just talking about a top ... More >>

Empty Seats, Empty Suits

History is like a lead weight in deep water — in two different productions

Maker of Wigs for Dogs Strikes Gold with Sara Palin Number

History is like a lead weight in deep water — in two different productions

Nikka Costa

History is like a lead weight in deep water — in two different productions

Sinastresque

History is like a lead weight in deep water — in two different productions

Nikka Costa

History is like a lead weight in deep water — in two different productions

One Cool Cat

Boca's Cat Shell channels a classic sound with soul and savvy

A Love Letter to Rod the Mod

Boca's Cat Shell channels a classic sound with soul and savvy

Frank the Tank

Sinatra’s Sloppy Seconds

You Best Believe It

Sinatra’s Sloppy Seconds

Tony Bennett

Sinatra’s Sloppy Seconds

Ol' Blues Eyes Is Back (Sort of)

A new box set illuminates the early sounds of Frank Sinatra

Femi Kuti

Definitive Collection (Wrasse)

Harry Connick Jr.

Chanson du Vieux Carré (Marsalis Music/Rounder)

The House Always Wins

Ocean´s Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

Big Jack Strikes Again

Ocean´s Thirteen is a washed-up threequel. How much you wanna bet Hollywood makes a bundle?

The Roof Is on Fire

Major labels talk a better game than they play.

A Child Was Born in Hoboken

Happy holidays with greens and red sauce

Dark Tower

Las Olas River House was supposed to be the life of the party, not a hollow high-rise

Connect the Thoughts

Las Olas River House was supposed to be the life of the party, not a hollow high-rise

Stagebeat

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

Stagebeat

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Capsule reviews of current area stage shows.

Summer Camp

Demme's Candidate overhaul goes for the knowing giggle

Rat Pack Revisited

The songs are strong, but the story is slight

Keepin' the Rabble Out

The Sun-Sentinel goes off the record for trains and buses

Francisco Aguabella

Ochimini (Cubop)

Ian McCulloch

Slideling (SpinArt)

Manifest Dynasty

All the young Latin dudes keep familia first and foremost

Lazarus, Reborn

Peter Bogdanovich wasn't dead. He was just acting like it.

Clock that Rocker

The South Florida version of The Chair

Mel Sells Out

We know What Women Want : a better movie than this two-hour Nike ad

Best Venue for National Acts

Sunrise Musical Theatre

Best Blast From The Past

Sun Seltzer Inc.

Best Scenic Drive

Hollywood Boulevard between Young Circle and the beach

Fit For a Kingpin

Pellegrino's Ristorante

Calibrations

Don Miller's Bass Station featuring Selina Baker

Short Cuts

Lou Bega, Iggy Pop

The Scatman Cometh

Lou Bega, Iggy Pop

Undercurrents

Lou Bega, Iggy Pop

I Think, Therefore I Scam

America gave Franco Nicoletti opportunities and riches beyond belief. But it didn't give him a conscience.

Night & Day

February 12-18, 1998