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Can You Guess the Celebrities Behind the Pumpkins?

How many pumpkin faces can you identify?​For Halloween, Clean Plate Charlie has selected a group of celebrities and newsworthy individuals that are scarier than any creature lurking in a shopping mall haunted house.  See if you can guess whose eyes are lurking behind these jack-o'-lanterns (a ... More >>

Rick Scott Halloween Mask: The Surefire Way to Scare Children

​It's Halloween, and if you don't have a costume, we've got just the thing to make children and former government workers so scared, they'll barf up their Sour Patch Kids -- the Gov. Rick Scott mask.Not surprisingly, this one's brought to you by the anti-Scott liberals over at Pink Slip Rick, whi ... More >>

Bedding Strangers

​It's Halloween, and if you don't have a costume, we've got just the thing to make children and former government workers so scared, they'll barf up their Sour Patch Kids -- the Gov. Rick Scott mask.Not surprisingly, this one's brought to you by the anti-Scott liberals over at Pink Slip Rick, whi ... More >>

Halloween Is So Not Lame

​It's Halloween, and if you don't have a costume, we've got just the thing to make children and former government workers so scared, they'll barf up their Sour Patch Kids -- the Gov. Rick Scott mask.Not surprisingly, this one's brought to you by the anti-Scott liberals over at Pink Slip Rick, whi ... More >>

Get Your Skeletons Out of the Closet

​It's Halloween, and if you don't have a costume, we've got just the thing to make children and former government workers so scared, they'll barf up their Sour Patch Kids -- the Gov. Rick Scott mask.Not surprisingly, this one's brought to you by the anti-Scott liberals over at Pink Slip Rick, whi ... More >>

Willie Nelson Partners With Karen O, Chipotle Mexican Grill for "Boorito" Fundraiser

chipotlethetumblr.tumblr.com​With shared stage time with Snoop Dogg, Julio Iglesias, and Toby Keith, you might call country music pioneer Willie Nelson the king of the odd duet. So it should be no surprise that the oddities continue as Nelson pairs up with Chipotle Mexican Grill and Yeah Yeah Yeah ... More >>

Win Free Tickets to Rocktoberfest!

Kerryvaughan via FlickrWeird Al and Amy would go!​Well, looky here... What just landed in our lap but two free tickets to Rocktoberfest, the annual beer-drenched festival at Esplanade Park, over by the Museum of Discovery and Science in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The event is this Friday, from 5:30 ... More >>

Scary Movie and Food Trucks Tonight at Seminole Hard Rock

​Halloween will soon be upon us and with that comes scary movies, pumpkins, hayrides, cool weather and snuggling.  Normally we hate when people push the holidays, but with Halloween, we totally make an exception.

So Much Fun, It's Scary

​Halloween will soon be upon us and with that comes scary movies, pumpkins, hayrides, cool weather and snuggling.  Normally we hate when people push the holidays, but with Halloween, we totally make an exception.

Pumpkin Beers: A New Times Taste Test

​It's Decorative Gourd Season, inspiration for our second round of seasonal beer tastings. For those who'd prefer drinking pumpkin pie to eating it, these are the beers for you. At the Great American Beer Festival in Boulder, Colorado, last week, there were 37 entries for the pumpkin beer catego ... More >>

Get Some Fairy Tail

​It's Decorative Gourd Season, inspiration for our second round of seasonal beer tastings. For those who'd prefer drinking pumpkin pie to eating it, these are the beers for you. At the Great American Beer Festival in Boulder, Colorado, last week, there were 37 entries for the pumpkin beer catego ... More >>

Halfway to Halloween

​It's Decorative Gourd Season, inspiration for our second round of seasonal beer tastings. For those who'd prefer drinking pumpkin pie to eating it, these are the beers for you. At the Great American Beer Festival in Boulder, Colorado, last week, there were 37 entries for the pumpkin beer catego ... More >>

Cos It’s My Hatsume, and I’ll Play If I Want To

​It's Decorative Gourd Season, inspiration for our second round of seasonal beer tastings. For those who'd prefer drinking pumpkin pie to eating it, these are the beers for you. At the Great American Beer Festival in Boulder, Colorado, last week, there were 37 entries for the pumpkin beer catego ... More >>

Astronautalis Plots Two South Florida Gigs

​It's Decorative Gourd Season, inspiration for our second round of seasonal beer tastings. For those who'd prefer drinking pumpkin pie to eating it, these are the beers for you. At the Great American Beer Festival in Boulder, Colorado, last week, there were 37 entries for the pumpkin beer catego ... More >>

The Misfits to Pack Culture Room With Goth Punk

​It's Decorative Gourd Season, inspiration for our second round of seasonal beer tastings. For those who'd prefer drinking pumpkin pie to eating it, these are the beers for you. At the Great American Beer Festival in Boulder, Colorado, last week, there were 37 entries for the pumpkin beer catego ... More >>

A New Moon Over West Palm

​Following the Halloween debut of his Luna Lounge (207 Clematis St., 561/629-5241) nitespot in West Palm Beach, proprietor Osman Mehter has added a restaurant featuring the cuisine of his native Turkey.  Doing the cheffing is Rauf Ziya, a long-time industry veteran who was last seen in the ki ... More >>

Pumpkin Pecan Pancakes Make Halloween Morning a Treat

​I'm all about breakfast, the most important meal of the day. It's especially fun when you make something seasonal and themed, like these pumpkin and pecan pancakes. They'd fit right in with the fall theme anytime from now until Christmas, but who doesn't think about pumpkins, especially around Ha ... More >>

The "I Was Raped Too!" Election Scandal

Facebook.comBenacquisto's new ad comes days before the election.​Just in time for Halloween, the campaign for a Palm Beach County state Senate seat has reached a gruesome low.The contest in District 27 is between Lizbeth Benacquisto (R-Wellington) and Kevin Rader (D-Delray Beach). And this week, B ... More >>

Trick or Tiki

Facebook.comBenacquisto's new ad comes days before the election.​Just in time for Halloween, the campaign for a Palm Beach County state Senate seat has reached a gruesome low.The contest in District 27 is between Lizbeth Benacquisto (R-Wellington) and Kevin Rader (D-Delray Beach). And this week, B ... More >>

Skeletal Street Walkers

Facebook.comBenacquisto's new ad comes days before the election.​Just in time for Halloween, the campaign for a Palm Beach County state Senate seat has reached a gruesome low.The contest in District 27 is between Lizbeth Benacquisto (R-Wellington) and Kevin Rader (D-Delray Beach). And this week, B ... More >>

Calling on Ghosts

Facebook.comBenacquisto's new ad comes days before the election.​Just in time for Halloween, the campaign for a Palm Beach County state Senate seat has reached a gruesome low.The contest in District 27 is between Lizbeth Benacquisto (R-Wellington) and Kevin Rader (D-Delray Beach). And this week, B ... More >>

Photos: Pumpkin Carving at Poor House in Fort Lauderdale

​  Tuesday night, I stopped by the 3rd Annual Pumpkin Carving at the Poor House and I was amazed by the awesome turn out. A ton of tricksters came out ready to carve the night away. Walking throughout the bar, I saw Halloween enthusiasts setting up pumpkin carving stations where ev ... More >>

Group Saves Wilton Manors Halloween Festival; Haters Complain

This is Wilton Drive.​There's been some outrage expressed toward Wilton Manors Main Street Inc. The 501c3 has taken over Wilton Manors' annual Halloween festival, Wicked Manors. On the upside, they've extended the formerly one-night event into four days and changed the name to Wicked Weekend. On ... More >>

Gluten-Free Halloween Candy

Reese's are safe for Celiacs!As we've written in previous posts, people who can't eat gluten (AKA celiacs) are forced to carefully read every label to make sure to avoid gluten -- which seems to be in just about everything.Reading labels can make it difficult for gluten-free children come candy time ... More >>

Oh, the Horror! Top Ten Scariest Restaurant Phrases

​Sometimes the most frightening day of the year isn't Halloween but the day you decide to eat out at a restaurant.  "I am Dracula" intoned by a black-clad figure with bloody fangs and a bad complexion isn't nearly as scary as some of what you might hear at your local emporium of fine dining.. ... More >>

Fright Night on Las Olas

​Sometimes the most frightening day of the year isn't Halloween but the day you decide to eat out at a restaurant.  "I am Dracula" intoned by a black-clad figure with bloody fangs and a bad complexion isn't nearly as scary as some of what you might hear at your local emporium of fine dining.. ... More >>

Halloween Contest Shows Ugly Side of Politics

Talk about scary politics. Republicans are throwing a Halloween party in Pembroke Pines next Friday night. As part of the festivities, they will be holding a U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz look-alike contest that the invitation says "could scare the devil himself." The ... More >>

A Farewell to Peaches (and a Peach Tart Recipe)

totalAldoThese little guys are screaming "Eat me!" riiiiight now!​Jennifer Reed is a South Florida pastry chef and proprietor of the Sugar Monkey. Every so often, she shares her thoughts on life, food, and the people who cook it. Ah, a high school class reunion... What could be finer? Dozens of je ... More >>

Guys and Molls

totalAldoThese little guys are screaming "Eat me!" riiiiight now!​Jennifer Reed is a South Florida pastry chef and proprietor of the Sugar Monkey. Every so often, she shares her thoughts on life, food, and the people who cook it. Ah, a high school class reunion... What could be finer? Dozens of je ... More >>

About Face

totalAldoThese little guys are screaming "Eat me!" riiiiight now!​Jennifer Reed is a South Florida pastry chef and proprietor of the Sugar Monkey. Every so often, she shares her thoughts on life, food, and the people who cook it. Ah, a high school class reunion... What could be finer? Dozens of je ... More >>

A Sort of Beercoming

totalAldoThese little guys are screaming "Eat me!" riiiiight now!​Jennifer Reed is a South Florida pastry chef and proprietor of the Sugar Monkey. Every so often, she shares her thoughts on life, food, and the people who cook it. Ah, a high school class reunion... What could be finer? Dozens of je ... More >>

Pirates of the New River

totalAldoThese little guys are screaming "Eat me!" riiiiight now!​Jennifer Reed is a South Florida pastry chef and proprietor of the Sugar Monkey. Every so often, she shares her thoughts on life, food, and the people who cook it. Ah, a high school class reunion... What could be finer? Dozens of je ... More >>

Phish

totalAldoThese little guys are screaming "Eat me!" riiiiight now!​Jennifer Reed is a South Florida pastry chef and proprietor of the Sugar Monkey. Every so often, she shares her thoughts on life, food, and the people who cook it. Ah, a high school class reunion... What could be finer? Dozens of je ... More >>

John DeGroot Digging Into Case of Gabriel Myers, the Foster Child Who Hung Himself

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Michael Jackson in a Hyperbaric… Too Soon?

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Your Local Haunt

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Fall-oween

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Find Your Perfect Haunt

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Make the Homies Say “Hoh” and the Girlies Wanna Scream

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Work Out Last Night's Kinks

I'm dashing off for Halloween weekend, but as long we're giving props to gritty journalists who've gone blog-happy, here's some fantastic, in-depth reporting, courtesy John DeGroot, about the case of Gabriel Myers, the 7-year-old foster child in Margate who hung himself with a rubber hose in April.T ... More >>

Scarier than President Palin

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Be Crafty

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Pump Up the Volume

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Purgatory: An Art Show Worth Waiting For

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Reign of Terror!

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