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C&I Studios in Fort Lauderdale's FAT Village: Video, Photography, and Community Barbecues

Lungs at Arts Garage: A Dazzling Theatrical Experiment Eventually Miscarries

Five South Florida Food & Drink Activities This Weekend: Boca Bacchanal Bash and More

Just because you're not into the whole Ultra/PLUR/WMC scene -- and had to use Google to understand what the hell we're talking about, here -- doesn't mean you've got to stay locked up indoors for the weekend. There's plenty of fun to be had that doesn't involve kandy or clubs. To start, there's a wh ... More >>

IKEA Hosts Annual Swedish Easter Smorgasbord

When you think of Easter, you probably think of a giant bunny hiding colorful eggs, followed by a big ham dinner... unless you're Swedish. Then you're picturing a table overflowing with herring and meatballs. IKEA, the giant blue-and-yellow warehouse filled with impossible-to-assemble/impossible-to ... More >>

Taking it to the Streets

LeBron James and Dwyane Wade Brought the Ruckus Against the Feisty Sacramento Kings

The Sacramento Kings putting up 129 points on the Miami Heat at the Triple-A and forcing two overtimes is as absurd as IKEA selling meat. And yet, there it is. The Kings came into Miami's house, put their feet up on the table, ate all the food, and scratched their balls on our couch. A feisty bunc ... More >>

IKEA U.S. Meatballs Do Not Contain Horse Meat

If you're heading to IKEA in Sunrise to pick up some cheap furniture and a snack, don't worry too much about finding remnants of Trigger in your lunch.Earlier in the week, authorities in the Czech Republic detected horse meat in IKEA meatballs. Initially, the furniture company removed meatballs from ... More >>

IKEA's Massive and Cheap Holiday Smorgasbord

For some, IKEA means hours of torture assembling some bookcase named "elfenhammer". For others, the giant blue and yellow warehouse is a place where Swedish meatballs and lingonberry jelly are abundant.Look, take that snobby look off your face and confess here and now -- you love IKEA's "so-cheap-it ... More >>

Watch Man Hold 45 Glasses in One Hand to Break World Record (Video)

We're pretty clumsy here at Clean Plate Charlie. We trip over things, walk into doors, and break things. Especially glasses. That's why we love Ikea, home of the six-piece wine glass set for two bucks.So we're adding the following to our list of things we can never accomplish (alongside climbing Mt. ... More >>

Bike to the Everglades! An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Not Dying

Our brethren in Miami showed how you can kayak to Marlins Park or take the Metrorail to nowhere. But what if you just want a nice leisurely, relaxed, death-defying 17-mile bike ride from Fort Lauderdale to the Everglades and back? YOU'RE IN LUCK! We'll show you how! On the way, you'll see shitty inf ... More >>

Hard Knocks Season Finale: The Tannehills Make a Table!

Last night was the season finale of Hard Knocks, which means it's all downhill for the Miami Dolphins from here on out. As far as season finales go, this one was a weird amalgam of boring, sad, and -- for some inexplicable reason -- Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson. With the first four episodes featuring ... More >>

"Side Effects" at Mosaic: When a Diseased Marriage Goes Unmedicated

Elevator Takes Notes From Horror Movies, Nearly Kills Woman, Lawsuit Claims

Final destination?​Here's some uplifting news if you have a healthy fear of elevators. A Palm Beach resident says that a freight-elevator door fell on her head, permanently maiming her, according to a recently filed lawsuit.Montisha Mann, then an employee of a Sunrise IKEA, says that Le Group Manu ... More >>

Foods of the '90s That Deserve an Ironic Comeback

Liberalmind1012 via Creative CommonsYou could have your drink and chew it too!​ If Urban Outfitters had the equivalent of IKEA's Swedish Food Market, the shelves would be stocked with products valued either for their mall-ready alt sensibilities or their ironic appeal; e.g. quinoa pancake mix, Jap ... More >>

Interiors... Designed

Shopping at Ikea - For Food

All photos by Laine Doss Sylt Gooseberry jam.​Ahhh Ikea. The place where millions of people flock like sheep to buy cheap couches and bookcases with names that sound more like fungal infections (blaxmo, slojda, staffli) than furniture. But who knew that Ikea is also a great place to ... More >>

BOGO at IKEA

Flickr/rayb777 This meatball lunch at IKEA could be yours for free with the purchase of a Chicken Tenders entree.​Stuck shopping for furniture? If you're smart, you'll do it during the week -- because everyone knows IKEA is a zoo on the weekends, and because you can get some free swedish m ... More >>

Did You Get Your DIY Gastric-Bypass Kit Yet?

'Cause if you didn't, you're out of luck, bub.​Up until yesterday, for about $265, you could order one on Amazon. They work great. Anyone can install one in seconds with a penknife and some packing tape.Actually, the kit contained a scalpel, a syringe, and some other medical-like doodads. And, app ... More >>

Living Room Theaters Boca Raton Needs Work, but It's Already the Best Movie Food Around

Photos by Eric BartonIt's less Florida Atlantic University campus and more Stockholm.​There's something that feels foreign about the lobby/restaurant at the new Living Room Theaters in Boca Raton. The sparse tables and chairs look straight from Ikea, and the minimalist touches feel like the design ... More >>

Reindeer: It's What's For Dinner

Finnish tourist board​Despite rumors that Bojangles, North Carolina's fast-food underdog, was finally rolling out their revolutionary reindeer nuggets this month, that has not come to pass.However, other restaurants are disregarding convention (and the cries of children) as they opt to roast Rudol ... More >>

Former Cardinal Gibbons Hoops Player Shot Dead in Oakland

Photo: USFDons.comTaylor​Hyman Taylor, the star center for the 2005 Cardinal Gibbons High School basketball team, was murdered Tuesday evening outside an Ikea store in Emeryville, California, on the outskirts of Oakland. Taylor attended the University of San Francisco on a basketball scholarship.A ... More >>

The Bounty Hunter Embraces Every Stereotype to Sell Pre-packaged Romance

There's No Cutting Back at Jason's Deli

Photo by Riki Altman​It really sucks to have to scrimp and save. Let's face it -- the economy has made all of us cut back on our regular indulgences, and at least what I'm finding is that even when we don't aim to get less, we do anyhow. The same dishes I'm used to ordering now don't come with any ... More >>

Doggie Bag: This Week in Charlie

John LinnTwo hungry dudes take on "the Appetite of the Beast" at Rock 'N' Roll Ribs.​What went down on the blog this week:This is what America is all about: Liberty and cheap wine for all.How to bake halibut so delicious and easy a caveman could do it (damn you, Geico). Lindburger's is like a fami ... More >>

Making Space for a Smorgasbord at IKEA in Sunrise

Photo by Flickr user Y-ShuminThese meatballs have been known to make men shop at big-box stores.​Never did I think my favorite guy on the planet would want to spend a Saturday afternoon at IKEA, but there we were, hauling down I-595, giddily chatting away in the car about dishes, curtains, and tea ... More >>

Love Hurts

And that pain will last (500) Days, but in a good way.

Q&A With South Florida Real World: Brooklyn Cast

Last night, Real World: Brooklyn made queer TV history, thanks to the first ever transgender cast member, a South Florida male-to-female named Katelyn Cusanelli. The introspective, self-proclaimed computer geek, who went to McPhatter Technical School in Davie and Palm Beach Community College talked ... More >>

Barack Obama wins -- and So Does South Florida

It's a victory just to have an election pass without a local embarrassment

Sugar Lounge

Green Eyeshade Award Winners

Welcome to Sweden

Come for the Meatballs, Stay for the Disco

Duck, Duck, Shoot

Petite and badass, she keeps hunters in her sights

Hip-Hop Action Summit on Saturday at Florida Memorial University

Deck the Halls With Waste and Folly

Just don't ask too many questions about a sweetheart trash contract in Florida's most complacent city

Deck the Halls With Waste and Folly

Just don't ask too many questions about a sweetheart trash contract in Florida's most complacent city

Anchor, Man?

Playing against type, Will Ferrell can't quite ground this artificially whimsical romantic comedy.

Rough Draft

Schematic Records celebrates ten unscripted years

When Snorting Ants Ain't Crazy

Don't take Grandma to the International Extreme Music Festival

Truckin'

Little boys, big toys

Home Is Where the Art Is

This interesting fusion of art, architecture, fashion, and graphic design could pass for the real thing

Revenge of the Nerds

Fight Club