New Year's

Our Reporter Goes Undercover in the South Florida Fetish Scene

The "Living With Balls" Super Bowl Drinking Game And Other Links

​It's nearly time for winter's Thanksgiving, also known as The Super Bowl. If you haven't broken your New Year's resolution about healthy eating, it's a good day to do so. Some links to rev up the appetite, or something: 1. Check out these amazing Superbowl meat platters found from sister website, ... More >>

Download: Scott H. Biram's "I Want My Mojo Back," Propaganda Show February 6

​Somewhere between country, folk, blues, punk, and even metal exists Texas bad boy Scott H. Biram. A cult figure for years, perhaps Biram may start benefiting from mainstream America's revived interest in Americana via far less salty acts like Mumford and Sons and the like. Where rock radio's new ... More >>

South Florida Fair, Winter Series of Beer, and Other Food Events in South Florida this Week

kthypryn via Flickr Creative CommonsThis is your South Florida Fair food, on drugs. ​Options this week for food centered fun in South Florida range from the highbrow (swanky fundraising tastings) to the not-so-highbrow (deep-fried butter and the Tilt-a-Whirl) and choices in between.Assuming you've ... More >>

Zoo Health Club To Host Food Truck Roundup

​We've seen some interesting pairings in our lifetimes -- Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton, Cayenne pepper and mangos (delicious), cats and dogs sleeping together, chocolate in my peanut butter, but here's one for the history books -- food trucks and health clubs!Yes, at first we were confuse ... More >>

Sonic Beach: Free Breakfast Burrito for the New Year

​If you're tapped out after spending all your money on the big New Year's Eve blowout party (not to mention the dozen or so boxes of Alka-Seltzer that you bought and consumed New Year's Day), then head over to Sonic Beach in Fort Lauderdale for your free breakfast burrito.

Off-Duty BSO Deputy Dies in New Year's Day Motorcycle Crash

BSOBroward Sheriff's Deputy John Blackwelder.​Broward Sheriff's Deputy John Blackwelder died in a motorcycle crash shortly after noon on New Year's Day, according to the BSO.The sheriff's office says Blackwelder, 45, was riding his 2010 Honda motorcycle west on East Commercial Boulevard when a ... More >>

Out to Pasture on New Year's Day

BSOBroward Sheriff's Deputy John Blackwelder.​Broward Sheriff's Deputy John Blackwelder died in a motorcycle crash shortly after noon on New Year's Day, according to the BSO.The sheriff's office says Blackwelder, 45, was riding his 2010 Honda motorcycle west on East Commercial Boulevard when a ... More >>

New Year's Eve Remix Sunday Night at RA Sushi in Palm Beach Gardens

​No doubt at this point you've got a handle on what you're doing for New Year's Eve. Right? Right?! Slackers can find more than 100 ideas for NYE in the handy Broward-Palm Beach New Times calendar.But what about if you're one of the peeps in the service industry who will be working hard to ensure ... More >>

New Year's Eve at Home? Here's What You Need

​2011 is dying fast, and we say good riddance. We're looking forward to a 2012 and a year full of promise. There's only one giant roadblock standing in the way of us and the shiny baby new year -- New Year's Eve.Look, it's not that we hate New Year's Eve; it's just that after maxing out our credit ... More >>

Why Has Phish Forsaken Us?

​For the second straight year, Phish has chosen to do its string of New Year's Eve shows in the frigid northeast at Madison Square Garden rather than coming down to South Florida for the occasion as the band has in years past. Yes, the guys are offering the consolation of webcasting the shows, but ... More >>

Max Vangeli at LIV, December 26

​For the second straight year, Phish has chosen to do its string of New Year's Eve shows in the frigid northeast at Madison Square Garden rather than coming down to South Florida for the occasion as the band has in years past. Yes, the guys are offering the consolation of webcasting the shows, but ... More >>

Ismael Ambrosio Arrested for the Third Time, Despite New "Fuck the Police" Face Tattoo

Pinellas County Sheriff's OfficeIsmael Ambrosio​After being arrested twice in January 2010, 24-year-old Ismael Ambrosio decided to show his distaste for law enforcement by getting "Fuck the Police" tattooed across the middle of his face.Ambrosio managed to avoid jail for more than a year and a hal ... More >>

Five Reasons to Check Out Riverside Market

Photo: Misha GrosvenorMicrobrews abound at Riverside Market​ Riverside Market is quite possibly one of Fort Lauderdale's best-kept secrets. Located just across the swing bridge that connects the Sailboat Bend and Riverside neighborhoods, it's an easy place to miss unless you're in the know or ... More >>

Five-Point Spring Break Survival Guide (Wooo!)

via www.floridausaimages.com​Yes, the Fort Lauderdale gets progressively more upscale every season, and  yes, the classy set tries to downplay the annually resurfacing celebration of Fort Liquordale's past, but it seems that as long as there are fraternities and the Elbo Room, there will be s ... More >>

Free Breakfast Coupons From Einstein Brothers and Waffle House

Flickr/Rustytanton Waffle House Sign​Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It's also the only time most people will generally eat only carbs and sugar and call it a meal (come on, unless you're a stoner you probably don't eat donuts or pancakes for dinner).  Enjoy ... More >>

Instead of Resolving to Lose Weight This Year...

flickr.com; alancleaver_2000​We here at Charlie enjoy a snarky blog here and there, and we like to poke fun at the South Florida dining scene. Joking aside, there is a growing epidemic resulting from unhealthy relationships with food. 2011 has just begun, and many of us are making resolutions to l ... More >>

Vegan Cooking Class at Sublime Wednesday, January 19

​Because woman cannot live on reheated Amy's Organics breakfast burritos alone (would if I could, believe me), this month seems ripe for a revamp on home cooking options. Whether it's sticking to that New Year's resolution to only eat foods with ingredients you could actually spell in a spelling b ... More >>

Five Ways to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

Flickr/Pink Sherbert Photography Cheers!New Year's resolutions - nearly everyone makes them and hardly anyone keeps them.  Sure, it's a great idea, after six vodka and cranberries at the New Year's Eve party's open bar, to say you're going to lose those ten extra pounds on your ass or f ... More >>

Five Ways to Blow Your New Year's Resolutions

Laine Doss The Devil made me do it!​New Year's resolutions usually come out of a drunken night of feeling sorry for yourself - I'm too fat, I'm going to get cancer from smoking, I'm dating an asshole....blah, blah. blah....Look - whatever New Year's resolution you make, you're probably g ... More >>

New Year's Resolutions Destined to Fail -- Because Sinister Restaurants Move in Next Door to the Gym (A Photo/ Video Tour)

dumb.comHow many points are in 31 flavors?​Call me paranoid, but there are a few conspiracy theories I ascribe to. I believe that Elvis is alive, Oswald didn't act alone, and those shiny satellites up in the sky must be the dirty government trying to hijack our minds. It's a scary, deceiving worl ... More >>

New Year's Eve Trick: Saber the Champagne Bottle

Saber a bottle of Champagne for New Year's - anyone can do it.

Lauderdale Jam Act the Heavy Pets Returns Home for New Year's Eve

Saber a bottle of Champagne for New Year's - anyone can do it.

Black-Eyed Peas for New Year's Luck: A Southern Tradition With No Fergalicious

Flickr: d0602lstric​The black-eyed pea--more of a legume, really--has a lonnng history of good luck, starting with the bible (i.e. Jewish New Year), then migrating to Africa and then to the U.S. in the 1600s with the slave trade. This staple crop of the south hit the big time during the Civil War, ... More >>

Four Reasons Your Fitness Instructor Hates You

beachbootcamp.netJust work your ass off and everyone will be happy.​South Florida is full of the Bocahontas types -- skinny, Botoxed, and willing to do anything to stay that way.That's where Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein, who explained the healthiest fast-food options, comes in. He makes his living shapi ... More >>

Concert Review: Phish's Four-Night Stand at American Airlines Arena

beachbootcamp.netJust work your ass off and everyone will be happy.​South Florida is full of the Bocahontas types -- skinny, Botoxed, and willing to do anything to stay that way.That's where Lt. Col. Bob Weinstein, who explained the healthiest fast-food options, comes in. He makes his living shapi ... More >>

New Year's Resolutions for South Florida Tech Geeks

​So whether you're a Geekus of a Suavicorn, you've likely made some New Year's Resolutions already. Well, dump 'em because this is a much better and more fitting list."Lose weight?" "Eat better?" "Give more to charity?" Blah, those are so cliche. You're a damn tech nerd, for cripes sake. Act like ... More >>

Phish

​So whether you're a Geekus of a Suavicorn, you've likely made some New Year's Resolutions already. Well, dump 'em because this is a much better and more fitting list."Lose weight?" "Eat better?" "Give more to charity?" Blah, those are so cliche. You're a damn tech nerd, for cripes sake. Act like ... More >>

Restaurant News: B.B. King's Opens, Cabana Re-Opens, Roxy's Auctions New Year's Booths

•    The entertainment scene at CityPlace just got a whole lot more interesting with the opening earlier this month of B.B. King's Blues Club. Taking over the spaces once home to Legal Sea Foods and Bar Louie, this sixth club in the B.B. King mini-empire boasts four bars, stages for ... More >>

Celebrate New Year's Eve at These South Florida Restaurants

​I don't know about you, but I want to ring in the New Year in style, guzzling champagne and slurping down caviar like a 19th century robber baron. Preferably wearing a top hat and monocle. And riding a pony. And eating something endangered, like a mountain lion. (Just kidding about that last part ... More >>

Dog Racing Done in Wisconsin; What This Means for Florida

Thomas Francis​It wasn't so long ago that Wisconsin had five dog tracks, second only to Florida in terms of total live-racing facilities. This week, the operators of the Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha announced that the track will end racing on New Year's Eve. This will mark the end of greyh ... More >>

I'm Starvin'

John Pinette lays down some low-cal comedy at Palm Beach Improv

New Year's, Take Two

Wipe your slate clean at Oshogatsu

New Year's on the Beach

Wipe your slate clean at Oshogatsu

Eclectic Circuitry

On the Boulevard of unbroken dreams

The Bad-Hands People

You say you want United Auto Insurance to pay your medical bills? Be ready to go to war.

Daube Days

You say you want United Auto Insurance to pay your medical bills? Be ready to go to war.

Shall We Dance?

If you've got the time, Argentango Grill has the beef

A Brighter Yesterday

Moonraker on the Water

Foodstuff

Moonraker on the Water