Palm Beach

To Fellow Inmates, Madoff's So Bad, He's Good

Schadenfreude-starved followers of the Palm Beach pirate may be delighted to hear this, from an inmate at Madoff's prison in Butner, North Carolina, courtesy the New York Post:"Some of the guys were talking about smacking him around a little, just to get the notoriety of it."But don't get your hopes ... More >>

Broward and Palm Beach Banks Slightly Better Prepared for Apocalypse Than Rest in Florida

Flickr User: jbenson2Geithner will spare us locals from his bank spreeWhen you fill out a deposit slip these days, it's hard to know whether you'll get the money back or if you're throwing it into a bottomless pit. So it should come as an enormous relief that a bank-rating firm, Bauer Financial, has ... More >>

Texts From Last Night, Broward vs Palm Beach

Flickr User: Gabriel DanielFriends don't let friends drink without textingThis website posts actual text messages from people who share an area code -- your area code. Which means we can finally settle the argument over whether Broward or Palm Beach has more freaks. Whatcha got, Broward?(954): Dude, ... More >>

Tell Us Who's Best in South Florida

Earlier this year, we asked you to tell us your favorite things about Broward and Palm Beach counties in our Best Of 2009 Readers' Poll. Below is a random sampling of the projected winners so far. Some categories have yet to be voted on, like Best Politician (we're still optimistic there is such a t ... More >>

What to Do for Dinner? Vote for Your Favorite Dining Spots

Le Tub: in the lead in our Readers' Poll.When we search Broward and Palm Beach counties for winners for our Best Of edition, we eat and drink all in the name of our readers. Even with all our hard work, though, we can't know it all. So every year, we invite our readers to submit their favorites in o ... More >>

Enter Your Zagat Vote for BPB's Best Restaurants

Don't get disenfranchisedThanks to The Chowfather for the reminder that the Zagat Guide is now soliciting votes for the best restaurants in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Log on here to vote; you have to register first but it doesn't cost anything. You can vote on as many restaurants as you have t ... More >>

Cats in the Cradle Have the Silver Spoon

Flickr user: Deneb SumbulSouth Florida's most exclusive real estate is crawling with feral cats who have -- in a fashion that the children of a wealthy divorced couple might appreciate -- been playing one of their benefactors against the other. It's "PB Cats" versus "Island Cats of Palm Beach," both ... More >>

Cheap Eats on the Island?

Yes, it seems even Palm Beach can't escape the iron clutch of impending economic doom. Fortunes strip-mined by Bernie Madoff, trendy uber-boutiques slinking off Worth Avenue like mangy dogs, billionaires reduced to poverty-stricken multimillionaires. And now an affordable restaurant is heading for t ... More >>

Barely Known Florida Marlins Leave State to Become Little Havana Marlins

The Little Havana Marlins begin the big move.The Marlins finally got the new stadium the team has sought for a decade, meaning the team will now depart the State of Florida for Little Havana. The team will leave Dolphin Stadium, with its proximity to Broward and Palm Beach counties, in 2012. And wit ... More >>

The Juice Approves This Message... Whatever It May Be

Hey, Democratic donors of Florida! Guess how your political party has decided to spend some of your hard-earned donations? If you guessed "Buy a Florida billboard with which to cast aspersions at Rush Limbaugh," then you are psychic, or merely a reader of Wonkette.Here is the Democratic Party web pa ... More >>

Atlantic Writer Discovers Post-Apocalyptic Peninsula With Nice Weather

Scripps in Jupiter: a zombie-free zone?South Florida has recently welcomed a visitor from a more advanced civilization: the American Northeast. Mind you, this one wasn't captured by one of our tribes and dragged here for interrogation. His spaceship did not crash-land here. Rather, William Haseltine ... More >>

Can Rich Kids Rock?

Meet The Hurricanes. The pint-sized rockers from Palm Beach, ages 11 and 12, have the most lopsided industry advantage of any band since The Strokes. To wit: They practice next door to the Mar-a-Lago, a former Trump property. The drummer's daddy owns a 10,000 foot, $6.5 million house on the Island. ... More >>

Best Of Readers' Poll: Best Pizza

No single foodstuff has been fought over with the fervor of of the simple tomato pie. Everybody's got an opinion, and our guess is you're no exception. Whether you like the fat, doughy Chicago pie, the New York-style thin crust (soft enough to fold in the middle), one of the new brick-oven flatbread ... More >>

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Park

South Florida is the best place in the country to be outdoors. We've got beaches, pines, wetlands, and acres of open green fields. Honor your favorite outdoorsy spot in Broward and Palm Beach counties by voting on the best park. Add your winner to the comments field below.

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Dance Club

Vote in the comments section below for your favorite dance club in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Album Store

Record stores are an endangered species, what with all the digital downloads available these days. But a few shops are still stocking vinyl and CDs for the deejays and collectors among us. Tell us which Broward or Palm Beach record store is your favorite in the comment section.

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Hair Stylist

Whether you go for a weave, dye, or a mere trim, you're entrusting your image to a stylist who (hopefully) makes you look and feel fabulous. Tell us in the comment section below which stylist in Broward or Palm Beach counties is simply the best.

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Band

If you're the type to give directions by referencing Respectable Street, City Limits, and the Culture Room, then you'll have a band that deserves this honor. Vote in the comments field below for the best band in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Pizza

No single foodstuff has been fought over with the fervor of of the simple tomato pie. Everybody's got an opinion, and our guess is you're no exception. Whether you like the fat, doughy Chicago pie, the New York-style thin crust (soft enough to fold in the middle), one of the new brick-oven flatbread ... More >>

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Boutique

Amid all the chain stores in South Florida, there are merchants who painstakingly select items to sell in their small boutiques. Tell us which boutique in Broward or Palm Beach counties you simply couldn't live without. Nominate a winner in the comment field below.

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Politician in Palm Beach

With at least five local commissioners heading to the federal pen in the last few years, Palm Beach rivals Zimbabwe as the corruption capital of the world. Amid the hubbub, some politicians are actually out there doing good work ... right? Vote for the best politician in Palm Beach in the comments ... More >>

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Hamburger

It seems simple: a patty of meat slapped in a bun. But that quintessential American sandwich has become perhaps the most tinkered-with of dishes, dressed and doused, marinated and grilled in mesquite. Tell us where to find the best hamburger in Broward and Palm Beach counties in the comments section ... More >>

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Performance Artist

They've proven their chops by performing in our clubs, museums, and on our streets, and now honor them by telling us who's the best performance artist in Broward and Palm Beach counties. Add your winner to the comments field below.

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Local Hip-Hop Artist

It's hard to disagree that the past year was the year of hip-hop, and a lot of the good stuff came from South Florida. So in the comments field below, write in your winner for best hip-hop artist in Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Best Of Readers' Poll: Best Theater Company

They've got the shows you love and the actors you love to see, so now give them some love by nominating the best theater company in Broward and Palm Beach counties.Need some suggestions? Click here for an archive of articles by New Times theater critic Brandon K. Thorp.Add your winner to the comment ... More >>

Best Of Readers' Poll 2009: Best Local Club DJ

That master of the turntable who's made you shake your pants in Broward and Palm Beach counties deserves some respect. Pay it by voting for the best local club DJ in the comments field below.

Snitches Turn in Kids Who TP'd Madoff's Place, Bogus Purses Go Unmatched With Shoes

The mystery of who toiled papered Bernie Madoff's Palm Beach home has been solved. Two teenagers from Michigan have been fingered as the TP culprits. The kids apparently bragged to their friends after they got back from vacation, which then tipped off the Palm Beach police, according to this story i ... More >>

Condo Vultures: "Bad Times Are Still Ahead"

Bal Harbour-based real estate consultancy Condo Vultures has crunched the numbers on 2008 sales of distressed housing stock in South Florida and -- surprise, surprise -- the picture is ugly. The average homeowner in the tri-county area had to slash their sale price by 43%, or $32 ... More >>

Weakened at Bernie's: PETA Gets the Ponzi Treatment, Too

She will not be streaking at the inauguration.You probably thought today's inauguration ceremonies would provide a day's relief from the death march of victims of area reprobate Bernard Madoff. Well, sorry. Turns out the Palm Beach financial wizard made special-access inauguration tickets disappear ... More >>

Tag Team Beatdown: Time and Newsweek Pummel Palm Beach

See if you can find a silver lining for South Florida in these two reports in major national news magazines about Palm Beach. Newsweek's Daniel Gross writes about how Bernard Madoff fleeced Palm Beach high society and Time declares the county to be The New Capital of Florida Corruption. Give up?It m ... More >>

Ferguson: Lesbian Scene Is Hot in Delray

We're very well aware that Broward and Palm Beach counties do not draw high-voltage celebrities in the same way as L.A. or New York. (And if we forget, we always have Donald Trump to remind us.)  Yet we do sometimes marvel at the bizarre mix of notables that rumble through town.  We've got ... More >>

Slow Foods Glades to Coast Dinner at Cafe Boulud

(sturgeon: It's what's for dinner)The Slow Foods Glades to Coast Chapter, which covers roughly the Palm Beach and Broward areas, is hosting a 5-course Growers' Discovery gourmet dinner at Cafe Boulud in Palm Beach this Thursday, December 11, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. The dinner, overseen by chef Zach Bell ... More >>

Top Chefs Throw Pity Party, Dec. 8th

Sandy Skoglund, "The Cocktail Party" Got 100 people coming for a holiday shindig? Stupidest idea you EVER had, right? Believe it, we've been there. But four of Palm Beach's top chefs are taking pity this season and throwing a bash at Cafe Boulud that might help prevent us from totally screwing up ... More >>

Bernstein at the Omphoy?

Recycled Finger Food

Palm Beach Bargain Basements

Heart of Darkness

Great white hunters get jungle fever at the Leopard Lounge

Quick Takes

The Dirty Dozen of 2006

They're all graced with an ineffable South Florida quality

Bice-Slapped

Palm Beach memories didn't prepare us for this shock.

Reggae Done Right

Fourth Dimension

CoCo So-So

More proof that money can't buy happiness

Best Place to Get Stoned

The Peace Tree

Best Snorkeling Spot

North End of Palm Beach

Foodstuff

Best Tennis Courts in Palm Beach

Currie Park

Best Escape from the Apocalypse

Peanut Island

Best Spot for a Bachelor Party

Captain Pete's Houseboat

World Wide Wine

Drinking will lead you down this road

Café What May

Establishing a restaurant beachhead in Palm Beach can be a gamble