Philippines

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Menu for the April 5 Traveling Plate Supper Club Revealed

​Acclaimed South Florida chef Roy Villacrusis has revealed the menu for the ARC Broward Traveling Plate's next event, planned for Thursday, April 5, at the Girls' Club Collection gallery in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The menu for the sold-out, four-course dinner -- which also includes two passed it ... More >>

Grafitto South Opens in Wellington

​Grafitto South has just opened in Wellington's International Equestrian Village in the former White Horse Tavern. The restaurant, which features cuisine with an Italian slant and homemade breads, is the first South Florida endeavor for Milwaukee-based restaurant group SURG.SURG Restaurant Group c ... More >>

Hunting For Balut In Broward County

​Balut is the unofficial national dish of the Phillipines, and it's disgusting. I know this because I've eaten it. Granted, my balut might have been indifferently cooked -- the Japanese chef who made it remarked that he'd "never eat that thing in a billion years" -- but balut's an easy dish, al ... More >>

Live: Black Eyed Peas at Sun Life Stadium, November 23

​Black Eyed Peas With Cee Lo Green, Jason DeRulo, T-Pain, Sean Kingston, Flo Rida, DJ Smiley, and host Queen Latifah Sun Life Stadium, Miami Wednesday, November 23, 2011For a slide show from the concert, click here. Better than: Listening to the radio. The idea of an all-star lineup to support ... More >>

Journey at Cruzan Amphitheatre, September 18

​Black Eyed Peas With Cee Lo Green, Jason DeRulo, T-Pain, Sean Kingston, Flo Rida, DJ Smiley, and host Queen Latifah Sun Life Stadium, Miami Wednesday, November 23, 2011For a slide show from the concert, click here. Better than: Listening to the radio. The idea of an all-star lineup to support ... More >>

100 Favorite Dishes -- No. 4: Gyu San From Kubo Asiatic Cuisine

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 4: Gyu San  from Kubo Asiatic Cuisine​ Meat, heat, eat. ... More >>

Dennis Lambert at Kaye Auditorium 4/22

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 4: Gyu San  from Kubo Asiatic Cuisine​ Meat, heat, eat. ... More >>

Khalilah Camacho-Ali Stood by Muhammad Ali Through Exile and Triumph

As a countdown to the Best of Broward Palm Beach 2011, coming in June, Clean Plate Charlie is serving up a hundred of our favorite dishes in South Florida. Send your own nominations to Deirdra.Funcheon@BrowardPalmBeach.com. No. 4: Gyu San  from Kubo Asiatic Cuisine​ Meat, heat, eat. ... More >>

Upper Room Gallery on Las Olas: How Do You Like Your Art -- With a Side of Social Justice?

Proceeds from bags made from recycled materials benefit victims of human trafficking.​Tucked into the corner of Las Olas Blvd. and Tarpon Drive sits Upper Room Gallery, an airy eclectic space with an understated store front -- easy to pass, though worth the stop. Lamps of bamboo and organic paper ... More >>

Kubo Asiatic Cuisine in North Palm Beach: Daring and Delicious Dishes

Proceeds from bags made from recycled materials benefit victims of human trafficking.​Tucked into the corner of Las Olas Blvd. and Tarpon Drive sits Upper Room Gallery, an airy eclectic space with an understated store front -- easy to pass, though worth the stop. Lamps of bamboo and organic paper ... More >>

West Palm Cabdriver Gets Tired of Florida, Starts New Life in the Philippines

Cabbie Neil Hoag's wife Margie, with kids Kyle, 5, and Kenny, 2​There's a familiar personal narrative around these parts: Somebody got tired of the daily grind and cold weather in his or her old life, packed up and moved down to South Florida to start anew. Ask that person what happened next and t ... More >>

Inner Circle and Beres Hammond Bring Reggae to Hard Rock Live

Cabbie Neil Hoag's wife Margie, with kids Kyle, 5, and Kenny, 2​There's a familiar personal narrative around these parts: Somebody got tired of the daily grind and cold weather in his or her old life, packed up and moved down to South Florida to start anew. Ask that person what happened next and t ... More >>

Ronnie's Kids

Today, amnesty is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

This Weekend, Pridefest of the Palm Beaches Has More to Celebrate

You could theoretically travel around the world for twelve months attending gay pride festivals, from Melbourne in January to Manila in December. Blackman: Getting wet at tomorrow's Pridefest​The big US celebrations, in New York and San Fransisco, are scheduled to coincide with the historic Stone ... More >>

Morning Juice: Miramar City Manager Gets Backing From Officials; BSO Car Flips in Pompano

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach:Despite Miramar City Manager Robert Payton's name surfacing in the FBI sting case against former commissioner Fitzroy Salesman, the current commission spoke Monday of its confidence in him. Payton hasn't been charged with a crime and will testify for the prosecu ... More >>

The Rise and Fall of South Florida's Daily Newspapers

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach:Despite Miramar City Manager Robert Payton's name surfacing in the FBI sting case against former commissioner Fitzroy Salesman, the current commission spoke Monday of its confidence in him. Payton hasn't been charged with a crime and will testify for the prosecu ... More >>

A New Times Staffer Takes a Safari Into Scam Baiting on 419Eater.com

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach:Despite Miramar City Manager Robert Payton's name surfacing in the FBI sting case against former commissioner Fitzroy Salesman, the current commission spoke Monday of its confidence in him. Payton hasn't been charged with a crime and will testify for the prosecu ... More >>

Lifeguard Christina Swanson Is Boxing's Million Dollar Maybe

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach:Despite Miramar City Manager Robert Payton's name surfacing in the FBI sting case against former commissioner Fitzroy Salesman, the current commission spoke Monday of its confidence in him. Payton hasn't been charged with a crime and will testify for the prosecu ... More >>

Broward Man at Center of National Scandal in Philippines

Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada would have been "pleased" by the murder of a journalist, an affidavit taken in Florida claims.This February, 47-year-old Cezar Mancao went to the Philippine consulate in Fort Lauderdale to give a sworn affidavit. When the contents of his testimony were l ... More >>

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Former Philippine President Joseph Estrada would have been "pleased" by the murder of a journalist, an affidavit taken in Florida claims.This February, 47-year-old Cezar Mancao went to the Philippine consulate in Fort Lauderdale to give a sworn affidavit. When the contents of his testimony were l ... More >>

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To understand Florida's most bizarre unsolved murder, it helps to wear stiletto heels.

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The charismatic lawyer and power broker took one last lap in a New River mansion during his run from the law

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Romance is dead? Not if Air Supply can help it.

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