Tourism

Jay-Z and Beyoncé in Cuba: Florida Representatives Want Answers From Obama!

In case you haven't heard, rapper/mogul/Brooklyn Nets owner Jay-Z and his wife, Beyoncé (the girl who sang at the Super Bowl, Grandma), decided that it was 1950 and went and took a vacation in Cuba last week. And now Florida Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart Ileana Ros-Lehtinen want to know what' ... More >>

West Palm Beach Named 'Preserve America Community'

High five, West Palm Beach! The First Lady, Michelle Obama, has just named you a Preserve America Community -- a federally funded program that recognizes communities for their work in enhancing heritage. Mrs. Obama sent a letter congratulating West Palm residents for their "vision and dedication." ... More >>

Everglades Airboaters' Nasty Battle Over Big Bucks

First Annual Family Holiday Festival

Bus Down to Art Basel With Fellow Art Geeks

Hit the Road

Holiday Gifts: For the Locavore

​If supporting local farmers, artisans, and small businesses are among your priorities, we've round up a handful of food- and drink-focused gifts to focus on local. Knife skills classKnife skills and knife care are among the most essential skills in the kitchen. Allow your favorite budding ch ... More >>

Florida Unemployment Rate Finally Decreases Back to May Level

stuffunemployedpeoplelike.com​Florida's unemployment rate decreased .1 percent to 10.6 percent in the month of September after three months of no change, putting the state back to the same rate it was at in May.According to the numbers released this morning by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the n ... More >>

"Summer Partery Tour" at Rocketown July 25

Allen West's Illegal Underwater Flag Trip Was Organized by Taxpayer-Funded Tourism Board

West's underwater salute comes courtesy of the visitors bureau.​The dive trip in which U.S. Rep. Allen West violated federal law by bringing along an American flag was organized by a tourism group funded by tax money.The Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau organized the dive tri ... More >>

MiMo Street Walkers

Developer for Lauderdale Waterpark Has Struggled With Newest Attraction in K.C.

Photo from SchlitterblogThe Schlitterbahn water park in Kansas City, Kansas, has been a disappointment so far.​Sprechen sie deutsch? If so, you know that Schlitterbahn is German for "slippery road," and Fort Lauderdale commissioners had better tread carefully in their dealings with the Texas-based ... More >>

Gulf Spill Might Be Death Blow to Florida Economy

Flickr: Greenpeace USA 2010Maybe Florida's tourists won't mind packing a hazmat jumpsuit?​The South Florida housing market is a wreck. The school districts are laying off teachers by the thousand. Every government agency has had to slash services. There's record unemployment. And yet Florida's sav ... More >>

Oil-induced Tourism Slump: No Match for our Pun-tastic Slogans

Flickr: [ jeremy ]Yes, yes. Love that beautiful Florida beach.​As a general rule, people like going to the beach and splashing around in the ocean, but they tend to get fussy when they emerge covered in toxic tar sludge from an exploded BP oil rig. Strange, I know--but decidedly true.Although the ... More >>

Tour de Home

Off the Basel-Beaten Path

Video Tour of Downtown Hollywood Proves Unbearably Depressing

That's a video you won't soon be finding at the Hollywood tourism website. Youtube poster "madcowlobster," the apparent alter ego of Courtney Mitchell, started her recent downtown tour on Harrison Street, then paid a visit to Young Circle, where a flutist on the stage serenaded transients. The vide ... More >>

Local Tourism Boosters Pay Top Dollar for Free Publicity

Flickr: NGaffneySebastian Beach in Fort Lauderdale: Where the boys are​When you read the first few paragraphs of this weekend's article about Fort Lauderdale in the Toronto Star, you can't help but say, "You can't pay for publicity that good!" Seriously -- imagine you're a gay man marooned in the ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale Tourism Director Roots Against Dolphins, Listens to Styx

Photo: sunny.orgGrossman​As the director of the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau, Nicki Grossman's primary responsibility is to market Broward County to tourists, but doesn't she have some obligation not to annoy the hometown crowd? Today's South Florida Business Journal repo ... More >>

Where the Girls Are: Lauderdale Scores Tourist Bucks From Jam-Packed Volleyball Tourney

That's a few points from a match this past weekend between two international youth volleyball squads, with the USA White Youth team in the foreground and a team from the Dominican Republic in the far court. Volleyball players, most of whom were girls, absolutely swarmed SE 17th Street last weekend ... More >>

Jewish Woman From Boca Finds Christian Calling in Israel

Shortly after Elisa Moed moved from Boca Raton to Israel in 2005, she realized that the country could improve the way it markets itself to the droves of Christian tourists in America. That idea grew into Travelujah.com, a site that can help a Christian have an inspiring trip to the Holy Land. Or to ... More >>

Schools Chief Says Broward Pretty Much Colorblind, Tourism Types Fight Over Wet T-shirts

Fig. 1: A colorblind Broward County resident.Black History Month is "extra special this year," according to James F. Notter, superintendent of the Broward County public schools. This is true somewhat because of the whole first black president thing but also because it seems all that racism stuff is ... More >>

Chocolate-Dipped Fairchild

This Thursday evening, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will be hosting the Third Annual International Chocolate Festival Kickoff Party. No, I didn't know about the first two either, but this year's one-hour shindig (6 to 7 p.m.) features hors d'oeuvres from exceptional chef Edgar Leal of Cacao Res ... More >>

Where the Kids Aren't

A Haunted History Lesson

Sorry, but Whole Foods is Awesome

Letters for August 16-22, 2007

It's a Freakin' Show

Bhutan: The Cloud Kingdom

Sour Pickles

Best Gator Goods

All American Gator Products

Best NewTour

Lauderducks

Best Mall in Broward

12801 W. Sunrise Blvd.

Sunrise 33323

Best Amusement Park

Lion Country Safari

Happy on the Outside

Everglades National Park's subsurface tsuris

Lesbians Be Damned

When the locals talk about gay travel in SoFla, they mean men

Letters for June 13, 2002

Geriatrics, arise!

Best Seafood Restaurant

Captain Charlie's Reef Grill

Bombs Away

No wimpy emo shit: Straighten up and fly right with Pilot to Gunner

Happy Tax Day!

Now that you've paid up, take a look at who's raking in your cash

Best Free Ride

Tram at the Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport

Best Flea Market

Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop

Best Place to Take Out-of-Towners

Everglades Holiday Park

Keith Clayborne

Keith was editor and publisher of The Broward Times

James Randi

James was a stage magician and escape artist before becoming a full-time skeptic and debunker of psychic fakery and pseudoscience

Jose Lambiet

Jose was a gossip columnist for Fort Lauderdale's Sun-Sentinel newspaper before moving to a similar post at Star magazine

Katie Barr

Katie was the owner of the Haitian Art Collection in Delray Beach

Best Picnic Spot

Colee Hammock Park

Foodstuff

Papa Leone's

Shooting Blanks

Deep in the Heart of Deerfield