A Thanksgiving Prayer:

As we prepare to demonstrate gratitude on Thanksgiving Day, let us give thanks for life’s most precious entities. Dear (*insert deity of choice here*), thank you for large charitable block parties featuring live music from Audio Heist, Cypress, and DJ Russ. Let us express gladness for refreshing adult libations, especially…

Time Is McRunning Out to Enjoy a McRib!

Less than three weeks remain to get your fill of McDonald’s mysterious McRib sandwich. The saucy sensation returned for a limited amount of time after a 16-year hiatus. It will be sold through Sunday, December 5.Most of the drive-through chowhounds we know are pumped about the return of the fast-food…

Dogs Allowed! Five Pet-Friendly Restaurants in Broward/Palm Beach

After the umpteenth time of dealing with a parsimonious pal who uses a calculator to divvy up the bill, you may imagine a more pleasant dining experience with anyone else — even your dog. After all, your furry friend doesn’t nickel-and-dime you. Heck, he doesn’t even complain when he’s in…

“A Life Ascending” Captures the Power, Beauty, and Danger of the Mountains

As a young boy growing up in the Swiss Alps, Ruedi Beglinger watched in awe as his father returned home from climbing expeditions and mountain rescue missions. Stephen Grynberg’s documentary, A Life Ascending, captured how the 51-year-old Swiss-Canadian mountaineer not only followed his father’s footsteps but took it further by…

“Road, Movie” Takes a Self-Discovery Trip Through Desolation

Road, Movie is an expression of director Dev Benegal’s adulation for film. The inspiration was a personal experience he had watching people travel across vacant landscape to watch a movie. In Road, Movie the lead character, Vishnu (Abhay Deol), is a discontented salesman who jumps at an opportunity to escape…

“Metropia” Animates a Gloomy – and Boring – Tomorrow

Tarik Saleh’s Metropia paints a dismal and dejected picture of Western civilization 14 years from now — a society in crisis, nearly depleted of resources, leaving its citizens with shrinking motivations and aspirations. The animated movie accentuates scenes of dark and polluted skies, dilapidated buildings, and message boards with propaganda…

Porn Filmed at Off the Hookah in Fort Lauderdale (NSFW)

First it was pizzerias; now it’s a restaurant/hookah lounge.That’s right, another Fort Lauderdale restaurant — Off the Hookah — has served as a production site for an explicit adult film. The waterfront establishment, located at 300 SW First Ave in the Riverwalk downtown district, is known for risqué belly dancing,…

Recipe: Dracula’s Tochitura (from John Baleanu of Restaurant Transylvania)

Dracula’s favorite eatery serves up all sorts of spooktacular cuisine in downtown Hollywood. Today, Restaurant Transylvania’s owner, John Baleanu, shares a recipe for Dracula’s Tochitura — a pork stew. Tochitura is a traditional Romanian dish — each region of the country has its own version. Surely Dracula’s favorite would be…

Restaurant Transylvania in Hollywood: Dracula Would Love It

solarnavigator.net​What if Dracula moved to South Florida? Could you really blame our favorite blood-sucking villain if he abandoned the harsh climate of central Romania in exchange for lovely tropical seasons? If he comes, he has a welcoming place to eat. With Halloween just around the corner, we decided to check…

Interview With Paul Castronovo: Paul & Young Ron Radio Star Now a Wine Guru Too

Paul Castronovo at his vineyard in Italy.​Radio personality Paul Castronovo has a new baby — a wine label from his own Italian vineyard producing the wine varietal Montepulciano d’Abruzzo. Castronovo’s gut-busting radio program, The Paul and Young Ron Morning Show, may have brought you much-needed solace while sandwiched between bumpers…

Penny Lane Music Emporium Grand Opening Saturday, October 16

Photo by Jamie LongArmando Zuppa at Penny Lane Music Emporium​Music has long played an important role in Armando Zuppa’s life. As a 7-year-old in Italy, Zuppa’s teacher used Beatles albums to help him learn English. So when deciding what to call his new music warehouse in Fort Lauderdale, using a…

The Greenbrier: A Restaurant or a Strip Club?

photo by Jamie Long​Among a sea of cleavage and thick clouds of cigarette smoke, customers of Greenbrier Smoking Lounge in Pompano Beach can enjoy a frosty adult beverage and an inexpensive nosh. There is a significant paucity of clothing covering the attractive female staff, which makes you wonder what kind…

Comedy Review: Comedians of Chelsea Lately at Fillmore Miami Beach, October 8

borderlineamazingcomedy.com​Comedians of Chelsea Lately: Loni Love, Brad Wollack, Josh Wolf & Sarah ColonnaFillmore Miami Beach, MiamiFriday, October 8, 2010 We know that there are a few people who Chelsea Handler doesn’t care for — people who don’t drink, people who clap when the plane lands, and other people’s kids. Like-minded…

Wilton Manors’ Taste of the Island Food & Wine Event October 25

www.dca.state.fl.usRichardson Historic Park and Preserve​It’s no secret that we live in an “all you can eat” society. We shamelessly pocket the zero-calorie sweetener packets from the restaurant; we box up those last bites from the buffet to feed our overweight dog. And when we learn of another all-you-can-eat food- and…

Lunch at the Art Institute: Three Courses for $12.99

The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale​Before arriving for lunch at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale’s culinary training restaurant, Chef’s Palette, I admit there was an apprehensive thought or two that entered my mind. Not knowing what to expect from chefs-in-training, I wondered if I should I bring precautionary pink…

Shooting Porn in the Pizzeria: Is It Legal?

CrazyClubChicks.com, Photoshop by Justin Scicluna​Yesterday, Clean Plate Charlie reported that Squiggy’s pizzeria (located on SW Second Street in Fort Lauderdale’s Himmarshee nightlife district) had two porno flicks filmed inside the restaurant during operating hours. This unusual incident left us wondering what the health department had to say. An employee of…

Porn Filmed at a Fort Lauderdale Pizzeria (NSFW)

Photo by Jamie Long​Sex and pizza have joined forces in the form of an adult film created at one of Fort Lauderdale’s busiest pizzerias — Squiggy’s. The restaurant, located on SW 2nd Street in the Himmarshee nightlife district, plays a starring role in some porn brought to you by “Pervert…

Underground Dive Bar Shows Porn

Jamie Long​Hidden in a dark parking lot within earshot of airplanes landing at FLL is Bimini Bay Bar — the czar of all dive bars, the sultan of all things skanky. The underground watering hole relishes in the fact that it is a bit obscure and unknown to the general…