With only one M-letter day of the week, Mindful Meat Monday and Meatless Monday are in an unspoken rivalry. The Meatless Monday group came along first with a message to cut out meat one day a week to lessen animal cruelty. The reasoning was that one meatless day a week…
The CDC defines binge drinking as a man consuming more than five drinks, and a woman four, in a span of two hours. Well, this past Saturday at Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop’s third event of the year, some attendees boasted eight drinks in that time. But don’t worry, the proceeds…
Most people drink for the sake of drinking. But for those looking to justify a night of uninhibited intoxication to their mother and tax accountant, well the Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop has got you covered this Saturday (August 24th ): they’ve agreed to be DD, and are forwarding all proceeds…
Humming to herself behind a mound of chocolate chip cookies, Louise Dutton flattens the gluten-free batter for her miniature Key Lime pie crusts. Cocking her head towards the door as it opens, the baker/chef smiles and pokes her reading glasses higher up her nose. Her hands are gloved in dried…
As much as we enjoyed Edward Norton and Brad Pitt’s sweaty bods punching each other in the clandestine Fight Club, this is one ring you can definitely talk about. We promise. Friday night, Fight Time Promotion’s Fight Time 16 will bring 22 scantily clad professional boxers to the cage stage…
Steely Dan echoed in the dimly lit bar as patrons took advantage of the $2 whiskey drinks. No one could predict that this Tuesday night at The Dive Bar would end in murder. And then a $250 cash prize to the person who solved it. Unless they read the flyer…
Compared to the raucous of Friday and Saturday nights on A1A, Tuesdays are pretty tame. But not tonight, someone’s plotted murder. Well not someone with criminal intentions per se, rather co-owner and general manager of The Dive Bar, Cody Cole. The blood might be iodine, and the clues planted, but…
When most people reflect on their school cafeteria days, they remember hairnets, alphabet soup, and clique dynamics. Even though Florida’s schools have recently been heralded for their lunchtime facelift, offering healthier meals than ever before, school cafeterias have never been anyone’s ideal of tasty nourishment. For the first day of…
Yelp would be nowhere without its reviewers. And to reward the reviewers who so diligently generate their site’s content day in and day out, Yelp is running a weeklong affair where Yelpers simply check-in to any of the 29 participating local businesses and are rewarded with a free prize for…
If you’ve ever wandered the streets of Hollywood craving an authentic ropa vieja — you know, the type that waters the mouth with its impeccable blend of flavor and spice — chances are you’ve crossed paths with Laura’s Cuban Restaurant too. Aside from the authentic Cuban cuisine (that Yelp reviewers…
Even though it was actually three weeks ago, it feels like just yesterday videographer Kate Maier and I were eating lunch with 11-year-old Wyatt at the Flaningan’s in Pompano Beach. Over some cheesy potato skins, larger-than-your-mouth burgers, and double chocolate cake, Clean Plate Charlie documented Wyatt’s journalistic process from drink…
Intricately intertwined in the folklore of the South Pacific, islanders from this remote pocket of the globe would drink this intoxicating pepper root, kava, for its relaxing, blissful properties. It took almost 3,000 years for this potent plant to reach our shores. But now that it’s here at the Mystic…
Manning her vegan cupcakes at a booth all by herself at the Yellow Green Farmer’s Market, 21-year-old Ariel Silvers has been awake since before dawn and has already frosted seven-dozen cupcakes. She baked them all the night before. With her apron tied tightly around her waist and a shy smile,…
Usually when a restaurant closes, we’re left twiddling our thumbs looking for something to fill the void of our rumbling stomachs. For the most part, internet research will lead you to an eatery reminiscent of the one you used to love, but restaurants are like snow flakes, no two will…
The Garden of Eden was OK, but sometimes you just crave the forbidden fruit. In the Garden of Earthly Delights, nine burlesque dancers will indulge temptations with slapstick comments and coquettish attire. All performers are part of West Palm Beach’s very own burlesque entertainment group, the Glamour Goddesses. Sirens of…
Dubbing themselves “a drinking club with a running problem,” Fort Lauderdale’s Hash House Harriers went on their usual Monday-night run last week. Runners never know in advance the exact route their leader has planned, but they sometimes get a hint. This week, they knew the run would be TSA-themed. The…
Picture this. You’re at a cocktail party. In one hand, you’re holding a glass of Pino; in the other, you’re trying to balance a heaping plate of hors d’oeuvres. There’s cutlery and napkins sliding around in the mix too. Not even MacGyver could eat under these conditions. It was Sarah…
In this day in age, when a strand of anonymous hair is found in one’s food, there is a knee-jerk reaction to report it on Yelp. But since the Broward-Palm Beach Yelp launched last March, the user-generated review site can be more than a catharsis to restaurant debacles, in fact…
As most kids spend their summers wheeling around Hot Wheels and idly watching Nickelodeon on the tube, 11-year-old Wyatt prefers to dine at Broward’s restaurants with his family, and then dutifully-announce his thoughts on his self-published food blog, Wyatt Tastes Good. We had lunch with him and his mother, Julie,…
Ladies and gentlemen, July 25 is National Hot Fudge Sundae Day. With heaping scoops of ice cream melting underneath heated fudge, lathered in whipped cream, and topped with a maraschino cherry, it’s no wonder the dish got itself its own holiday. The history of the sundae is obscure, but the…
For $320,000, you can send your children to college, buy a house — or eat the most expensive burger on the planet. At the University of Maastricht, Dutch scientists have engineered meat without the murder, growing cow stem cells in a petri dish instead of the fields bordering the interstate…
When many people think of Yelp, they probably think of it primarily as restaurant reviews. But the users of the massive social networking site review every kind of business, from dry cleaners to acupuncturists. People like to express their opinions, good and bad, and Yelp has provided users an outlet…
