The VIP culture of modern day clubs has come full circle — new digs opening up in Broward still have that South Beach influence, to be sure, but these joints are also sporting a dose of down-to-Earth reality. For example: Exit 66, the newly-opened nightclub from the creators of Crobar…
While I’m far from the martini-sipping type, I can respect the breed. Powerful types and their wanna-bes, cavorting and carrying on, stemmed glass hoisted in one hand saying loudly to the world, “Bring it on, you bastards. I have gin.” The fact is, though, as the martini has become more…
I had the pleasure of checking out the 2nd Annual Blues Brews & BBQ festival at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek this Saturday night; or should I say, I had the pleasure of getting annihilated there. The tented fest took place just outside the casino’s West entrance and featured loads…
Unrepentant beer drinkers, rejoice! Each week, Short Order will select one craft or import beer and give you the lowdown on it: How does it taste? What should you drink it with? Where can you find it? But mostly, it’s all about the love of the brew. If you have…
There’s something about the soul-wrenching sounds of the blues that just necessitates a stiff drink or two. There’s also something about a stiff drink or two that just necessitates good barbecue. Good barbecue – shoot, that just makes you pine for blues all over again. If it sounds like circular…
Budda seems like a pretty lucky guy: he’s always cheery and smiling; he’s got a ton of nifty piercings; and, apparently, his devotees bathe him regularly. Well, at least once a year they do. On Budda’s Birthday, members of the International Buddhist Progress Society Temple (9341 NW 57 St., Tamarac)…
Join New Times columnist Bob Norman for the Broward premier of Outrage, a film about the rampant hypocrisy among politicians who support anti-gay legislature, yet are closeted gays themselves. The film, from Academy Award nominated documentarian, Kirby Dick, explores the secret lives of such political figures as Charlie Crist and…
If the Rick Warrens and Ted Haggards of the world had their way, they’d round up every last gay boy and girl and haul them to hetero camp for conversion into God fearing straights (well, maybe not Haggard; he’d just round up the boys and leave it at that). But…
Ever since MMA superstar Gina Carano made her national television debut on Elite XC last year, female fighters have garnered a bit more attention. But women have had a place in MMA much longer than that, according to Elite Promotions’ Jeff Gibson, a South Florida fighting organizer. “I’ve been working…
Back in the day, when gamers wanted to play together they would grab a roll of quarters and head to the nearest arcade. But that was before home video game consoles became so powerful they could best anything in a cabinet, all while offering the convenience of your couch. These…
No matter if you wear them of not, you have got to appreciate the Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star sneaker. Also known as Chucks or One Stars, these canvas and rubber icons have been around since 1917, and remained, essentially, the same design for the past 40 years, racking up sales…
Call me late to the party, but I just stopped in to Chef Chris Consentino’s site, Offal Good, to read up on what I’ve missed lately in the world of innards. Back in March, Consentino responded to a letter and phone call from one particularly infuriated “customer” questioning whether the…
And you thought the best thing about Mother’s Day was the satisfaction you get from making your mom feel like the most special lady on Earth, for at least the course of one homemade brunch. Actually, the best part is the leftover bacon — enough fatty, crispy slices of swine…
Nothing says “I love you” more than strapping your beau to a stainless steel bondage apparatus and spanking him with a studded paddle until he screams “banana!” (It’s your safe word.) If that’s your bag, baby, head to Club Purgatory tonight at 10 for the Alter Ego Fetish Ball, sponsored…
It’s not often that people seek bragging rights for being the quickest in bed. But tonight, at Delray Beach’s 12th Annual Pineapple Grove Bed Race, 12 teams of hungry competitors will vie for the title of the fastest prone people around. The annual festival started as part of a national…
If there’s one thing we know about moms, it’s that not all of them are the June Cleaver type. For every Donna Reed, there’s a Joan Jett; someone who most certainly isn’t the day-spa type and who probably would have as much at a rock ‘n’ roll show as she…
Let’s say your mom is Ursula K. Le Guin – well she’d clearly want to spend her day checking out the new sci-fi film, Star Trek, when it screens at the IMAX Theatre at the Museum of Discovery and Science (401 SW Second St., Fort Lauderdale). I mean, come on:…
Let’s say your mom is the brunch type, but she’s a free-thinking lady who simultaneously believes meat is murder and showing a little cleavage is all part of a day’s work. Well, make like Pam Anderson and get to Sublime (1431 N. Federal Hwy., Fort Lauderdale) for their cruelty-free Mother’s…
The Lingerie Football League is the kind of thing no sane person would believe is actually real – rather, that it’s some Big Brand Beer marketing exec’s wet dream come true. But, no, the league of half-naked, female athletes is as real as can be, which is more than you…
A few weeks ago, Clean Plate Charlie reported that the Seminole Coconut Creek Casino would bring in a special catch, a whole loin worth of ultra-expensive and rare Kindai tuna, that it would sell as a special at its Thursday- through Saturday-night sushi bar, located just inside Nectar Lounge. Kindai…
Gail’s post on Friday regarding our hunt for the Best Burger proposed a few essential factors for quality burgers. A recap of that list would read, “A Burger should be: 1. cheap, 2. chuck, 3. fresh ground, 4. filler-free, 5. juicy, 6. served with atmosphere, and 7. thick.” That’s a…
I don’t know if you guys have heard about this thing called the swine flu, but apparently it’s pretty serious business. So serious, that serious businesses around South Florida are getting serious (and delirious) about enacting plans to prevent their employees from coming down with the dreaded virus. Unfortunately, saying…
