After spending eight hours in a jail cell recovering from a night of ill-conceived drinking, getting ripped off by the cabbie that drives you home would seem to add insult to injury. But that’s what a 30-year-old woman from Boca Raton says she faced during a recent encounter with West…
Saturday morning, just before 11 a.m., a curious traffic jam appeared on eastbound Linton Boulevard in Delray. The light at Old Dixie Highway was stuck on red, and the gates that guard the railroad tracks were frozen in the down position, as if warning of a train that never appeared…
So maybe it wasn’t the best idea for a straight woman to experiment with Grindr, the new iPhone app that’s supposed to help gay guys hook up. I had my roommate (the only tech savvy person in my household) download it on her phone, and was disappointed to discover that…
The Blazing Paddles dragon boat team won a temporary reprieve this morning in its quest to keep storing its boats and holding weekend practices at West Lake Park. The Broward County Parks and Recreation Advisory Board voted to recommend that the team stay in the park, at least until the…
It’s an honor to be ridiculed by Tina Fey. Just ask Sarah Palin and the City of Cleveland. (If you have never seen the episode of 30 Rock in which Fey’s character, Liz Lemon, wants to “Flee to the Cleve” watch it. Now.)On 30 Rock last night, Fey bestowed her…
Yo, Jeff Carroll didn’t get laid much in his formative years. He had eczema in high school, wore glasses, and weighed about 125 lbs. When he finally got up the courage to ask out his first girlfriend, the relationship lasted about four hours. “It wasn’t easy for me to date,”…
Don’t you love it when your local government acts swiftly and efficiently to protect the health of its citizens? Especially when those citizens are being threatened by evil boaters? Behold the tale of Broward County’s latest brilliance: Most Saturday mornings, members of the Blazing Paddles draw a small crowd to…
Now that Gov. Crist has signed a bill removing the term “shylock” from Florida’s law books, he’s opened the door to a host of other possibilities. “Shylock” had to go because it was offensive to Jewish people. It dates all the way back to Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, in which…
The Palm Beach Post introduced a new slogan this week, “The Home Page of Paradise.” Never mind that this phrase now appears on the Post’s web site just above the daily dose of mug shots. Or that on Sunday, it sat right above a headline that read, “What To Do…
Normally, I try not to make fun of people in love. Even cynical, egotistical journalists have their limits, and I’m afraid there’s a special, celibate hell for those of us who ridicule the mysteries of Cupid. However, I believe there is a small exception for absurdly rich people who publicize…
There are some perks that come with the collapse of the world’s economy. For instance, now that Chase and Washington Mutual have merged, I figured it would be easier to find a bank branch where I could get cash–or deposit it– without paying an extra fee. Chase’s website lists a…
And now, on the Juice subject du jour, a quick note from the female perspective…Dear Sen. Aronberg,On behalf of woman all over Florida, I must thank you for proposing legislation that would make it illegal to use a mirror to look up our skirts. This eliminates one of the all-time…
Guarding the entrance to the Lechuza Caracas estate in Wellington is a gate at least eight feet high, topped with iron spikes and emblazoned with the golden emblem of an owl. An electronic keypad out front is the only way to make the doors swing open, but for now they…
Palm Beach County is running so smoothly these days, what it really needs is a taste of Iraqi-style contracting. Private companies rake in billions of dollars supporting the military operations in that stunningly successful war, so why shouldn’t they also earn a buck or two at home? That’s where Kellogg,…
