At the oh-so-romantic Wish in SoBe both the regular menu and a three-course, $75 per person menu will be offered from 6 to 10 p.m. Begin with hamachi sashimi with yuzu-lime gelee and cilantro dressing, then choose between butter-poached Maine lobster with bacon vinaigrette or pan-seared beef tenderloin with red…
For a holiday such as Valentine’s Day, don’t let marketing agencies one-up you. By this, we mean, if you stop at buying chocolate-covered strawberries, a scented candle, the handful of flowers, and/or oysters, they win. That’s where their plan ends and yours should just be beginning. And maybe, just maybe,…
Andrea Bocelli was initially discovered by Pavarotti — presumably when the late, great tenor from Modena was already losing his hearing. The listening public may have been losing its hearing, too. For it didn’t matter that Bocelli sang without any beautiful tone to speak of, or that he sounded thin…
It’s another weekend before Valentine’s Day, and even though you’re now years into adulthood, you’re still a newbie in the liaison department. You think not? Here’s a checklist: Have you ever approached a fem dom? Rubbed elbows with swing-style players? And fetishes — could you name 15? There’s a whole…
If your significant other is taking you to Italy for Valentine’s Day this year, you can stop reading. For the rest of us, the closest we’ll get to a romantic getaway abroad is Rick Steves’ Europe on PBS. Or we can peel ourselves off the couch and treat our valentine…
Culinary swashbuckler Anthony Bourdain now occupies the enviable position of making more money talking about food than actually cooking it. Still, his charisma and wit were both too big to be contained behind the line, and it’s Bourdain we can thank in part for ushering in the era of chef…
The best aspect of a Renaissance festival is the wonderful absence of jerks thumbing through their BlackBerrys. It’s a celebration of life unplugged — of a simpler time when men were covered in tin and women had to worry only about keeping their bosoms heaving and their hair braided. Although…
Adolescent hormones wash across the sky in magenta waves and kaleidoscopic prisms in the second installment (of four) of this Japanese anime, derived from the ’90s Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series. The fireworks above a futuristic, ruined Tokyo come as four high-schoolers pilot giant, Transformers-style battle-bots against marauding “angels” that…
The ancient Egyptians believed that death could be overcome, but their afterlife was no cakewalk — it demanded rigorous preparation. The Egyptians held that the ka, a spiritual essence, required food and sustenance after death. And that was just the ka essence — the ba and kha essences had their…
Give everything Barbie the attention, the honor, and the intensity it deserves at “Barbie®: History, Fashions & More” at the Museum of Lifestyle & Fashion History at the Boynton Beach Mall (801 N. Congress Ave., Boynton Beach). Why now? Well, because Barbie’s 50. And she’ll turn 51 in March. And…
J.R. Ackerley’s 1956 memoir about his recalcitrant German shepherd, My Dog Tulip, is one of the finest, most insightful chronicles of interspecies devotion. It’s the antithesis of both Marley & Me cuddliness and Cesar Millan militancy. A complex love story, his book plumbs the inner lives of hounds: “I realized…
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale creates something of a new origin story for Santa Claus—or, rather, reintroduces with dark glee some of the original pagan myths that have long been glossed over by the market forces behind what a character sneeringly calls “The Coca-Cola Santa.” When a mysterious businessman looks…
During the filming of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, they had to keep telling the actors not to make the light saber sounds during the fight scenes. Apparently, Star Wars is so deeply ingrained in our collective psyche that the actors didn’t even realize they were doing it…
Oh, to remember a night that happened nine months ago is tough. The explicit details, the likes and dislikes. The Night + Day section loves previewing events for you, and every so often when we’ve attended the event previously, we can give you more of a review. Last February, Chillounge…
It wasn’t that long ago that the few blocks of warehouses and businesses north of Broward Boulevard and east of Andrews Avenue near downtown Fort Lauderdale were known more as that somewhat dodgy spot between the train tracks and the nearest Starbucks than a burgeoning area of creative activity. But…
So far as we know, David Blaine has never made headlines denouncing God, and David Copperfield has never bruited objectivist philosophy. But unlike most celebrity magicians, Penn & Teller are not content performing tricks, taking bows, and going quietly into the night. Rather, they have so successfully cultivated their images…
Ask anybody: Love is an inspiring experience. The Illustration Club of the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale has put together its first show, “Bleeding Hearts,” a love-inspired collection of works by students, faculty, and alumni. Totally free, the artists’ interpretations of love varies in medium and in theme — in…
The name of the program is “Heroes & Miracles,” and it intends to prominently showcase rescued Chilean miners. The question that arises, then, is whether getting dragged out of a hole can make a person a hero. Are the miners heroes for not going all 28 Days Later on each…
A group of white-clad rapists, one very quick-witted, hang around the corner. Dr. Strangelove is present. Female twins block your path in the hallway on the way to the restroom. But — good news — Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman won’t be having uncomfortable sex with each other on the…
Some say America is a Christian nation, and maybe it is, but others say that this great country’s true religion is football. Not baseball — with its brown-eyed handsome men on clean grass — but football, the sport in which mean-eyed ugly men collide on the muddy gridiron. Spit flies,…
The Roommate is exactly what you thought it would be: a plagiarized, campus-set Single White Female pitched to teens. The Roommate traces over scenes from Barbet Schroeder’s sleepover classic with no notable improvement (the big-gasp “This girl is crazy” moment moves from the hairdresser’s to a tattoo parlor; the menaced…
Rejoice, all ye sports fans! America’s most venerable holiday, Super Bowl Sunday, is finally upon us. A time for family, friends, and food, the Super Bowl is just like Christmas… only with way more Cheez Whiz sculptures and commercials that make nut shots on America’s Funniest Home Videos look like…
