Palm Beach County

Dolphins 'Open' to Moving to Palm Beach

Dolphins CEO Mike Dee told reporters today that he's "open" to the idea of moving the team to Palm Beach County. Which seems ridiculous on so many levels, but threatening to move the team when you're looking for a public handout is the oldest trick in the book. So it's really not surprising.

Local Credit Union Looking for Hip, Cool, Trendy, *Buzzword*, *Buzzword*, Hipster Spokesperson

Hey, you 20-something in skinny jeans riding a fixie, Tropical Financial Credit Union wants to be the place where you store your money to save up for Coachella tickets. In fact, they may want you to be their new "Spokester," which we imagine is some misadvised portmanteau of "hipster" and "spokesper ... More >>

BurgerFi To Open Its Sixth Florida Location in Aventura on August 29

Aventura prepare to get "burgerfied." BurgerFi, Avenutra's newest burger joint, will be opening its doors to the public at 18139 Biscayne Boulevard location on August 29. It will be their  sixth location overall in Florida.The chain is the "world's first all-natural burger franchise in the ... More >>

Forty-Five Live Cats, Two Dead Cats, and Mounds of Garbage Found in Florida Woman's Townhouse

The scene inside a Greenacres townhouse might have been too extreme even for reality-TV exploitation shows such as Hoarders. After the home's owner was taken to the hospital for health problems, authorities found 45 live cats, two dead cats, and mounds of garbage inside. Officials say ... More >>

Target Worker Drives Car into Canal After Black Friday Shift in Palm Beach

​The unsung victims of the bizarre display of capitalism we call Black Friday? The hundreds of thousands of retail workers who have their Thanksgiving marred by having to get show up to work later that night to prepare.A worker at a Target in Palm Beach was so exhausted after working her Black Fri ... More >>

15-Year-Old Accidentally Killed by Friend After Stealing BMW and Attempting Crime Spree

Helicopter footage from the Post shows the other boys being questioned by police.​A 15-year-old boy from Coral Gables was shot and killed this morning in Boynton Beach after he stole a BMW with two friends and drove to Palm Beach County looking for homes to burglarize. The victim was accidentally ... More >>

Rep. Allen West: Activist Women Are "Neutering American Men"

​Oh, how we long for the loss of former Congressman Alan Grayson. He was the best source in Florida politics for "Wait, did that really just come out of his crazy mouth?" stories.Luckily, Rep. Allen West has picked up the slack in that department. The loudmouthed Tea Party Republican from Palm Bea ... More >>

Lebron James Villain-O-Meter: How Much Does America Hate Him This Week?

​Americans residing north of Palm Beach County have targeted their wrath at LeBron James, a basketball player and creator of the world's worst television special. In this semi-regular installment, we ​figure out why American hates LeBron this week, so you don't have to.

Adoptions of Black Cats Halted in Palm Beach Until After Halloween

​Palm Beach County is apparently full of sadistic weirdos and people who love exuberant parties, so it only makes sense that three animal shelters in the county have banned adoption of black cats until after Halloween. The shelters fear that the cats may be harmed due to All Hallow's Eve ... More >>

Chef Gonzalo Rivera Says Adios to La Marea

Photo by Riki AltmanSave that last empanada for us, amigo!Though most of the crowd at last night's March of Dimes Signature Chefs Event was all smiles, yours truly suffered a broken heart when La Marea's executive chef, Gonzalo Rivera, mentioned he has given notice and won't be at the restaurant aft ... More >>

Bill Clinton in Miami August 16 to Campaign for Kendrick Meek

​Bill Clinton has been one of the biggest and earliest supporters of Kendrick Meek's Senate candidacy. He's been headlining fundraisers for Meek since early 2009 and is steadfast in his support. In fact, he'll be in South Florida in a week and a half to campaign on behalf of Meek. The events come ... More >>

Only 1.69 of 10,000 Miamians Are Tea Party Members

​PBS's Patchwork Nation project recently put together a county-by-county map comparing the concentration of residents who have registered as members of a Tea Party-affiliated group. Surprisingly, given Marco Rubio's success, Florida had only three counties (Gilchrist, Flagler, and S ... More >>

Jersey Shore Warns Potential Shooting Locations of "Public Ridicule, Humiliation or Condemnation"

via Terry's Diary​Even the show's producers understands why no one wants to be associated with the Jersey Shore. Apparently the show was interested in filming scenes at Rapids Water Park up in Palm Beach County, and Jose Lambiet got a hold of the contract MTV requires all potential shooting locati ... More >>

Video: Surfer Blood Covers Neutral Milk Hotel's "Two-Headed Boy"

>Haven't gotten enough Surfer Blood between New Times' recent feature on the band, its homecoming shows at both the Vagabond and Propaganda, and its places on a bunch of year-end best-of-2009 lists? Can't wait until the Palm Beach County boys open for Monotonix at Respectable Street on the 27th? ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale's Sweet Bronco Plays Miami this Friday, at the Vagabond

The Fort Lauderdale-based act Sweet Bronco usually plays small Broward and Palm Beach County venues like the Bubble and Propaganda, so this outing below the Miami-Dade County line is a rare treat. Although the band is technically a three-piece, Sweet Bronco's driving force is curly-haired Chris Hor ... More >>

Party for Free at Respectable Street

NYE 2010: Party for Free at Respectable Street

Ian Witlen​Why is it that everyone expects New Year's Eve to be so awesome when the preceding 364 days sucked so hard? Maybe all this emphasis on the End is just some banal expression of Western Civilization's apocalyptic mindset. Or maybe we're all a bunch of overstimulated creeps incapable of en ... More >>

Palm Beach County band Surfer Blood plays the Vagabond

Hialeah Seafood Smuggler: What Kind of Guy Drives Around With 232 Lobster Tails?

Esox Lucius via Flicker CCOk, so you're cruising north on the Florida Turnpike. The cops pull you over and you're freaking out, man, because you're holding some seriously illicit shit: A cooler full of 232 lobster tails -- 167 of which are undersized. Undersized! Alberto Varea, age 54, of Hialeah ... More >>

Judge Warns that Miami-stlye Crime Will Soon Taint Pristine Palm Beach

Palm Beach County circuit judge Krista Marx sat down with The Palm Beach Post and warned that crime , in the words of the paper, "is inexorably moving northward from Miami-Dade like red tide." Yes, because apparently crime is a mysterious and uncontrollable force of nature. Don't worry Mar ... More >>

Dashboard Confessional Postpones Tour; Show with NFG at Pompano Beach on Nov. 27 is Off

​The upcoming national outing headlined by New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional was going to be a showcase of '90s Broward and Palm Beach County heroes made good. But this past Friday, Dashboard had to suddenly drop off the tour, which was scheduled to land locally at Pompano Beach Amphithea ... More >>

Things I Would Do This Weekend if I Had Unlimited Money and the Power of Teleportation

Me teleporting to shows everywhere​So after weeks of very little excitement as far things that I would like to do, all of a sudden this weekend is chock full of some of my favorite things.First off Lucas Leyva and a few names I associate with the Borscht Film Festival, as well as some of the peopl ... More >>

Concert Review: Stonefox CD Release Party with Surfer Blood and Dead Rabbits, at Propaganda, July 30

photo by Ian WitlenStonefox ruled Propaganda.​To see a full slideshow of photos from the show, click here. Surfer Blood, Dead Rabbits, and StonefoxPropaganda, Lake WorthThursday, July 30, 2009Better Than: Another DJ dance night whereverThe Review:Last night at Propaganda marked the official album ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Right on the Money" by the Pretty Faces

It may seem like there's been a blog avalanche on Crossfade about the Pretty Faces, but it's because they deserve it. The Boca-based quartet is one of Palm Beach County's best-kept rock secrets -- a welcome, refreshing blast for fans of the Kinks, the Raspberries, Badfinger, and any number of other ... More >>

The Rush Limbaugh Diet, Before and After Pictures

Since when did Palm Beach County radio host Rush Limbaugh become a diet icon? Apparently, since yesterday. I like to think of the guy as a hard-drinking, meat-eating, pilled-out fat dude who smokes a lot. Yesterday, Google reported "Rush Limbaugh Diet" as one of the top 100 searches during the hour ... More >>

No Blues for Ouzo Blue

Photo from ouzoblue.comThey're dancing on the tables in Palm Beach Gardens -- literally -- with the debut of Palm Beach County's second Ouzo Blue. The first Blue set up in Lake Worth in January, bringing Greek faves from dolmades and spanakopita to moussaka and lamb kebabs, plus lots of table dancin ... More >>

The Friday Recession Weekly Wrap-Up

Short Order crawls the webs of cyberspace and stomps through the tricounty like a hungry elephant looking for the best local content to serve you, the loyal reader. You are loyal, aren't you? Aren't you!? Don't make us chase you off the page with an electric bread knife. Read on to find out what we ... More >>

The Taco That Ate Wellington

Restaurants are scaling back plans for expansion. That new carpet for the foyer has been put on hold, and the chipped plates will just have to last another year. So it's nice to see one Florida company planning to open 12 new locations this year: According to today's Orlando Sentinel, Tijuana Flats ... More >>

Planning for St. Pat's

photo from persistentillusion.comOnly one day a year we get to dress in stupid emerald green hats and down as much Irish whiskey and Black & Tans as we can drink with two fists: St. Patrick's Day (not pictured above**) is ready to launch -- just look at your local pub, they've already covered ev ... More >>

Check, Please! Two Debuts Tonight

Season two of Check, Please! kicks off tonight on WPBT-2, with Michelle Bernstein returning to host and lead each week's panel discussion. The show features three dining enthusiasts who escort one another to their respective favorite restaurant, then afterward in the studio, make-believe they are re ... More >>

Frankie Lopez Jr. Represents The South In The Almost Famous Chef Competition

Every year the S. Pellegrino Almost Famous Chef Competition scours the kitchens of America's culinary institutes for talented students ready to compete for the title of Almost Famous Chef. The ten most talented young chefs, as determined by regional competitions, converge on Napa, California's Culi ... More >>

Mates of State, Beach House, or No Age Could Share The Stage With 311 at SunFest?

via www.myspace.com/matesofstateMates of State: Playing SunFest with 311? Possibly....Crossfade reported recently that Palm Beach County festival staple SunFest had announced the first phase of its lineup, and that among the major acts was the improbably long-lived 311. The Omaha reggae-hip-hop-what ... More >>

Introducing Third World America: Dirty Solja and The Mish

The kid Mish contacted me about documenting the Palm Beach County movement. Here's what he had to say:

Closings: The Palm Beach Gardens Balloon Has Burst

What happened to Downtown At The Gardens? What was once a lovely dining destination is rapidly becoming a restaurant graveyard, staffed by people with bad attitudes and bunker mentalities. We called and spoke to someone in The Gardens' marketing department about a wild rumor about the fact that fou ... More >>

Commission Gets Fat on Avocadoes

If you thought the Federal ethics charges against Mary McCarty and her band of merry Palm Beach County and City Commissioners was scandalous enough, you haven't heard what the California Avocado Commission has been up to in the past three years. McCarty, after all, only accepted a few free hotel ro ... More >>

Palm Beach Goes Crazy

Efon

Wasted Talent (self-released)

Fall of Olympus

Delicious Organics Delivers!

Last Night: The Police Can't Get Arrested

Where I'm Coming From

Cru Jones

A Roadside View (Undecided Records)

Buck This

An Ounce of Prevention -- At Last

County jail officials finally decide to get serious about a highly contagious disease

Nature Bound

Caravan explores Everglades

BEST THEATER FOR DRAMA

Florida Stage

Best Surf Spot

Third Street

The Morning After the Night Before

Three scenes from a botched election

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Calendar for the week