SAT 1/8 Paso Fino horses are born with a unique and graceful four-beat lateral gait which is smooth for the rider and beautiful to watch. See the pretty horses walk this way beginning at 9:00 a.m. today and Sunday at the Tropical Park Equestrian Center, 7900 Bird Rd. Free. Call…
Wolf suits and mischief-making Ask children’s librarians to name their most requested picture books and you are bound to hear the 1964 Caldecott Medal Winner Where the Wild Things Are rattled off again and again. Maurice Sendak’s classic story is about a sassy boy named Max who is sent to…
THU 6 VW Beetle owners will travel around the country to hang out at Bug Jams with other Beetle drivers. A biker who loves his Harley-Davidson would rather see his sister in a brothel than his brother on a Japanese crotch rocket. And don’t even mention a PC around Apple…
THU30 The holiday parade season is coming to an end, sadly, so get out there and enjoy the festivities while they last. The 56th annual Junior Orange Bowl Parade is saluting our country this year with its patriotic theme of “Celebrating America.” Wear plenty of red, white, and blue to…
THU 23 Kevin Spacey is working overtime. He spent his own cash and five years struggling to make his latest film. The actor has a lot on the line with this labor of love that brings Fifties crooner Bobby Darin to vivid, complicated life, from his meteoric rise to his…
“When are you going to find yourself a nice Jewish boy and settle down?” Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard that one, whether from your own mother or from your friends complaining about their mothers. See? You are not alone. And you won’t be alone on Christmas Eve, either,…
THU 16 David Yurman makes the kind of jewelry that causes discerning, Vogue-reading women to salivate. When Sybil Yurman wore a handcrafted gift from her husband to an art opening, the gallery owner fell in love with the piece. The woman asked if the gift was for sale. David answered…
The subject line on the press release read, “Once more with Feeling … CHER!” Oh, my God. Please say it isn’t so. Cher is back, back again? It goes on to claim that “due to overwhelming demand, Cher will continue her öFarewell Never Can Say Goodbye Tour 2004.'” Damn! She…
THU 9 They say that behind every good man, there’s an even better woman. Behind James Joyce, there was Sylvia Beach, who was driven to bankruptcy by publishing his scandalous masterpiece, Ulysses. Behind Pablo Picasso stood Gertrude Stein, who discovered and promoted this then-unknown artist while employing a young errand…
Another year has sped past and we still haven’t mastered the art of relaxation or found inner peace. Anxiety from holiday shopping and having only a few weeks left to attain those resolutions can leave us wishing for a day at the spa. The timing for the Spa and Resort…
THU 2 November’s in the rear view mirror and we’re zooming full speed ahead through the holiday tunnel. For college students, this time of year traditionally means high stress, what with finals bearing down. For professors, it means stacks and stacks of papers to read. Well, professors Zack Bowen and…
THU 25 The football games are over and the pumpkin pie is almost all gone. The leftover food has been wrapped up and put away into individual containers for the next day’s snacks. Turkey Day has begun its long, slow journey into night. Instead of slipping into a full-bellied slumber,…
Fabulously over the top and beyond chic, the White Party celebrates its twentieth anniversary this year with the theme “Universal Love: Heroes and Icons of the Revolution.” You can “expect to see a lot of Liz Taylors and Marie Antoinettes,” says Tony “Mr. Nightlife” Miros, public relations and marketing coordinator…
Anyone who has worked in a restaurant knows that attitudes are as plentiful as drugs in the kitchen. Anthony Bourdain may have kicked the heroin habit, but he is still one bad-ass motherfucker. His bestselling tell-all memoir, Kitchen Confidential, scared the hell out of foodies who will never again order…
