Florida Agenda

By ROBERT ELIAS DEATON Following up on last week’s introduction to Chicago, Illinois, we return to President Obama’s onetime hometown to scour the gayborhoods best bars, clubs, and cafés. Chicago’s largest gay village is nicknamed Boystown, though it’s legally known as Lakeview. The first officially recognized gay neighborhood in the United States, it is also [...]

By DALE MADISON Three years ago, the City of Wilton Manors opened a monthly “Green Market” at Hagen Park. The market was a success until the sweltering days of summer arrived, and many of the vendors decided that it was time to either find an air conditioned venue, or wait until the cooler winds of [...]

By Andy Kress Migraines are a paroxysmal affliction that have plagued the world with painful headaches since recorded medical history. People who suffer from this disease are stricken with pain on one side of the head, along with radiant eye pain and loss of appetite, making the most menial tasks seem like big jobs. Migraine [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Tijuana Flats on East Sunrise Boulevard is a one-room joint of the place-yourorder and-wait-for-the-magic-tohappen type. Around 7 p.m. on any night, the place is a chatty, crazy kind of fun where it’s likely you’ll end up becoming best friends with the folks at the next table. Everyone, from the wait staff [...]

Some recipes are just too good to overlook and this one, for All-American Chocolate Fudge, certainly qualifies. It originally ran in Florida Agenda on September 8, 2011. The smooth consistency of delicious chocolate fudge is what makes it a delectable treat. It’s the cooking temperature that separates hard caramels from fudge and tiny micro crystals [...]

By DALE MADISON When you hear the words “barber shop,” most people (my age, anyway) think of Floyd, from the old “Andy Griffith Show,” with an old rotating red, white and blue barber pole outside a sleepy little shop. You’ll still find the pole, but nothing that’s remotely “sleepy” at a “cutting edge” (pun intended) [...]

By Cliff Dunn Greater Fort Lauderdale lost a friend last week, as Jan D. Carpenter, respected business and community leader and loving partner of Dale Russell, passed away October 2. Carpenter, born January 17, 1949 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota (“Go Bears!”), attended Bemidji State University before accepting a management position with Target Corporation, a [...]

By JEAN DOHERTY This is a “hot” vegetarian dish, or vegetable accompaniment to any poultry, meat, or fish dish you like. It will make any reluctant squash-eater a total fan— believe me I know what I’m talking about. I was one. For 4 servings you’ll need: Ingredients: • 2 lbs of zucchini (about 4 or [...]

By RICHARD DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Crab legs are coming to the Alibi and you heard it here first. After a super successful summer promotion of Tuesday night all-you-can-eat lobster at $39.99, the outside patio at Wilton Manor’s most established gay gathering spot is looking to shake things up with crab. Lobster is out and crab is [...]

By Tom Bonanti If I’ve said it once, I’ve proclaimed it a thousand times, I have one of the best jobs in the world! As a personal trainer (and licensed massage therapist and owner of my own gym), I get to work with some of the finest and most interesting ladies and gentlemen in Fort [...]