Florida Agenda

AJ Cross This week’s column is a celebration of laughter. Margaret Cho always says, “If we can’t laugh at ourselves, then fu*k it.” Here are my TOP 10 gay jokes from various sources. It’s hard to find clean gay jokes. I hope they lighten up your day. #10 What do you call 50 lesbians and [...]

By AJ Cross Photo: Photo of actual tow sign in the parking lot of the Shoppes of Wilton Manors For years, the Shoppes of Wilton Manors have been the center of the “Gay Strip” in the city. It is a one-stop location for boys and girls to hold hands proudly and enjoy a slice of [...]

While standing alone by the pool table at your favorite hangout, a random stranger introduces himself to you only to ask if he was in the right place, because he was supposed to meet some friends. Taken back by his beautiful dark blue eyes, full red lips and intentionally messy auburn hair, you did not [...]

By AJ Cross This week’s column is sure to be controversial with many people on both sides of the fence, but I have decided to join with the homeowner in this instance. No offense to all of my realtor friends, but I believe that a change needs to be made. There was a time when [...]

By AJ Cross Photo: Some hot vampire on vampire action in HBO’s “True Blood” With all the sensationalism surrounding vampirism today and in conjunction with the approaching Halloween holiday, I decided to delve into the world of the occult and learn more about the  subject. It seems that even with the glamour of shows such [...]

By AJ Cross I love key lime pie. It is my favorite dessert of all time. The problem with having a favorite dessert is that there is no compensating for taste. Cost is not an issue when it comes to satisfying that particular craving. The difficulty, however, is locating that one perfect slice. It has [...]

By AJ Cross Today I was wondering what a day would be like if there was something that happened that was unexpected; something that moved me in such a way as to almost bring a tear to my eye.  Every day I wake up hoping that some random act of kindness will occur in my [...]

AJ Cross For several years, a good friend of mine had made every effort  to get me to join in holiday events and special occasions, simply to involve me in something that was family-orientated, since I have no family. Year after year, invitation after invitation, I regretfully declined.   Eventually, he gave up on me, and [...]

AJ Cross I was asked to re-run my award winning column from August 2010 titled “Visiting Hours” by a reader who just lost his partner and was dealing with the partner’s family and possible loss of his home after 15 years because it was in his partner’s name. The Florida Agenda and I want to [...]

By AJ Cross During these economic times, more folks are saving money by making box lunches for work, and cooking dinners at home. I even have found myself watching Julia Child on YouTube while attempting to create the perfect chicken dinner. It seemed to me that eating out came with too high a price tag. [...]