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The People's Polo
The sport's militaristic roots are fading. This is Wellington, old chap.
By Amy Guthrie
Published: July 10, 2008
It's a late Sunday afternoon in Wellington, and the polo crowd is trying to squeeze in another match before the stifling heat of summer consumes South Florida. Invites are...
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That’s What Friends Are For
By Brett Gillin
Published: July 10, 2008
If the auditions for American Idol have taught us anything, it’s that friends can be cruel beyond words. At some point in each of those painfully bad singers lives, their...
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Sushi and House Music
They go together like a horse and carriage
By Penn Bullock
Published: July 10, 2008
House music is so cosmically cool that you can imagine it playing in the background on the International Space Station, while astronauts repair solar panels and piss into...
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Picture Perfect
By Heather Burdick
Published: July 10, 2008
Those who spend today roaming Boca Raton Museum’s “57th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition” will discover something amazing: they can actually...
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Alcohol is Vegan, Too
By John Linn
Published: July 10, 2008
As a foodie, a vegetarian, and a bit of a boozehound, you’ve got it awfully rough. Sure, there are bars and restaurants where you can satisfy two of your most impassioned...
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Cuts Like a Knife
By John Linn
Published: July 10, 2008
It’s fairly easy to tell why Harlan Ellison became a writer. Watching clips from Dreams with Sharp Teeth, the 2007 documentary of his life and work, you can see Ellison in...
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How Zo Got His Groove Back
By John Linn
Published: July 10, 2008
OK, so the Heat’s last season was the pits. With a record of 15-and-67, their 2007-2008 effort was among the worst in NBA history. But we shouldn’t be fair-weather...
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He'll Ferret Into Your Heart
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: July 10, 2008
There’s something missing in your life that you just can’t quite put your finger on. You inspect things closer: you have a habit of building long, hollow tubes out of...
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Welcome to Sweden
Come for the Meatballs, Stay for the Disco
By John Linn
Published: July 10, 2008
There must be something genetically different about ABBA fans. Those who love the Sweden’s number two export (behind Ikea, of course) are simply rabid in their support....
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Balls of Fury
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: July 10, 2008
Hollywood Beach is wonderful for many reasons: If you’re under 45 you’ll get called “kiddo;” soft serve ice cream is abundant; and odd sports reign supreme....
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The Other Rock
By Raina McLeod
Published: July 10, 2008
Some celebrity siblings manage to carve out their own section of the spotlight, while others are comfortable warming their measly career in the shine cast on their more famous...
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People of the Comic Book
Lecture series charts the rise of the Jewish graphic novel
By John Linn
Published: July 10, 2008
Comic book fans should already be psyched about the upcoming film The Spirit, Frank Miller’s adaptation of the landmark Sunday comic by Will Eisner. A weekly newspaper...
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Party Osmosis: It’s Only a Theory
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: July 10, 2008
Have you ever wondered why Browidians and Palm Beachers are so much more willing to travel to Miami than vice versa? The predominant theory is that there is a selectively...
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Imposing
At a bodybuilding championship, anatomy is strategy
By Sam Eifling
Published: July 10, 2008
You have to hand it to the National Physique Committee, the sanctioning organization of American beefcake and of the 2008 NPC Southern States Bodybuilding, Fitness & Figure...
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Death Is Such a Drag
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: July 10, 2008
Life in an Airstream is already a bit confining and awkward, so when you add a scandal the size of the one kicking off Sordid Lives, it’s safe to say that extra breathing...
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White Noise, Green Screens
Local artist Vanessa Tomchick sends a message in Hollywood
By John Linn
Published: July 10, 2008
One of the many utilities of art (aside from looking all purdy-like), is its ability to capture the past, and provide permanence to fleeting thoughts and memories. This is the...
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Carnivores With Rhythm
By Brandon K. Thorp
Published: July 10, 2008
That anyone can dance in the presence of Brazilian food is amazing. Americans certainly couldn’t hack it — in the U-S-of-A, most of us can be felled by a mere...
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Naked Negotiation in Riviera Beach
How a Riviera Beach official allegedly does business in a very warm climate
By Bob Norman
Published: July 10, 2008
Nightclub owner Michael Goelz says he received an unusual request from Riviera Beach Commissioner Cedrick Thomas when he requested a meeting about his plan to take over the...
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Ambushed by Seminole Blackjack
Shut Up and Shuffle
As told to Edmund Newton
Published: July 10, 2008
Gamblers are lined up three-deep just to get a seat at one of the new blackjack tables at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, where they can have a stiff drink, rub elbows...
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Short Cuts
Silver Jews
By Michael Roberts
Published: July 10, 2008
Singer/songwriter David Berman is as much of an ironist in life as he is in art. Note that after landing in rehab following a Xanax overdose (an act with sardonic aspects of...
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