Earth Liberation Front torches McMansions, releases CO2 into the atmosphere
“I’m not letting crews get in the buildings. It’s a defensive fire right now,” said Eastman. “We heard several explosions inside of there, so we’re not sending any crews in for the fear that they are booby trapped…We’re in a contain mode.” It seems that the ELF has torched a half-dozen McMansions on Seattle’s “Street…
GO NORTH FOR SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER FARE
Longwood taqueria takes pride in Central Mexican family recipes
COOKING FROM CUZCO
Though Peruvian food hasn’t quite made it to the haute cuisine circuit, restaurants offering the South American fare have cropped up all over Orlando; Limeña Chicken in the Winter Park area offers one of the most exhaustive all-Peruvian menus in Central Florida. Selections cover the gamut of Peruvian food, from aguaditos ($7), a hearty cilantro-based…
IT’S ALL IN THE STARS
Eclectic cast adds tang to off script
CHARLIE IN CHARGE
Charlie Bartlett Studio: MGM Rated: R Cast: Anton Yelchin, Kat Dennings, Tyler Hilton, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis Director: Jon Poll WorkNameSort: Charlie Bartlett Our Rating: 4.50 This film’s tone is distinctive even in the current Junoverse: Charlie Bartlett represents a new sincerity, evidenced by the utterly unironic use of the Cat Stevens song “If…
SWORN ENEMY’S SAUSAGE FEST
if a dude breaks another dude’s heart, does it not bleed?
HAPPYTOWN
From the update desk comes this shocker: The St. Johns River Water Management District staff is recommending approval of Seminole County’s request to pull out an average of 5.5 million gallons of water a day from the St. Johns, and more than 11 million gallons during peak demand periods (See “The big suck,” Nov. 22).…
POLICE BEAT
Feb. 14 (2008-67537) 1:58 a.m.: Happy Valentine’s Day, dear. Here’s your present: All these cigars that I stole from a liquor store after I smashed the glass door with a brick! I could have picked us up some nice champagne or maybe a bottle of cognac while I was at it, but I figured you’d…
MAIL SACK
NO FAT CHICKS IN GERMANY I am currently “wintering” in your fair city (I live in Germany) and I have become an avid reader of the Orlando Weekly. While reading a recent issue [Feb. 21] I ran across the discussion in the Mail Sack section, particularly the letters regarding fat/obese people, their “rights” and the…
NO INK FOR YOU
Winter Park’s image rests on upscale hair salons, high-end art galleries and pricey exclusive boutiques. Its signature shopping corridor along Park Avenue contains picturesque rose gardens, nail salons, trendy wine bars and restaurants – even a dog bakery and trinket shop called Bullfish. And those are exactly the kinds of businesses that city officials want…
WARTIME MEET-CUTE
After the gilding given to the legend of the “greatest generation” by the likes of Tom Brokaw, one would be forgiven for thinking that our military victory in World War II was due to the unquestioning obedience of patriotic volunteers marching in lockstep to the enlightened orders of their Solomonic superiors. Thankfully, there are writers…
SLIP OF THE TOUNGE
The dream is finally over. Millions of kids of my generation learned what little we knew about sex from the lyrics of songs like KISS’ “Calling Dr. Love.” Three decades later, thanks to an illicitly marketed sex tape leaked onto the web last week, we now know that copulation Gene Simmons–style is closer to what…
THE PHOENIX AND THE FLAME
It’s no coincidence that Chimaira named their latest album Resurrection. The Cleveland metalcore sextet needed a new beginning after 2005’s self-titled release failed to capitalize on the success of 2003’s The Impossibility of Reason. “We really worked our asses off, and put everything we had into it, almost killed each other making it,” says singer…
MISSING TREASURE
Pedro Calderón de la Barca was one of the pre-eminent dramatists of Spain’s Golden Age of theater, circa 1580-1680, a time of flourishing artistic achievement. In addition to his celebrated autos sacramentales – plays written for the Catholic Church – Calderón authored many secular works for both the court and commercial theaters. Perhaps his most…
HOT!
Alas, it’s that time of year again. February is when Sports Illustrated releases its annual swimsuit issue, replete with the usual oiled-up pimping of site-specific liposuction, freakish genetics, rhinoplasty, gym-rat body sculpting, faux-hot thousand-yard gazes, and chemically plumped lips puckered into automaton pouts. Viruslike, this Photoshopped Frankenstein aesthetic spreads to cinema and mass culture, and/or…
COOKING FROM CUZCO
Though Peruvian food hasn’t quite made it to the haute cuisine circuit, restaurants offering the South American fare have cropped up all over Orlando; Limeña Chicken in the Winter Park area offers one of the most exhaustive all-Peruvian menus in Central Florida. Selections cover the gamut of Peruvian food, from aguaditos ($7), a hearty cilantro-based…
I LOVE TELEVISION
Ever had a moment, after hearing news so utterly astounding, so unbelievably wonderful that you can only sit quietly and tremble with your hand over your mouth? Well, my friends, I recently had such a moment after learning that one of my favorite celebrities is joining the cast of Dancing With the Stars. It is…
THIS LITTLE UNDERGROUND
Spring hasn’t even sprung yet and there’s already some blossoming on the local boutique label front. A few weeks ago, I introduced new estro-punk imprint Lipstick Pickup. Now, Phil Siegenthaler (guitarist of sadly defunct post-hardcore band the Punching Contest) is set to launch Sleepy Bird Orphanage, a label focused on experimental music. Midwifed by Chris…
LIVE ACTIVE CULTURES
Hey kids, rehab isn’t just for cracked-out pop stars anymore – it’s the thing to do for attractions, too! After years of saying “No, no, no” to anything but the most basic maintenance, the Mouse powers have opened the purse strings for significant renovations of signature rides. But a recent update didn’t just involve high-tech…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19) What’s the opposite of a freakout? Let’s call it a freak-in. I suspect you’re about to enter this state. That means you will have at your disposal all the intensity of a hysterical fit, but you’ll be able to express it artfully as you accomplish acts of amazing grace. Time may…
SAVAGE LOVE
At first glance, I am the guy your mother wants you to marry. Successful, sweet, clean-shaven. Below the surface, I am the guy your mother warned you about: pierced tongue, tattoos, a ton of kinks. A couple of months ago, I met a woman who wanted to be a sex slave. She comes to my…
BLISTER
Two scorching-hot, rod-iron pokers tipped with Vienna sausages to shove up my ass, please, and maybe another caustic drink to further blunt my numb-down-theres. To absolutely nobody’s surprise and amazement, Nude Nite – Orlando’s perfunctory tip-toe through its pubic erogenous zone, ruffled dress all aflutter – is upon us again, this year promising even more…
MBI vs. OW – All charges officially dropped.
Breaking: The MBI has dropped its racketeering charges against the Orlando Weekly, as well as misdemeanor and felony charges it filed against three Weekly employees last October for selling ads to prostitutes. As it turns out, the MBI brain-trust hit a small hitch – there’s not really anything illegal about that. Per the settlement, the…
Dogs don’t understand English, dumbass.
“Police arrested a 28-year-old man Sunday on a cruelty to animals charge after he yelled an obscenity at a police dog in a patrol vehicle, according to an arrest affidavit …” I understand that humans like to anthropomophize their canine friends, but seriously, how can anyone think that it’s a good idea to arrest someone…
