Last day of our Thanksgiving countdown! Today’s advice: don’t freak out
OK, so tomorrow is the big day. You’re either completely ready, with groceries stuffing the fridge and a few items already prepped, or in wait-WHAT-tomorrow?? mode. If the latter, don’t freak out. Below is a list of various suggestions and tips we’ve pulled together for you over the years. Just eight more days! Our Thanksgiving…
‘Solos’ synthesizes theater and jazz
Local playwright Joseph Reed Hayes continues his ambitious arc with this play
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Morgan’s curse, Detzner’s worse, runaway train, Crouch meets maker. DEAR GOD!
JOHN MORGAN IS SO AWESOME IN THIS PROFILE THAT HE CAN SAY ‘MOTHERFUCKER’ AND STILL COME OFF AS ALL ‘FOR THE PEOPLE’: You’d think after making thousands of “For the People” TV ads for his law firm, John Morgan would be more than comfortable before the camera. But as he looked at his…
Movie news roundup, Dec. 1, 2013
News, links, etc: -RIP Paul Walker. And thank you, Internet, for pointing out the irony. You are very clever and witty, dear Internet, but you can stop now. (The Wrap) -RIP Jane Kean, who played Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners. (THR) https://vimeo.com/80341711 -So this happened at a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles screening this week and…
Bartender Bracket – Round 2!
Click to enlarge. After one round of voting, we’re down to eight Orlando bartenders we love from a variety of top-shelf local bars. We’ll take it, neat. Ready for Round 2? Round 1: Voting ends Friday, Nov. 29 Round 2: Voting ends Wednesday, Dec. 4 Round 3: Voting ends Wednesday, Dec. 11 Final round: Voting…
Literary leftovers, or 13 ways of looking at a turkey carcass
Welcome to the day after Thanksgiving. Don’t know about you, but we don’t feel like doing much besides reading, poking at our phones, and making periodic trips to the fridge for leftovers. AND SPEAKING OF LEFTOVERS and reading: Here’s a little literary oddity from The Crack-up, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s kinda-brilliant, kinda-tragic last novel. “Novel” is stretching…
SeaWorld protest hits the streets at Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
It wasn’t quite A Miracle on 34th st style happy ending at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year for the SeaWorld float. After controversy over the float and calls to boycott from PETA, the SeaWorld float escaped mostly unharmed — except for one real life Lisa Simpson. Though the PETA protest ended up diluted…
Happy Thanksgiving, y’all
We found this little Disney gem and thought you might enjoy it today. Pluto the pup and his feline friend turn out to be rather susceptible to TV advertising and hey guess what … things spiral badly from there. Enjoy the show, and … Hope your turkey turns out better than this one! …
OINTMENT: A VERY SPECIAL HOLIDAY BLISTER READER
Because most of us are spending our turkey-baster days pretending to be thankful for family bonds while simultaneously sneaking regret-swigs of fruity liqueurs from dusty old grandma wet bars – or simply because WE CAN ALL USE A NOSTALGIC DISTRACTION NOW AND AGAIN – we’re taking an ill-advised gander back at our favorite published diaries…
‘Good Ol’ Freda’: the last great Beatle story
The long-awaited tale of the Fab Four’s secretary opens at the Enzian
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Racist cops, friendless governors, cruel conservatives, wrecking balls and cocaine blues! TURKEYS FOR EVERYONE!
FALLOUT FROM THE RECENT REVELATION THAT MIAMI GARDENS IS A RACIST HELLHOLE, AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. “FUCK THA POLICE,” INDEED: There’s more footage: An officer grabs a plastic bag full of Red Bull drinks from a man, flinging the cans on the sidewalk, then picking up one…
Ranking the Best Thanksgiving Movies
Well hello there. I bet you thought this post was going to be a list. So did I. But it turns out that, cinematically speaking, Thanksgiving is about as useful as arbor day. There is just no money in it. No one else celebrates Thanksgiving (or they celebrate their own version of it which has…
Tip Jar: Scratch Tapas & Craft, Pig Floyd’s Smokehouse and more
Tip Jar: local food news
Project Censored 2013
Ten stories the media failed to cover – or covered all wrong – in 2013
Smooth sailing ahead for Wooden Shjips fans heavily anticipating the excellent ‘Back to Land’
Album review: Wooden Shjips’ ‘Back to Land’
Artists take a trip in the Transit Interpretation Project
They’ll create responses to the commuter system in the form of dance, photographs, poetry and even fashion
Orlando considers relaxing restraints on front yard gardens and Sunday morning drinking
Council Watch: Keeping tabs on City Council so you don’t have to
Win A Pair of Tickets to Naughty and Nice
At Universal Studios
‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ is enormously rewarding
Newest in Hunger Games franchise fans the flames even brighter
‘Frozen’ is just room temperature
Adorable animated film will warm kids’ hearts but leave adults cold
Jeffrey Novak’s ‘Lemon Kid’ is a hybrid of the Kinks, T. Rex, Roxy Music and Velvet Underground
Album review: Jeffrey Novak’s ‘Lemon Kid’
Rick Scott’s sneaky campaign letters
Democrats call foul on “shameless” taxpayer-funded letterhead abuse
Our music columnist announces that Will’s Pub will become a non-smoking venue
I am continually dumbfounded by the lack of basic urban intelligence out there over where not to park your car. But varying degrees of common sense aside, I don’t want anybody to get towed. So here’s a rule to park by: If it’s not designated by the establishment you’re visiting and not public property (curbside),…
Savage Love
I recently ended a relationship that lasted a year and five months. While I loved this woman, for much of the relationship she was, to varying degrees, depressed. I tried to be as helpful and patient as possible with the hope and expectation that she would get better. I got her into counseling. We went…
When Hanukkah collides with Thanksgiving, November gets doubly delicious
Gobble tov, it’s Thanksgivukkah!
IAAPA 2013 is a mega-convention of carnival contraptions
It took more than 12 hours over 3 days, and about 25,000 steps, for me to be able to say I saw almost everything at last week’s International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions trade show in the Orange County Convention Center. IAAPA is ordinarily one of my favorite annual Orlando events, but even though…
Trey Radel coke scandal offers more proof that our drug laws don’t work
South Florida Republican’s sin is the original sin of the war on drugs
Shimmery Afro-pop and intriguing notes bolster Daytona’s self-titled release
Album review: Daytona’s ‘Daytona’
Singer-songwriter Angel Olsen lets the frayed ends show
Catch the DIY-friendly folk artist at Will’s Pub
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) Thinking inside the box will be a crime against your nature in the coming weeks. The last place you want to be is in a pigeonhole. I advise you to stay far away from tight squeezes, claustrophobic “sanctuaries” and “convenient” confinements. If you’re in a one-size-fits-all situation, you simply won’t be…
Health reform succeeding in spite of itself
Medicaid rolls grow as Florida Republicans privately consider accepting federal cash for expansion
Seven things you should know about Thanksgiving
Some Thanksgiving trivia, while you count down the hours until America’s Most Gluttonous Holiday begins … Just like mom used to package. 7. The first TV Dinner cooked up by Swanson was basically a the company’s Thanksgiving Day leftovers – in 1953, the company found itself left with 260 tons of unpurchased turkey after the…
Two special Thanksgiving menus: vegetarian/vegan and gluten-free
Thanksgiving can be tough for those with any kind of restricted diet – and for their table- and kitchen-mates. Unless you choose to discuss it, it’s no one else’s business why you choose not to eat animals or whether you talked to your doctor about avoiding gluten. But setting aside the sometimes awkward discussions dietary…
It’s time to party like it’s the day before Thanksgiving
No, seriously. You might know it as Black Wednesday, but contrary to the retail craze that’s invoked during its counterpart Black Friday, the day before Thanksgiving has increasingly become one the biggest drinking nights of the year. It’s certainly one of the rowdiest Wednesdays bar and nightclub owners see all year. According to this NBCnews.com…
YOUR DAILY WEEKLY READER: Absentee supression; bending with Beckham; 2 Drunk 2 B Hacked; Steubenville arrests; angry libertarians. TAX THE STUPID PEOPLE
VOTER SUPRESSION STARTS NOW! EVEN IF IT’S NOT LEGAL!: “Gov. Rick Scott’s chief elections official issued an order Monday that imposes new restrictions on how and where voters can return completed absentee ballots in future elections. At least two county election supervisors, Brian Corley in Pasco County and Deborah Clark in Pinellas, are troubled…
