| Your Fort Lauderdale/Wilton Manors holiday awaits. By Bill Malcolm Consider a winter getaway to Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors (The Island City which is surrounded by Fort Lauderdale, Florida). The weather is usually perfect: highs in the low 80s and rain-free. There is so much to do and if you stay right in Wilton
By Forest Riggs With Christmas just days behind, December 31 at midnight was quite the celebration. From one end of the island to the other, church bells rang, fireworks exploded in the dark night sky, horns blew and an occasional series of gunshot blasts were heard coming from sparsely populated areas. New Year’s Eve is
There’s more to Jon Kung than meets the eye — and the taste buds. By Chris Azzopardi If you’re one of the 1.7 million people following nonbinary chef Jon Kung on TikTok (@jonkung), you may have watched their food tutorials and felt as hungry as you did thirsty. Hungry because, recently, they made spicy beef
| Cher talks new Christmas album, anti-LGBTQ+ ‘insanity’ and why she never took credit for co-writing ‘Believe’  By Chris Azzopardi After being introduced to Cher on the phone as her “old friend Chris†by Cher’s longtime publicist Liz Rosenberg, there is only one sensible way for me to respond: “Hello, old friend Cher.â€Â  Calling Cher
By Johnny Trlica Opinion: Dear Santa, Little Johnny here. I bet you are surprised to get a letter from me since it has been a long time since I have written to you. Well, I’m all grown up now. What is it? 60 years or so? When I was younger my requests were simple. I
By Johnny Trlica OPINION: As expected, the race to replace Sylvester Turner to become the next mayor of Houston will be decided in a runoff. The two leading vote getters in the November 7 general election found State Senator John Whitmire receiving 107,410 votes and U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee garnering 90,093 votes, a difference
By Colby Etherton It’s official: the 2024 presidential election is less than one year away. More likely than not, 2024 is shaping up to be a redux of the 2020 showdown between Biden and Trump, despite a large majority of voters saying that they’d prefer different candidates. While a Republican primary is underway and the
By Romeo San Vicente  The holiday slasher genre is giving gory gifts all over this season, with the grindhouse-steeped “Thanksgiving†and “It’s a Wonderful Knife†turning the memory of a classic upside down. And the trend will continue over on streaming platform Shudder when “The Sacrifice Game†drops. Directed by Jenn Wexler and set over
By Paula Dream (AKA Kale Haygood) Holiday greetings to everyone! Wow, what a year this has been! And where did the time go? Here we are into the holidays already. Hopefully you have stayed well. Holiday feast guests always ask the question: “What can I bring to the table?†In this issue, I’m giving you three recipes
By Jim Ayres I always thought, and still do, that Hugo’s on Westheimer has the most decadent weekend brunch in town. Buffet tables surround the vibrant dining room, overflowing with Chef Hugo Ortega’s succulence. But my recent birthday dinner proved there’s more to Hugo’s than a splurge-y hangover cure. Hugo’s is highly popular any time
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