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to West Palm Beach. There were so many celebrities at last years event it seemed that every news organization, tabloid, paparazzi and cable channel was there scooping up stories that were broadcast around the world. The SuperCar Experience is the event your kids will remember as they see cars that are one of a kind and get photographs that will last generations. The SuperCar Experience kicks off at 6:PM Friday, February 26th at the Palm Beach International Raceway. There will be an exhibition by Guy Cosmo and you can enjoy your own instruction session behind the wheel of a SuperCar! On Saturday the Show starts at 11:AM on the Flagler Drive Waterfront and kids under 12 are admitted free! If you purchase your tickets in advance they are only $24 for each event! Call 1-888-723-3816 for tickets and info or visit www.supercarexperience.com for more info. Life is short - make your SuperCar fantasy a reality - get your tickets now!
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NONNA MARIA RESTAURANT ANNOUNCES NEW MENU FOR SEASON One of the top restaurants in the state has announced a new Prix-Fixe Menu for the winter season that is priced so everyone can enjoy fabulous food without going bankrupt. Nonna Maria owners Judy & Chef Francois have created a 3-course menu with 10 appetizer choices, 18 entree choices and dessert for only $24.95 per person! On Valentines Day Nonna Maria will present a Rose to all the ladies and Chef Francois is preparing an exquisite 3-course menu for only $39.95 - see page 12 for more info and book your table now - the room will sell out! The Sunset Grill is celebrating their 8th Anniversary on Valentine’s weekend! Owners Terry Marince & Matt Reber should get a key to the city for their staying power in Northwood. The Sunset Grill has stood the test of time the old fashioned way hard work. Chef Terry is in the kitchen day & night personally creating every dish from soup to dessert. Matt is out front making certain service is perfect and working in every capacity. Then there is the evolving design and constant improvements to the interior and exterior that have surprised diners for years. On Valentine’s Day the Sunset Grill will host a Brunch with Mimosa & Bloody Mary’s along with a display of Chef Terry’s favorite dishes. There are 2 seatings at 12 & 2PM. Friday the 12th there will be a special drag show featuring local performers Ricky Rollick & Mellisa St. John. Saturday night Evelyn Russell will perform live. Make reservations for at least one of these spectacular events
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BARON BEATTY - see the front cover and support the restaurant that has anchored Northwood for 8 years! Entre Nous has announced an all-weekend aphrodisiac menu for Valentine’s weekend. This is a very romantic restaurant with lots of hideaway tables and mood lighting. Zagat rated the food prepared by owner/ Chef Jason L. at 25 - one of the best scores in our area. The special aphrodisiac menu will be served Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights and Entre Nous will also have their famous “Caviar for Two” all weekend. See page 15 and make reservations now they will sell out fast! Bella Cucina owners Anthony & Sandra are celebrating the birth of their son Leonardo, who at press time may be 1 month old! To celebrate Leonardo and Valentine’s Day Bella Cucina has announced a huge special - make reservations for two or more on Valentine’s and you’ll get a $20 Gift Card good for your next dinner! I caught a great set of jazz by the Lionel Harrison Trio last Tuesday - these fellows can jam! Lionel Harrison is the son of Wilburt Harrison, the original singer on the hit record “Kansas City” in 1959! Every Tuesday they perform at Bella Cucina drawing jazz lovers from all over the state. See page 15 for info!
Every man knows one thing - don’t screw up Valentine’s Night dinner! She’ll never forget it and she’ll tell her friends which will result in you getting the evil eye from them for months. Picking the right restaurant is critical. There are two restaurants on PGA that are sure fire winners, guaranteed to make her happy. Sushi Jo at PGA Commons is the Disney World of sushi restaurants. It has everything - atmosphere, music, comfortable seating and the most invigorating menu in town. Women love sushi when it’s top shelf and done right and Sushi Jo has been doing it right for a decade. You can sit inside or out under the stars. There are many cozy tables that hide you from prying eyes. Service is impeccable - see page 10 for info. Right next door is Ouzo Blue Restaurant, the Greek extravaganza. Multiple rooms, seating for 300 and 3 bars have made this the hotspot of NPB since they opened. The Mediterranean menu offers foods that tantalize your palate and the specialty drinks will seduce your mind into dreamy thoughts of Valentine’s ecstasy. Seating is spread out on the outdoor patio providing many private corners for your and your date. The belly-dancers, napkins falling from the sky like snow and live DJ music make Ouzo Blue the most exciting concept in town. Ouzo Blue on Lake Avenue and the PGA location will be offering
their regular menus all night on Valentine’s so you can pick anything you want! Don’t forget Monday & Tuesdays is the now famous Maine Lobster special at Ouzo Blue - only $12.95 for a 2-lb Maine Lobster when you purchase any side order or drink at regular price - see page 9 for more info! The opening of the brand new Art’s Coffee & Sandwich Shop is set for February 15th at the trendy Art Colony Building in Northwood. It will be operated by Jennifer (who also works at Mucci Salon) and her husband Charlie. They’ll feature hot & cold sandwiches, specially blended coffees featuring a “Flavor of the Day” and other quick bite foods. Art’s will be open from 6AM to 3PM and there is sure to be great artwork by local artist from the Art Colony Building - see page 5 for info. I spoke with a doorman at an exclusive Palm Beach building who said he has a new favorite restaurant - Dontees American Diner. He said it was actually one the “rich residents” who told him to try it. He said “they seem to find the best deals in town.” I guess that’s why they’re rich! He gets off every day at 6pm and being able to buy dinner at lunch prices fits into his tight budget easily. Dontees may be the best ala cart dinner deal in the state the food is home-cooked with plentiful portions and the service is as friendly as Mayberry RFD! See the back cover and try this spot - it is 1960’s prices in 2010!
While the economy may be rebounding it still makes sense to save cash. But we have to live every day like it’s our last and have fun too! It is in that spirit that La Fogata has agreed to continue its 50% off breakfast & dinner entrees! This deal is unreal! Just buy any entree and 2 beverages and get another entree at 1/2price. In February! At the best Mexican restaurant in town! La Fogata serves time-tested recipes that you cannot prepare at home and the chips & dips are mouth watering. See page 2, grab the ad and save cash tonight! The fabulous Paramount Ballroom on Palm Beach Island has announced a stunning deal for you and your Valentine in February - only $99 for 3 lessons and an invitation to one of their exclusive dance parties! The Paramount is the top-shelf of dance ballrooms in South Florida. Yes, it is luxuriously appointed. Yes, owner Alec Lazo is one of the top 10 dancers in the world and has won so many dance competitions it’s mindboggling. But if you have been to dance ballrooms you know one thing - the party is only as good as the people there! The Paramount Ballroom is the undisputed spot where you’ll find the most sophisticated, friendly and yes - wealthy dancers in town. It is the crowd that is exclusive, not the attitude. If you enjoy or want to learn how to dance take advantage of this deal and start mingling with a better crowd! See page 2 for more information.
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Visit www.rbslime.com, the new website that details the activities of the CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH POLITICAL SLIME MACHINE Here you can find the facts, documents, and videos of what makes Riviera Beach one of the most corrupt cities in South Florida. It is easy to show the slime, the harder part is how do we clean it up? A ground swell of citizens demanding change, both through public comment at Council meetings, and a show of force at the voting booth in March to throw out the incumbents, will be a good start. Asst. Riviera Beach City Manager Gloria Shuttlesworth is the first of three inductees into the Hall of Slime (City Attorney Pam Ryan and Assistant Police Chief Danny Jones will be profiled in the coming months) Shuttlesworth tried to extort over a thousand dollars in free meals from the tiki bar at the Riviera Beach Municipal Marina, when she decided that she was not going to pay her bill. The auditor general discusses how she then went and reduced the tiki bar monthly rent to cover the bill she refused to pay! Read page 10 of the State of Florida Auditor General's report, No. 2007-075, December 2006 http://www.myflorida.com/audgen/pages/pdf_files/2007-075.pdf From January 2004 through June 2004, the City reduced rental fees charged to the tenant by a total of $1,042 for lunches charged at the tenant’s restaurant. Check out pages 4, 5 and 6 of the follow-up Auditor General's report No. 2009-060, December 2008 http://www.myflorida.com/audgen/pages/pdf_files/2009-060.pdf This report discusses how Shuttlesworth signed off on the Tiki Bar lease renewal for only $6500 a month, when the City appraised lease value was $19,075 a month and an offer were been made by a prominent West Palm Beach restaurant and night club owner for $22,500. This gentleman, Mr. Michael Goelz, was prepared to go even higher. The question taxpayers must ask, is why Shuttlesworth would scam the City of hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue? A nasty racist, Shuttlesworth enjoys directing her resident thug, Asst. Police Chief Danny Jones to abuse white speakers. (Video of Fane Lozman and Ms. Pepper Newman being thrown around can be viewed on youtube when she did not like the content of their comments)
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I stopped by Fresh Catch Seafood to see a big crowd waiting for their specialty - Live Blue Crabs. With the recent cold weather there was a lull in availability. But owner Mark told me since the weather has broke the crabs will be coming in! See page 6 and call ahead for your Live Blue Crabs! I ran into a fellow who asked me where to find the best Omelet in town. There’s only one choice - This Is It Cafe in Northwood! They are the Omelet kings of Palm Beach! There is no cut-off time - you can enjoy your favorite omelet all day long. 2PM and you want an omelet - This Is It Cafe! See page 13 and test it for yourself! If I said I was going to open a store and sell nothing but cupcakes you’d probably say they better be damn good cupcakes! Well Hello Cupcake sells cupcakes and they are damn good! These are designer cupcakes that would make Halston proud. You have not experienced a gourmet cupcake until you’ve had a Hello Cupcake - and to entice you how about a free cupcake? See page 15 for details! Everywhere I go people are talking about Jade Kitchen. The food preparation is “unique” the menu is “dazzling.” You can go visit some corporate restaurant in a box mall but if you want local flavor cooked with global skills and cutting edge style Jade Kitchen is the trendsetter in this town. You’ll feel it the moment you walk in - make reservations for a true dining experience tonight - see page 6 for info.
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ocal residents were shocked to learn that Riverside National Bank has been targeted by the Federal Reserve and was forced to sign an agreement that may lead to its being taken over. The agreement was allegedly signed by the bank in mid-January but locals just found out about it. Allegedly Riverside posted gigantic losses of $138.9 million in 2008 and $134.3 million in the first nine months of 2009. The bank has some $3.5 billion in assets but its risk based capital is less than half of what insiders say it should be - around $120 million as of last September when it should be at least $280 million. The Fed gave Riverside only 30 days to tell them in writing how they plan to use the cash on hand for operating expenses and 60 days to submit a plan of action to solve the problems. Other banks in this situation have gone under - but a bank insider who refused to be identified in print claimed - - "that will not happen, we have more than sufficient means of additional capitol to satisfy the Fed." Stay tuned. Wrong prices at Walmart...... Customers have been complaining for months about being shortchanged and ripped off at the Lake Park Walmart. Pick up an item on the shelves listed at one price, get home to find out you were charged another price, always higher. Then there's the shifty scale for produce. A customer bought one banana and got home to see he was charged $1.34 and the scale claimed it weighed 1.5 pounds. Another bought one tiny plum tomato among other things and got home to find out the scale claimed it weighed 1.1 pounds, overcharging her. Items on shelves seem to be routinely placed above price cards that don't match the item, always resulting in a higher price at the register. Those who catch it are made to go stand and wait in the customer service line from hell, taking 30 minutes to get back small amounts of money they were overcharged. Walmart may post low prices - but what you end up paying may be something much higher. The worst real estate deal in history......Palm Beach titans are circling like vultures after a $5.4 billion real estate deal went bust, making it the biggest real estate deal gone bad in U.S. history. In 2006 a group of idiots got an even dumber group of bankers to back them in the purchase of 110 buildings on 80 acres of property in Manhattan called Stuyvesant Town. Originally built for middle class WWII Vets and families it includes over 11,000 apartments of which 7,000 are rent controlled. Of course the new owners, Tishman-Speyer Properties, had a scheme to bust up the rent controlled units and resell them at hefty profits. After spending $5.4 billion to complete the deal a judge ruled they could not change the rent control agreements after residents sued to stop them. The judge also ordered them to pay the tenants of about 4,000 apartments that illegally had their rents raised about $4,000 each. So they walked away last month after losing some $3.5 billion and unable to keep up the monthly $16 million payment on the debt. So here comes Palm Beach bigshots Donald Trump and Wilbur Ross swooning in to cash in, each claiming they can manage the massive property better than anyone else. Meanwhile what was once a peaceful neighborhood of WWII Vets and their descendants is now a bunch of stressed out apartment dwellers wondering if their rent will go up to line the pockets of more billionaires. Greed is good? The Fontainebleau course lives on.....The latest word is that the Fontainebleau Miami Hotel has been doing big business, allowing owner Jeffrey Soffer to hang on for now. His unfinished Vegas dream has been scooped up by Carl Icahn. In a stunning deal approved by a bankruptcy judge in Miami Icahn will pay a paltry $104 million in cash plus $45 million in debtor fees for a project that has already cost $2 billion. The project is 70% complete, so in theory Icahn bought a future megacasino-hotel that will be worth close to $3 billion when completed for $150 million down. Soffer can kiss his money goodbye. Many say he'll lose the Fontainebleau Miami this summer when cash flow slows and he can't cover the loan payments. Meanwhile no one has been arrested in the murder of Ben Novak Jr., beaten to death in July of 2009, who Miami locals claim was killed by someone hired by his wife. Now his adopted step-brother has arrived on the scene to claim an inheritance from his mother after spending years living on the streets as a drug user. Ronald Novak, now 62, is the adopted son of Fontainebleau founder Ben Novak Sr. and his first wife Bella. Ben Novak Sr. had left him $1 in his will, an obvious message that he did not approve of his lifestyle. The fact is while Ben Novak Jr. grew up at the Fontainebleau enjoying the best of everything Ronald was scouring trash cans for food and homeless. When Bella divorced Ben Sr. she got a parcel of land at 3101 Collins Avenue, now worth millions. The land was sold for $7.5 million so now Ronald, the discarded drug addict kid daddy Ben Sr. hated is a millionaire and living it up while his favorite son is dead and the killers are walking free. Crist raids again.............Governor and Senator wanna be Charlie Crist has just very quietly announced another raiding of the fund created from Florida's tobacco settlement money which is supposed to be spent on health programs for children and the elderly. He proposes to steal $230 million from it in one year instead of using it to help those who really need it. At the same time Crist proposes $100 million in corporate income tax cuts. 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A band-aid can't cover this........The recent death of Casey Johnson, heiress to the Johnson & Johnson fortune has inspired author Jerry Oppenheimer to do a tell-all biography on the family. The book may have to be 1,000 pages. He may start with the original Johnson bad boy Seward Johnson. He married his Polish chambermaid at the ripe age of 76 and left her $400 million. Family members were a little ticked off about it. Shortly after his death Seward's daughter, Mary Lea Johnson, made claims that her father had sexually assaulted her when she was 9 years old. I guess when you own a band-aid company you can play dirty. Jimi Hendrix comes back..........For years the"Hendrix Tapes" have been talked about. The worlds greatest guitarist allegedly had an entire album of new material that was partially unfinished and a few songs that were completed. In March this year his sister Janie, who has been holding the tapes for years, finally decided to allow their release."Valleys of Neptune" is among the songs, along with a Hendrix cover of Creams"Sunshine Of Your Love." Bullet proof fraud..........I told you about this clown 3 years ago. David Brooks ran a company called DHB Industries that sold bullet-proof vests to our military. After 9-11 there was a rush to protect our soldiers and his orders skyrocketed. Rather than make an honest profit and be humble this jerk threw a $10-million party for his daughter's bar mitzvah at the Rainbow Room in NYC. He hired Tom Petty, 50 Cent and Aerosmith to play for the child. He walked around showing off a $100,000 diamond-encrusted belt buckle fashioned as an American flag. It turns out he was allegedly pumping up the company stock from around $2 in 2003 to nearly $20 a share in 2004 by touting imaginary net earnings. Brooks sold his stock before it tanked and pocketed close to $200 million. Now he's finally on trial and faces up to life in prison for insider trading and securities fraud. Good riddance. What they won't tell you........As energy companies continue to exercise control over America their greedy fingers reach into our justice system. Dick Cheney's pals at war-profiteering Halliburton have done everything possible to smear an American ex-employee in Iraq who claims she was drugged, gang-raped and then kept prisoner in a shipping container without food or water for a day to think over whether or not to press charges. Jamie Leigh Jones stood up to them and now Halliburton is spending whatever it takes - their attorneys are petitioning the U. S Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that would permit her to actually file a lawsuit seeking damages. Halliburton is claiming their workers in Iraq are required to sign an agreement that requires all claims to be settled thru arbitration, so they have no right to file any lawsuits against the company regardless of the crime. Somehow Halliburton has managed to keep this story from getting on any national news media outlets - I wonder how?..............Greek farmers have staged protest over cheap global food imports driving down their prices by blocking roads, border crossings and major highways with their tractors and farm equipment. Have you heard about.............The explosion of prostitutes on Military Trail. Maybe it's the economy - locals say they are seeing more girls who are not addicted to crack but rather just trying to get some money to pay bills. The result is what one western resident called"a 100% increase in numbers" - leading locals to start calling the street"tail-trail."........ This is what our Federal Deficit amount looks like in print - $1,350,000,000,000...........After posing nude for Playboy Patty Hearst's daughter Lydia has moved to L.A. and is trying to become an actress - her money may help........Florida's celebrity gay porn star & Hollywood Police Officer Michael Verdugo has been fired by the department. After appearing on the TV Show Design Star as"Mickey V" he became a local South Florida celebrity - then a 1996 gay bondage porn film called Rope Rituals surfaced with him starring as"Jeremy Wess"- Verdugo claims he was offered the part after being spotted at the legendary Copa nightclub in Ft. Lauderdale and was paid $700 for his work- the department claims they fired him not because he is gay but that he failed to state on his application he had appeared in gay porno movies........FireRock closes - another landmark location sits empty on Clematis Street as FireRock pizza abruptly cleared out - so now the 3 main corner spots adjacent to Mayor Frankel's grand destruction of Flagler's Library are shuttered and empty - FireRock, Medditerraneo (empty for 3 years)and the huge space at the corner next to the Cuillo (empty for 4 years) sit idle - meanwhile at night the entire block across from the new City Hall Frankel claimed would"revitalize the street" sits completely dark at night. If you were around in 2001 to see what Clematis used to look like you would know that Mayor Frankel has destroyed downtown WPB - the jury is no longer out - the empty storefronts are the verdict. 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LIVE ON TOP OF THE WORLD AT MARINA GRANDE There's a place nearby where you can see forever. Where the sea meets the sky out beyond any horizon you've ever dreamed of; where you will live indoors in style and outdoors in an infiniti of beauty. It's at Marina Grande the building with the best views of the Intracoastal, Inlet and Atlantic. The view is still the fantastic one it has always been, but the price is now lower than ever! New residences are selling starting from the high 200's and there is an apartment at Marina Grande waiting for you. There’s nothing more romantic than getting a bouquet of long-stemmed roses from your paramour. That’s why this Valentine’s Day you should visit the historic Nowlin’s Florist and surprise someone you love with a beautiful arrangement of flowers. Nowlin’s will be open on Valentine’s Sunday so you will have the freshest and most beautiful roses to make that once-in-a-lifetime impression. For more info see page 6. After having my first facial with Diva Di last month my face is still glowing! I've always had my hair styled at Mucci Salon by Donetta and now I have another reason to visit this wonderful salon! Esthetician Diva Di will now be at Mucci Salon Tuesdays through Saturdays. To celebrate her new location, she is offering 15% OFF to all New Clients and a Complimentary Eyebrow Waxing! And here’s a tip: Diva Di’s spa treatment would make a perfectly indulgent Valentine’s gift for your honey. She or he will feel like a million bucks and will make their facial with Diva Di a routine part of their health and beauty treatment just like I have! And remember to make an appointment with Donetta as well! Check out the info on page 5 and give Donetta and Diva Di a call today to take advantage of this opportunity. See page 5 for more information. When you're at Mucci Salon at the Art Colony, take a moment and look in the studios of David Alfonsetti and Steve Brouse. Their work is on display in their studios and on the walls at Art's Coffee and Sandwich Shop. If you've wanted to have a couple’s portrait commissioned for a special occasion (hint, hint, nudge, nudge) David is now available. Steve's style is more fitting for whimsical paintings, décor, children’s furniture, and now, he’s branched out into sign making - so stop in and see the pieces that he has for sale, or commission a mural or furniture for your children's rooms (perhaps a special birthday present for your grandchild?). Triple A Furniture on Northwood Road is your one-stop shopping place for all of your furniture needs. Their recently
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