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Creepy foods for Halloween

Let’s face it – a party is an exercise in one-upmanship. If you don’t impress your neighbor, your college roommate and the guy who sits in the cube across from you, it was a failed proposition. And when it comes to grown up Halloween parties – the ickier, the better. (Unless you’re the squeamish type, in which case, stick to cupcakes and pumpkin pie.)

As kids, spaghetti entrails and peeled grape eyeballs might have cut it, but as adults, it’s time to upgrade to some seriously creepy Halloween grub. We’re talking bloody hearts, oozing brains and dismembered heads. Yum.

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Food fails list

When it comes to our favorite brands, it seems we’re more likely to remember the epic successes (Doritos Locos Tacos anyone?) than the equally epic failures. But failures, there are aplenty.

Dangerous, disgusting, or just plain absurd, these gastronomic gaffes may be fun to laugh at now, but it wouldn’t be so amusing if we were all forced to drink New Coke, now would it?

From Four Loko to KFC’s Double Down, here’s our round up of some of the food industry’s most notorious creations.

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Miami Book Fair preview

Every fall, as eagerly as we await 75 degree temperatures and a break in our AC bills, Miami’s bibliophiles anticipate the literary amusement park known as the Miami Book Fair International. And for all those bookworms champing at the bit, there’s good news: the nearly 300-strong author attendee list has officially been released — and it’s chock full of big names.

Some of the most notable include young adult horror kings Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine, actress (and new author) Molly Ringwald, conservative mouthpiece Bill O’Reilly, pop culture critic Tom Wolfe (who was announced back in June) and bestselling novelist James Patterson, all plugging their newest tomes.

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Wood burning pizza truck hits Miami

If you thought pizza on wheels only went as far as a teenager going door to door for Domino’s, think again. Miami’s latest pizza phenomenon is a converted bus complete with what the owners say is Florida’s first wood-burning oven on wheels. It’s a saucy ride, all right.

Inspired co-owners and couple Katy Westman and Chris Noe converted a former handicap transit bus into a pie-making machine — with a little help from their friends, natch. Their fire-engine red Firewall Food Truck is one of the newest additions to the South Florida scene, and certainly one of the most unique.

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JB INC.: MARKETING POWERHOUSE. TOURISM PHENOMS. GENIUSES NEXT DOOR.

We’re not your grandma’s marketing agency. We’re your rebel with a cause, go big or go home, full speed ahead kinda firm.

In an ever-changing industry, you need an agency that adapts. We predict the trends before they happen. Hell, we MAKE the trends before they happen.

We’re always ten steps ahead, ten leaps ahead – better still, ten light years ahead. We’re chameleons, bridging the digital divide, bringing destinations into the 21st century and beyond.

Just ask our clients. Check out our work. Follow our footprint through social media.

Captain Sig Hansen of Deadliest Catch interview

Captain Sig Hansen has dedicated his life to feeding the cravings of monied diners. As beloved captain of the Northwestern on Discovery’s mega-hit reality TV show, Deadliest Catch, Hansen risks his life in the waters of the Bering Sea each and every season to haul in high-priced king crab.

He’s seen frigid gales, 30-foot-swells and death at sea – all in the name of a good meal. But when he’s back on land and hanging with his family in Seattle, this dude (who may be the most down-to-earth person on cable TV) likes things simple.

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Executive Biography Example: Jennifer, Entrepreneur

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Call her a dot com diva, an internet guru or just plain Jenn – this travel industry phenom is one fierce female. Backed by two decades of industry know-how, thousands of site launches and dozens of ground-breaking digital campaigns, A gold Girl Scout Alum, Jennifer’s career is a shining example of foresight, innovation and fun.

For 20 years and counting, Jennifer has been bringing the tourism biz out of its digital infancy. Dubbed the “Harvard of Internet and Travel”, the “Dot Com Diva” and the “Gold Standard for Internet Marketing,” organizations and destinations continue to clamor for a shot at her shockingly accurate web prognostications. The social media explosion? She called it. The death of newspapers? She knew. The impact of booking engines? She saw it coming.

A true pioneer, this mom of three girls (one more on the way!) has few equals in her field of choice. She’s scored more than 100 travel marketing awards, held keynote speaker status for 80+ national and regional conferences – and boasts a small army of social followers, hanging on her every word. She’s been called on to wax poetic about travel & tourism by the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, USA Today, Marketing y Medios, AdWeek, The Desert Sun, Spas & Resorts, and dozens of other publications.

A treatise to her unsurpassed speaking abilities, Jennifer once pitched a client in flip flops and sweats (lost bag). In her eval, they quipped, “”If Jennifer Barbee ran for Governor, we’d move to Texas”. Her electric presence inspires action, innovation and risk-taking – qualities that quite often dictate the success of a destination’s web efforts. A former ballerina – she knows how to work a stage.

Scoring her first patent in 2012 and celebrating her namesake agency’s five-year anniversary, Jennifer continues to break new ground – and build works of art in uncharted territories.

John Corbett interview for New Times’ Cultist blog

If you’re a woman who came of age sometime in the last 20 years, chances are the mere mention of John Corbett makes you swoon. For some, the name sparks fond memories of Chris Stevens in Northern Exposure; for others, it’s Aidan Shaw in Sex and the City. Either way, the hearts, they tend to throb.

And eight years after the final frame of Sex and the City faded away, he’s still wowing women with his salt & pepper beard and dulcet vocals. And he’s doing stuff for charity, to boot.

Cultist caught up with Corbett as he kicked off the Kiehl’s LifeRide for amFar, a nine-day celebrity motorcycle ride to benefit HIV/AIDS research. In the back room of Kiehl’s jam-packed Lincoln Road location, we chatted him up about motorcycles, female fans and the allure of made for TV movies.

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Creepy toys list for New Times’ Cultist blog

Childhood should be a time of innocence, joy, and wonder. But for generations, toy-makers have tortured impressionable children with the likes of terrifying playthings that would strike fear into the heart of Chuck Norris himself.

One such toy, the Furby, is making a modern-day return to toy-store shelves. (We weep for children everywhere.)

In honor of the furry little freak’s plan to creep out a whole new generation of wee ones, we’ve procured a collection of the scariest toys from our childhoods that would make even Superman shudder.

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Summer cocktails list for New Times’ Short Order blog

What is it about summer that so begets boozing? The sizzling temps, the skimpy clothes, the longer days, and sweltering nights — all just goad you to get a good buzz going.

So in the interest of summer imbibing, Short Order spoke to mixologists at some of Miami’s most creative bars for a few refreshing recipes you can create at home.

Cheers to what’s sure to be one hot summer.

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