* Riptide Music Festival.

Just picked-up 2 tickets for the Friday, 11/30/18 date.

Here’s a heads-up for you guys…

PROMO CODE: HARDROCK – gets you !0% off ticket price- at RIPTIDEMUSICFEST.COM

* Big City Dogs at Crazy Uncle Mike’s.

Let’s call this tale “killing two birds with one stone.”

Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are big- no make that huge fans of the Big City Dogs- one of South Florida’s premier Classic 60’s Rock N Roll cover bands- tonight, the band is playing at Crazy Uncle Mike’s a brewery*restaurant*music venue which opened something like two months ago in Boca Raton- so, tonight Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats are gonna checkout both the Big City Dogs and Crazy Uncle Mike’s thus this tale’s “killing two birds with one stone” label!

At a later/future date, Jeff Eats will provide you guys with a tale good-bad-or-indifferent about Crazy Uncle Mike’s food/prices/service etc.

You can checkout Crazy Uncle Mike’s menu/prices/entertainment schedule/info at crazyunclemikes.com.

You can checkout the Big City Dogs at bigcitydogs.com.

* Black Friday Thru Cyber Monday Sale- No Fees On Your Ticketmaster Purchases.

This “one” is a pretty decent deal…

The “No Fees” offer runs- Friday, November 23, 2018 (8am)- Monday, November 26, 2018 (9pm) for the following shows:

Hard Rock Live
5747 Seminole Way, Hollywood, FL 33314
Ticketmaster: ticketmaster.com or (800)745-3000

This article first appeared on November 27, 2013. It made sense in 2013 and it makes sense in 2018.

Posted November 27, 2013

* What Not To bring To The Thanksgiving Table.

Jeff Eats “caught” this one this morning in the Huffington Post…
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What Not To Bring To The Thanksgiving Table

Thanksgiving is one of those loaded-for-bear holidays. We overeat, we over-drink, we overwatch football, and speaking anecdotally, we overbook appointments with our therapists for the Monday after. Families, they just do that to you sometimes, you know?

To help get you through the holiday, we have these suggestions of what not to bring to the Thanksgiving table:

1) Your eating habits.
Sure you can skip all the meat dishes, as well as anything with gluten, sugar or nuts, but how about just doing it quietly? Most Thanksgiving tables are laden with enough food to feed a small army, so pick your spots. Just don’t make a big deal about it, OK?

Both you and your mom will feel better if you skip the eye roll when she offers you the turkey drumstick even though you have been a vegetarian since college. Did she just forget, or is she taking a happy walk down Memory Lane when you were a little kid and used to make her promise the drumstick was yours, all yours?

As for everyone else, your hosts have spent a lot of time, energy and money on this feast. In the spirit of the holiday and in recognition of their effort, how about just buttoning up the lecture on why you feel so much better now that you are gluten-free and let the rest of us enjoy the stuffing in peace?

2) A dish without asking.
I like to claim credit for inventing the pot luck, but I suppose sharing the burdens of meal preparation was something the cavewomen came up with. But before you just bring something, please check what your hostess needs. That or she will wind up with four green bean casseroles, as I once did. And damn my kids for liking the one our Alabama guest made better than mine. She opened cans of green beans, cream of mushroom soup and fried onions and just kind of tossed it all together. I’ve never been able to serve my kids the fresh organic bean dish since.

3) A bottle of wine.
Don’t bring a bottle of wine; bring two. One is your contribution to the meal and the other is for your hosts to enjoy later. Bringing a hostess gift is a long-lost tradition that should be revived. Especially if I’m the hostess. Pinot Noir, please.

4) Your sense of entitlement.
Thanksgiving is when we remember what we are grateful for. Make sure that people are grateful for you and grateful you are there. You do that by genuinely being interested in what Uncle Bob has to say, showing real happiness that your cousin just got into a better college than the one you went to, and that your divorced sister just got engaged to a really great guy while the seat to your left remains empty. Adopt an attitude of gratitude for what you have and put all other feelings aside.

5) Your rotten childhood or any other baggage.
Most of our problems don’t start at the Thanksgiving table. And we shouldn’t bring them along. Thanksgiving isn’t the time to ask for money, nor is it the time to point fingers of blame on things in your life that aren’t going so swell. Seriously, save that for Christmas. And remember, you already have the therapist booked for Monday.

* HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

This contest started on 11/17/18. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $10 McDonald’s Gift Card.

Real simple story, Jeff Eats got a $10 McDonald’s Gift Card to give to one of you guys!

The game- the first 20 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!

The $10 Gift Card is good at any McDonald’s location (mcdonalds.com for locations, menu, info).

* Brava Oven.

Jeff Eats recently “saw” a new counter-top kitchen product- the $995 Brava Oven in action!

Now, I’m no Alexander Graham Bell or Thomas Edison- but I’m telling you guys that the Brava Oven and its “pure light” cooking technology is going to revolutionize the kitchen-oven industry!

Like I just said, I’m no Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison or for that matter even Betty Crocker- I’m just telling you guys if you want a look into the future- checkout brava.com.

* Free Tickets To See Comedian Tony Rock.

Now- you guys and Jeff Eats both know that if the Palm Beach Improv could get $20-$35 a ticket plus a 2 drink minimum it would- for Rock’s Thanksgiving Day Weekend- shows, but obviously it can’t, so it will settle for just the 2 drink minimum…

In any event, Tony Rock is a real funny guy and puts on a great show…

The Skinny:

Comedian Tony Rock

Palm Beach Improv
550 Rosemary Avenue
West Palm Beach, Florida 33410

Friday, 11/23/18- 7:30pm
Saturday, 11/24/18- 7pm & 9:30pm
Sunday, 11/25/18- 7pm

Box Office/Info: (561) 833-1812
Free Tickets Online: palmbeachimprov.com (use code: TGIVING)

from palmbeachimprov.com

Tony Rock:
Born in the same Brooklyn, NY hospital where most of his seven brothers and one sister found their way into the world, Tony Rock was born laughing. He grew up in one of the toughest neighborhoods in New York and developed a natural knack for entertaining.

“On a daily basis I’d see a dozen characters (and I emphasize the word characters). One moment, I’d be fighting for my life. The next minute I’d be laughing hysterically. There’s a lot of drama in the city and I took it all in.”

Tony has been performing for years and he has gained a reputation as a young star in the making. The Hollywood Reporter recently picked him as one of the hot young talents to come out of New York.

Tony just finished shooting the film “Three Can Play That Game” with Vivica Fox in Atlanta and recently wrapped his fourth season of “All of Us” on the CW, playing the role of Dirk Black. He starred in the films “Life Support” with Queen Latifah, and “Homie Spumoni” with Whoopi Goldberg and Joey Fatone. He is currently featured on the TV screen as the host of TV One’s “The Funny Spot”.

Tony’s stand-up comedy talents were showcased in the recent revival of “Def Comedy Jam” on HBO. He was previously the host of “Can You Tell?” on Oxygen, and a feature reporter on “Battlebots”. He’s also been featured on Howard Stern, Extra, and Craig Kilborn. Tony can be seen headlining comedy clubs across the country, including Caroline’s, the Apollo, the Laugh Factory, and the Comedy Store.

This contest started on 11/13/18. This contest has a winner.

* Win A $15 Cecilie’s Gourmet Italian Ices Gift Card.

Jeff Eats got a $15 Cecilie’s Gourmet Italian Uces Gift Card to give to one of you guys…

The game- the first 20 “reader-comments” received – will be entered in a “blind hat pick”! You can submit as many comments as you’d like but- Please, only 1- reader comment – per day…play fair!

The $15 Gift Card is good at Cecilie’s Gourmet Italian Ices- 1799 Northwest 2nd Avenue, Boca Raton, Florida 33432, (561) 571-1281 and 19726 Wiles Road, Coral Springs, Florida 33076, (954) 753-2727.

***** Pete’s Pizza, 1441 South Nova Road, Daytona Beach, Florida 32114, (386) 253-3707.

Got a real good pizza joint for you guys to checkout- Pete’s Pizza in Daytona Beach.

Real simple tale to tell…

Yesterday, Jeff Eats and Mrs. Jeff Eats were up in Daytona Beach and around 2:25pm- we were craving- some pizza and some guy named Alphonse or maybe it was Mohammed (sorry, I don’t really recall) working behind the counter in a Chevron Gas Station Mini-Mart recommended that we try Pete’s Pizza, a hole in the wall “mom & pop” red sauce Italian joint where you order at the counter/pickup at the counter, handful of tables, pizzas/ calzones/salads/ wings/ pastas/ hot & cold subs/ entrees menu, open Monday-Saturday 11am-11pm/Sunday 1pm-10pm, menu/prices at petespizzadaytona.com.

Let Jeff Eats wrap Pete’s Pizza up for you guys by saying, Alphonse’s call (or maybe it was Mohammed’s call) was right on the money- with the New York Style Pizza (thin/crisp/sweet sauce/nice oil drip) and the Philly cheesesteak we threw in for good measure both being off the chart delicious!

For you guys who like a drop more “flesh”- on your Jeff Eats’ tales, sorry- no can do, just dynamite- pepperoni cheese pizza and Philly cheesesteak- before the drive home to Boca!