* Danny Collins.

Pacino’s best film in years.

Go see it!

* Florida Derby.

This looks like a real-nice day.

* Clever Trick Keeps House Burglars Away.

Jeff Eats just read this story on aol.com

Hopefully, no burglars read Jeff Eats- ’cause now they know that-that big old dog bowl outside my home’s back door- is a FAKE TRICK!
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Clever trick keeps house burglars away
Mar 16th 2015 1:15PM

Could Leaving a Dog Bowl Outside Your House Keep Burglars Away?

Spring is on its way, and we’re all ready to get away and book that dream vacation.

Before you go, however, there is one thing you should know about keeping your home safe while you’re away.

Former CIA officer Jason Hanson says that homeowners often leave their front porch light on when they go on vacation, thinking they can trick criminals into believing they’re home. This is a mistake.

What you should do instead is buy a large dog bowl and place this by your back door. Criminals are searching for the easiest target — they’ll go for the home next door that doesn’t have a big dog.

***** Mundi’s Italian Restaurant, 330 East Dania Beach Boulevard, Dania Beach, Florida 33004, (954) 927-1127.

Want a real good/reasonably priced/mom & pop/red sauce Italian joint? Then -go eat at Mundi’s Italian Restaurant in Dania Beach.

Jeff Eats first told you guys about Mundi’s on 4/22/14 (that tale is reprinted down below) and “my bad”- I hadn’t been back until last night…and- the fried calamari, eggplant parmigiana, veal marsala, sausage and peppers were right on the money delicious!

This joint is an absolute must try.

Mundi’s Italian Restaurant (Dania Beach)
Posted on April 22nd, 2014 · Dania Beach Italian

**** Mundi’s Italian Restaurant, 330 East Dania Beach Boulevard, Dania Beach, Florida 33004, (954) 927-1127.

Got a real good “mom & pop” red sauce-Italian joint for you…Mundi’s Italian Restaurant in Dania Beach.

If pizza is your game–Mundi’s ain’t for you…no pizza.

I’m thinking maybe 12 tables.

A recent dinner had Jeff Eats, Mrs. Jeff Eats and another couple doing…fried calamari, penne ala vodka, spaghetti with meatballs, veal parmigiana, zuppa di pesce, shrimp scampi and I gotta tell you–we all thought that Mundi’s food was delicious. Now no fooling here…Mundi’s stuff was right up there with some of the best Italian food that Jeff Eats has had in South Florida.

Let me add a drop more color…the husband and wife who own Mundi’s seemed to be all over the joint… greeting/meeting/serving/cooking/cleaning and God only knows what else! Talk about giving 1000 percent.

Real simple call–delicious food, large portions, real pleasant service, reasonable prices…makes Mundi’s a huge winner.

Just a quick thought…I got friends who tell me -that this restaurant or that restaurant was like eating in someone’s home. I don’t know about you, but I’ve eaten in people’s homes where the home cooked food was disgusting. As a kid, I had a friend named Jimmy Esposito-whose mother made nightmarishly bad meat lasagna-but it was home-cooked! I also had a friend named William Chen whose mother made fabulous black & white cookies-but her wonton soup tasted like dirty dish water-go figure!

Anyway…

You can check Mundi’s menu/prices at www.mundis-italian-restaurant.com.

To wrap this thing up…if Wil & Joyce Imondo (they are the mom & pop and husband & wife in this story) ask you over to their house for dinner-GO!

Mundi’s Italian Restaurant is open Tuesday-Sunday 5pm-10pm, closed on Monday.

* NIXON!

I didn’t even know that the family was in the watch business.

You live and you learn!

* Party City Miami Heat Tickets Contest.

If this floats your boat…

* Pop, Rock & Doo Wopp Live!

Trust Jeff Eats on this one, 50’s-60’s Oldies Fans in Port Saint Lucie, Daytona Beach and Boca Raton are in for a real treat…

Jay & The Americans, The Drifters, The Tokens, The Belmonts, The Chiffons, Dennis Tufano of The Buckinghams–3 shows/lineups to choose from!

I have seen all of the “acts” and I gotta tell you that- they all-put on a great show!

Just checked poprockdoowopp.com…there are- just a handful of tickets left…

So, if you wanna go- no time to waste!

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Starring:
Charlie Thomas’ Drifters (“Under the Boardwalk”, “This Magic Moment”, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, “Up on the Roof”, “Dance with Me”, “On Broadway”)
Jay Siegel’s Tokens (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, “Tonight I Fell in Love”, “Portrait of My Love”)
The Chiffons with original lead singer Judy Craig (“One Fine Day”, “He’s So Fine”, “Sweet Talkin’ Guy”)
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Enjoy an evening with legends of 50’s and 60’s rock & roll, as seen on PBS… Jay & the Americans (“This Magic Moment”, “Cara Mia”, “Come a Little Bit Closer”, “Only in America”, “Let’s Lock the Door”, “Walkin’ in the Rain” and more), The Belmonts (“A Teenager in Love”, “I Wonder Why”, “Where or When”), Charlie Thomas’ Drifters (“Under the Boardwalk”, “Up on the Roof”, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, “There Goes My Baby”), Jay Siegel’s Tokens (“The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, “Tonight I Fell in Love”, “A Portrait of My Love”) and The Chiffons (“One Fine Day”, “He’s So Fine”, “Sweet Talkin’ Guy”). Hosted by Emil Stucchio of The Classics.

A surprise guest star will also appear to sing his hits including a song that went to #1 in the country!

VIP tickets include a private post-show meet and greet with the stars where you can take photos and have your memorabilia autographed!

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Enjoy an evening with legends of 50’s and 60’s rock & roll, as seen on PBS… Jay & the Americans (“This Magic Moment”, “Cara Mia”, “Come a Little Bit Closer”, “Only in America”, “Let’s Lock the Door”, “Walkin’ in the Rain” and more), The Belmonts (“A Teenager in Love”, “I Wonder Why”, “Where or When”), Charlie Thomas’ Drifters (“Under the Boardwalk”, “Up on the Roof”, “Save the Last Dance for Me”, “There Goes My Baby”), The Chiffons (“One Fine Day”, “He’s So Fine”, “Sweet Talkin’ Guy”) and special guest star, The Buckinghams’ original lead singer Dennis Tufano (“Kind of a Drag”, “Hey Baby! They’re Playing our Song”, “Don’t You Care”, “Susan”.) VIP tickets include a private meet and greet with the stars.

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* 27th Annual Las Olas Art Fair Part II.

If you love ridiculously huge crowds aimlessly walking around…you’ll love this one!

Mrs. Jeff Eats loves- ridiculously huge crowds aimlessly walking around.

See everybody there on Sunday!

27th Annual Las Olas Art Fair Part II (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

March 28th & 29th, 2015

Saturday & Sunday 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Free Admission
Las Olas Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale, FL

Located in the heart of Fort Lauderdale, Las Olas Boulevard is known as the jewel of the city. Las Olas has everything for a wonderful evening out, or a relaxing day window-shopping and dining at one of the fabulous sidewalk cafes. On Las Olas Boulevard you will find a multitude of art galleries, eclectic boutiques, and dining options that range from Cuban-American cuisine to fresh seafood caught in the Atlantic Ocean.

Howard Alan Events proudly presents the 27th Annual Las Olas Art Fair Part II. Fort Lauderdale’s Las Olas Boulevard is the ideal backdrop for this festival, blending an eclectic mix of artists, great weather and fantastic energy. As the second show of the season on Las Olas, this festival brings together longtime favorites with some of the newest names in the contemporary art scene. Life-size sculptures, spectacular paintings, one-of-a-kind jewels, photography, ceramics, and much more make for one fabulous weekend. Centrally located close to the Ft. Lauderdale International Airport, this show is a must-do if your springtime travels take you anywhere in South Florida!

Directions:
Take I-95 to Broward Boulevard and go east on Broward. Make a right on Andrews Avenue, and then a left on East Las Olas Boulevard. Registration is at SE 6th Ave. and East Las Olas Boulevard.

Visitor Parking:
Free shuttle bus for festival visitors will run in a continuous loop both Saturday and Sunday from 10:00am to 5:30pm from the City Park Garage (SE 2nd Street/SE 1st Avenue) to the corner of Las Olas Boulevard and SE 5th Avenue, just a block west of the US-1 tunnel.

Art FestivalsArt Festivals

* Culture Club.

You owe it to yourself-to see Boy George “live” at least once…

The legendary performer and his band- got 3-Florida August dates in the works…

If this is up your alley, ticketmaster.com.

TOUR DATES: NORTH AMERICA
Tickets Available Soon

20 July 2015
Denver Botanic Gardens
Denver, CO

24 July 2015
Greek Theatre
Los Angeles, CA

25 July 2015
The Greek Theatre UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

27 July 2015
Beacon Theatre
New York, NY

28 July 2015
Beacon Theatre
New York, NY

31 July 2015
MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
Mashantucket, CT

01 August 2015
Etess Arena
Atlantic City, NJ

02 August 2015
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
Boston, MA

04 August 2015
NJPAC
Newark, NJ

06 August 2015
Casino Rama
Rama, ON

07 August 2015
The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor
Windsor, ON

08 August 2015
MusikFest Main Stage
Bethlehem, PA

10 August 2015
Wolf Trap
Vienna, VA

11 August 2015
Booth Amphitheatre
Cary, NC

12 August 2015
Fox Theatre
Atlanta, GA

14 August 2015
Klipsch Amp at Bayfront Park
Miami, FL

15 August 2015
Madeira Beach Waterfront Park
Tampa, FL

16 August 2015
Hard Rock Live
Orlando, FL

* Just Kids from the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was: An Oral History.

Great read…even if you didn’t grow up in THE BRONX!

Jeff Eats caught a hard-copy (which came out 3/3/15) on Amazon for $21.72.

Amazon Book Review:
A touching and provocative collection of memories that evoke the history of one of America’s most influential boroughs-the Bronx-through some of its many success stories

The vivid oral histories in Arlene Alda’s Just Kids from the Bronx reveal what it was like to grow up in the place that bred the influencers in just about every field of endeavor today. The Bronx is where Michael Kay, the New York Yankees’ play-by-play broadcaster, first experienced baseball, where J. Crew’s CEO Millard (Mickey) Drexler found his ambition, where Neil deGrasse Tyson and Dava Sobel fell in love with science early on and where music-making inspired hip hop’s Grandmaster Melle Mel to change the world of music forever.

The parks, the pick-up games, the tough and tender mothers, the politics, the gangs, the food-for people who grew up in the Bronx, childhood recollections are fresh. Arlene Alda’s own Bronx memories were a jumping-off point from which to reminisce with a nun, a police officer, an urban planner, and with Al Pacino, Mary Higgins Clark, Carl Reiner, Colin Powell, Maira Kalman, Bobby Bonilla, and many other leading artists, athletes, scientists and entrepreneurs-experiences spanning six decades of Bronx living. Alda then arranged these pieces of the past, from looking for violets along the banks of the Bronx River to the wake-up calls from teachers who recognized potential, into one great collective story, a film-like portrait of the Bronx from the early twentieth century until today