Dealing dogs on the corners of downtown's busy streets is no easy task. Standing over boiling bins and steaming griddles in the already balmy Florida night can take an exhausting toll on any person. These guys handle it every night, while enduring the drunken throngs of passers by, the begging homeless, and an inconsistent return on their efforts.

You may not know the man personally, but you know his name. Will Walker turned what would otherwise be known as a beer dishing hole-in-the-wall, into Wills Pub. The place to see up and coming and established local music and get to know your fellow man over a cold pint.

Overflowing from the stage at the Peacock Room, Orlando upstarts ‘The Painted Ladies’ skillfully wove together the seven instruments which comprise the band without disintegrating into an indiscernible wall of sound. A fresh band, composed of veterans of the Orlando music scene, blended rock, blues and Americana into a digestible mix that the crowd ate up.

Teague Stefan

 

The self described Bastard Son Of Orlando Blues, talks with us about his time in the Orlando music scene and his new album Game Of Life.

Many of us have done it at some point in our lives. It can make you feel unclean, used and exploited. The process is dehumanizing, degrading and at times shameful. It's work that exposes you to the most seedy and dangerous people the world can offer, and at times you're risking your life in process. At the end of the day, you're left with little or no excuse for it other than “just doin' it for the money.”

It's the world's oldest profession... customer service.

 

I'd like to tell you about my last job. I worked as a receptionist for a property management company. While I did have the luxury of working from home, I still found the job to be very problematic on a personal level. I found it very difficult to deal with feeling like a hypocrite on a day to day basis.

Smoking is a much maligned habit in the America of today. Once, it was cool. Now, as far as I can tell in my infinite social wisdom, it is not. Smokers are the only remaining demographic actively discriminated against. Can you imagine how it would feel to be a nail-biter, or a leg-tapper, or a smack addict, and only be allowed to indulge in your innocent habit outdoors, twenty-five feet away from the entrance to any government buildings? The ACLU would be up in arms. But alas, such is the plight of the modern smoker. This guide will teach you everything you need to know about smoking, and how to look so cool doing it that people can't help but take notice, and maybe, god willing, take up smoking themselves.

The "Downtown Entertainment Zone". The often presented, never implemented, savior of Downtown Orlando. In a nutshell, it's a few city blocks, zoned off quarantine-style (think zombie flicks) with roadblocks and police officers between a set period of hours each night.