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  • Coastalbeat's 2009 Holiday Gift Giving Guide Published 12/19/2008 at 11:55 a.m.

    Don’t give a fruit cake this holiday season. This is the time of the year when you show your love for someone – with presents. And sometimes good gifts can be hard to come by, but we’ve come up with ...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 07/18/2007 at 5:18 p.m.

    Coastalbeat likes to party. We like, we like to party....

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 06/28/2007 at 12:35 p.m.

    Spam. Fashion. Cult. Playboy. Music. 'Nuf said.

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 06/21/2007 at 11:43 a.m.

    We’re half way to July, and it’s friggin’ hot. But rather than bake in the brutal Naples sun you’re probably sitting in your living room with the air conditioning on full blast, right?...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 06/13/2007 at 6:33 p.m.

    Bart Zino wants to pimp your weekend. You gonna let him?

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 06/06/2007 at 3:50 p.m.

    As 50 Cent says: "I don't know what you heard about me, but you can't get a dollar out of me. No Cadillac, no perms, you can't see that I'm a motherf***ing P-I-M-P."

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 05/30/2007 at 6:15 p.m.

    Hallelujah, it's almost the weekend. Before Monday comes around and slaps you across the face, you better make the most of your time off. Check out a DJ battle, smoke some hookah or hit up an outdoor concert - it's ...

  • 2007 Summer Reading List Published 05/24/2007 at 1:45 p.m.

    Summer is here again: time to go to the beach, lay out in the sun and read a good book. The staff at coastalbeat.com has worked hard to put together a list of books - old and new, fiction and ...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 05/23/2007 at 2:11 p.m.

    What’s that you say? Nothing to do this weekend? Lucky for you that we’re here, isn’t it? It’s Memorial Day Weekend, and that can only mean one thing: drink specials!

  • The Late Shift: Barstool Sports Published 05/19/2007 at 11:28 a.m. 1 Comment

    It’s like a beacon calling you from across the room, the glow of the Golden Tee screen, the low light shining dimly over a pool table, the shadowy dartboard hung in a back corner...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 05/16/2007 at 3:47 p.m.

    We’ve searched long and hard to bring you some weekend party goodness, and goodness is exactly what we found. Drink specials, birthday parties, and two, yes TWO, weekend music festivals are just some of the things that are sure to ...

  • Q&A with Heather Brooks Published 05/11/2007 at 3:11 p.m.

    Spend enough time trolling the anemic local music scene in Southwest Florida, and you’ll hear someone mention the name Heather Brooks. Then you’ll hear it again, and again, and again. Coastalbeat.com sat down with Brooks to learn about where she ...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 05/09/2007 at 2:33 p.m.

    This is one of the best weekends to live in Southwest Florida. The snowbirds have left, the tourists are dwindling and the Great Dock Canoe Races this Saturday are turning Naples Bay into an enormous marine block party...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 05/03/2007 at 6:23 p.m.

    Everything that's cool, hot and completely badass in the 239 this weekend...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 04/25/2007 at 5:13 p.m.

    Sometimes it’s easy to get down on the scene in Southwest Florida. There are the same bars filled with the same people dancing to the same music weekend after weekend after weekend. But scratch the surface and do a spot ...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 04/19/2007 at 2:26 p.m.

    I think you know the drill by now. We’re just trying to make your weekend a little sexier, a little more scandalous and a whole lot more pimp. No need to thank us – just go out there and work ...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 04/11/2007 at 4:48 p.m.

    This weekend Southwest Florida has plenty to offer to the young, the social and the alcohol inclined. From heavy metal concerts, to volleyball competitions to burlesque shows to costume parties, coastalbeat.com has the rundown on everything that’s good in the ...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 04/04/2007 at 3:18 p.m.

    Paris Hilton is my role model. She’s hot. She’s rich. And she always seems to be having more fun than everybody else. Paris is the definition of a weekend pimp...

  • The Late Shift: Pimp My Weekend Published 03/22/2007 at 6:49 p.m.

    The weekend is right around the corner and The Late Shift wants to make sure you don’t waste it downing Bud Lights on the bar stool that’s starting to graft to your ass. Brush your teeth, wax your eyebrows and ...

  • The Late Shift: Midnight Snacking Published 03/07/2007 at 12:42 p.m.

    Your drunken munchies problems solved at last!

  • The Late Shift: All over ladies night Published 02/27/2007 at 6:07 p.m.

    A tour of Southwest Florida's honored Ladies Night tradition.

  • Festivals Published 01/17/2007 at 3:48 p.m.

    Take a look at your calendar for the next five months or so. Then clear it. Season’s here; and that means low humidity, lots of sunshine and a festival or fair almost every single weekend. Check out 13 of our ...

  • The Forecast Published 01/11/2007 at 1:15 p.m.

    Your highlights for the week of Jan. 11 through Jan. 17

  • The Forecast Published 12/21/2006 at 12:19 p.m.

    Your highlights for the week of Dec. 21 through Dec. 27

  • Party Like it's 2007 Published 12/20/2006 at 5:30 p.m.

    New Year’s Eve can be a stressful holiday with everyone jockeying to find the best partying option. Not to mention the mad dash at midnight to find someone to kiss away the ominous threat of a year’s bad luck. Here’s ...

  • New Year's Eve Around the World Published 12/20/2006 at 4:56 p.m.

    Every year on December 31, people all over the world celebrate the end of another year with parties, ceremonies and plenty of food and booze. Here’s a taste of New Year’s Eve traditions from across the globe that range from ...

  • Year-End Edition Published 12/20/2006 at 4:16 p.m.

    2006, we hardly knew you. From a movie about a guy from Kazakhstan to the return of the Democrats, it's been one for the ages. And now it's that time of year when we get nostalgic and rehash the top ...

  • The Forecast Published 12/06/2006 at 11:30 a.m.

    Highlights for the week of Dec. 7 to Dec. 13

  • The Forecast Published 11/28/2006 at 3:09 p.m.

    Highlights for the week of November 30th through December 6th

  • The Forecast Published 11/21/2006 at 4:46 p.m.

    Highlights for the week of Nov. 23 through Nov. 29

  • The Forecast Published 11/14/2006 at 4:41 p.m.

    Highlights for the week of Nov. 16 through Nov. 22

  • The Forecast Published 10/31/2006 at 4:29 p.m.

    Highlights for the week of November 2nd through November 8th

  • The Forecast Published 10/23/2006 at 3:41 p.m.

    Highlights for the week of October 26th through November 1st

  • Q&A with Darrell Nutt Published 10/23/2006 at 3:29 p.m. 4 Comments

    Darrell Nutt is a Fort Myers-based drummer and producer who has toured around the world and worked with numerous acts from The Temptations to AC/DC. As a producer he has shown an ability to write and work in a variety ...

  • Eats: It's All About the Pumpkins Published 10/23/2006 at 2:45 p.m.

    Halloween doesn’t have to be about candy, candy, more candy, and stomach aches. The official fruit of Halloween, the pumpkin, is a great inspiration for delicious but healthy food.

  • The Forecast Published 10/16/2006 at 4:42 p.m.

    Highlighs for the week of Oct. 19th through Oct. 25th

  • 2006 Beach Guide Published 10/16/2006 at 2:23 p.m.

    What would Southwest Florida be without its beaches? Probably none of us want to consider that reality, and luckily we don’t have to. Beaches are one thing we’ve got covered and then some. We have no shortage of beaches and ...

  • Forecast Published 10/10/2006 at 2:25 p.m.

    What to do this week

  • The Forecast Published 10/03/2006 at 2:35 p.m.

    Highlighs for the week of Oct. 5th through Oct. 11th

  • Forecast Published 09/26/2006 at 4:31 p.m.

    Highlights for the week of Sept. 28 through Oct. 4

  • Forecast Published 09/20/2006 at 1:42 p.m.

    This week's highlights

  • There's No "I" in coastalbeat.com Published 08/23/2006 at 11:03 p.m. 1 Comment

    From the swamps to our white-sand beaches, we’re out there making things happen. We’re young. We’re trying to find other people like us. We’re trying to have a good time and live life to the fullest. It isn’t always easy ...

  • Escape to Cayo Costa Published 08/22/2006 at 10:12 p.m.

    If seven miles of pristine beach, hiking and biking trails sound like your idea of a good time, happiness is just a short boat ride away (okay you’ll probably have to factor in some driving time too). A visit to ...