Need help separating the best weekend wheat from the Blahsville chaff?
The Palm Beach Post’s entertainment staff has harvested these ideas for your enjoyment:
How’s this for a water hazard? Golfers traverse the Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course. (File photo by Jeffrey Langlois/Palm Beach Daily News)
Barbara Marshall, features writer and nature lover: This Par 3 course is a 10.
In a college golf class, I hit my instructor in the head with a golf ball. Neither my game nor my interest in it has improved since.
But, I will (almost) always agree to accompany my husband to the oceanfront Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course on a late summer afternoon, where anyone can play on this breezy public course squeezed between the Intracoastal and the Atlantic.
If (when) I get bored, I can nurse a G&T on the clubhouse’s second floor patio while watching the ocean change colors at sunset.
Twilight golf (after 3 p.m.) costs $27.36, and it’s $7.55 for a pull cart. There’s a pro shop and Al Fresco, a second-floor restaurant run by Renato’s of Palm Beach fame.
Palm Beach Par 3 Golf Course is at 2345 S. Ocean Blvd. and can be reached at 561-547-0598.
(Is putt-putt more your speed? Through July 4, you can play glow-in-the-dark miniature golf at the West Palm Beach Waterfront for a minimal fee.)
For a change of pace, Cafe Boulud’s Rick Mace mans the grill at Loxhatchee Groves’ Swank Farm. (File photo by Madeline Gray/The Palm Beach Post)
Liz Balmaseda, food and dining editor: Don’t cry for this dinner, Argentina!
In its popular Le Voyage culinary series, Café Boulud takes us to Argentina this weekend with a four-course “asado.” (That’s the traditional cookout – and one of Argentina’s greatest gifts to the world.)
Ever the traveler, chef Rick Mace and sous chef Jimmy Strine are grilling up a mix of meats and roasting a whole lamb on an open fire pit. Sommelier Mariya Kovacheva pours wines to match each course.
The prix fixe dinner with wine pairings will be served Friday, Saturday and Sunday, starting at 6:30 p.m. Price: $95 per person, plus tax and tip. Reservations are required.
Cafe Boulud is at The Brazilian Court, 301 Australian Ave., Palm Beach and can be reached at 561-655-6060.
(Enjoy a taste of Boulud without leaving home by mixing one of the cafe’s signature cocktails. The recipe for Boulud Berry Punch is here.)
Twisted Trunk takes over the taps at Palm Beach Zoo on Saturday night.
Leslie Streeter, pop culture columnist: Roar, pour, repeat.
The Palm Beach Zoo has been killing it lately with the events, and this Saturday — like every second Saturday of the month — is Roar & Pour.
Special pricing starts at 4:30 p.m., the Tiki Bar opens at 5 p.m., and the Summer Grill begins serving themed eats at 5:30 p.m. This weekend, it’s the Twisted Trunk tap takeover, featuring Lucky Langer Lager & IPGA, and on the menu is Bangers & Mash and chipped beef sandwiches. Across the Universe will perform Beatles tunes.
Admission for non-members is $10 for adults and $7 for kids 3 to 12.
Palm Beach Zoo is at 1301 Summit Blvd. and can be reached at 561-547-9453.
(The loudest roar at the box office, meanwhile, will likely emanate from this little dinosaur movie, opening Friday.)
Aloha, Tiki Treasures Bazaar! Farewell, moolah! (File photo by Bruce R. Bennett/The Palm Beach Post)
Staci Sturrock, features writer and professional nostalgist: Time-hop and shop.
For those of us who watched “Mad Men” for the interior designs, the chief reason to attend this weekend’s Hukilau in Fort Lauderdale is the chance to browse the mid-century bric-a-brac.
The Tiki event’s Tiki Treasures Bazaar bursts at its Hawaiian-shirt seams with Tiki art, vintage clothing, costume jewelry, mid-century collectibles and vinyl records, and Wicked Dolphin Rum is pouring shots. Admission to the bazaar is $10.
Hukilau is hula-ing through Sunday at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 hotel (where the bazaar will be held) and the Mai-Kai restaurant in Fort Lauderdale.
(Looking to tie on a Mai Tai in Palm Beach County? Check out our Tiki Bar Tour of local watering holes with a Hawaiian flair.)
