Email Author Elyse Wanshel

Awards

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association

  Loon Over Miami

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published December 25, 2008

  "Strippers XXXmas"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published October 23, 2008

  "Giant Chicken Clucks at Wynwood Gallery Walk"

• 2009 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists, published April 10, 2008

  "Pregnant Pause"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published April 10, 2008

  "Pregnant Pause"

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2009 Stories by Elyse Wanshel

• Santa's gift: a hoochie

  published December 24, 2009

  Santa's gift: a hoochie More >>

• Tobacco Road turns 97. What would you like to do before you're that old?

  published December 3, 2009

  Tobacco Road turns 97. What would you like to do before you're that old? More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Christopher de los Reyes says Miami Beach needs a king, not a mayor

  published November 5, 2009

  Christopher de los Reyes says Miami Beach needs a king, not a mayor More >>

• Scare one up at Kendall Ale House

  published October 29, 2009

  Scare one up at Kendall Ale House More >>

• Game on at the Standard Miami's drunk bingo night

  published October 22, 2009

  Game on at the Standard Miami's Drunk Bingo night More >>

• Find your inner animal at Fox's Sherron Inn

  published October 8, 2009

  Find your inner animal at Fox's Sherron Inn in South Miami More >>

• Good luck lurks at Scully's Tavern in Kendall

  published September 24, 2009

  Loon Over Miami: Good luck lurks at Scully's Tavern in Kendall More >>

• Work Stinks: Happy Labor Day!

  published September 3, 2009

  Work Stinks: Happy Labor Day! More >>

• Ice Station Victor

  published August 13, 2009

  Ice Station Victor: Frost Bite Thursdays at South Beach's Hotel Victor More >>

• Tat-Time Stories

  published July 23, 2009

  Stories from TattooLaPalooza at the Miami Beach Convention Center More >>

• Patriotic Pop Quiz

  published July 2, 2009

  Loon Over Miami: Patriotic Pop Quiz for Independence Day More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Random Album Review: Brooke Hogan, The Redemption

  published Jun 24, 2009

  Brooke HoganThe RedemptionSoBe EntertainmentYou'll love Brooke Hogan's latest, The Redemption, if your taste in music was honed while drunkenly bar hopping on Washington Avenue. The album is about as ... More >>

• It's Ladies' Night

  published June 25, 2009

  Loon Over Miami: It's Ladies' Night More >>

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  Booze Hound: Jaguar Ceviche Spoon Bar and LatAm Grill

  published May 21, 2009

  Typical Groveites (or Groviniansr Grovitinesr) wears shorts and flip flops. They always seem to be walking a dog, clutching a plastic cup, and most likely drive a Mini Cooper. Their typical n... More >>

• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang at Exxxotica

  published May 21, 2009

  In a large cylindrical cage, a tiny Asian dancer named April attempts to swing from a black plastic chain. But her red painted toes clumsily... More >>

• Back to the Future at the Clevelander

  published May 14, 2009

  Back to the Future at the Clevelander More >>

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  Booze Hound: BYOB at Wynwood Social Club

  published May 01, 2009

  Attention flask fanatics and supporters of small, brown, you-don't-need-to-know-my-business paper bags; there's a new BYOB in MIA. The Wynwood Social Club (2501 N.W. 2nd Ave., Miami, across th... More >>

• Walk of Shame Kit, Only $34.99

  published April 23, 2009

  You can spot her at dawn — a rumpled remnant of a woman making the long, teetering trek down Michigan or Meridian or Collins. She sports... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Deal Breakers

  published April 2, 2009

  So, what exactly is a deal breaker? If you ask Peter, an anxious, sniffling, and sharply suited 36-year-old with a prominent mole that floats... More >>

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  Booze Hound: Tsunami of a Deal at RA Sushi

  published Mar 31, 2009

  At RA Sushi (5829 SW 73rd St.), a South Beach-y black sheep nuzzled within the crevices of the laid-back, pub-heavy South Miami bar scene, it really doesn't matter what you like. You can tell your ser... More >>

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  Interactive Culinary Demonstration and Champagne Deutz Luncheon With Chef Tom Azar of Ahnvee, South Beach

  published Mar 20, 2009

  Tom Azar, former chef de cuisine of Emeril's in New Orleans (as well as Orlando and Miami Beach), is fixin' to unmask his debut eatery, Ahnvee, in South Beach either later this month or early in April... More >>

• The Woman Whisperer

  published March 19, 2009

  It's an easy, breezy Tuesday evening at Monty's (2550 S. Bayshore Dr., Coconut Grove) when Chris, a short, 27-year-old Cuban-American... More >>

• Shear Genius at D&L Salon

  published Mar 13, 2009

  If Dee Adames - Miami's mohawked winner of  the second season of Sheer Genius - could describe herself as any animal, she'd choose a cat. "They're mysterious and slightly territorial," she laughs... More >>

• Conversation Hearts Predict Valentine's Day

  published February 12, 2009

  Corbett's (12721 S. Dixie Hwy., Pinecrest) is a small, wood-paneled bar in a shopping center next to Suniland Park. Inside, there's a... More >>

• Twelve Hours at Mac's Club Deuce

  published January 29, 2009

  In 1963, the owner of a four-decade-old South Beach dive called Club Deuce — Harold Schwartz — died. The same hour, Mac Klein's... More >>