Email Author Ily Goyanes

2012 Stories by Ily Goyanes

• Spoken Soul Festival Gives Miami Lady Artists Some Love

  published Mar 26, 2012

  Between Winter Music Conference, Ultra, Miami Music Week, and the Miami International Film Festival, you might have forgotten that March is also Women's History Month. Luckily, there's still time to c... More >>

• Miami Beach Forms Unhealthy Alliance With The Coca-Cola Company

  published Mar 22, 2012

  In a shameless act of pure greed, the City of Miami Beach has formed a beverage sponsorship agreement with the Coca-Cola Company.This does not mean that when exiting the MacArthur Causeway onto Fifth ... More >>

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  Miami Spring Breakers: An Anthropological Study

  published Mar 20, 2012

  It's spring in South Florida, and you know what that means: the annual migration of a truly fascinating breed, the common Spring Breaker.So many of these specimens choose our home as their March and A... More >>

• Latinos Should Give St. Patrick's Day Back To the Irish, Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Instead

  published Mar 16, 2012

  rI love Irish peeps. Some of my best friends have been Irish. The Irish are cool. The gregariousness of the Irish may be why Latinos in Miami tend to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with more reverenc... More >>

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  Naked Spring Break: Nudist Getaways for Grown-Up College "Kids"

  published Mar 14, 2012

  Yeah, spring break! Let's lie in the sun all day, get wasted, and flash our tits!Thousands of kids come to Miami in just that mindset every spring. But for some of us, the aforementioned display of ex... More >>

• Paula Deen Sued for Sexual Harassment at One of Her Restaurants

  published Mar 07, 2012

  The undisputed queen of southern cooking, Paula Deen, is entangled in one big, 'ole legal mess. Deen, her empire, and her brother, are all being sued for sexual harassment amid charges of sexism and r... More >>

• Five Ways to Get Your Geek On Now That the Comic Con Movie Tour is Canceled

  published Feb 29, 2012

  Geeks just can't catch a break. The Comic Con Movie Tour, which would have featured Morgan Spurlock's film, Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, has been canceled. The event would have taken place at t... More >>

• You May Have to Start Shooting Up Your Ice Cream

  published Feb 27, 2012

  Scientists may have discovered a link between ice cream and drugs.The issue of whether or not food can be addictive has been largely debated. Now however, researchers Kyle S. Burger and Eric Stice of ... More >>

• Government "Inspector" Inspects 4-Year-Old's Lunchbox, Deems Contents Unhealthy

  published Feb 17, 2012

  In a demonstration of government oversight reaching Orwellian proportions, a 4-year-old's lunchbox was inspected and its contents deemed inappropriate for her to eat.The incident, which occurred at We... More >>

• This Valentine's Day, Say It With Sex Toys

  published Feb 14, 2012

  Valentine's Day is one occasion when most folks -- reven those of us who like to live outside the box, then take a chainsaw to it until all that's left are infinitesimal flecks of cardboard -- choose... More >>

• Sonic's Monday Madness Proves to Be Nothing But a Bait and Switch

  published Feb 08, 2012

  The Sonic Beach in Homestead has lost it. And by "it," I mean its wow factor, its novelty, its quality, and its mind.Homestead residents were so eager for its grand opening that hundreds of people sho... More >>

• McDonald's Will No Longer Use Pink Slime in Its Burgers. Wait ... Say Whatr (Video)

  published Feb 02, 2012

  McDonald's has declared that it will no longer use "pink slime" in the manufacturing of its food products, ABC News reported yesterday.Much like you're probably doing right now, when I first heard the... More >>

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  No Eating Human Fetuses, Says Senator Ralph Shortey

  published Jan 26, 2012

  There have been plenty of f'd up news stories coming out of South Florida, but the more and more I read about wampeters, granfalloons, and nut bags that make up the rest of our country, I start to thi... More >>

• What's Michelle Obama Really Doing in South Floridar

  published Jan 25, 2012

  Maybe it's that whole exiled-from-the-Motherland, terrorized-by-a-ruthless-dictator thing, but Cubans tend to be a little paranoid. Of course, just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not wat... More >>

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  Paula Deen is a Liar and Anthony Bourdain Hates Her (Video)

  published Jan 18, 2012

  Well, well, well. Who woulda thought that the notoriously Southern Paula Deen was actually a Cuban-American in disguiser Oh, no wait -- she isn't. It just seems that way, since like many of our abueli... More >>

• Five Things You Don't Know About Lesbians

  published Jan 17, 2012

  The highly anticipated anthology Best Lesbian Erotica 2012 was just released a few weeks ago. We're pretty sure you think you have lesbians all figured out. Then again, right now some of you may be th... More >>

• Debate Over Snack Ends in Murder-Suicide for Ohio Family (Video)

  published Jan 11, 2012

  We're almost two weeks into 2012, but the food-related craziness from last year has apparently spilled over. We thought Miamians were nuts, but check this out. Tragedy struck an Ohio family after... More >>

• Burger King and Wendy's Robbed: Just Like the Guys Who Nailed Me on Christmas With a BB Gun and a Machete

  published Jan 04, 2012

  rA man (who apparently received oodles of bandannas and dark clothing for Christmas) is suspected of robbing two fast-food joints in Pennsylvania the same morning. Both robberies occurred during the e... More >>

• Florida Woman Calls 911 Repeatedly Because She "Ate Too Much!"

  published Jan 03, 2012

  Once in a while comes along a story so bizarre, so fascinating, that all that needs to be done is some good, old-fashioned reporting of the facts.According to an article in the Digital Journal, on Dec... More >>