Email Author Janine Zeitlin

Awards

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published January 17, 2008

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2008 Stories by Janine Zeitlin

• Day Strippers

  published July 24, 2008

  The silver pole squeaks between her pale, toned thighs as she lifts her 110-pound frame high into the club's rafters. Her strawberry... More >>

• Natacha Seijas Is at It Again

  published July 10, 2008

  The Witch's Way Natacha Seijas is at it again. By Francisco Alvarado The Wicked Witch of West... More >>

• Psychics Choose Obama

  published July 3, 2008

  In a cozy Coconut Grove shop redolent of incense, Sandra Richardson hovers over six colorful tarot cards laid before her on a silk-covered... More >>

• Boom & Bust, Part 3

  published June 12, 2008

  It's raining inside Apartment 9. Celeste Brown grabs a newspaper from a stack in her tiny one-bedroom place. She clutches it over the... More >>

• Spanish-Language TV: Perverse and Profound

  published May 29, 2008

  Dark-haired dancers in glittering silver knee-high boots, bikini tops, and skimpy skirts run through steps in an empty studio. They contemplate... More >>

• The Sex Doll Diaries

  published May 22, 2008

  CULTURE The Sex Doll Diaries Artist brings her silicone twin to town for one last romp. By... More >>

• In Carlos, We Trust

  published May 15, 2008

  Politics In Carlos, We Trust The boss pays you. time to pay him back. By Francisco... More >>

• Boom & Bust, Part 1

  published May 1, 2008

  They peeked in the closets. They sniffed the kitchen and breezed through the Spanish-style three-bedroom on San Lorenzo Avenue in Coral Gables,... More >>

• Big Brown Machine

  published May 1, 2008

  Sports Big Brown Machine Saturday's Kentucky Derby favorite arrives fresh from South Florida. By... More >>

• The Man Who Made Generation Ñ

  published April 17, 2008

  Angie Martinez, an alluring, curly-haired entertainment lawyer, poses near a walk-in closet exploding with limited-edition Pumas, heels, and... More >>

• Cuban Ballet in Exile

  published April 10, 2008

  Click here to see a slide show of the... More >>

• Cops Are Cranky

  published March 27, 2008

  $50,000 News Flash! Cops Are Cranky Filed under: News Results from a Miami Police Department "work climate" study... More >>

• Shock Jocks Enrique and Joe Return

  published March 20, 2008

  It's 9:45 a.m. in a packed studio near the corner of Douglas Road and SW Eighth Street in Coral Gables. Two DJs have sleepy-sounding Latin... More >>

• Silly Wabbit

  published March 13, 2008

  Eddy Rodriguez, a stocky 50-year-old, wears a white bunny suit, a yellow vest with polka dots, and a Day-Glo green cowboy hat. Just outside the... More >>

• Ignored and Cheated

  published March 13, 2008

  It's the height of winter harvest season in the southern reaches of Miami-Dade County. Turkey vultures swoop overhead, their sable wings lifted... More >>

• Canine Killer

  published March 6, 2008

  On the Scent of a Canine Killer Filed under: News On the eve of last week's cold snap, Sara Pizano passed through... More >>

• Name Game

  published February 21, 2008

  Name Game Filed under: News Martin Luther King Jr. Henry Flagler. José Martí. All are historically... More >>

• Parks Bond Languishes

  published February 7, 2008

  A Sunday at Roberto Clemente Park in Wynwood: Working-class families cluster to hear conga drums accompanied by squeaking swings and shouts of... More >>

• Goodbye, D-Train

  published January 31, 2008

  The D-Train Leaves the Station Filed under: Sports That giant sucking sound? It was the now-familiar... More >>

• Bay of Pigs Vets Fight for Home

  published January 17, 2008

  Around dawn on April 19, the sound of rocket fire abruptly roused Eduardo Zayas-Bazán from restless dreams. He lay in a trench with a... More >>

• A Movie Guy's Lies

  published January 10, 2008

  Bryan Abboud was dining among the stars that weekend in July 2006. There were last-minute reservations at celeb-heavy Spago Beverly Hills. Chef... More >>

• Miami's Top Cop Breaks the Law

  published January 10, 2008

  For almost a month, Miami Police Chief John Timoney has ignored the rules of the city he oversees. First a citizens' panel and then a circuit... More >>

• This Land Is Their Mine

  published January 3, 2008

  This Land Is Their Mine Filed under: News Get ready for some major, and maybe environmentally lethal, limestone... More >>