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2008 Stories by Jose D. Duran

• Cheap Eats: Out of the Blue Cafe

  published Jul 03, 2008

  Jose D. Duran The Midtown Steak Sandwich at Out of the Blue Cafe. Where: 2426 NE 2nd Ave., Miami 305-573-3800 What $15 Gets You: A sandwich, panini or salad with a drink. Located on the fringes of... More >>

• Jamie Lidell at Heathrow Lounge July 18

  published Jul 03, 2008

  Jamie Lidell Genre-bending musician Jamie Lidell will be stopping by Heathrow Lounge, a new UK-inspired club on South Beach, July 18. Who else could be behind this booking except the people from Pop... More >>

• Gameboy/Gamegirl: A Hipster Mockeryr

  published Jul 03, 2008

  Gameboy/Gamegirl sans fourth member and beat producer Miami Horror. Here was what I can't figure out about Australian quartet Gameboy/Gamegirl, are they embracing hipster culture or are they making ... More >>

• Bye Bye Saigon

  published Jul 02, 2008

  After three years in business at 1831 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Little Saigon City has closed shop. Although the mom-and-pop Vietnamese restaurant regrettably included sub-par Chinese food on its menu, the... More >>

• StreetWorks - Uncompleted Mural

  published Jul 02, 2008

  Jose D. Duran On my way to White Room Monday night, I spotted a man painting a mural along the corner of NE 14th Street and 1st Avenue. It is basically at the entrance of Overtown, right along the c... More >>

• Rendezvous With A Rip-Off

  published Jul 02, 2008

  Words of dining advice: Always ask how much the verbally recited daily specials cost. Or pay the consequences. For Peter and Neil, a vacationing couple from Danbury, Conn., the consequence was a nearl... More >>

• Fourth of Jose with Jose El Rey at the Vagabond

  published Jul 02, 2008

  Jose El Rey If you haven't seen local artist Jose El Rey perform live yet, you are missing one of the best spectacles out there. He easily won my heart over when I saw him perform at White Room earl... More >>

• Herald Shills For The Dairy Industry

  published Jul 02, 2008

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• Trial For New Marlins Stadium Starts Next Week

  published Jul 02, 2008

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• That Pizza Could Kill You

  published Jul 01, 2008

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• NBA Free Agency Starts Today But Everyone Knows It Really Starts in 2010

  published Jul 01, 2008

  The NBA Free Agency period started today at approximately one minute after midnight. And what can we expect the Miami Heat to do during this periodr A lot. If a lot means signing an otherwise crappy p... More >>

• Bike Blog - Mayors Determine Bikes Rock

  published Jul 01, 2008

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• Last Night: SummerFest 2008 at BankAtlantic Center

  published Jun 30, 2008

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• Miami Heat Draft Recap: The Ghost of Harold Miner Has Been Exorcized

  published Jun 27, 2008

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• Documenting the Bi-Sexy Trend

  published Jun 26, 2008

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• Nic Fanciulli at Back Door Bamby Ticket Giveaway

  published Jun 26, 2008

  Nic Fanciulli In a sort of last minute booking, British DJ extraordinaire Nic Fanciulli is stopping by the Vagabond Saturday night for its Back Door Bamby party. Don't know who Fanciulli isr Well le... More >>

• Open Letter to Pat Riley

  published Jun 26, 2008

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• South Beach Obama Bake-Off

  published Jun 25, 2008

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• StreetWorks - Sun-Bleached Mural

  published Jun 25, 2008

  Jose D. Duran When it seems like I've exhausted all of Wynwood, I stumble upon this mural along NW 6th Avenue. I slammed on my brakes and sat in my car for a minute thinking, "How the hell could I h... More >>

• Thanks to Shawn Marion, the Heat Now Have More Options

  published Jun 25, 2008

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• Lazaro Casanova "Venganza" Remixes Now on iTunes

  published Jun 25, 2008

  If you were part of the Revolver scene back in early part of the decade, you know Lazaro Casanova, who we picked as "Best Local Electronica Artist" in this year's Best of Miami, very well. Then agai... More >>

• Last Night: Modest Mouse at the Fillmore Miami Beach

  published Jun 24, 2008

  Logan Fazio Modest Mouse with The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Friday, June 23, 2008 The Fillmore, Miami Beach Better Than: The mental meltdown scribbling in your seventh-grade diary. Modest Mouse and ... More >>

• No Reason Not to Draft Beasley

  published Jun 24, 2008

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• Bike Blog - Car-free and Caught in the Rain

  published Jun 24, 2008

  This was probably the crappiest week so far this year to be a bicycle commuter. The timing was consistent everyday: show up to work with the sunrise and end work in time for the deluge. Apocalyptic ... More >>

• Critical Miami Says Goodbye

  published Jun 23, 2008

  One of Miami's best known blogs is saying farewell. Critical Miami, New Times' pick as Best Website of 2007, will no longer be updated but will remain live for those who still want to look through its... More >>