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Early one afternoon in June 2003, a bushy-haired, 28-year-old sergeant from Miami sat down on the hard floor of a steamy, furniture-less room in Ar Ramadi, one of the most...
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Back in 2004, the four teenage members of DMG spent every waking moment writing and recording songs. The plan was simple: to come up with a mainstream hit in the same vein as...
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Miami-Dade's prime waterfront real estate seems marred by more mundane eateries than that of any other coastal resort in the world. And the bayside address that has housed the...
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What is it with the third installments in superhero film franchises? For whatever reason — and, oh, let's just call it the lack of fresh ideas commingled with the love of...
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The common thread among the LA Dodgers’ best players is that they all reached their professional apexes when beating Yankees. Luis Gonzales had the clutch final hit off...
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By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published:
May 3, 2007
Madonna and Angelina Jolie have made it fashionable, but Mia Farrow started the trend long ago. It seems that nowadays, adopting a foreign baby is the Hollywood way of getting...
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For those of you who think that Miami is all about sunbathing and matching bikinis, think again! We’ve got culture, class, and a little something for everyone — even...
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In terms of artistic interest, the battle between heaven and hell has been more one-sided than the Harlem Globetrotters versus the Washington Generals. What’s the best...
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To you and I, Samantha from Bewitched might have been just a blond broad with some mean allergies, and Jeannie the “genie” little more than a subservient vagabond....
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Maibaumfest, or Spring Festival, is the traditional German celebration to end winter and celebrate the warm and green season. This is the first time that the German American...
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May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Who knew? Well, U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz did; she’s the politician who spearheaded the campaign to designate May as such....
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By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published:
May 3, 2007
While we won’t tell a soul that you got that fabulous necklace at Claire’s for seven bucks, the tell-tale blush that rises in your cheeks when someone compliments...
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By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published:
May 3, 2007
There’s a preponderance of frizzy hair in Miami. Thanks to a unique combination of multiethnic residents and high humidity, local ladies have some of the most...
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The Miami City Ballet is not only one of the top ballet companies in the US — it’s also a school for the best and brightest of South Florida’s up-and-coming...
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Not so long ago the appeal of comic books was limited by the stigma attached to its traditional core audiences — dudes who live at home with their parents, quiet Japanese...
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Being duped into buying cheesy Buns of Steel workout tapes is forgivable. You just wanted to get in shape! We won’t even blame you for letting them become dusty...
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By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published:
May 3, 2007
Even though Miami’s enormous Latin population skews to the Caribbean, and to the South, not Central, American side, there’s no reason why the Magic City...
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Summer is nearly here and our tongues are already hanging out. Tell your furry buddies to bark, don’t fret. This weekend canines and their humans have a chance to batter...
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On the southern end of the Biscayne corridor, between Overtown and what the powers that be are calling “midtown”, sits a large yellow fortress known as The Firefly....
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You shimmied hard when the Ying Yang Twins told you to “sh-shake it like a salt shaker,” and after Shakira bragged that her “Hips Don’t Lie” you...
