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Air Travel

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Jennifer Lopez Announces Summer Tour with Enrique Iglesias and Wisin y Yandel

    Her ex-husband's doing it, now she is too. This summer, Jennifer Lopez is hitting the road with Enrique Iglesias and Wisin y Yandel, embarking on the North American leg of a globe-spanning tour that kicks off in Montreal on July 14. "I think it's going to be one of the most historic tours ever," ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    TSA Employees Trash South Beach Hotel Room, Shoot Guns in Air

    ​Two Transportation Security Administration officers are under arrest after trashing a South Beach hotel room last night and then shooting off guns into the air. The shots first rang out at about 11:15 last night near a hotel on the 800 block of Collins Avenue.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Miami International Airport Gets Its Own Reality Show

    Reality television watchers love drama, dysfunction and dread, so it only makes sense that Miami International Airport is set to be the star of its own reality show, or excuse us, "docu-drama." The Travel Channel will start airing the program next year.

  • Blogs

    November 7, 2011

    Radiohead Kicks Off U.S. Tour in Miami on February 27

    Photo by Sebastian EdgeRadiohead​Radiohead just released the first 10 dates of its 2012 US tour and we couldn't be any happier. Thom Yorke and his mates from Oxfordshire will be kicking things off at the American Airlines Arena on Monday, February 27. Since releasing its eighth studio album, The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Jay-Z and Kanye Announce The Throne Tour Stop in Miami November 15

    ​There's no doubt that Jay-Z -- even as hip-hop's retired-unretired elder statesman -- still balls like the best of 'em. Just last night Hova was makin' it rain at the Fountainebleau's LIV in Miami Beach, dropping more $100,000 on a single bottle of champagne in celebration of the release of his n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Ice Box Cafe: Airports Are the Next Food Frontier

    photo by Greg Clark Photography​Airport delays and security nightmares get increasingly stressful. But the Ice Box Cafe is doing its part in helping ease some travel pains with the new Express Lunch box offerings.Robert Siegmann, owner of the long-time Lincoln Road establishment Ice Box Cafe, has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Miami International Airport Reports Record-Breaking Passenger Traffic for First Quarter

    ​Another sign things are slowly getting better in the 305: Miami International Airport reports that 9.3 million passengers somehow survived getting through the airport in the first three months of 2011. That's the highest number of passengers during that part of the year ever for MIA, and a 6.1 pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    Britney Spears Is Back! Femme Fatale! North American Tour! Miami Gig July 22!

    Brit is back, bitches.​OK, so we're not really that excited about Britney Spears's hot new album Femme Fatale. Or her 11-city North American tour. Or even her local gig at the American Airlines Arena. The multiple exclamation points were gratuitous and cheap. But when a former pop tart goes bonk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Fire and Bomb Scare: It's Been a Real Bad Morning for Miami International Airport

    ​While our airport has a reputation for bringing constant misery, the past few hours at Miami International Airport have been exceedingly miserable, even by its own standards. First a fuel tank exploded that caused a fire that took hours to put out. Then, even before that situation was controlled, ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Airport security is racist and stupid

    ​While our airport has a reputation for bringing constant misery, the past few hours at Miami International Airport have been exceedingly miserable, even by its own standards. First a fuel tank exploded that caused a fire that took hours to put out. Then, even before that situation was controlled, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2010

    Plato Royale: Cheese Plates of US Airways vs. Continental/United

    John ZurUS Airways fruit and cheese platter​ Airline food long ago  moved from complimentary hot meals to packets of peanuts. And hen came.... nothing... unless you were willing to shell out $3 for a packet of M&Ms. May we suggest the cheese plate?! Or maybve not. A review: US Airway ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Q&A With Ivete Sangalo, Performing at American Airlines Arena Tomorrow

    ​Conceivably, there are some seeing her name up on the marquis outside the AAA, or posted around town, and wondering just who Ivete Sangalo is. The answer, for those asking, is a simple one: she's a singer, and something of an artistic treasure in her native Brazil. Oh yeah, and as you can see at ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 1, 2010

    Rock the Block

    ​Conceivably, there are some seeing her name up on the marquis outside the AAA, or posted around town, and wondering just who Ivete Sangalo is. The answer, for those asking, is a simple one: she's a singer, and something of an artistic treasure in her native Brazil. Oh yeah, and as you can see at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2010

    Protest: "The Cruelest Show on Earth" at American Airlines Arena

    via ARF​If you see grown men dressed in elephant costumes on Biscayne Boulevard today, it's not conceptual art. Nor are they practicing for Burning Man or coming from a really good rave. Activists from the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF) plan to dress as ringmasters, clowns, and tiger ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Fan Video: First 7 Minutes of Green Day's Set Last Night at AAA

    If you're curious how Green Day opened their set last night at American Airlines Arena here's a video recap. This fan-made video has good audio, clean picture, and is right up in the front rows. Welcome to 21st Century Breakdown. Enjoy.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Passengers Land Plane After Pilot Dies Mid-Air Over Miami

    Not to name any names, but some of us here at Riptide Central are none too fond of the ol' "airplane travel" and generally consume enough drugs to kill Keith Richards before we board any airborne vehicles.via Wikimedia CommonsYIKESIt's stories like this that fuel the phobia, even with a happy ending ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Buy Your Mom or Abuela a Ticket to See Julio Iglesias This V-Day at AAA

    There are few hispanophone ladies and gents of a certain age who have not been reduced, at some point, to misty eyes by the ballad stylings of the suave Spaniard Julio Iglesias. While Iglesia's true crossover peak came mainly in the 1980s, he has hardly receded from the international spotlight, cran ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Airport Director Sets Record Straight

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Booze Hound - San Juan and Halo

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2008

    Weekly News Wrapup - The Pope, Merging Airlines, and Canceled Concerts

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    Over The Weekend - Activist Bike Riders, A Rapper and A Bunch of Wrestlers.

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    The Mile-High Snub

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2008

    The Mile-High Snub

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2007

    Cuban Highjackers Get Life Sentences

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2007

    Mile High Michy’s

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2007

    What a Difference a Year Makes

    Yesterday, I blogged about Secure Wrap of Miami's eight year lock on a Miami International Airport contract to wrap travelers' luggage in a cellophane-type material to deter theft of personal items. The post was based on a recent report by the county's inspector general criticizing the Miami-Dade A ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 18, 2007

    Light and Heat

    Have a little faith tonight at the AAA

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2006

    Like Beating an Undead Horse

    Have a little faith tonight at the AAA

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005

    BEST-KEPT SECRET

    mia Gallery

  • City Life

    May 12, 2005

    BEST NOT-SO-CHEAP THRILL

    Weightlessness

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    THIS JUST IN

    Weightlessness

  • News

    June 12, 2003

    Florida's Mean Season

    Overriding minimum wage guarantees at MIA

  • Calendar

    May 22, 2003

    The King's Wings

    Hear, hear, the man who flew Elvis's plane

  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Letters from the Issue of , 2002

    Hear, hear, the man who flew Elvis's plane

  • Dining

    January 2, 2003

    Air Fare

    Serving up crap at MIA - it doesn't have to be so tasteless

  • News

    July 18, 2002

    Mindless Security, 2002

    Dumb passengers: 50 Caught terrorists: 0

  • Recreation

    May 16, 2002

    BEST FISHING HOLE

    Blue Lagoon and Glide Angle Lake

  • City Life

    May 16, 2002

    BEST MIAMI MYSTERY

    Blue Lagoon and Glide Angle Lake

  • News

    May 25, 2000

    DeFede

    Meet MIA's Own Barney Fife

  • Restaurants

    May 13, 1999

    Best Place To Wait For Lost Luggage

    Top of the Port Restaurant & Lounge

  • Music

    May 13, 1999

    Best CD Recorded At Miami International Airport

    Miambient Volume One

  • News

    December 24, 1998

    The Junket Queen

    Miambient Volume One

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Nice Indictment, Nobody Home

    When there's a huge drug trial in Miami and no one watches it, does it even matter?

  • News

    September 18, 1997

    News of the Weird

    When there's a huge drug trial in Miami and no one watches it, does it even matter?

  • News

    July 3, 1997

    News of the Weird

    When there's a huge drug trial in Miami and no one watches it, does it even matter?

  • News

    August 1, 1996

    Bad Wrap

    These three companies entomb suitcases in cellophane for travel, but that's nothing compared to what they do to each other

  • News

    April 13, 1995

    Special Airport Service for Some Very Special People

    These three companies entomb suitcases in cellophane for travel, but that's nothing compared to what they do to each other

  • News

    June 30, 1993

    The Conner Conspiracy

    He was an aviation classic: independent, stubborn, savvy. And he was convinced powerful forces were out to ruin him. Did that include government informants and federal agents? Gus Conner will never know.

  • News

    May 26, 1993

    Explosive Exclusive!

    Former Miami airline executive Ricardo Samitier, Sr. (not his penis-enlarging son, Ricardo, Jr.) was the would-be mad bomber who rattled the Washington Post

  • News

    April 28, 1993

    Is This Any Way to Run an Airport?

    After years of flying first class, politicos and lobbyists are now having their baggage inspected -- by federal agents

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