Bahamas

Marissa Karp Murder: Father's Decade-Long Investigation Pays Off

Top Ten Dance Moves Aboard Holy Ship!! 2013 in Animated GIF!

The EDM cruise Holy Ship!! journeyed from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas this past weekend, and we're still recovering. A highlight was an afternoon spent on a pristine private island in the Bahamas for an afternoon of sun, surf, cocktails and the kind of dancing not seen since MTV Spring Break. To ... More >>

Did the Florida GOP Hold a Bahamas Fundraiser With Golf Carts Full of Hookers?

Mitt Romney had binders full of women. The Florida GOP might have had golf carts full of hookers.Rumors of a strange "men's only" trip to the Bahamas, meant as a thank you to some of the Republican Party of Florida's biggest donors, have been swirling for years, but new details have come out in test ... More >>

Hurricane Sandy Brings Soggy Weather, Probably Won't Ruin Your Halloween Weekend

Hurricane Sandy isn't expected to make landfall in Florida, but the storm will still be annoying as the outer bands hit the southeastern part of the state throughout the day.Miami-Dade is under a tropical storm warning, meaning a lot of rain and wind are expected. The conditions are forecasted to la ... More >>

Wanna Get Away?

Grand Bahama Island: Fresh Fish, Conch Salad, and Bahama Mamas

About 100 miles from Miami lies Grand Bahama Island. Best known for Freeport, the large shipping terminal and adjacent tax and duty-free area and the tourist town of Lucaya, Grand Bahama also boasts gorgeous white sand beaches, explorable caves, and excellent fishing -- which translates into great s ... More >>

Hard's Holy Ship! 2013 Electronic Music Cruise Sold Out in 28 Hours

​The world's greatest sea-bound rave has sold out a full year from its next scheduled sailing date. Just last month, Hard's Holy Ship! hit the high seas for its maiden voyage, carrying Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Diplo, A-Trak, and 3000 bikini-ready party people to the Bahamas and back. ... More >>

Hard's Holy Ship! Electronic Music Cruise "Will Return in 2013"

​Exactly 26 days ago, Hard's Holy Ship! electronic music cruise packed Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Rusko, Diplo, A-Trak, dozens of other professional party starters, and 3000 beat freaks onto the MSC Poesia for a full weekend of uhntz-uhntz-ing across the high seas. And yes, there were a ... More >>

Goombay Festival 2011 In Pictures

All photos by Laine Doss Junkanoo Dancers at the Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival​The 34th annual Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival brought the flavors of the Bahamas to Coconut Grove this weekend, as people ate and danced in the streets. The festival commemorates the rich Bahamian history that ... More >>

Catharsis, New Little Havana Restaurant, Elevates Your Dining Experience

​Catharsis means to purge or release one's emotions or tensions, which makes it easy to understand why Leo Hidalgo, Hernan Sturvet, Marcelo Malvicino, and Dr. Vivian Gonzalez-Diaz decided to apply that moniker to their restaurant on Calle Ocho.Once you step inside Catharsis, near SW 17th Avenue, i ... More >>

One Dead After Plane Crashes in Neighborhood Near Opa-locka Airport

​The pilot of a small plane that took off this morning from Opa-locka Executive Airport is believed to be dead after the aircraft crashed in a residential neighborhood. The plane hit two vehicles before eventually bursting into flames near a house. No other fatalities have been reported.

Deering Seafood Festival This Sunday: A Carnavale of Conch

​The beautiful Deering Estate turns into a fantasy of music, mollusks and other assorted seafood at the Seventh Annual Deering Seafood Festival this Sunday from 11 to 6 p.m. Guests will be greeted by stilt walkers and calypso bands as they sample seafood by South Florida restaurants Golden Rul ... More >>

Feast or Salmon

Jacuzzi Boys Sign to Seattle's Hardly Art Label

Photo by Ivan SantiagoJacuzzi Boys have gone big league. And so it was time for a trip to Glamour Shots.​It seems like only yesterday (or a week ago) that we were smiling up at our beloved Jacuzzi Boys while bopping happily through the sparse early evening crowd at the Bruise Cruise Kickoff Party ... More >>

Sopa de Pescado for the Soul

Photo by Ily GoyanesMmm, mmm, good. ​The next time you're sick, eschew the chicken--fish soup finds its way much faster to your soul. The folks at Bahamas Fish Market will serve you a huge bowl of fish chowder ($2.95 to $3.45) that will make you toes curl and your white blood cells multiply.

Bahamian Bread Company: A Taste of the Islands in Miami

​Lissette Diaz is a homegrown Miami girl who has turned her love for Bahamian bread into a business.  She grew up in a house with a cake- baking mother and spent summers in the Bahamas. She remembers early morning bread runs with her father with affection, and these proved to be the perfect i ... More >>

The Bruise Cruise: The World's First-Ever Hipster Rock and Soul Musical Cruise?

​The beginning of the year marks the season of the increasingly popular and numerous music-themed cruises that depart from South Florida. They range from the obscure (cruises themed to singer-songwriters, or classic R&B), to the more pop-minded (John Mayer's and the Barenaked Ladies' trips), t ... More >>

"Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore Appears in Miami Court This Afternoon (Updated)

​Colton Harris-Moore stole five airplanes, hot-wired boats and cars, flew a plane from Indiana to the Bahamas with no formal training, won almost 30,000 friends on Facebook, and had his life's movie rights optioned before he turned 20. The Barefoot Bandit, in short, is much cooler than you.Bu ... More >>

Ex-Fla GOP Chair Jim Greer May Have Had "No Girls Allowed" Meetings

​Jim Greer, the disgraced former chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, is already in trouble for allegedly misdirecting $200,000 of party money to a company he owned. Now, during that investigation new, weirder allegations have popped up. Mainly that Greer held fundraiser events and meeting ... More >>

Lionfish Begin Invasion of Biscayne National Park and Are Eating All Our Delicious Fish

Photo by Jens Peterson via Wiki Commons/CC2.0​A few weeks ago, I was unchained from my laptop and briefly allowed to return to the wild for a few weeks. I headed to the Bahamas for a snorkeling trip. Numerous signs posted throughout the marina on the island we stayed advertised a lionfish hun ... More >>

Top 10 Sodas From Around the World

unattributedFact checked with bougerolle.net​10. Pee Cola from Ghana - At first we thought it was just an internet joke, but we found two seemingly legitimate sources that back it up.So.... Drink Pee Cola.

Make Your Own Wish and Help Grant Others

Destinee From Miami's THC Crew Talks Hip-Hop, The Music Business, and Rockin Shows

image via Destinee"If you plan to be successful in ANYTHING you do, be prepared to live for it, breathe it, and die for it, if need be."Destinee aka Maiden Dade aka Rita N. is a Dade County Hip Hop impresario, performer, recording artist and member of the THC Crew.Crossfade recently spoke to her by ... More >>

Shark Huggers

Tourists can't wait to get next to them — even if they are eating machines.

Over the Weekend - Aero Bar, Goombay and Lovelife

The Miami/Bahamas Goombay Festival at Coconut Grove

Jah Cure Concert Postponed

Pop! Go the Easels

Diaspora Vibe puts a new Bahamian art collective to work

We’re Jammin’

Party inna-island style, right here on the Beach

Hooray for Goombay

The Ship's Shape

It ain't majestic, but it floats

Diving for the Shot

Just make sure it’s waterproof

Diving for the Shot

Just make sure it’s waterproof

The Heat Times Three

Forever Missing, Part 3

Donna Weaver learns the name of her husband's killer -- or maybe not

Forever Missing Part 2

Donna Weaver hoped to get help from the FBI in finding her husband. Instead she got crooked agents working with violent drug dealers

Muscle Worship

Flexing for glamour, power

Nouveau Nassau Cuisine

It's over in the happening Bahamas that the New World is getting cooking

Shake

How well have you learned the universal language?

Hip, Hip Goombay!

Time again for the Bahamian celebration in the Grove

Game Is Wild, Price Is High

Empeek Cheke

Florida City's Main Man

Hubert Albury is a fixture in South Miami-Dade's political scene. He also cooks a mean pigeon peas and rice.

The Scary Side of Paradise

The Bahamas. A feast of sun, fun, and upscale resorts, right? Try adding murder to the mix, toss in a dubious justice system, and spread over a teeming underclass.

Now Departing

Two parts pragmatism and one part nostalgia keep Miami's last propeller-driven cargo planes skimming the skies

The Bell Tolls for Him

After years of playing Papa to Hemingway, the island of Bimini, and his own troubled brood, Capt. Harcourt Neville Brown is laid to rest

Where's the Beach?

The true story behind the beach erosion explosion is politics as usual

Bahama Trauma

Miami kayaker Miguel Hernandez was having the time of his life on a solo voyage to Cuba -- until a multinational team of drug cops crashed the party

Surfing to Miami

There Goes The Neighborhood

Black Grove Feature