Barbados

Miami Rum Renaissance Festival: Ten New Rums You Haven't Tried Yet

View photos from Miami Rum Renaissance Festival 2012 at Deauville Beach Resort here.The Miami Rum Renaissance Festival at the Deauville Resort concluded last evening with a 6:45 p.m. "last call", prompting event goers to rush to their favorite rum booth for one last mojito or shot of the elixir favo ... More >>

Rum Renaissance Ends Today: Try These Brands

So many rums, so little time!If you attend today's wrap-up of 2012 Rum Renaissance at the Deauville Beach Resort, (starting at noon for VIP, 1 p.m. for regular admission). Short Order has you covered. Yesterday we squirmed our way through the many vendors and tasted the finest of the bunch. Here is ... More >>

The Balvenie Road Trip: Two Guys, One Car, Lots of Scotch

​Generally, brand ambassadors at spirits companies have pretty good jobs -- going to bars and events and talking up whatever brand of booze you're representing (and giving out free samples along the way). But last year, Balvenie brand ambassadors Nicholas Pollacchi and Andrew Weir received a new a ... More >>

St. Vincent's Sprawling Markets: Mauby Bark Drinks, Breadfruit, and Callaloo Soup

​St. Vincent and the Grenadines, sometimes known as the spice islands of the Caribbean, lie in the southern part of the island chain. Not as popular with tourists as St. Barts or Barbados, the island has more of a local vibe. There are no T-shirt shops or places trying to sell you a Rolex. The bla ... More >>

Lil Wayne Earns 18 BET Hip Hop Awards Nominations, Tweets About "Wakk" Skate Park

​Earlier this morning, Lil Wayne shot off a sour-ass tweet about a "wakk" Nebraskan "Sk8 park." Evidently, the Cash Money Millionaire was too busy skating shitty ramps and rails to address the news of his 18 BET Hip-Hop Awards nominations. Naturally, Mr. Carter received nods for his personal sty ... More >>

Win A Summer Concert Gig and $15,000

You'll get paid to join the party.​Malibu, the Carribean rum spiked with coconut liqueur, is offering one lucky person the opportunity to host this summer's upcoming Radio Maliboom Boom Station Invasion Concert Tour -- along with a stipend of $15,000.Starting now and continuing through May 15, ind ... More >>

Ingrid B Seen Eating...Chicken and Waffles in B.E.D.

Courtesy Ingrid BIngrid B surrounded by fellow Soulcialites. ​Ingrid Bazin, or Ingrid B, is a host and promoter of three weekly events in Miami.  She fuses her passions for poetry and soul music into Soulcial Sundays at B.E.D., a live music dinner party and jam session; the Bohemia Room spoke ... More >>

Massive Attack and Thievery Corporation play Bayfront Park Amphitheater October 26

Courtesy Ingrid BIngrid B surrounded by fellow Soulcialites. ​Ingrid Bazin, or Ingrid B, is a host and promoter of three weekly events in Miami.  She fuses her passions for poetry and soul music into Soulcial Sundays at B.E.D., a live music dinner party and jam session; the Bohemia Room spoke ... More >>

Fantasia Overdose Followed News of Affair Partially Set in Miami

photo via Wikimedia CommonsFantasia, in happier times.​Poor Fantasia. The erstwhile American Idol champion won fans and hearts on season three of that show with her squeaky, unusual voice and around-the-way appeal. Still, she was relatively public with her personal struggles, and then commerc ... More >>

Chefs Are Fleeing, Requiem for Grass, and I Scream for Ice-Cream Trucks

​Out Through the In DoorSean Bernal has left the Oceanaire Seafood Room and headed for Fairview, Texas. Jonathan Wright is skipping the Setai for Barbados. Usually the sign of a restaurant city becoming robust is the influx of talented chefs from elsewhere -- not the fleeing of chefs for greener p ... More >>

Setai Loses Chef Jonathan Wright

Wright is ready to take flight.​The Setai's executive chef Jonathan Wright has accepted a position at Sandy Lane Resort in Barbados, and will be exiting the hotel on September 3. He had served three-and-a-half years at the Setai and in the process established himself as one of Miami's best chefs.T ... More >>

Miami Street Food Fest Rolling Into Town this Spring

Jacob KatelThe Burger Beast is a brain ninja.​The Miami Street Food Fest could one day be bigger than the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, but it'll have to get its wheels on the road first.This spring, the first annual Fest will welcome carts, trucks, vendors, tents, and the people who love th ... More >>

At the Little Haiti Cultural Center, a world-class exhibit focuses on the art of the Caribbean

Jacob KatelThe Burger Beast is a brain ninja.​The Miami Street Food Fest could one day be bigger than the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, but it'll have to get its wheels on the road first.This spring, the first annual Fest will welcome carts, trucks, vendors, tents, and the people who love th ... More >>

Silver-Screen Surfing? Rad.

Jacob KatelThe Burger Beast is a brain ninja.​The Miami Street Food Fest could one day be bigger than the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, but it'll have to get its wheels on the road first.This spring, the first annual Fest will welcome carts, trucks, vendors, tents, and the people who love th ... More >>

The Happy Mondays

Jacob KatelThe Burger Beast is a brain ninja.​The Miami Street Food Fest could one day be bigger than the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, but it'll have to get its wheels on the road first.This spring, the first annual Fest will welcome carts, trucks, vendors, tents, and the people who love th ... More >>

Food And Wine 2009 - Chef De Cuisine Jason Smith Talks Table 8

Food & Wine 2009 is almost upon us. You know what that means. The culinary throngs descend on South Florida, feast on its tropical flesh in a media-driven frenzy, and hopefully dump enough money on our shores to keep us goin til next year. Aaron J. Michaels from Culinary Convenience told me C ... More >>

Controversial Miami Connections for Obama Leadership Picks

Greg Craig As the Herald reported this morning, several members of Obama's new leadership team in Washington have strong enough ties to the Elian Gonzalez saga to send local Republicans into a tizzy. The AP reports this afternoon that Obama is expected to make Eric Holder the first black attorne ... More >>

Gang of Green

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Fete Until You Sweat

Miami Carnival is here to rock downtown

Sweaty in Pink

The party starts tonight at Opium Garden

Fitzroy

The party starts tonight at Opium Garden

Live and Direct

Party with Lance-O before he hits the road, Jack

Nadine Sutherland

Say My Name (Eight76)

Your Hips Won't Lie

Say My Name (Eight76)

Intergalactic Beach Folk

Say My Name (Eight76)

Ride the Wave

Paddle out and support the Surfriders

Leaps and Bounds

This alien amphibian is unstoppable

Roots, Rum, Reggae

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Rihanna

"S.O.S." (Def Jam)

Caribbean Seams

"S.O.S." (Def Jam)

Museum Mix-a-Lot

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The Year in Caribbean Music

Dancehall, soca, and protests

BEST SURF SPOT

23rd Street

Miami Beach

Sylvia's Story

Overtown is a state of mind

Always a New Day-O

Calypso keeps adapting to the times

Right On!

Music Fest Miami is a complicated mission, but maybe no one understands Miami like a politician

Shake

It's time to stop pointing fingers and start to jump and wave!

Best Surf Spot

Third Street

James L. Franklin

Personal Best

Shake

New Soul Brothers

Carnival? Try Criminal

What happens when a female passenger is assaulted on a cruise ship? Not much.

Miami Gras

Miami Carnival '99 Caribbean Mardi Gras

The French Hispanic Film Festival

Miami Carnival '99 Caribbean Mardi Gras

Night & Day

August 27 - September 2, 1998

Rotations

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Swelter 33

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Blurred Vision

August 27 - September 2, 1998

Swelter 33

August 27 - September 2, 1998

Swelter

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Flames and Fortune

A hunk of Burning music tries to finds its way off the islands