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Hypnotist Rich Guzzi: Comedy, Self-Help, and Sleaze

The Best Pasta and Pastries On Calle Ocho

Southwest Eighth Street, which runs from the edge of Brickell near Biscayne Bay straight west into the Everglades, is for many reasons considered the heart of Miami. In the latter half of the 20th century Little Havana grew up around it as hundreds of thousands of Cubans fled Cuban dictator Fidel Ca ... More >>

Top Five Salads in Miami: Fried Green Tomatoes, Garden Lettuce, Liquid Mozzarella and More

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com. There are three kinds of salad-eaters: those constant ... More >>

Miami's Five Best Offal Dishes for Halloween

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.Instead of bringing some insipid blood-covered body part ... More >>

Janet Jackson and Six Other Secret Celebrity Muslims

Just when you think you know someone, because they've literally grown up in the public eye, you find out that they're one of four wives to an Arab millionaire and a secret Muslim! Well, that's what the National Enquirer is saying about Janet Jackson in its latest cover story. And you know the 'Quir ... More >>

Miami Northwestern Band Members Appeared in Raunchy Video With Lil' Wayne and a Porn Star

Rapper Juicy J's music video for his strip club anthem "Bandz A Make Her Dance" features gyrating women, porn star Alexis Texas wearing a t-shirt for adult studio Brazzers, Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz and ...members of the Miami Northwestern High School band.Six drummers from the school's band appear in the ... More >>

How Not to Get Fat at Work: Miami Dietician Lisa Eichenbaum Weighs In

In my first real desk job, I worked as an editorial assistant at a travel company proofreading a thousand-page resort directory, making sure words like "laundry facilities" were spelled and spaced correctly. Yes, that sucked, but it wasn't the worst of it. The worst was having to sit in my cubicle d ... More >>

Miami's Top Ten Dog-Friendly Restaurants

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play. Don't forget to check out the full Best of Miami® 2012 online at bestof.voiceplaces.com.They're everywhere. Four-legged fur babies are out and a ... More >>

A Vegan in Vegas: Thai Basil Salad, Beautiful Beets, and More

See also Vegans Can Carbo Load in LA, Beet Reporter Finds Vegan Glory in LA Yesterday, my friends and I were walking up the Las Vegas strip in desiccating 115-degree heat. My skin felt deflated, dehydrated and stretched to my bones. I looked to my left and to my right and saw nothing but i ... More >>

Battleship: Because Every Generation Needs an Armageddon

Fake Skeleton In Sunken Boat Freaks Out Fishermen, Doesn't Fool Police

Somewhere in Key West, a diver with a seriously sick sense of humor is laughing his ass off right now. A sponge fisherman diving near the Conch Republic on Monday presumably spit out his snorkel when he spotted a nearly intact human skeleton eerily strapped into the captain's chair of a sunken boat. ... More >>

Panthers in the Playoffs: A Florida Native's Made-Up Guide to Hockey Terms

Did you guys hear the Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup Playoffs? You guys heard of the Florida Panthers? You guys even heard of hockey?No? Well, great, this guide is for you. Being native Floridians we're glad that our team has finally broken their playoff slump. We'd like to send them positi ... More >>

Miami's Ten Best Late-Night Restaurants

​Want access to our Best Of picks from your smartphone? Download our free Best Of app for the iPhone or Android phone from the App Store or Google Play.​There's no doubt Miami is a late night town. With a large European and Latin American influence, we rarely think of dinner before 9 p.m. -- lon ... More >>

Snackdown Semi-Finals: Coral Gables vs. Midtown/Design District/Wynwood

​Over the next few weeks, Short Order will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a "Snackdown." This is the second semi-finals entry. Today pits Coral Gables against Midtown/Design District/Wynwood. Which of these two is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet ... More >>

Rick Santorum "Visibly Exhausted," Losing Badly, Leaving Florida Saturday

photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons​At last, an explanation for why Rick Santorum has been acting so unhinged in the Sunshine State, from inviting an ex-Yahweh ben Yahweh member to open his campaign rally last weekend to making truly bizarre proclamations about rape: Turns out he's really ... More >>

Doof Glob: The Food Blog For Dyslexics (Plus Other Niche Ideas)

​​There are food blogs aplenty in this land, and lots of niches have been covered. Locally, locavores can dig Mango & Lime, carnivores congregate at The Burger Beast, and French Fry Fairy appeals to fairies -- or maybe to those who like fried potatoes. I never have been able to figure that o ... More >>

The 10 Sexiest Miamians

Tipdrill​When people think Miami, the first thing that pops into their mind's eyes is boobs. Big, beach ball boobs. But we're so much more than that. We are also crazy-huge booties and rock hard six-pack abs. We are tans the color of Key Biscayne sunsets and weird Barbie hair that breaks apart if ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Stampede" by Rebel

via myspace.com/rebelstation​Miami trio Rebel has one of those band names that's maddening to Google. Luckily, New Times summed up everything you need to know about this Anglophilic trio in a recent feature. In short, it's been a long road to the band's current sound. The threesome, who trace thei ... More >>

Bill Nelson Is America's Most Googled Living Senator, Somehow

​Out of all the senators who served in Congress this year, our Bill Nelson was the second most Googled senator, according to the New York Times. He came in, understandably, just after the late Ted Kennedy. This means Nelson is America's most Googled serving senator.  No one is ... More >>

Philly MC Amanda Blank plays two Miami Beach shows December 2

A Day to Remember

Cuba's Craigslist, Revolico, Blocked

1959 Buick for sale on Revolico.​So you had your heart set on that 1959 Buick advertised on Revolico and forgot to write the contact number down? You might have blown your chance.Reuters is reporting that the popular Cuban version of Craigslist -- which boasts 1.5 million page views a month -- is ... More >>

Toto La Momposina Comes to Miami on August 21

​Say, have you ever heard of Toto La Momposina? No? Well neither had I, until my editor put me onto her. So I set out to see just who that was, and thanks to the modern marvel that is Google, within minutes my office was filled with tribal, Afro-Caribbean and indigenous sounds from this excellent ... More >>

Bruce Weber's Liberty City Is Like Paris to Me Debuts on Sundance Channel This Month

via Sundance Channel​Google Image search "Bruce Weber," and it might be easy to dismiss the photographer as a bit obsessed with nudity in black-and-white. After all, Weber is responsible for just about every softcore porn-style image associated with Abercrombie & Fitch, not to mentio ... More >>

Throwback Tuesdays: Saigon Kick - "I Love You"

Saigon Kick was arguably South Florida's biggest rock export in the early '90s, a band with some major hits that remains somewhat underrated, perhaps, because of the time at which it appeared. At first glance, the group, originally a quartet, had all the aesthetic stylings of a glam-metal act. But ... More >>

Miami Convenience Store Clerk Kills Would-Be Robber

View Larger Map Riptide is a non-violent blog, but we're all for self-preservation. And there really is no more South Floridian activity than pulling a gun and blasting on the schlub who just pulled a gun on you. So this evening we propose a toast to the as-yet unnamed clerk at "La Catrachita #2", t ... More >>

Hollywood Officials Really Close to Figuring Out Well-Known Graffiti Crew Isn't One Dude

Hollywood cops and politicians are hot on the trail of a "bold graffiti master" defacing their city's walls- once they figure out that they're actually after not one guy, but a crew of them.Yep, yesterday the overall feeling of security among South Florida's graffiti writers improved an estimated 12 ... More >>

Waoh, Miami Herald Website Puts Up Registration Wall?

There's literally no way to read any story on MiamiHerald.com right now without registering. Every link, whether from an inside or outside source takes you to a registration page. They say registration is free and easy, but it's also annoying.Sure, for regular readers all they have to do i ... More >>

Order in Chaos

Artist Kevin Arrow rummages the world in a new exhibit at the Farside Gallery in Westchester.

Throwback Tuesdays: Poser - "Give It Up"

Ah, thank Google Alerts for bringing this gem of South Florida music past to our inbox. The Sunset Strip story is one that has been told, but what of bands elsewhere in the country who were plying the same sound? One of these, it seems, was a band called Poser based in Ft. Lauderdale. (Perhaps "po ... More >>

Go Cork Yourself

A cool new website launched this week helps readers identify local restaurants that operate with a BYOB policy, and also provides the establishments' wine policy and corkage information. Southeast Florida is one of ten metropolitan areas covered by GoBYO.com. The free online service also provides di ... More >>

NOM Against Gay Marriage

Brave Floridians of every stripe of ignorance went to the polls last November and banned any practical, legal recognition of gay relationship forever... or at least until society evolves beyond its prejudices, which history shows it tends to do. The gays can marry in Iowa and Vermont now, so it's ... More >>

Robert Smith and Vince Neil Form Supergroup

According to celebrity pulicist Mike Ock, Robert Smith and Vince Neil met while shopping on South Beach, hit it off and will be forming a supergroup to be called Motley Cure. They plan to cover r&b songs from the 50's and 60's and create an elaborate stage show involving acrobats, bearded ladie ... More >>

No Sugar on my Walls, Thanks

Mary Kidder, a trustee of the Columbus Museum of Art, strolled through Art Basel Miami Beach this past December and out of all the work there decided she really liked this piece by William Cotton called "Ribbon Candy." It is a portrait of a woman with ribbon candy festooned to her head. Mary Boone ... More >>

News Roundup

LocalGetting laid off individually is so trite. The new trend is to be part of a mass layoff. Unfortunately, all of your friends are doing it. [Herald]We're number one! This time in highest health-care costs in the nation. [Herald]Miami Commissioner Marc Sarnoff will bring up a resolution at today's ... More >>

Impressions of the Delray Beach Garlic Festival

I decided to spend Valentine's Day - at least the day part of it - at the Delray Beach Garlic Festival, a weekend-long ode to the clove going down at Old School Square. The fest had a lot going on: there were vendors aplenty, hocking garlic-based sauces, dips, spreads, and salsas. There was a garlic ... More >>

Naked Sushi - Smells Like Fish

Nyotaimori, aka naked sushi, refers to the Japanese art of sushi served on a human body. Talk about your food looking at you while you eat -- but hey, rich people gotta find some way to liven up their dinner parties. I recently set out on a mission to find it in South Florida. It only took a few ph ... More >>

Obama Snubs Taddeo Too

Sorry, Annette Taddeo, you're not going to Washington either, apparently. This afternoon Obama tapped venture capitalist Karen Mills as head of the Small Business Administration. There was some buzz earlier in the week that Taddeo, who ran for Congress against Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, might get the nod ... More >>

Rodonna Thanksgiving Saga Continues

If Google News search results are any indication, yesterday's biggest locally relevant story after the gay adoption ruling was the Turkey Day scandal involving Madonna and her A-Rod. Roddy was reportedly planning to ditch his kids to spend the day with the Ciccone youth. People is reporting that Ale ... More >>

"Sorry, I Can't Come Into Work Today, I'm Gay"

Oh the proud history of Facebook-spread protest boycotts. Never forget the great Facebook strike of October, or those twenty times everyone was going to not purchase gas for a day. The latest to pop up in our news feed was "A Day With Out A Gay." "LGBT workers, business owners, consumers and taxp ... More >>

Midtown Miami is a Sad Reminder of Crappy Economy

Perpetually Nude Dude Has No Problem With Deciding Others' Morals

StreetWorks - Toe Jam Backlot's Famous Monsters

Screw the Corkscrew

Ten Times Hotter than Eva Longoria

Thrash Tales

The guitar gladiators of Louisville's Coliseum.

45 Second Reviews

Catch of the Year

Classic American seafood finds a sequel in Miami

Ripe and Juicy

What the Doc Shoulda Ordered

Could there be anything worse than hospital fare? Nope.