Subject: Hotels

• If You Think We're In A Recession...

  April 25, 2008

• Commission Gets Fat on Avocadoes

  If you thought the Federal ethics charges against Mary McCarty and her band of merry Palm Beach County and City Commissioners was scandalous enough, you haven't heard what the California Avocado Commission has been up to in the past three years. McCarty, after all, only accepted a few free hotel rooms and pushed a couple of jobs in her husband's path. But according to a state audit reported in today's New York Times, the folks who are paid by California farmers to promote everybody's favorite

  January 12, 2009

• WMC 2009: A Party Worth Blogging About? Not Really

  Jose D. DuranIf there is nobody at a pool party can you still call it a pool party? Just returned from the Gansevoort South. Music editor Arielle Castillo and I were at the A Party Worth Blogging About event by EatSkeet.com and HipsterRunoff.com. So in honor of HRO I'm going to ask a few philosophical questions:Do pool parties need people in order for it to be a 'partie'?If someone plugs in an iPod are they still DJing?How many children can a $9 Heineken feed?I don't think I would be so critical

  March 25, 2009

• WMC 2009: La India to Make an Appearance the Shelborne This Afternoon

  For the Latin music lovers out there, WMC hasn't forgotten about you. Our sources at the Shelborne say salsa princess La India is slated to make a cameo some time this afternoon, er, which is basically now. The hotel is hosting DJ Magazine's Recession Sessions so this ought to be interesting. We're stuck going to the Bacardi B-Live event at Blade, but let us know if you hear of what went down.

  March 26, 2009

• Kickin’ It

  Kickboxing and mixed martial arts hit Miami.

  October 9, 2008

• And Hipster Was His Name-O

  May 1, 2008

• Concentrated Candy Kisses

  February 8, 2007

• Whole World in His Hands

  November 23, 2006

• The Luxe Life

  October 20, 2005

• BEST JAZZ CLUB

  May 12, 2005

• BEST SOUP KITCHEN

  May 12, 2005

• BEST CHILDREN'S ADVOCATE

  May 13, 2004

• BEST PLACE FOR A SECOND DATE

  May 13, 2004

• BEST PRIVATE SWIMMING POOL

  May 15, 2003

• BEST HOTEL

  May 15, 2003

• BEST TOURIST TRAP

  May 16, 2002

• Best Place To Wait For Lost Luggage

  May 13, 1999

• The Final Harvest

  May 14, 1998

• Behind the Scenes of Pitbull's "Hotel Room Service" Video Shoot

  Here's Derick G's behind the scenes video for the new Pitbull song "Hotel Room Service." This video is presented in HD. Holy fuck are cameras getting good now. The actual music video is directed by David Rousseau and the location is the Epic Hotel downtown.

  July 8, 2009

• Fancy Vending Machine Board Shorts Include Hidden Scavenger Hunt

  ​Does that headline make any sense to you? We're feeling a touch of the surreal today, so we went with that over "Standard Hotels Teams with Quicksilver," which is indeed what this is all about. André Balazs' Standard boutique hotel chain teamed up with Quicksilver, titan of the mall surf store industry, to produce a line of shorts based on each of the four Standard locations. They're a bit retro, with a '70s length that hits mid-thigh, but made with modern materials and fits.

  July 30, 2009

• New Conrad Miami Executive Chef Jonathan McCann Holds "Taste Above All Else" for Re-Launch of Atrio Restaurant & Wine Bar

  Conrad MiamiNew logo, new menu and concept​Conrad Miami is no longer chefless. Executive Chef Jonathan McCann fills the four month void at its signature restaurant Atrio, since Michael Gilligan exited in the spring to join the W Hotel South Beach. McCann now oversees the Brickell luxury hotel's in-room dining, business functions, The Bar, and Atrio, which will officially re-launch as a "Restaurant & Wine Bar" in September 1 for the second month of Miami Spice. The new ingredient-driven new

  August 5, 2009

• Airport Hotel the Scene of a Possible Murder

  Miami-Dade Police found a young Hialeah man dead this morning at the Days Inn Miami International Airport Hotel. He was identified at 3:30 a.m. as 21-year-old Raudel Sanchez. The noisy, rundown hotel is located on NW 11th Street on the southwest side of the airport. Not much is yet known about Sanchez. Records show he has no criminal history in Miami-Dade or Broward. He has only one dismissed infraction for fishing on a bridge. Managers at Days Inn did not immediately return calls se

  August 17, 2009

• He’s Foxx-y and Talented

  August 27, 2009

• Rock Your Sunday for Less Than $10

  August 27, 2009

• National Media Weighs in on Pitbull's Rebelution

  ​Pitbull's new album, Rebelution, officially came out yesterday, though in these parts we've been hearing lead singles "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel Room Service" (and even "Krazy") for what seems like forever already. And because Pitbull seems like such a Miami phenomenon, it's almsot hard to fathom just how popular "Calle Ocho" was this summer. Just check out the Wikipedia stats on all its Billboart chart placements. The song hit number one in Spain and France, and scored top

  September 2, 2009

• The Next Big Thing

  September 24, 2009

• Survey: Miamians Are the Prettiest People in America, Just Not So Bright

  via Emilio Labrador's Flickr​Travel Leisure unleashed its annual survey of American travelers, and the magazine seems to think people in Miami are both hot as hell and dumb as hell.The Big Orange took first place for most attractive people and second for most stylish city, and let me tell you I can't remember how many times I've walked into a normal, everyday place like a gas station and think, Woah, did I accidentally walk backstage at a fashion show? I just came here to get some morning co

  October 7, 2009

• Royale With Cheese, Please

  November 5, 2009

• What Are You Wearing?

  November 19, 2009