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Blogs
April 13, 2012
40,000 Giant African Land Snails Collected Since Beginning of Infestation
More than 40,000 giant African land snails have been collected in South Florida since the outbreak was detected in Coral Gables in September last year, according to CBS Miami. The invasive slimeballs eat almost everything in their path and apparently multiply faster than rabbits. To put th ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Sustainotopia Schedule: Eat Up and Learn
This year's Sustainatopia, takes place April 19-25 throughout Miami. It is one of the largest events in the world for social, financial and environmental sustainability. Its founder, local John Rosser, said it is designed to educate and create global participation and collaboration for folks from al ... More >>
Music
December 22, 2011
Miss Jewish South Florida 2011: Babes and matzo balls
This year's Sustainatopia, takes place April 19-25 throughout Miami. It is one of the largest events in the world for social, financial and environmental sustainability. Its founder, local John Rosser, said it is designed to educate and create global participation and collaboration for folks from al ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2011
Don King's Truck Full of 30,000 Turkeys Hijacked
Don King, a man known for his boxing promotion and superawesome hair, wanted to give back to the South Florida community. So he loaded a truck full of 30,000 turkeys and hoped to give them to families in need throughout the region. This, of course, being South Florida, the truck was hijacked and ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2011
Miss Jewish South Florida 2011: Babes and Matzo Balls at Miami's "Main Hanukkah Party"
Direct from the Holy Land via SoFla.Christmas. To some, it represents the birth of Jesus Christ, the immaculately conceived love child of a Galilean woman named Mary and a theistic being referred to as God. But for 18 Jewish gals aged 17 to 26 from the South Florida metropolitan area, December ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2011
More Than 1,000 Thanksgiving Meals Handed Out at Marlins Stadium
The yet-to-be-completed Marlins Stadium in Little Havana has had its share of controversy. But last week, the debates were set aside and charity prevailed. The Marlins hosted a celebratory Thanksgiving Meal Distribution afternoon. They partnered with several South Florida organizations including ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2011
School Sign Misspelled as "Scohol" in South Florida, Again
Sure, there's book smarts and then there's street smarts, but the streets in South Florida have never been too bright. A road sign painted on Pine Island Road in Lauderhill has been misspelled as "SCOHOL." It shouldn't surprise anyone that this is a fairly regular occurrence in South Florida.
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October 13, 2011
Village of a Million Corpses
Sure, there's book smarts and then there's street smarts, but the streets in South Florida have never been too bright. A road sign painted on Pine Island Road in Lauderhill has been misspelled as "SCOHOL." It shouldn't surprise anyone that this is a fairly regular occurrence in South Florida.
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October 6, 2011
Bloodsucking at the Mall
Sure, there's book smarts and then there's street smarts, but the streets in South Florida have never been too bright. A road sign painted on Pine Island Road in Lauderhill has been misspelled as "SCOHOL." It shouldn't surprise anyone that this is a fairly regular occurrence in South Florida.
News
September 8, 2011
Global warming could put Turkey Point nuclear reactors under water
Sure, there's book smarts and then there's street smarts, but the streets in South Florida have never been too bright. A road sign painted on Pine Island Road in Lauderhill has been misspelled as "SCOHOL." It shouldn't surprise anyone that this is a fairly regular occurrence in South Florida.
Blogs
September 2, 2011
Marlins Officially Eliminated From Playoffs
The cruel joke played on South Florida every year by Major League Baseball has officially reached its season-ending punch line. Despite sitting near the top of the National League earlier this season, the Marlins have now been officially eliminated from playoff contention. A 5-7 loss to the Mets ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2011
Langerado Begs Fans for Band Suggestions; Remains Incompetent
The "How badly will Langerado fuck up this time?" saga continued earlier this week when the much-maligned festival sent out a mass email to fans asking for band suggestions. "Help us round out the lineup and show off the sonic sweetness coming out of South Florida," the email begged. Help us, i ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
ESPN Mag Rankings: Heat Treat Their Fans Better Than Rest of SoFla Teams
Every year ESPN the magazine offers up their "Ultimate Standings" of all 122 teams in the four major sporting leagues. Unlike most standings you'd find coming out of ESPN though, this doesn't deal strictly with on-the-field success. Instead is focuses on "how much MLB, NBA, NFL and NH ... More >>
Blogs
May 25, 2011
Miami: Third Most Dangerous City for Pedestrians
Warning: walking in South Florida may be dangerous, as if you already weren't aware. According to a new report by transportation reform group Transportation for America, the Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Palm Beach metro area is the third most dangerous city for pedestrians in the entire county, and Flori ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
LeBron James is the 10th Most Powerful Celebrity in the World According to Forbes
Forbes has tallied up the world's most powerful celebrities, and the Miami Heat's own LeBron James comes in at number three. Though he's not that most powerful athlete (Tiger Woods somehow still takes that one), he is the most powerful celebrity athlete from a team sport. Besides Woods, only A-li ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
The Axe and the Oak, Pretty Please, and Fight Like Animals at Grand Central, May 13
The Axe and the Oak.The Axe and the Oak With Pretty Please and Fight Like Animals Grand Central Miami May 13, 2011 Better Than: Feeding ducks at the park. Last Wednesday evening, I sliced my hand open while trying to stuff some squid flukes with chopped prawns and veggies. And while that doesn ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2011
Renters in South Florida are Getting Screwed More Than Anywhere Else in the Nation
Buying a house in Miami has never been cheaper in recent times, but that's probably because so few of us are actually in a financial situation where we can buy a house. Though the alternative, renting, continues to be an economic burden for many South Floridians. The metro area leads the nation i ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Good News, Grow House Owners: Drug Sniffing Dogs Can't Smell Your Front Door Anymore
Economic reports are clear that South Florida's third largest industry -- after fabricating massive housing bubbles and churning out "I'm In Miami Bitch" t-shirts -- is marijuana grow houses. One in every three homes in Kendall, in fact, is actually an empty shell full of sophisticated pot-farmin ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
The Crumbs' I Fell in Love With An Alien Girl
The Crumbs I Fell in Love With An Alien Girl 7" (Recess Records) recessrecords.com Admittedly, I had some grandiose ideas for this Blast From the Past. But now that I am thick in the drink and have spent the better part of the last hour grinding my needle into the beautiful marble-grey grooves o ... More >>
Blogs
March 28, 2011
Bali Ha'i at the Kampong in Photos
All photos by Laine DossSome of South Florida's best chefs got together to serve food and wine pairings last night to 500 guests at the Kampong's annual Bali Ha'i event. The party, located in the Kampong's Coconut Grove bayfront garden, had a Bollywood theme, complete with fire dancers ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Bags of Human Body Parts Possibly Found in Biscayne Bay
NBCMiamiFollowing a bizarre string of body parts washing up on the shores of South Florida late last year, a man may have discovered yet another bag of body parts floating in Biscayne Bay. A bicyclist on Brickell Key spotted two grocery bags floating near shore, and at first thought they were dru ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
Bedbug Menace Slowly Making Its Way to South Florida
New York City is under the persistent attack of bedbugs, with even fancy and iconic joints like the Waldorf Astoria hotel, the Empire State Building, and United Nations headquarters succumbing to infestation. There's now evidence that the great bedbug threat may soon be elevating in South Florida ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Mobile Meme
New York City is under the persistent attack of bedbugs, with even fancy and iconic joints like the Waldorf Astoria hotel, the Empire State Building, and United Nations headquarters succumbing to infestation. There's now evidence that the great bedbug threat may soon be elevating in South Florida ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
Five Questions With South Florida's Hardcore Son Chip Walbert
Gettin' some air.Richard Walbert, better known as Chip (or xCHIPxSem) has been a member of the South Florida hardcore community for many years and he has performed with some classic bands like Destro and All Hell Breaks Loose. He's also one of the nicest people around and an impulsive cataloguer ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
Sawgrass Bluegrass
Gettin' some air.Richard Walbert, better known as Chip (or xCHIPxSem) has been a member of the South Florida hardcore community for many years and he has performed with some classic bands like Destro and All Hell Breaks Loose. He's also one of the nicest people around and an impulsive cataloguer ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Blog Watch: Burger Beast Truck, Beer & Cocktails
It was a bit quiet out in the food blogs, but here are some highlights to kick off the week.The Burger Beast announces the next Street Food Fridays is on February 11; the Burger Beast truck will be there with Shake Shack on board. And speaking of the beast-mobile, chef Michael Schwartz will cook ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Redland, White, and Blue
It was a bit quiet out in the food blogs, but here are some highlights to kick off the week.The Burger Beast announces the next Street Food Fridays is on February 11; the Burger Beast truck will be there with Shake Shack on board. And speaking of the beast-mobile, chef Michael Schwartz will cook ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2010
Jervon A. Smith, South Florida's Creepiest Pastor, Does Not Like Being Called That
More than a year ago, we dubbed Jervon A. Smith "South Florida's creepiest pastor". Ever since then, he's been calling us frantically, at one point threatening litigation, trying to get us to rescind that title. A taste, from yesterday's phone conversation with Smith: "Come on Gus-- the creepie ... More >>
Blogs
December 6, 2010
Blog Watch: Persimmons and Breakfast Fries
Paula NiñoIt seems like South Florida's food bloggers were busy seeing art because it was slow out there last week. Here are the highlights.Miami Herald critic Victoria Pesce Elliott says she would like to have dinner with Jesus. This and more in her interview with South Florida Food and Wine.Sa ... More >>
Blogs
December 3, 2010
Mercury Turns Straight Birds Gay
WikicommonsThe Independent Florida Alligator is reporting that researchers at the University of Florida have found a link between mercury consumption and homosexual behavior among white ibises.Seven years ago, Peter Frederick, a UF professor of ecology and conservation, hypothesized that increase ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2010
Blog Watch: Art Basel and New Markets
D. KehrThe best of South Florida food blogs last week. You know, in case you missed it while you were in a holiday food-induced coma.Food for Thought puts out a great guide on where to eat during Art Basel. Tinkering with Dinner prepares Monlar oo thoke with his first CSA delivery.Redland Rambles ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2010
Feeling Broke and Murderous? Try Whacking Some Lionfish While on Vacation
via bbc.co.ukLost your job? Vent on some invasive lionfish - and get paid for it!Just when you think God has forgotten about South Florida, he goes and completely makes up for it by sending hordes of hideous lionfish our way.We know what you're thinking: But Riptide, isn't that a bad thing?Not if ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2010
Blog Watch: Fabada, Cupcakes and Flat Stanley
The latest from the South Florida food blogosphere ...A cupcake order goes bad for ... And the Eggs.Redland Rambles tells us about the opening of the Pinecrest Gardens Market.The Chowfather has Sol Kitchen cater his NFL Sunday.Jeff Eats visits Buena Vista Deli. The Burger Beast reminds us th ... More >>
Blogs
October 26, 2010
Sugar Rush: Dessert Trucks Are Here!
Courtesy of Sweetness Bake ShopWhat's better than a store full of cupcakes, pies and tarts? A truckful!The Sweetness Bake Shop & Cafe, now located at 9549 Sunset Drive. will send out a dessert truck, Sugar Rush, this November. "The reason we came up with the idea was pretty simple," says one ... More >>
Blogs
October 25, 2010
Blog Watch: More Food Trucks and Nose to Tail
via Burger BeastLast week in South Florida food blogs ...Redland Rambles writes about planting at Bee Heaven Farm.The food trucks keep popping up: Slow Food Truck over at Burger Beast.Snout to tail at The Genuine Kitchen.Food for Thought takes us to Restaurante Arzak in Spain.Kids can learn how t ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Village of a Million Corpses
via Burger BeastLast week in South Florida food blogs ...Redland Rambles writes about planting at Bee Heaven Farm.The food trucks keep popping up: Slow Food Truck over at Burger Beast.Snout to tail at The Genuine Kitchen.Food for Thought takes us to Restaurante Arzak in Spain.Kids can learn how t ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2010
Douglas Rodriguez, Jonathan Eismann, Andrea Randazzo to Compete in Ceviche Throwdown for Gulf Fishermen
Courtesy of Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill and South Florida FoodiesMiami's First Annual Ceviche Throwdown is Sunday, October 17, from 3 to 6 p.m. Participating chefs include Timon Balloo (Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill), Clay Conley (formerly of Azul), Jonathan Eismann (Fin), Douglas Rodriguez (Ocean/De Rodri ... More >>
Blogs
September 29, 2010
Miami's Traffic Problems Not as Bas as You Think
You leave work at 5 o'clock, hop on the 836 and at what seems like a snail's pace hop on the Palmetto and, if you're lucky, 60 minutes later you're back home at you're three-bedroom house in Kendall. Miami's traffic problems suck, don't they? Not according to a new study that says South Florida's av ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Miami Band Out of the Anonymous Releases a Psychedelic Video For "This Should Be the Place"
Ule, Buff and HenrahrahFor many years I've regressed into the darkness of my home armed solely with the music these fuckers make. Why? Because it is good. It is ambient, it is paranoid, it comes from left-field, and it is made by some of the most unsung of unsung heroes we have here in South Flor ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2010
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 >>
Music
August 5, 2010
Bulletproof Tiger's debut EP, Starving Hearts
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 >>
Blogs
August 4, 2010
WSFL Cancels Its Troubled Morning Show
Mourn the Morning ShowOnce hailed by executives of the Tribune Co. as a television revolution and a way to turn around the fortunes of the troubled national media company, WSFL's South Florida Today morning show aired its last episode today. In under 16 months on air the show went through multipl ... More >>
Music
July 22, 2010
Jacuzzi Boys
Mourn the Morning ShowOnce hailed by executives of the Tribune Co. as a television revolution and a way to turn around the fortunes of the troubled national media company, WSFL's South Florida Today morning show aired its last episode today. In under 16 months on air the show went through multipl ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
Miami-Dade Unemployment Rate Rises in June
The overall unemployment rate in Florida declined in June, but the Miami-Dade county saw the steepest ride in the entire state. The unemployment rate jumped half a percent from 12.3 in May to 12.8 in June.
Dining
July 1, 2010
Sra. Martinez serves barbecue for the summer
The overall unemployment rate in Florida declined in June, but the Miami-Dade county saw the steepest ride in the entire state. The unemployment rate jumped half a percent from 12.3 in May to 12.8 in June.
Blogs
June 24, 2010
Blast From the Past and MP3: :Nobuhjest:'s Self-Titled EP ... Don't Call It "Emo!"
From The South Florida Music Scene:Nobuhjest: Self-titled EP (Smooth Lips Records)myspace.com/nobuhjest As cool and casual as it might be to sit here and make and odd and/or end out of the whole post - punk, post - hardcore, post - post - post - whatever debacle, I feel like I've been beat ... More >>
Blogs
June 22, 2010
Garbage, Get Gone! Food Summit Coming in July
South Florida is a throwaway place. You can see it in the litter on the roadside, the low-rent construction that will be gone in a decade, and the bustling fast-food joints that use more paper and styrofoam than all of China. Earth Learning, a local group that promotes sustainability a ... More >>
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Sra. Martinez Serves Up Barbecue for the Summer
If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.Nothing says summer in South Florida like heat, humidity and hurri--Scratch that. Too depressing.Nothing says summer in South Florida like barbecue. (Editor's Not ... More >>
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June 17, 2010
Dressing Trashy
If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.Nothing says summer in South Florida like heat, humidity and hurri--Scratch that. Too depressing.Nothing says summer in South Florida like barbecue. (Editor's Not ... More >>
Music
April 29, 2010
Blast from the past: Morbid Opera
If you're not a subscriber to our weekly Café Bites dining newsletter, here's a taste of what you're missing. Click here to subscribe.Nothing says summer in South Florida like heat, humidity and hurri--Scratch that. Too depressing.Nothing says summer in South Florida like barbecue. (Editor's Not ... More >>
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