Subject: Tampa Bay

• The Meters Are Coming

  September 21, 2006

• Tragic: Crash Kills Hispanic Activist Outside Freedom Center After Awards Ceremony

  Last Thursday, a gray Toyota Tundra was driving west on NE 6th Street next to the Freedom Tower when it slammed full-speed into a southbound, red Honda CRV on Biscayne Boulevard.via Wikimedia CommonsThe truck spun out and skidded onto the sidewalk in front of the Freedom Center. Two women stood in its path. One grabbed the other and threw her out of the way before taking the full brunt of the truck's force. She died on the scene.Today, police confirmed that the woman killed was a prominent Hispa

  June 1, 2009

• Cat People Get, Well, Catty

  October 12, 2007

• Warren Isn't the Only Buffett Who Supports Barack

  October 28, 2008

• Amazing, Someone is Actually Protesting The Crist Wedding

  Riptide works on a self imposed quota system, and in order to meet our goals we have to make at least one "Charlie Crist is gay" joke a week. So it was only natural when reporting on Charlie Crist's upcoming nuptials to lay it on thick, especially while we were still fuming from the travesty of Amendment 2. At the end of a post entitled "Crist Prepares For His Constitutionally Protected Marriage," we rattled off that "it would be a real, real shame if any respectful type activists showed up to p

  December 2, 2008

• Pulp City

  January 2, 1991

• The Confederate Flag Has Us Thinking About Secession

  Sometimes I forget that technically Florida is a southern state, with Confederate heritage and all. It seems like the closer you get to the southern beaches the less and less red the necks are. This is probably because all of Hick-America would much rather spend their money on diamond-encrusted truck nutz and fancy rattle-snake cowboy boots than beachfront property and mingle with the yankee retirees and people who do not appreciate that English is the only language that should be spoken at all

  December 29, 2008

• Schedule Announced for Miami's Lingerie Football Team

    "Hey, baby. Are you ready for my football?" I trust some of you remember the news that Miami will host a team in the innagural season of the Lingerie Football League very, very well. Perhaps you've dreamt of it, fantasized even. Well, now those liquid dreams are shaping into a solid reality.  The LFL has sort of a wacky set up as far as sport goes (though, I'm sure no one will be harping on competitive integrity). They'll play a 20 week season, but there's only game each week, and with 1

  December 30, 2008

• Local Is As Local Does

  December 11, 1991

• New Restaurant at the Hyatt Regency

  The Hyatt Regency Miami, which underwent a $20 million dollar renovation last year, has unveiled its' new Pure Verde restaurant. Executive chef Michael Morris will be in charge of the snazzily-designed venue, which just months ago was a dull, aging sports bar. Morris, who previously helmed Hyatt properties in Tampa Bay, Key West and Coral Gables, describes his cuisine as "Old World beginnings with Florida, Latin and Caribbean aromas". The name Pure Verde is a thematic reminder of the hotel havin

  January 15, 2009

• On the List - XXXChange, VNDLSM, Little Louie Vega and Yo! Majesty

  Should we be worrying, ya'll? Economy is going to shit. Let's hope Obama fixes things soon after he gives Bush the boot from the White House next week. Until then, there shall be more drinking and partying to forget we are on the verge of going broke.Here is what you'll want to check out this weekend:Spank Rock DJ XXXChange will be spinning at PS14 for its Happy House party tonight. As we said yesterday, XXXChange is the man largely responsible for the hipster-hop sound that's quickly becoming p

  January 15, 2009

• Nudists Save Lingerie Bowl

  Well, those prudes in Tampa got their way, and the Lingerie Bowl won't be tainting their apparently pure city. Instead a nudist resort in Pasco County stepped in and saved the day. The joint is appropriately called the Caliente Clothing Optional Resort, which should fair well for the Miami Caliente team. The Caliente will play the Tampa Bay Breeze January 30. The winner will then play either the L.A. Temptations or the Phoenix Scorch during the Super Bowl's halftime in a live pay-per-view progra

  January 16, 2009

• Tampa Mayor Might Jump into Senate Race

  With 22 months left before the election, there are still plenty of surprises left in this Senate race. The latest of which is that Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio told the Tampa Bay Tribune she's considering running in the Democratic primary:"It was not something I was considering when there was a possibility that Alex Sink might run," Iorio said this morning. "But since she bowed out, I have had people talk to me about it. So I am analyzing it, and that's where I am right now. I have not ruled it out."I

  January 27, 2009

• News Roundup

  The University of Miami is not immune to the recession. President Shalala outlines a contingency plan for the next to years aimed at lowering spending. The school has had a hiring freeze in place since December, but Shalala promises no large layoffs. [Hurricane]The School Board approved a plan to cut $56 million from the district's budget by June. [CBS4]Robert Ward was given $175,000 by the County to open Subway sandwich shops in Overtown, but pretty much just spent it on himself. [NBC6]Years ag

  February 12, 2009

• Half the Distance to the Bustline

  June 9, 1993

• Legislators Looking to Beef Up Protections Against Dating Violence

  For most of us, our psycho-ex's biggest offenses are sending locks of their hair in the mail, leaving 20 minutes long voice mails with self-penned poetry, or posting Photoshop manipulations of what our kids might look like on our Facebook walls long after we've broken up. Unfortunately though many have to deal with physical threats and on-going stalking and abuse. There are provision's in Florida's laws, but State Legislators from the Tampa Bay area are looking to increase those legal provisions

  March 16, 2009

• Fins Pre-Season Announced

  The Dolphins Pre-Season scheduled was announced today, and they won't be playing teams from that far away. They'll match up against the two other Florida franchises, Carolina and New Orleans. The exact dates aren't set in stone, but this gives you a general idea. Aug. 14-18 ... vs. Jacksonville at Dolphins Stadium. Aug. 22-23 ... vs. Carolina at Dolphins Stadium. Aug. 29 ... at Tampa Bay. Sept. 3-4 ... at New Orleans. [Fins Fanatic: Pre-Season Schedule Set]

  March 30, 2009

• Cuba Bound, Part 2

  December 21, 1995

• The She-Zebra

  Will Erin Meehan be the first female ref in the NFL?

  February 14, 2008

• Obama Announces High Speed Rail Plan, Including a Line in Florida

  via The White HouseCertain wingnuts think President Obama was born in Africa? Have they ever thought he might actually be European? First he tries and brings small bits of "socialism" that have been hall mark of many healthy, European democracies for decade, then he tries to shove soccer down our throats, and now he wants us to all ride around in fancy high speed trains like the Euros.

  April 16, 2009

• The Lexus Leprechaun

  August 30, 2007

• Sassed and Fury-ous

  June 1, 2006

• Cows to Cuba

  April 8, 2004

• Moreno Sidebar

  September 16, 1999

• Gridiron Fever

  August 19, 1999

• Making Airwaves

  October 1, 1998

• Every Lawyer's Nightmare

  June 18, 1998

• Lord of the Ring

  January 15, 1998

• The Citrus Circuit Tour Is Juicy

  June 25, 2009

• Charlie Crist Will Ask Just About Anyone To Fill Out a Senate Application

  ​Gov. Charlie Crist has asked yet another round of former politicians to fill out applications for Senate. When will this end? When every Republicans to ever hold public office in Florida has submitted answers to Charlie Crist's questionnaire. The latest round includes Former U.S. Reps. Mike Bilirakis, Lou Frey and Clay Shaw.Bilirakis, a spritely 79 years old, represented Florida's 9th district in the northern Tampa Bay area for 24 years in Congress before retiring, and leaving the door o

  August 24, 2009