The Real Housewives of Miami

Arrested Development Miami: The Bluth Family and Their Real-Life Miami Counterparts

After a seven-year hiatus, cult sitcom Arrested Development returns on Netflix this weekend. Of course, in Miami, a city of sociopathic, vain crooks you might not be aware that a show about a family of sociopathic, vain crooks has been off the air for so long. In fact, since the show's initial cance ... More >>

Thomas Kramer's South Beach Story Ends With $200 Million Court Judgment

Unreal Housewives

Free Grilled Cheese at the New Times Daily Melt Meetup This Friday

If you're not a fan of melty, golden, cheesy goodness pressed between two slices of toasty bread, you're probably not human. So why are you reading a food blog, android freak? This widespread love for the classic childhood sammie means Miaimians should be stoked for the Daily Melt, the newest addit ... More >>

Palo, Roofless Records, Others at Miami New Times' Artopia 2013, February 28

Florida Cookery: Great Food, Poor Service

Culture Club

Artopia 2013: How to Party With Palo!, Roofless Records, and Miss Elaine Lancaster

Come for the pretentious, arty stuff. Stay for the booze, Afro-Cuban funk, experimental freakouts, sports jams, drag queens, break dancing, and, uh, more booze. Once a year, New Times throws a big, ostensibly highbrow bash called Artopia. And officially, it's "an eclectic touch of art, culture, fa ... More >>

SoBeWFF Fun and Fit: Next Generation of Foodies Looks Promising

Coming in at $20 presale ($34 at the door), Fit and Fun as a Family at Jungle Island is one of the most affordable events at South Beach Wine & Food Festival designed to raise awareness about fitness and healthy eating amongst Miami's youngsters. On top of that, the event is a great way to see your ... More >>

South Beach Wine & Food 2013: The Q, Taste of Thai and a Few Things Still On Sale

There are a lot of reasons why you haven't bought tickets for anything at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival this year. Maybe you swore it off after emptying your bank account for back-to-back events on the same weekend last year. Maybe you were diligent about filing your taxes and copped an e ... More >>

It’s Raining Men

Mugshots Friday: Wipe That Off Your Face

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that ... More >>

Miami's 2013 Resolutions: Jeffrey Loria Needs to Shut Up, Jeff Ireland Needs to Man Up

New Year Resolutions For Miami's Best and Brightest

The world didn't end after all on December 21, so now we all gotta make amends for our bad behavior in 2012. Our New Year's resolutions last year all failed, of course, whether it was taking abuelita to church every Sunday or deleting our Facebook accounts because Mark Zuckerberg is a privacy-pirati ... More >>

Miami New Times' Dirty Dozen 2012

Mayan Calendar Predictions vs. Miami Reality

Real Housewife Alexia Echevarria and Her Husband Herman Owe Nearly $100K in Taxes

Original Real Housewives of Miami cast member Alexia Echevarria, the self proclaimed "Cuban Barbie," and her Hialeah powerbroker husband Herman have had a whirlwind year that has now been capped off by having a lien placed on their house for failing to pay nearly $100,000 in back taxes from 2009.

Why Is This Dead Pig Riding Around in a Convertible in Hialeah?

Riptide has noticed perhaps the most Hialeah picture of all time floating around Facebook this past week. It appears to show a dead pig riding shotgun in a convertible down a highway in Miami's redheaded stepchild of a suburb. Words fail us.

Real Housewives of Miami's Adriana de Moura Live! Singing Theme Song on South Beach

Wanna "Feel the Rush"? Well, all you gotta do is party like a reality TV star. And luckily, according to an all-caps press release from South Beach megaclub Mansion, "REAL HOUSEWIVES OF MIAMI FAN FAVORITE, ADRIANA DE MOURA, [IS] DUE TO DAZZLE THE CROWD WITH THE FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE OF HER HIT SO ... More >>

Adriana de Moura: High-Flying Housewife

Best of Brazil

As A-Rod Battles His Neighbor, Miami Beach's Film Renaissance Hangs in the Balance

Peter Rosello, Real Housewives Son, Pleads Not Guilty To Nut Punching Homeless Man

The fact that Peter Rosello apparently filmed himself punching a homeless man in the groin has not stopped Peter Rosello from telling a judge that he's not guilty of punching a homeless man in the groin.Rosello, the son of Real Housewives of Miami star Alexia Echevarria and step-son of Hialeah power ... More >>

Flo Rida's VIP Opening Party for "First-Ever H&M on Miami Beach": A Six-Photo Recap

Welcome to Club H&M. Any business on Miami Beach (bar, restaurant, clothing store, strip club, doggy nail salon, etc.) has gotta have that VIP vibe. Even when you are "Hennes and Mauritz, one of the world's largest fashion retailers known for offering high fashion at affordable prices." And th ... More >>

The Ten Types of Ghosts That Haunt Miami

Miami is not a normal place, and we really wouldn't expect the ghosts that haunt this town to be your average ghouls either. Let's be honest, this place is certainly crazy enough that we're pretty sure there has to be some paranormal activity going on. So the Riptide Institute for Afterlife Act ... More >>

Peter Rosello, Real Housewives Son, Turns Himself in for Nut Slapping a Bum

It just got real for Peter Rosello, son of former Real Housewives of Miami star Alexia Echevarria. He has surrendered to police after he posted a video of himself online in which he assaults a sleeping homeless man by punching him in the groin and then running off.

Homeless Man Attacked by Real Housewives Star's Son Is Pressing Charges

Police have found the homeless man who was punched in the nuts on video by the son of a former Real Housewives of Miami cast member, and he's decided to press charges.Peter Rosello, the son of former Real Housewives of Miami star and Venue magazine editor Alexia Echevarria and stepson of H ... More >>

Real Housewives' Son Could Face Charges for Nut Punching Homeless Man on Miami Beach

Peter Rosello, the son of former Real Housewives' star and Venue magazine editor Alexia Echevarria and stepson of Hialeah political power broker Herman Echevarria, could be facing charges after videotaping himself punching a homeless man in the groin in South Beach.

Art Bitches

Real Housewives of Miami's Elsa Patton: Havana Elsa Coffee Is Real! UPDATED

If you noticed our favorite Real Housemom Elsa Patton hawking her branded coffee and wondered it it was some cute segment or a possible dream sequence on Bravo's Real Housewives of Miami let us confirm here and now -- Havana Elsa coffee is real.The Patton Group has confirmed that Havana Elsa coffee ... More >>

20 Celebrity Mugshots from Miami-Dade Jail

It's not Friday yet, but there's no such thing as too many mugshots right? Miami attracts celebrities like moths to a light bulb, but unfortunately for some of them what happens in Miami doesn't stay in Miami. Miami-Dade's jail camera, AKA the in-house Paparazzi, has caught several celebrities check ... More >>

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Marlins Madhouse

Free Events This Week: TweetUp, Get Low, Strut

​February has been a pretty rough month thus far. In the past 12 days alone, The Real Housewives of Miami has been confirmed for a second season; we found out everyone is cheating on everyone; and Rick Santorum won three caucuses, which is just...we can't.In the spirit of improving the remainder o ... More >>

Miami's Most Extravagant Valentine's Day Experiences

​They say money can't buy love. But "they" are obviously not from Miami, the "filthy rich old men driving around with 22-year-old wannabe supermodels sitting in the passenger seats of their red Ferraris" capital of the world. Let's put the anti-Hallmark bullshit aside and be frank: Valentine's Day ... More >>

Reader Mail: People Issue Props

Lea Black: The Realest Housewife

Miami People 2011 Issue Out On Newsstands Today

Orietta De Luque​For months, we've been working hard to put together our Miami People 2011 issue. We dedicated most of this week's editorial space highlighting 30 of the city's most intriguing artists, athletes, intellectuals, and visionaries through photographs and interviews. Not all of them are ... More >>

Young Son of Alexia Echevarria, Real Housewives Star, Badly Injured in Car Wreck

​Frankie, the 13-year-old son of Real Housewives of Miami star Alexia Echevarria who often appeared on the show alongside his mother, is recovering from a serious car crash this past weekend. Multiple sources say the injuries were quite serious, and the boy underwent pelvic surgery yesterday.

Bacardi Reintroduces Hatuey Beer With Real Housewives of Miami (Photos)

All photos by Laine Doss​When Hatuey beer was first brewed in Santiago de Cuba (birthplace of Desi Arnaz) long before the 1959 revolution, it was delivered with a block of ice to keep it crisp and cold in the tropical heat. The brew was named after a famous Taino Indian who in 1511 tried to ... More >>

Chris Bosh Sued by Ex for Keeping Her Off Basketball Wives

​Between the Heat and VH1's Basketball Wives, the city of Miami has become America's unquestioned capital of b-ball-related drama. Mix the Heat and the Wives together, and you have a surefire recipe for superscandal.See, VH1 tried to capitalize on the Heat drama by bringing Chris Bosh's baby mama ... More >>

Scottie Pippen Says LeBron James Might Be Better Than Michael Jordan

​The Miami Heat left the Chicago Bulls wounded last night, and who's come along to rub in the salt? None other than Scottie Pippen. Michael Jordan's former right-hand-man was on ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning today and said that LeBron James might actually be a better basketball player than J ... More >>

Did Chris Bosh Get Secretly Married?

​The Miami Heat's big three are under such close media scrutiny they can barely blow their nose without it being reported, but Chris Bosh may have been able to keep his wedding to Adrienne Williams a few weeks ago under lock. Though public records indicate Bosh did tie the knot, he's so far public ... More >>

Gloria James' "Victim" Plans Lawsuit

​When Fontainebleau valet Sorel Rockefeller got slapped by Gloria James, the mother of LeBron James, instead of seeing stars he must have been seeing dollar signs. He's quit his job and is now considering a lawsuit against James. He's also been to a doctor and plans to visit a chiropractor.Oh, co ... More >>

Real Housewives' Lea Black: Sarah Palin is a Circus Sideshow

​You might not know it from the freak show that is Bravo's Real Housewives of Miami, but star Lea Black is a pretty prominent figure in Florida's Democratic party fund-raising machine. Along with her attorney husband Roy Black, she held the very first fund-raiser for then-candidate Barack Obama in ... More >>

Carlos Alvarez's Extreme Pandering Makeovers

All illustrations by Pam Shavalier​The election to recall Carlos Alvarez is in five short days, but the County Mayor has done little in the way of mounting much of a public campaign to save himself. But it's not too late, there are still plenty of communities within the county rich with potential ... More >>

Walk Like You're Dead

Chris Bosh's Baby Mama Allison Mathis Joining VH1's Basketball Wives

via Deadspin​Real Housewives of Miami premiers tonight, but Basketball Wives, that other Miami-set show about bickering bimbos, may have just stolen its local shine with news that they've snagged a lady connected to one of the Miami Heat's big three for their next season. TMZ reports that Allison ... More >>

Real Housewives' Marysol Patton Already Has Mother-Daughter DUI Drama

​The latest incarnation of Bravo's signature shit show, Real Housewives of Miami, hasn't even begun airing yet, but one cast member and her self-proclaimed "witch" of a mother have already stirred up the show's first scandal for getting matching mother-daughter DUIs. Marysol Patton, a cast member ... More >>

Scottie Pippen Calls Chris Bosh Half a Player, Doesn't Think Heat Will Break Any Record

​When Scottie Pippen sits down to watch TV, he doesn't see much difference between Two and a Half Men and a Miami Heat game. We guess LeBron is Charlie Sheen, Wade is John Cryer, and Chris Bosh is apparently that chubby kid who's awkwardly aged in front of America. In an interview with Slam Online ... More >>