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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Seattle Dining In Photos, Part Two

    Bookstores, coffee shops, the gorgeous library, John Irving at Town Hall, Pike Place Market, bicycle rides, ferry rides, and food food food. That was the Seattle itinerary. Yesterday's post provided a few snapshots of some of the street snacks sampled during our trip. Today it's mostly a look at a f ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 9, 2012

    Seattle Sucks, Candlebox Rocks

    Bookstores, coffee shops, the gorgeous library, John Irving at Town Hall, Pike Place Market, bicycle rides, ferry rides, and food food food. That was the Seattle itinerary. Yesterday's post provided a few snapshots of some of the street snacks sampled during our trip. Today it's mostly a look at a f ... More >>

  • News

    February 2, 2012

    Hialeah Park, Florida's greatest racetrack, battles mega-casinos and lawsuits

    Bookstores, coffee shops, the gorgeous library, John Irving at Town Hall, Pike Place Market, bicycle rides, ferry rides, and food food food. That was the Seattle itinerary. Yesterday's post provided a few snapshots of some of the street snacks sampled during our trip. Today it's mostly a look at a f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    John Stirling, Canadian Busted With 800 Lbs of Coke, Tells FBI "There's Nothing Wrong With Cocaine Trafficking"

    ​A tip for all you would-be cocaine kingpins: When the FBI catches you off the coast of Colombia with more than 800 pounds of yeyo stashed in your boat, do not argue that "there is nothing wrong with cocaine trafficking." That's exactly the tact John Philip Stirling, a 60-year-old Canadian captain ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Obama's war on weed

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

  • News

    August 18, 2011

    Student athletes suffer the stings of concussions while lawmakers fail to help

    In a strange about-face, the president tries to hack medical marijuana off at the knees.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Is Rick Scott America's Worst Governor?

    Rick Scott: Florida's Sith overlord.​Clearly, Rick Scott is America's least popular governor. His numbers are so low that if he were a baseball player, his manager would have long ago slapped his ass and demoted him to AA. He's more politically radioactive than Anthony Weiner's twitter account. Th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Killer Cop Adam Tavss Resigns, Earns a $17K Payday on the Way Out

    Kill two men in four days under questionable circumstances. Get caught with drugs in your system and suspended from work. ​Walk away from it all with $17,242.46. Not a bad deal, right? That's exactly how much Adam Tavss, the former Miami Beach cop, earned from taxpayers when he quietly resign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Top Ten of the Decade: Miami Sports Moments

    Riptide 2.0's regular sports commentator and FinsNation blogger Chris Joseph looks back at the top ten Miami sports moments of the decade. Low points like the Miami Dolphins crappy performance and the after-thought known as the Florida Panthers didn't make the cut. Sorry. ​10. Canes BaseballCoach ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2009

    FFF: Fruitcake

    ​'Tis the season to mock the poor fruitcake, arguably the most disrespected comestible of all time."There is nothing dangerous about fruitcakes as long as people send them along without eating them." ~Calvin Trillin"Fruitcakes make ideal gifts because the Postal Service has been unable to find a w ... More >>

  • Film

    December 17, 2009

    Avatar glitters, but it isn't gold

    ​'Tis the season to mock the poor fruitcake, arguably the most disrespected comestible of all time."There is nothing dangerous about fruitcakes as long as people send them along without eating them." ~Calvin Trillin"Fruitcakes make ideal gifts because the Postal Service has been unable to find a w ... More >>

  • News

    December 17, 2009

    Miami Dolphins' Tony Sparano is a conservative coach who takes huge risks

    ​'Tis the season to mock the poor fruitcake, arguably the most disrespected comestible of all time."There is nothing dangerous about fruitcakes as long as people send them along without eating them." ~Calvin Trillin"Fruitcakes make ideal gifts because the Postal Service has been unable to find a w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Panel of Experts to School Women on "Sex and a Healthier You"

    ​When things dry up in the bedroom, our first instinct is often to blame it on our lover. Too boring, too monotonous, too too too used to the same ol' sex game. While the desert between your legs could be psychological, it turns out that you should visit a doctor before dumping your guy becaus ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2009

    Miami Book Fair: Ann Louise Bardach on Fidel Castro's Death

    ​Back in the 1990s, Ann Louise Bardach -- who speaks Sunday at 11 a.m. with Gerald Posner at the Miami bookfair, made herself infamous in Miami by scoring a huge interview with Fidel Castro for Vanity Fair. Later, she nailed American hypocrisy toward terrorists when talking with Magic City mad bom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    David Cross Did Cocaine at the Same Table as Donna Shalala

    via Wiki Commons user Nightscream/CC3.0David Cross​Generally, David Cross is a pretty funny fellow, but sometimes he seems so damn smug. I guess if I starred in Arrested Development and Mr. Show, I would be pretty self-satisfied, even if I had done some Hollywood bullshit like Alvin ... More >>

  • Dining

    October 8, 2009

    Bogus beef: Miami restaurants say it's Kobe, but it's not

    via Wiki Commons user Nightscream/CC3.0David Cross​Generally, David Cross is a pretty funny fellow, but sometimes he seems so damn smug. I guess if I starred in Arrested Development and Mr. Show, I would be pretty self-satisfied, even if I had done some Hollywood bullshit like Alvin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2009

    A $30 Hamburger? If It Says Kobe, Don't Buy It

    Jackie SayetWhere's the boeuf? Gordon Biersch's new "German Kobe Burger" is one tasty number, but it's neither from Germany nor Japan.​Twenty-five dollar hot dogs? $30 hamburgers? That's what Prime 112 charges for what it calls Kobe beef.The problem is, the high buck meat isn't always what is adv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Castro Cried When He Got a Colostomy

    ​We know half of the scribes in Miami have their pens waiting in anticipation for the day Fidel dies, but journalist Ann Louise Bardach, author of Cuba Confidential, has gone ahead and written a whole book on the subject. The Daily Beast has the exclusive first excerpts from Without Fidel: A Death ... More >>

  • News

    September 17, 2009

    Peace, Love, and Terror

    The investigation into a cop killing in the '70s leads to a law professor who helped launch Barack Obama's political career.

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2009

    Diary of a Flasher: I Love DJs

    Photo by JipsyDJ AM at the AG Adriano Goldschmied store on Washington in 2007.​To read past installments of Diary of a Flasher, click here. Over the weekend I felt I was the only one not at the Depeche Mode concert. Texts and tweets blew up my phone on Saturday night about the show, but I was busy ... More >>

  • News

    August 20, 2009

    Animal Instincts

    Zoophiles love and have sex with animals. Will the world ever accept them?

  • Dining

    August 20, 2009

    Sandwich Slingers and Zingers

    Two sandwich shops. One is tops, the other flops.

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2009

    Behind The Line at DiLido Beach Club on South Beach With Top Chef Jeff McInnis

    Jacob Katel​ The Ritz Carlton South Beach's DiLido Beach Club (One Lincoln Road) is an oceanfront restaurant that serves food inspired by South Mediterranean and North African cuisine. Top Chef Jeff McInnis runs the kitchen. He is shown above filling up on liquid nitrogen. What could he possibly n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Q&A With Tom Araya of Slayer, Headlining Mayhem Festvial at Cruzan on August 12!

    photo by Mark Seliger​For all his band's purported fascinations with life's uglier aspects, Slayer frontman Tom Araya sure is a cheerful guy. Calling from a moving bus in rural Washington state, Araya laughs seemingly every couple of minutes. Surely, though, it's this laissez-faire sense of humor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    Plato Royal: Sunday Brunch Buffet at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami Vs. the Biltmore Hotel

    Jackie SayetFrom the top: part of the raw bar at The Biltmore Hotel, and at the Four Seasons Hotel Miami​Have you ever had the feeling that you've bitten off more than you can chew?  Try sizing up a brunch buffet, and you'll have the metaphor made literal. Die-hard brunchers have it down, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2009

    Mario Diaz-Balart Ranked as One of the Most Vulnerable House Republicans

    Every election cycle both parties' congressional election committees identifies their weakest incumbents in order to throw massive amounts of cash at them and hope they don't get booted out of congress. The cash is nice, but it's never good news for those on the list. Too bad for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Raymond Burton Howard Dale's Organic Farming 101: Potatoes, Cowpeas, Corn, Tomatoes

    Burton Dale is a frequent and insightful commenter and Short Order so I emailed him some questions. Check out this awesome story, the first in a series."What is my experience with organic foods? I worked as a chemist for Space Science Services that used to be in Philips Park in Riviera Beach. We wer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    Ponzi Schemer Allen Stanford Raked It in Thanks to Lax Florida Regulations

    Way back in April, New Times reported on how Sir Allen Stanford built a $7 billion Ponzi scheme in the Caribbean thanks to blind regulators and political influence. via Liz Lomax 3D Illustrations for the Texas MonthlyYesterday, the Miami Herald fleshed out the local incompetance and greed that help ... More >>

  • Music

    July 2, 2009

    Head Spins: DJ J Felix

    An omnipresent club fixture from South Beach to Fort Lauderdale.

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    On Food, Inc.

    Those who have read the books Fast Food Nation or The Omnivore's Dilemma, or articles such as Monsanto's Harvest of Fear in Vanity Fair or Eat Shit and Die in Miami New Times, will find little to be startled over in Food, Inc. Yet those who haven't been paying attention to what's been going down ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Best of Miami 2009 Preview: Best Political Comeback

    Lincoln Diaz-BalartBest Political ComebackThe Diaz-Balart brothersIt was right there in black-and-white, on the cover of your Miami New Times: "End of the Diaz-Balart Dynasty." Just weeks before election night, scores of polls showed both Mario and Lincoln -- Cuban-American icons and Miami's r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Apple Restaurant and Kore Nightclub South Beach Named In Securities Fraud Lawsuit

    Official Court Document Apple Restaurant & Lounge and Kore nightclub may some day be the coolest places on South Beach. That is, if they ever get past the controversy with investor Bert Hurstfield.On April 16, 2009, Husrtfield sued South Beach Restaurant Authority, Steve Marlton and Barron Kidd, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    U.S. Won't Grant HIV-Positive Cuban Asylum

    viaGive us your poor, your tired, but apparently not your HIV We don't have to familiarize any locals with the wet foot, dry foot policy, aka The Cuban Adjustment Act. Any Cuban who makes it to American soil is allowed to seek residency. Well, not any Cuban migrant. Not if that Cuban is HIV . & ... More >>

  • Film

    May 14, 2009

    Summer Movie Salvation

    The Terminator is back. Plus 39 other movies we can't wait to see this season.

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Court Orders Florida to Recognize Gay Adoptions From Other States

    Gay penguin dads from a book called "And Tango Makes Three" Miami-Dade Judge Cindy Lederman's ruling that overturned the gay adoption ban in Florida is still working its way through the court system, but yesterday another Florida judge handed down another ruling in favor of gay adoptive parents ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2009

    Dems Unveil First Florida Attack Ad of 2010

    The Democrats are ready to paint Charlie Crist as a political escape artist, even before he officially announces whether he will run for Senate. This ad will begin running in the state capital tomorrow. "The DSCC obviously knows they're in trouble in Florida, because this reeks of desperation. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    More Wine Tastings Than You Can Shake Your Drink At

    from alex_lee2001's flickr Twitter intercept from ZeusOfOlympus - @Bacchus. Babylon is crumbling down. Report to Miami ASAP! Bring wine.It's official. Miami may not grow grapes, but we like drinking em. Check out these upcoming winecentric events and give it up for that purple stuff.

  • Music

    October 20, 2005

    A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That

    Bacon Bits offer a sprinkling of light-hearted sounds to Miami's local fusion scene

  • Dining

    February 26, 2004

    First Come, First Served

    Quick, get on line for a dinner with spark

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2004

    A Fair of the Heart

    Author chronicles joy and death in 1800s Chicago

  • Dining

    February 19, 2004

    One Name, Many Tastes

    Elia makes "Mediterranean" cuisine make sense

  • Film

    October 5, 2000

    A Star Is Björk

    Lars von Trier delivers the Icelandic pop icon as a simple and tragic Dancer in the Dark

  • News

    July 13, 2000

    Jiang Zemin Stuns World, Embraces Democracy

    Letters from the issue of July 13, 2000

  • Music

    March 16, 2000

    Blue Skies over Willie

    Exotic sounds, imbued with heartache and romance

  • News

    September 23, 1999

    Getting Organized

    For Homestead's working poor, the thought of joining a union can be frightening. So how do you fight the fear?

  • News

    March 26, 1998

    Big Chief Moneybags

    Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.

  • News

    March 20, 1997

    News of the Weird

    Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.

  • Music

    August 10, 1995

    Eclectic Ladyland

    Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.

  • Dining

    August 21, 1991

    Something Fishy

    Part CEO, part shaman, Seminole leader James Billie has his tribe charging toward economic independence.

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