Following my last Whole Foods post I simply HAD to head back there on Friday after work. The last thing I ever want to do is cook dinner after a long work week, and trying to get a dinner reservation at a decent hour on a Friday evening is practically…
I’m waiting for a gentle and kind man in a fauxhawk behind the Genius Bar to help me. My power cord on the Macbook fried this morning: I’m without a computer and facing a long wait at the Apple store. As usual, it’s crowded with people dressed to the nines…
Nicole Klaymoon’s The Sixth Vowel, produced by the Miami Light Project last Friday was THE BEST small theatrical production I have seen in this city in a decade. It was the kind of small, wine-drinkin’ intimate performance that make you remember why you go to the theater rather than the…
Too far? Fashion Week in Miami is still a few months away, but things are going full swing in Milan. One designer has overshadowed Pucci, Prada, and Gucci: Nolita, an Italian label that makes clothes for younger women. Nolita’s Fashion Week ad shows a naked model — a severely anorexic…
Eight perfect hours on a Sunday for most: coffee, newspaper, beach-lounging, museum or a movie. Hugo Chavéz’s eight perfect hours on a Sunday: talking. That’s right, the Venezuelan president set an 8-hour record with his most recent weekly Aló Presidente program (No. 295), a TV marathon that stretched from 11…
The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees our belaguered university system, voted on Thursday increase tuition by five percent. They want to make us pay. I wish they’d just stop. So does Gabe Pendas, president of the United States Student Association, the nation’s largest and oldest student group. “The board…
Predictably, I listen to National Public Radio. Last night, after an interview with an Iranian dissident they plugged The Nina Totin’ bag named for Nina Totenberg, their legal affairs correspondent. Selling for $25, the online NPR shop says the knock-off of a Warhol (her mug is reprinted on canvas, splashed…
The new CBS series that debuted last night stinks – even if it came with reduced commercials. Problem is, the damn thing has no sense of humor. And it doesn’t let any of the drama really develop. It just kinda rushes along. The good news: some of the Cuban accents…
Sunday’s Marlins-Mets game was pretty exciting. The home team’s Dan Uggla – you know, Ugly Uggla – made an astounding catch at second base, then hit a homer to put the Marlins back in it. David Wright, the Mets MVP, got the winning hit as the Mets won 7 to…
Gabe Pendas decked a guy that cool March evening seven years ago. Fractured his jaw. It was in front of the Starbucks on Kendall Drive, not far from Jamba Juice. “We had a beef. He provoked it, and he lost,” Pendas says. “Two or three punches and he went down.”…
C’mon Juice. You tried to hustle us with that book about if you did it. And now you’re being investigated for trying to steal from a casino. You’ve got a problem. You shouldn’t be living in Kendall. You should get yourself to a nunnery. And fast. Or maybe to a…
Last Friday night, Danny DeVito returned to Miami to unveil his new line of Limoncello. The drink was inspired by his funny arrival on The View , several months back, after spending a night on the town with George Clooney. DeVito was all over the place, ribbing the president, recounting…
Here’s Miami Schools Superintendent Rudy Crew on Monday’s “>News and Notes, a nationally syndicated radio show broadcast on National Public Radio and locally on WLRN-FM (91.3): “In Miami for example, we have the Latin Builders Association, (which) provides everything from bicycles for youngsters at the holiday season to knapsacks for…
A Miami Shores tenisista is getting national recognition at the U.S. Open this week. Ahsha Rolle (number 109) beat 17th ranked Tatiana Golovin in the tournament’s first round, a mind-blowing upset. Then in the sedcond, she whacked 57th ranked Karin Knapp in three sets. A picture of Rolle, who was…
Apology: Somehow, this post got cut short, making it look an obnoxious rant against the very people whose work I meant to highlight. Sorry, Herb! A few nights ago, the Bike Blog was chatting with Herb Hiller, the Southeast Regional Program Consultant for the East Coast Greenway Alliance. The group’s…
So I read in today’s Miami Herald that Miami Police Chief John Timoney has been driving a free hybrid luxury SUV without claiming it on a required state conflict-of-interest form – and that Johnny Boy receives $8000 from taxpayers to lease a car. This is all thanks to CBS4’s Gary…
A kiss between crazies A riot of blood and wit, The Lieutenant of Inishmore is cinematic, gripping, hilarious, grisly, and poignant all at once. It’s Tarantino live — but with a point. This is theater that demands to be seen. Judging by the Saturday night audience at Gablestage, however, chances…
New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo expanded his investigation of student lenders and their relationship with universities recently by issuing subpoenas to 40 athletic departments across the nation. Florida is at the center of the new inquiries. In a statement issued by Cuomo on August 1, the attorney general…
I hate reality TV….so I left the room and started washing dishes last night when my wife switched to the debut of em>Bounty Girls Miami – on Court TV. I could heard from the kitchen as they introduced these women – dressed in lycra and leather — talking about bringing…
Asked about Oscar Corral, the reporter accused of soliciting a prostitute this past Friday, Miami Herald editor Anders Gyllenhaal had only a few words: “It’s an unfortunate situation. Oscar says this stems from a misunderstanding and the paper backs him up on this.” Asked by Riptide whether Corral was, um,…
Welcome to the new Miami! “Connected sky top gardens,” said one response. “Breathable fabric required,” the next. Good evening, my name is Julia Tuttle, typed the woman at the old-fashioned desk. She was wearing a billowy floral print dress and 19-th century bonnet and wouldn’t speak. She would only type,…
Last night, the heads of over a dozen local premium cigar makers were gathered together in a single smoky room for the first time ever. Nick Perdomo, owner of Tabacalera Perdomo, a handmade cigar shop in Doral, hosted the cigar barons, among them the owners of Camacho cigars, Toraño cigars,…
