A cake order for Gloria Estefan on Monday? Another for Dennis Rodman on Wednesday? Hundreds more for regular folks… Just another week in the life of Sarah Paz-Claro, owner and cake-maker at The Office Cake in Doral.The place on 107th Avenue is a bakery purely dedicated to baking cakes…
Happy Memorial Day, Miami. If there’s sun — and the forecast calls for an end to this damn rain — you will want to grill out with an ice-cold beer in hand. But when you’re sipping on that brewski while the blazing-hot charcoals reach proper temperature, consider using beer as…
The Great Recession has NASA grounded. It’s so bad that they are letting private companies in on the space exploration game. But maybe the National Aeronautics and Space Administration can be helped with a couple of old school tricks: a car wash and a bake sale. On June 9, several…
When it comes to local beer in New Orleans, two brands that come to mind are Dixie and Abita. Neither is brewed in the city, with Dixie contract-brewed out of Wisconsin and Abita brewed on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain. But there is one beer in New Orleans that…
Robin Gibb, one of the co-founding brothers of British pop band Bee Gees and the voice behind disco megahit “Stayin’ Alive,” died yesterday in London after a two-year battle with cancer, according to his official website. He was 62. “Sunday 20 May, 2012 at 10:46 pm: The family of Robin…
Looking to travel abroad in the name of American Craft Beer Week? How about this? Go check out Miami homebrewers Jonathan Wakefield, Diego Ganoza and Robert Tejon who will be competing in the first ever Berliner Bash on the Bay to be held at Peg’s Cantina in Gulfport, Florida, near…
American Craft Beer Week is a little half way over, and there are several more events around Miami worth checking out for the beer-loving warrior. Before the week is finished, make an effort to attend and sip, or chug, some fine and local hand-crafted beersRemember Brews & Bellies at The…
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Miami Craft Beer Sellers: A List
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See the full 26-photo slideshow of Wilco at the Fillmore Miami Beach — plus “Wilco’s John Stirratt on the Music Industry, Piracy, and Southern Manners.” Last night, Chicago-based alternative country rock band Wilco performed at the Fillmore Miami Beach for a packed house. Founders Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt, and company…
Making it to the Olympics is a lofty dream for most athletes, but for Miami triathlete Manny Huerta, it’s now a reality. Last Saturday, Huerta competed against 70 other athletes, including six Americans, from across the globe in the ITU World Triathlon held in San Diego, finishing in ninth to…
American Craft Beer Week is the mother of all suds lovin’ celebrations. Lokal Burgers & Beer in Coconut Grove is embracing this momentous occasion by giving over its taps to beers brewed locally in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties. Starting at 6 p.m., newly-opened Due South Brewing Company from…
This week, our feature story takes a closer look at Miami’s quickly rising craft beer scene. But besides the homebrew clubs and restaurants, there are the writers who are blogging about craft beer in South Florida.We want to recognize the following blogs in honor of American Craft Beer Week. Some…
Donald “Duck” Dunn, the famed session bass guitarist for Memphis-based Stax Records and R&B band Booker T. & the M.G.’s, died in Tokyo after performing at the Blue Note night club with fellow musician Steve Cropper. He was 70. Dunn was born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1941. He met future…
Wilco at Fillmore Miami Beach May 15
Urban Explorers Map Out Florida’s Weirdest Abandoned Sites
While you may think you’ve seen all that electronic music has to offer, there is Ray Sabater, Miami’s own DJ Stingray the Tribal King. For 30 years, Sabater has used drumming in his live performances, incorporating a variety of percussion instruments, from the tambourine to congas. So when you come…
“Local” Haitian beer Prestige won a gold medal yesterday for Best American-Style Cream or Ale. It took category #42 at the winners’ banquet during the World Beer Cup competition in San Diego.Miami is not considered part of the Caribbean, but Prestige was as close as Florida got to receiving any…
