Toes in the Sand

The Jacquemontia reclinata, an extremely rare and endangered perennial vine, can be found only in the sandy dunes of South Florida’s eastern coastlines. Today from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., Jill Cunniff — lead vocalist and bass player for the band Luscious Jackson — will attempt to reintroduce our native…

Just Kickin’ It

For most avid football fans — who attempt in the off-season to beat their varsity blues by watching the action-packed sport of professional golf — spring and early summer totally suck. But there is a way to satisfy one’s passion for the pigskin during these months devoid of tailgate parties…

Home Design Howl

The best thing about stores like Forever 21 — besides the fact that you can avoid a Carrie Bradshaw-size tsunami of debt — is that by the time your trendy clothes become faux pas, they’re already torn or faded. A resourceful few might take these trashy threads and transform them…

Gastronomic Geography

When we think of Burgundy, France, we think Pinot Noir. When we think of Oregon, we think … trail. As in The Oregon Trail, the DOS-friendly computer game that kept thumbs glued to keyboards throughout the Eighties via oxen-pulled sunsets over Chimney Rock, rapid rivers, and bountiful wild fruit. But…

Ticket to Ride

Everyone can agree that Miami traffic sucks, especially when you’re alone. Every radio station suddenly breaks for commercial (a conspiracy? We think so), and your only options for eye candy are the endless taillights on the Dolphin Expressway or your extraordinarily focused neighboring nose-picker. Thankfully today you can break free…

One More Round

Cheers closed back in 1993, but some of us still yearn to go to a place where everybody knows our name. May we suggest Tropical Nights at the Hyatt’s Alcazaba Lounge? Instead of Norm reaching for a bowl of stale pretzels, waiters will offer you buttery arroz con frijoles. Diane-like…

Hookah Hunt

Think of the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland. Not the spooky, psychedelic depiction you might find displayed under a black light in a head shop, but the huggable Disney version who puffs out fluffy vowels and silhouettes of crocodiles from a questionable water pipe that rests on a giant mushroom…