Tuesday night, the fledgling Green Mobility Network met for its second meeting ever at the Dice House in Kendall. The group was started over the summer by John Hopkins, a South Miami resident and bicycling advocate who writes the blog Spokes N’ Folks. About 20 people showed up for the…
Nice kitty Alan Rigerman and his “pets” were the stars of last weekend’s Gallery Walk. There was lots of cool, slick, poppy art — most notably, a portrait of the creature from the Black Lagoon done up like a sixteenth century Italian land-owner. Lots of coked-up kids in too-hot dinner…
Al Crespo Karol Jananis tapes a wanted poster of Osama bin Laden on the radiator of his backhoe on Nassau Street To commemorate the sixth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, the New York Historical Museum unveiled a new show today called “Here Is New York: Remembering 9/11.” Miami photojournalist…
Like so many Florida kids, Eric Suarez visited Walt Disney World often as a youngster. “I’ve lived in Miami my whole life, and I’ve been to Disney a good 20, 30 times. I used to go every year with my cousins. And when we went on the rides, there was…
He’s our man! Let’s face it: Miami Police Chief John Timoney is dead meat. Sure he apologized for taking an SUV from Lexus of Kendall without paying. And maybe he didn’t cook the books on crime, as city police officers contend. But whether chiefy baby likes it or not, last…
In a matter of minutes, TV stations across the nation will be flipped through angrily as General David Petraeus eats up our precious daytime tube-watching with his much-anticipated testimony before Congress on the progress of the Iraq troop surge. You know, the report that president Bush has called the “Petraeus…
Take him to your leader Wynwood opened its season with a big bang Saturday night. There was chaos and devastation at Locust Projects, where Argentine artist Diego Bianchi laid waste to the space, flooding the concrete floor with mud, a wrecked boat hull, and such detritus as an old copy…
This past July, New Times published “Scared Straight,” an article about Worthy Creations, a local ministry that shepherds gay men and women toward heterosexuality. The Fort Lauderdale based group operates under the spiritual umbrella of the “ex-gay” movement, which uses reparative therapy to purportedly rid homosexuals of same-sex attraction. Documented…
Ishq, the contemporary Indian restaurant whose opening at 530 Ocean Drive, South Beach, has been “highly anticipated” (re:long delayed), will finally start cooking this Friday (September 14). Owners Sham and Kavita Kamlani promise “Bombay street fare in an oceanside setting” and a menu of traditional dishes (samosas, masalas, tandooris) complemented…
Ishq, the contemporary Indian restaurant whose opening at 530 Ocean Drive, South Beach, has been “highly anticipated” (re:long delayed), will finally start cooking this Friday (September 14). Owners Sham and Kavita Kamlani promise “Bombay street fare in an oceanside setting” and a menu of traditional dishes (samosas, masalas, tandooris) complemented…
What better way to start the weekend than with a little splash of Miami Vice and Frank Zappa? Courtesy of Youtube: –Francisco Alvarado…
One of the first things that appalled me about Florida was the inescapability of chain store shopping. Plazas bleed into strip malls and cast a sort of all-encompassing gentrification over the state. Over the years, I’ve softened. I don’t particularly like seeing Marshalls looming over Circuit City near Target. But…
Last week, I was contacted by Richard “Virgin Dick” Paris, a member of the Miami/Fort Lauderdale chapter of the Hash House Harriers – the self-described “drinking group with a running problem.” Put simply, hashing works like this: hashers meet (once a week, here) and one or two of them, called…
In 1994, Two Chefs was a combination cooking school and gourmet retail outlet in South Miami. Two years later chef/owners Jan Jorgensen and Soren Bredahl opened the cozy, 100-seat restaurant at the same site. Soren has since returned to Denmark, the wine list has expanded, prices have gone up a…
In 1994, Two Chefs was a combination cooking school and gourmet retail outlet in South Miami. Two years later chef/owners Jan Jorgensen and Soren Bredahl opened the cozy, 100-seat restaurant at the same site. Soren has since returned to Denmark, the wine list has expanded, prices have gone up a…
Y’all buy my book now, y’hear? As daylight dawned Thursday, hundreds lined up in front of Books & Books in Coral Gables hoping for a quick glimpse of former President Bill Clinton. “Bring Bill back!” North Miami Beach resident Ileana Rodriguez laughed as she patiently queued, waving a copy of…
Ebony is a professional. She has a master’s degree from a large East Coast University, two kids, and a nice car. She works as a counselor by day, catering to Miami’s sick and stressed at a medical facility. She is a big woman: five foot one, weighing in at two…
Enter here, vegans As any meat-free Miamian knows, there is a dearth of vegetarian dining options in the Magic City. But according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), there’s one area where we excel at being meatless: the ballpark. PETA named Dolphin Stadium (home of the Florida…
Enter here, vegans As any meat-free Miamian knows, there is a dearth of vegetarian dining options in the Magic City. But according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), there’s one area where we excel at being meatless: the ballpark. PETA named Dolphin Stadium (home of the Florida…
Take your pick Next month Market Grill, an Argentine-style “boutique meat market” and food shop will open in the Blockbuster Plaza at 1539 Alton Road. The signature offering will be a “Pre-Selected Parrillada,” where you’ll be able to tell the butcher the amount of people expected at your BBQ, and…
Take your pick Next month Market Grill, an Argentine-style “boutique meat market” and food shop will open in the Blockbuster Plaza at 1539 Alton Road. The signature offering will be a “Pre-Selected Parrillada,” where you’ll be able to tell the butcher the amount of people expected at your BBQ, and…
From El Nuevo Herald. The chasm between the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald couldn’t be more evident than in the way the two publications cover Miami-Dade Public Schools Superintendent Rudolph “Rudy” Crew. In the Issues & Ideas section of August 26’s Sunday Herald, reporter Tania deLuzuriaga does a full-page…
