From yesterday’s Herald, page 15A (capitalization ours): “Albania is a spiderweb of organized crime and corruption – some estimates place the ‘gray economy’ at 50 PER CENT of the official economy, meaning a FULL THIRD of the economy is off the books.” –Lee Klein…
I was to meet Marco Pierre White poolside at The Raleigh Hotel at ten in the morning. Figured a cup of coffee, quick chat for a short blog, thank you very much. He had arrived in town the previous evening for a speaking gig with Gael Greene at Books &…
I was to meet Marco Pierre White poolside at The Raleigh Hotel at ten in the morning. Figured a cup of coffee, quick chat for a short blog, thank you very much. He had arrived in town the previous evening for a speaking gig with Gael Greene at Books &…
Now that’s a cruiser You got your cruisers, and then you got your cruisers, you know? Let’s talk police cruisers first. After last week’s Take Back the Road Ride (a.k.a. Critical Mass – this is getting confusing) was crashed by City of Miami Police, the Bike Blog called around to…
Working for Key Biscayne’s biggest real estate developer has its price. This past May 21, the Miami-Dade ethics commission notified Village Mayor Robert Vernon that he cannot vote on a plan to expand the island municipality’s open green space. The reason: Vernon is a real estate broker for Edgardo DeFortuna’s…
Last week, Riptide got into the holiday spirit with a little rant about a statement made on a Memorial Day party flyer. Among the comments, we also received an apology from Marcelo Medina of Mag Entertainments, a.k.a. the promotions company that put its foot in its mouth: I sincerely apologize…
Green Eggs And Ham, I Am (no more) A few months after filing for Chapter 11, a posted sign on the window makes it official: “Cafeteria out of business.” This round-the-clock Lincoln Road eatery premiered in November of 2003, its sister branch having opened in New York five years earlier…
Green Eggs And Ham, I Am (no more) A few months after filing for Chapter 11, a posted sign on the window makes it official: “Cafeteria out of business.” This round-the-clock Lincoln Road eatery premiered in November of 2003, its sister branch having opened in New York five years earlier…
The Bike Blog couldn’t make it, but last Friday’s tenuous Critical Mass-esque ride did, in fact, materialize. The event was fashioned after Critical Mass rides in other cities, which generally take place on the last Friday of every month. Assuming this event continues on a monthly basis, this means that…
Public transportation in Miami just got a lot easier – for tourists. Tuesday marked the “soft launch” for the new Visitor Passport, a $19 unlimited ride pass good for seven days. The county’s transit department hailed the advent as a key to help speed tourists on their way, saving them…
Sunday morning I awoke to a ferocious banging on the door of my apartment on Michigan Avenue and Eight Street on the Beach. It was 6:15 a.m. Again, a thunderous pounding echoed through the four-unit complex. I pottered downstairs. Staring through the glass-paneled door was a male, African-American, mid-twenties. “Hey,”…
Ten years gone It’s hard to believe that it’s been ten years since beautiful troubadour Jeff Buckley went for a final midnight swim in the mighty Mississippi. Ten years since Grace, ten years since that last, haunting “Hallelujah.” But like so many other stars with silver screen looks who have…
This’ll be the best home brew ever! Ever feel the urge to talk to a marine scientist? Well look no further. Every Friday night they gather at bar behind the University of Miami Marine Sciences Campus on Virginia Key. Just make your first right off the Rickenbacker right after you…
Say you and your mate decide to have a romantic dinner in Coral Gables. The Hotel St. Michel comes to mind, because the room is so quiet and quaint, but as your last visit was quite some time ago, you check their website to investigate. The home page trumpets a…
Say you and your mate decide to have a romantic dinner in Coral Gables. The Hotel St. Michel comes to mind, because the room is so quiet and quaint, but as your last visit was quite some time ago, you check their website to investigate. The home page trumpets a…
After steady ignoring that weird splotch on your forearm for months now, you’ve finally convinced yourself that it’s actually changing shape, like a chocolate brown amoeba slowly squrming under a microscope. So what are you doing about it? No, seriously. Even though skin cancer is completely curable if diagnosed and…
I was thrilled to see an invitation in my mailbox (the snail mail one, not the virtual one) the other day. It was a formal-looking envelope, gray and stately. Good-quality paper, too: kind of heavy, with a linen texture. My name and address were printed on the front. Maybe, I…
If you’re ever busted by City of Miami cops and you hear the words “mini-station” or “sub-station,” kick out the squad car window and run down the street as fast as your little legs can carry you. After an exhaustive two-year investigation, the Citizens Investigative Panel has concluded that there…
It’s no surprise when a local restaurant closes the kitchen and makes way for overpriced cocktails and amateur booty-shaking. And for this holiday weekend in particular, New Times has received countless e-mails hawking this and that Memorial Day blowout and “No work on Monday” party. And while most had us…
In honor of Memorial Day, Riptide would like to offer our weekend visitors — and our regular readers — this enjoyable youtube clip for your viewing pleasure. It’s a seven-minute loop of Horatio Caine one-liners on CSI:Miami. Note how Horatio casually slips his sunglasses on while delivering his words of…
Celebrating Mass Some time ago, the Bike Blog wrote about our city’s burgeoning Critical Mass, noting that Miami’s is a pretty tame incarnation of the worldwide pro-biking event. The confrontational nature of Critical Masses in some larger cities – in which riders completely stop traffic – is absent in Miami’s…
It’s been almost ten years since fashion designer Gianni Versace was gunned down on the steps of his Ocean Drive mansion. What better way to mark his passing than by buying his used shirts? –Tamara Lush…
