There is a certain Jorge Luis Borges twist to me, a restaurant critic, critiquing a show whereby average folks play restaurant critic. I’m talking of the first installment of Check, Please!, the PBS series that has met with great success in Chicago and Los Angeles, and hopes to do likewise…
Trekking in the Everglades became sketchier once monster, gator-eating pythons began making guest appearances. Over the weekend, a bald-headed vat of reptilian knowledge offered some good news. Remember that widely circulated photo of the 13-foot Burmese python that split after gulping the gator? Rick Scholle, exotic animal handler at Trail…
Florida’s primary is finally here — excited yet? If you are, I applaud you. If you are like the majority of us, you’ve already decided on your candidate, and regardless of whatever that Green Party friend is telling you, you aren’t going to change your mind. In the spirit of…
Back Alley Turf Wars 2 sounds like a no-holds-barred wrestling match held in someone’s backyard. Actually, it’s a boxing tournament. I figured that this would be a small event with a couple of people rooting for their favorite fighters, but once I stepped in to the gym, I found it…
Check, Please!, hosted by Miami’s favorite local chef, Michelle Bernstein, makes its debut on PBS (WPBT, Channel 2) tonight at 7:30 p.m. Every episode features three guests who pick their favorite restaurants, then visit the establishments anonymously and offer their critiques back in the studio. I spoke with Michelle over…
Check, Please!, hosted by Miami’s favorite local chef, Michelle Bernstein, makes its debut on PBS (WPBT, Channel 2) tonight at 7:30 p.m. Every episode features three guests who pick their favorite restaurants, then visit the establishments anonymously and offer their critiques back in the studio. I spoke with Michelle over…
Tomorrow voters will decide whether to allow slot machines gambling at pari-mutuels, those depressing pseudo-gambling places about town with decaying buildings and clientele. They boast low-payouts and facilities with the same yellowed charm of roller-rinks and bowling alleys. Saving pari-mutuels with slots is kind of like giving your grandmother orthopedic…
One Day Till the Primary: Would Jesus Vote for Hillary?: Only 24 hours until Jesus reveals his endorsement for the next president of the United States! All last week, Jesus picked apart the candidates and dismissed them like Judas at the Last Supper, from John Edwards to Mitt Romney. Today,…
At Thursday night’s debate, Florida Republicans were treated to banter along the lines of a feisty discussion sparked over overstuffed, leather armchairs between gentlemen at a country club. It even became fraternal as the Republican candidates sized up the brawn of their supporters. Mike Huckabee joked about being timid to…
Asian Stock Markets Plummet in Fear of U.S. Recession – In response to the belief that the U.S. is entering a recession, stocks in several Asian markets sank. In India, the Sensex experienced its second worst day ever. Hillary Clinton’s Money Man – Chris Korge, who has raised money for…
With Art Basel long gone and New Year’s Eve ’08 far, far away, Miami party hoppers are always looking for the next-best-thing, especially when it involves an elite crowd and complimentary cocktails. Enter the Stoli Hotel, a two-week party with DJs, fashionistas and celebs, with a crowd of boozers and…
If you notice an increase in the amount of estrogenic energy in the downtown area tonight, it’s not your imagination. The Supper Club at the Bleu Moon Restaurant is the newest Friday night spot for the ladies who love ladies and the ladies who love them. Icandee Productions, the group…
This past October, The New York Times purchased tuna sushi from 20 restaurants and markets in New York City and subjected the samples to laboratory tests. The startling results were reported yesterday: Mercury levels of tuna from Nobu Next Door, Sushi Seki, Sushi of Gari, Blue Ribbon Sushi, and Gourmet…
This past October, The New York Times purchased tuna sushi from 20 restaurants and markets in New York City and subjected the samples to laboratory tests. The startling results were reported yesterday: Mercury levels of tuna from Nobu Next Door, Sushi Seki, Sushi of Gari, Blue Ribbon Sushi, and Gourmet…
Celebrating the end to a long, rough football season, a handful of notable NFL players headed out way past their curfews to SoBe’s Tuesday night party in B.E.D. An elite crowd of Miami scenesters gathered as the team finally took some time to celebrate life off the field. The beginning…
An actual Sir was in town this past weekend, jetting in from England and heading to DeVito South Beach for some grub with the one he loves. Famed actor Sir Michael Caine treated his wife to a romantic dinner in a private DeVito cabana for two. Although Caine’s wife didn’t…
I hate to be a hater, but the whole Heath Ledger thing has gone a bit too far. Actor overdoses on pills. It happens. At the moment, though, the upper lefthand corner of the Miami Herald’s web site reads “At a Loss: Sign Heath Ledger’s Book.” There’s even a little…
Police supervisors in a city in Mexico are translating great works into cop talk in hopes of making the force better communicators and softening their brutish image. A fascinating Washington Post article relates how Gabriel García Márquez’s classic, One Hundred Years of Solitude, was reframed in radio code for the…
We used the name, sure, but we were never really sold on “The Carnival” as a suitable moniker for Miami’s performing arts center. Little did we know it could get worse. “The Arsht”? Yeah, right. My arsht. No offense to banker and philanthropist Adrienne Arsht, whose $30 million gift to…
A pair of aged hippies sit on a couch. One says, “If you could be any Bob Dylan you wanted to, which Bob Dylan would you be?” Our answer: Dewey Cox. The New Yorker cartoon was probably meant to conjure Todd Haynes’s kaleidoscopic, sort-of biopic I’m Not There, but intriguing…
Sly Stallone gets a good look at Lancaster She’s like seven feet tall in heels, usually clad in a brightly colored mini dress accessorized with a trademark towering blonde mane. You can hear her honeyed Georgia drawl from across a room. Elaine Lancaster is the most visible and celebrated queen…
No more art. Not for a few weeks, anyway. Not to say Art Basel wasn’t jolly and everything, but we’ve got a pounding art hangover to nurse. Call us lightweights, but while some of the art was as fine brandy to the palate, we definitely got slammed by a 40…
