You know what to Deuce Last week, we told you about Mac’s Club Deuce’s shot at national recognition via Esquire magazine’s rating of the top bars in America. Thursday Riptide received a message from Deuce bartender extraordinaire Melissa Burley bemoaning some Deuce patrons’ less-than-agile way with the online voting. It…
Everyone’s a critic. Sure, it’s easy to look at some of the television shows that get green-lighted each season and wonder what particular kind of crack the network executives were smoking that day — Cavemen, anyone? No? Alrighty then. But behind the scenes, television can be more dramatic and difficult…
In today’s Herald, reporter Kathleen McGrory interviews Miami-Dade Schools superintdent Rudolph “Rudy” Crew about a student proposal to institute restorative justice in public schools. The story was accompanied by a picture of Crew sitting at a table with a copy of his tome Only Connect: The Way to Save Our…
Somebody’s gotta do it It’s no secret that Miami is home to some pretty sweaty Bettys and Teddys. With the sky-high humidity and blazing sun, it’s no surprise that though we leave our homes smelling like spring flowers, baby powder, or some fancy eau de toilette, and that by the…
Featured prominently in the news of the capture of an alleged serial rapist 19-year-old named Wayne A. Proctor was the below suspect sketch, by Miami-Dade forensic artist Jorge Molina, which was instrumental in breaking the case. The resemblance clearly is uncanny, and reminded us of “Killer Creativity.” The 2006 story,…
This week’s Riptide column contains an item about the war of words between Miami-Dade School Board Member Marta Pérez and Superintendent Rudolph “Rudy” Crew. Download Download this pdf file to read their exchange about what Pérez calls Crew’s conflict of interest in recommending the board approve a no-bid contract with…
Miami Northwestern Senior High School’s varsity team is an unstoppable force. For the fifth consecutive week, the Bulls are ranked number one in the National Prep Poll of high school teams. In the past three games, the maize-and-blue attack has blown out opponents by a combined score of 168 to…
Message and a throttle SpongeBob SquarePants aficionados know Mr. Krabs as the invertebrate’s boss at the fastfood operation the Krusty Krab, where SpongeBob is a fry cook. Our own Krusty Krab came into my family’s life one recent day, when my wife, driving on her lunch break, spotted a blue…
“Asturias is known the world over for its mountains, for its coal mines, for its fabada and its cider.” — writer Mario Vargas Llosa The latter two were on hand for Miamians to sample this past Wednesday at the great Spanish cafe/market/bakeryDelicias de la España (4016 S 57th. Ave., Miami;…
“Asturias is known the world over for its mountains, for its coal mines, for its fabada and its cider.” — writer Mario Vargas Llosa The latter two were on hand for Miamians to sample this past Wednesday at the great Spanish cafe/market/bakeryDelicias de la España (4016 S 57th. Ave., Miami;…
Calvin Godfrey Alan Rigerman with Chaos, his cougar Following the publication of Cat People, Alan Rigerman’s star has risen tenfold. And by that, we mean, he made it on a Spanish-language morning show, Despierta America. He brought his cougar, a lizard and Anthony, a masseuse in-training who helps Rigerman handle…
Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a small change in how it categorizes people in annual surveys. For the last 40 years, the EEOC document has provided one box for. . . um, Portuguese/Spanish/Pan-Latin Americans to check. That box was called “Hispanic.” But that box is no more. Instead,…
We’ve loved Mac’s Club Deuce for a long time now. We enjoy the dark ambiance, the gregarious regulars, and the pink linoleum, horseshoe shaped bar. We especially love ol’ Mac himself, and the bartenders who keep our Jack and Cokes coming strong, fast, and cheap — just the way we…
Remember April 28, 2007? Probably not. That’s when some activists, many of them anti-Iraq war crusaders, got together across the country to use their bodies to spell out IMPEACH. The paltry showing on Coney Island could barely muster a sad E. But more and more anti-war activists are becoming more…
Banned for life? Probably. There’s a lot of truth to the notion that we should punish “the deed, not the breed” when it comes to Pit Bulls. Pits and other dogs prone to violence most often commit it because of owners who stir the genetic stew, looking to bring out…
After just four months, Alex Patout has left his postion as executive chef of the popular Christabelle’s Quarter in Coconut Grove. “It was an honest difference of opinion about the direction of the menu,” owner John El-Masry told me, and then quickly added words of respect for the departed Patout…
After just four months, Alex Patout has left his postion as executive chef of the popular Christabelle’s Quarter in Coconut Grove. “It was an honest difference of opinion about the direction of the menu,” owner John El-Masry told me, and then quickly added words of respect for the departed Patout…
First of all, for the uninformed: Spencer Tunick is the photographer who goes to a public place—i.e., a park, an art museum, a tulip farm, what have you—and fills it with hundreds of naked people, sometimes standing blank-faced, sometimes lying in heaps. There’s a deeper meaning to all of it,…
Incredible, edible, and now a Hallmark holiday The Egg News Media Hotline wants you to know that the ninth annual World Egg Day takes place this Friday, October 12th. Spearheading the festivities will be Howard Helmer, the Guinness World Record holder for “World’s Fastest Omelet Maker”. “There’s no better time…
Incredible, edible, and now a Hallmark holiday The Egg News Media Hotline wants you to know that the ninth annual World Egg Day takes place this Friday, October 12th. Spearheading the festivities will be Howard Helmer, the Guinness World Record holder for “World’s Fastest Omelet Maker”. “There’s no better time…
The thought of sudsing up next to the guy lurking behind the paper stacks may make one a bit squeamish. But at least the dude scanning your ballpoint pens will smell fresh as a daisy. As part of a pitch to become Miami’s first retail building stamped with a U.S…
He’s free all right “LET THE FREE DUMB RUN.” A guy named Michael came by New Times’s offices yesterday with this photograph (presumably of himself) and a five-page typewritten note explaining his planned “Freedumb Run”: A personal patriot act. Sort of a cross bewteen Paul Revere and Lady Godiva minus…
