Even though Ocean Drive is so named because it borders a seashore, we’re rarely thinking about dolphins and seagulls while strolling down the street. Mostly, we’re thinking about how to dodge restaurant hostesses aggressively marketing gigantic mojitos or anyone cradling a souvenir Wet Willy’s cup like a newborn baby. But…
You might remember Ana Gasteyer, the current star of ABC’s Suburgatory, better as sweater-clad Margaret Jo McCullen, whose NPR spoof show Delicious Dish featured Pete Schweddy sharing his delicious trademark Schweddy Balls and Betty White giving the ladies a taste of her “dusty muffin.” Or if that doesn’t ring a…
Even though Ocean Drive is so named because it borders a seashore, we’re rarely thinking about dolphins and seagulls while strolling down the street. Mostly, we’re thinking about how to dodge restaurant hostesses aggressively marketing gigantic mojitos, or anyone ogling the leopard-print unitard uniforms from Mangos or cradling a souvenir…
Ana Gasteyer had roles in Seinfeld and Mean Girls and starred in Broadway shows such as The Rocky Horror Show and Wicked. But you probably best remember her as sweater-clad Margaret Jo McCullen on Saturday Night Live. McCullen’s NPR spoof show, Delicious Dish, featured Pete Schweddy (Alex Baldwin) sharing his…
Enrique Iglesias’s Euphoria Tour With Pitbull and Prince Royce American Airlines Arena Saturday, October 22, 2011 Better Than: Penis talk and private snapshots. The first thing to note about last night’s bachata, hip-hop, and Latin pop love-fest starring Enrique Igleasias, Pitbull, and Prince Royce is that these dudes fucking love…
In the ’60s, when Diego El Cigala was a child helping his Spanish gypsy parents make a living from tablao to tablao (flamenco clubs), Bebo Valdés was long past his heyday. By that time, the legendary Cuban pianist had played backup for Benny Moré, led two big bands, and even…
On any given day, a costume party in Miami featuring an open bar is likely to end up a zoo of fratty, howling hyenas and sloppy, drunken pigs. So why not just cut the metaphors and party with some actual wild animals? Enter the Monster Masquerade at Zoo Miami. Here,…
Like the rugged (and recently romanticized) favelas that sit on the edges of shiny, fancy gated communities in Brazil, Daniela Mercury’s music is an intense collision of cultural forces: lowbrow, highbrow, no-brow; Bahian axé mixes of samba, reggae, rock, and Caribbean percussion; MPB (música popular brasileira — that is, sparkly…
Is anyone else feeling freaked out by East Coast earthquakes and hurricanes the size of Europe that reach all the way to Canada? Not to be alarmists or anything, but maybe it’s time to stuff our belongings into our hybrids, pack a year’s supply of organic trail mix, and navigate…
Is anyone else feeling freaked out by East Coast earthquakes and Europe-size hurricanes that reach all the way to Canada? Not to be alarmists or anything, but we think maybe it’s time to stuff our belongings into our hybrids, pack a year’s supply of organic trail mix, and navigate through…
Pablo MilanesAmerican Airlines ArenaAugust 28, 2011(Definitely) Better than: the tiny protest outside.There’d been so much raging hysteria and controversy swirling through Spanish-language talk radio and TV news in the days before Cuban cantautor Pablo Milanés’s concert, that I was genuinely freaked out. At first I was all like, ugh, whatever,…
Catching an indie European flick can be a refreshing reprieve from Hollywood. Actors look like people, not airbrushed representations of perfection. Long crane shots are often replaced with documentary-style methods of capturing action that looks real and urgent. And there are messy plot lines, languishing dialogue, and multifaceted characters who…
The dingy stretch of Biscayne Boulevard above NE 70th Street conjures up images of decaying strip malls, by-the-hour motels, and desolate nighttime streets. This poster child of urban sprawl couldn’t be further removed from the vibrant colors and animated sounds of the Caribbean. So imagine our surprise when we drive…
Most successful comedians carefully straddle a line between being politically correct bores and finding humor in uncanny situations without taking stereotypes and controversial issues to offensive extremes. And then there’s Jim Jefferies. The Australian performer’s jokes unapologetically involve “retarded people,” burn victims, AIDS, and the Holocaust. He refers to both…
If we had to spend a day in someone else’s shoes, we would choose LeBron James. No, not because we enjoy near-universal hatred whenever we leave the vicinity of Miami, harbor fantasies of seeing a giant version of our face above American Airlines Arena, or enjoy losing the NBA Finals…
Restaurant owners are usually not big fans of forgoing a wine list filled with marked-up bottles. But from a customer perspective, BYOB restaurants are simply awesome. You can get all fancy and dust off a bottle of vintage blah blah blah and ball out over Thai grub. Or you can…
There is nothing on Earth more terrifying that the wrath of a Justin Bieber megafan with access to a Twitter account and a Blinkee-enhanced photo of the Biebz. Don’t believe us? Witness the clusterfuck that ensued yesterday over a rumor, spread through blogs and comment sections, that the Bieber video…
Speed and efficiency have always been components of graffiti that shaped the art form — artists frequently risked vandalism charges, so it was critical that murals be painted as quickly as possible during fly-by-night operations. That led to some of the key elements of graffiti such as long lines and…
We pretty much have to be drunk to find ourselves eating hydrogenated oil and FD&C Blue #1-infused grub at fast food chains like Sonic or Burger King. But maybe that’s the strategy some greasy food peddlers are banking on: that lots of people are down to order triple-fried fries and…
Graffiti artists are frequently locked up on vandalism charges, so it’s critical that murals be painted as quickly as possible during fly-by-night operations. This emphasis on speed and efficiency led to some of the key elements of the art form, such as long lines and letters that flow into each…
Looks like the early birds caught the local, organically raised worms. Tickets to OMG!, a dinner and movie collaboration between Wynwood’s O Cinema and Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink, are officially sold-out.Notwithstanding the critical acclaim of The Life of Reilly — described with the tagline “If, in 1940, you had…
You know the scenario: You stumble out of the bar at 2 a.m, piss drunk and starving, in search of the nearest IHOP serving gigantic breakfast platters. But you reach into your pocket and find nothing but a crumpled receipt for 15 Jager bombs and the phone number of some…
