The Hunter’s Moon is a full moon. They call it that because the light it provides makes it easier to kill food. According to Wikipedia, as viewed from the northern hemisphere, the Hunter’s Moon rises in such a way that there’s no significant dark time between sunset and moonrise, thus…
Steve Martorano from his namesake cafe in Lauderdale didn’t win Meatball Madness up in NYC, but it looks like the festival went off pretty well anyway. [NewYorkTimes]Crispin Porter & Bogusky hired four new employees. Get ready for more craptastic ads. Maybe even for Burger King. [NewYorkTimes]Burger King’s new “20/20” initiative…
“Doris close yer legs, all I smell is fish!”We’re not sure who the marketing genius was that came up with having a seafood special at Scarlett’s On The Bay for their grand opening in 1988, but it seems like they should have known better than to make a strip club…
Fourteenth street between Overtown and the Arsht is full of wild game: zombified crackheads, worse for wear working-girls, artists, musicians, promoters, creatives, thugs, drugs, and po nine.Now, with Urbanite Bistro in the mix, we can add the literal interpretation: animals hunted for food, not domestication, according to Wikipedia.Urbanite Bistro (62…
What do you call a cow on a unicycle, a pig stuck in rush hour, or a potato calling an insurance company? Slow food.Others seem to think the term refers to an internationally renowned “member supported organization that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life.”Either way,…
October: season of growth and change. Sure, we don’t have a typical American autumn, but here it’s always fall as long as the coconuts do. Let the recent heatwave suffuse your being with the chaotic energy of the city, and let our food reflect it. We’re a run and gun…
Mixx 96, the underground Caribbean station on Dade County airwaves did a killer live broadcast of the International Flag Party at Space on Friday that we tuned somewhere around 4 a.m. on Saturday morning.This is the station that gave DJ Khaled his start, and is also the recipient of three of…
Locos Por Juana are the Latin Grammy nominated sound killers from Dade whose music has rang out in clubs, halls, theaters, and festivals around the world.Recently they sat in on a mostly acoustic session at the WDNA 88.9 FM studios where Carlos Garcia hosts Sound Theory Live and gives locals…
TIMO (17624 Collins Ave.) in Sunny Isles is the product of the teamwork of a top chef, experienced GM, and a staff committed to going above and beyond.Chef Tim Andriola started working kitchens as a kid in Lee, New Hampshire at his family’s restaurant, the Gateway. In South Florida he…
In the future we’d like to see a pizza vending machine that lets you order pies through your cell phone. When you dial the number and your payment goes through the machine activates its pizza software and delivers you a hot one in 7 minutes or less. When that happens,…
Guess what? Dade County does promote the arts, and if you’re a student, you can find out for yourself through our County’s amazing Culture Shock program.All you have to do is be a student aged 13 to 22. You can purchase up to two tickets and the person you go…
Dutch guy Han Bennink is an awesome fucking drummer. He performs in a three man group called Third Man Trio. He plays drums while Michael Moore plays reeds, and Will Holshauser plays accordion.Tigertail, Florida’s pioneer of innovative arts & culture, now in their 30th year of existence present Third Man…
If you’ve never heard of Sodexo or Aramark they are both super-corp food service providers with major college and university cafeteria contracts. They are also big time purchasers of Florida tomatoes.They do not have an agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to protect farm laborers from inhumane treatment, sub…
World, meet the Pink Elephant, a drink designed for Plunge, the rooftop bar at the Gansevoort South (2377 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). One dollar from each Pink Elephant sold in October will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Foundation for breast cancer research and awareness…
Fall is here, supposedly. In Miami we’ve still got 90-degree days, and a monster electric bill.But at least pumpkins are here again because despite what the weather would have you believe it is in fact “that time of year.”Here are some alleged pumpkin health benefits that’ll have you going for…
Miami Carnival time is here. If you’re not familiar with the festival, just know this: They don’t stop. It’s not a party, or even a series of parties — it’s a party marathon. If Miami Carnival was a U.S. president it would be called Drinkard Fillmore. Check out this slick…
Gerald Posner has a new book out called Miami Babylon. In it, he details Lee Schrager’s having pled guilty to insurance fraud. Lee Schrager is the local, socially-networked promotions powerhouse behind the success of the South Beach Wine & Food Festival.Our paper-product recently profiled Lee Schrager in our Fall Arts…
Once upon a time, the Germans decided to contribute their own booze, food, and music festival to the world. They had yet to come up with Kraftwerk, the art scene sucked, and they had plenty of kegs stored up in mountain caves to keep cool, so they said, “Let’s just…
“Dude. So, fuckin’, hungry. Let’s eat.”Whether you’re poking key holes into malt liquor tall cans in an abandoned field, drinking $10 Heinekens at a club on South Beach, slamming shots at home with friends, or draining funnels from a second floor fire hose beer bong, there will always reach a…
This week Archive Diver rips some music and dance related listings straight out of the classifieds of our paper’s October 5 – 11, 1988 edition.We’ve got private dirty dancing lessons, an ad to sell peace bracelets at a Grateful Dead concert, DJ Mont “progressive since 1979,” and country and amateur…
Breasts deserve to live, bounce, jiggle, and shake happily through cancer-free lives.Fight the disease by funding the search for a cure on October 20th at the Newport Beachside Resort (16701 Collins Ave., Sunny Isles Beach) where Eleanor Hoh will run a Wok Star cooking demo followed by a food sampling,…
Free beer!That rallying cry is a valued, age-old method to draw a crowd. Like:”Dude, my little sister’s hamster passed away and she’s having a funeral and burial ceremony for it. Do you wanna go?””Uhhm, nah that sounds lame I’ll pass””There’s gonna be free beer.””Right. I’m in. And I’m telling everybody.”So…
