Burger Sting Filed under: News It can’t feel good to get scolded by a nine-year-old. How about 100 of them? Burger King vice president Steven Grover might feel like he’s been sent to the corner after receiving several dozen handwritten letters of reprimand from children accusing his company of being…

“Happy” Mother’s Day, for $2.99 Filed under: Flotsam One night, back in 1999, at Monty’s on Miami Beach, Erik Goldman mused over the men buying cocktails for potential sheet-mates, and tallied up how much it costs for a guy to get laid. His calculation: $200, including dinner and drinks. There…

Too Hot to Care Filed under: News Apart from four sweaty journalists, a homeless man, and a retired Puerto Rican judge concerned about his grandchildren, no one much listened to John Parker’s warnings on a recent Tuesday afternoon on South Beach. Maybe it was the unlikely setting for Parker’s global…

Yamil Piedra swabs his shaved head with one bar napkin and then grabs another to smooth his dark, caterpillar-thick eyebrows. At six feet four inches and 230 pounds, with silver dog tags and two crosses dangling from his neck, he grabs the mike and looks out at the 170 people…

Hate Shack, Not Where It’s At Filed under: Culture Tourists love ’em. So say Miami Beach city officials. But the new, not-entirely-improved lifeguard shacks are making South Beach denizens cringe. Local blog Critical Miami recently lamented the loss of “the great old lifeguard stands” with a photo of out-of-order Art…

Thuds to punching bags and the hum of chitchat quiet when the 215-pound heavyweight stops jabbing invisible foes and starts grinding to piped reggae. As his wife joins in the ringside catcalls, Elieser Castillo squats, his chin-length, sun-tipped dreads shaking until his groin is within inches of the mat. The…