Tracy Block Carmen Electra takes time out of her slammin’ schedule to host the launch of blackjack at the Hard Rock Sunday night, seemingly the best course since a juicy cut of Filet Mignon. The town’s gone crazy, that is for certain. Whether it’s over sun exposure, we just can’t…
It rained all week long, dampening the mood a bit. Still, plenty of outdoor events continued on as planned, just a little wetter than expected. Hey, at least there weren’t any hurricanes, right? Score: 1 for Miami, for Mother Nature. Universe Weekend Marco Kornfeld What do get when you…
While mayors from all over the United States gathered inside the InterContinental Hotel in downtown Miami, hundreds gathered outside to give a voice to those activists say government officials ignore. Videographer Jacob Katel captures the people who marched through the streets over the weekend asking for a chance to be…
Videographer Jacob Katel takes a look at the March on the Mayors protests happening this weekend in reaction to the United States Conference of Mayors, which has brought 700 mayors from around the country to our city. The activists are taking advantage of the media spotlight on the city to…
It was the dude in the middle of Kendall Drive who got me. He stood on the middle of the center island, right in the middle of the hustle and bustle near the Town and Country Mall, waving a red sign. “FREE WAXING,” the sign said. Forget where I was…
Well this is not so much as the Blog of the Week as it is a comment that caused much debate around the blogosphere. With McClatchy, the Miami Herald’s parent company, cutting jobs, Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. wrote this week some suggestions on how the local newspaper could remain…
Carlos Miller So much for First Amendment rights. Carlos Miller, a local blogger and photographer, was arrested on February 20, 2007 for allegedly obstructing traffic as he was taking pictures of Miami police officers in a public space after they order him not to. After he started arguing with them…
I hate to admit it, but Saturday, for the first time in weeks, I wandered over the causeway to South Beach. Why? Well I had bumped into DJ Lazaro Casanova at the Daily and he said I should stop by and check out his set at Mansion. I’ve been curious…
Jose D. Duran The Cat’s Pajamas. In the final installment of the graffiti I documented at the Margulies Collection in Wynwood, here is what the backside of the building looks like. Unprotected by a chain-link fence and barbwire, it’s exposed, inviting graffiti artists to tag it…
Was I really sitting on the toilet while videotaping this week’s episode of Prunk TV? Read the entire story here. Yes, I did accept Jesus in Ted’s office. Read about it here. Congratulations to Jerry and Ricky. They won some Cash Money. Special thanks to Lil Jon for sending me…
Jogging in Miami at noon is a lot like setting yourself on fire. But I’m the masochistic type when it comes to working out, so I went for a run in South Beach the other day – under a burning ball of flames. Five or six blocks from home and…
George Schiavone A fourth-grade teacher (Sally Biondi) shows her students her newest purchase: a loaded 9mm handgun in Craig Pospisil’s “Guns Don’t Kill.” Note: We’re giving away free tickets to this one—check out contest details after the jump. Undershorts is one hell of a night at the theater. It’s such…
Russ and Kevin Otway could be poster boys for South Florida’s green set. The 29-year-old twins grew up on a 32-foot boat in the Virgin Islands without a refrigerator. By age 6, they were diving for lobster. Their family wasted little and lived from the sea. After graduating high school…
Nothing says awesome like watching over forty cyclists form a train down Main Highway. This past Saturday’s Critical Mass made a parade of cruisers, fixed-gears, road and mountain bikes and set a steady pace from Vizcaya to Matheson Hammock. After diving into the suspiciously murky lagoon at Matheson, we dodged…
Saturday, June 14, I took off on my bicycle to document the southern core of the Wynwood Art Walk. This doesn’t represent the full scale of the 40-plus galleries that were open, but it offers an overview to the downtown art scene. – Jacob Katel…
Ashley Swanson, Ash and Burn Eddie Izzard answers questions backstage after the show. Eddie Izzard Friday, June 13, 2008 The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre Better Than: All the Best Things Put into Shepherd’s Pie. Miami weather, chickens, cocaine, Ancient Egypt, Wikipedia, evolution, football, the appendix, Scrabble,…
Talk about the summer slow down. The muggy heat seems to have everyone running for the safety of their air-conditioned homes. However, there seems to be still plenty of activity sprouting up all over the city, which is surprising since we are already a few weeks into the rainy season…
Good news: the Marlins now have 103 homeruns on the season – the most in the majors. Bad news: the pitching has been a bouillabaisse of pure unadulterated mediocrity. That was pretty much the case this past weekend when the Fish visited the Strip Club Capital of the World and…
If you’ve ever failed miserably at explaining a funny movie scene to someone who hasn’t seen it, you know how tough it is to recreate humor. Maybe your friends gave you a mercy laugh when you tried to recount a Saturday Night Live skit (back when it was actually funny)…
Few probably know that Studio A, Miami’s only mid-size venue, will be closing for good at the end of the month. The blogger over at the (covert) overt reminisces about how much the venue actually meant to the city: one day when i’m older and telling my kids (if i…
Manny (The Mayor) Diaz was at the grand opening of Manny’s (The Steakhouse) Steakhouse this week in the Met One Tower downtown. Manny’s comes from Minneapolis, and specifically from Phil Roberts, a Minneapolis/Miami resident. It is an extremely well-regarded emporium of beef that serves only USDA-certified dry aged, center-cut beef…
Manny (The Mayor) Diaz was at the grand opening of Manny’s (The Steakhouse) Steakhouse this week in the Met One Tower downtown. Manny’s comes from Minneapolis, and specifically from Phil Roberts, a Minneapolis/Miami resident. It is an extremely well-regarded emporium of beef that serves only USDA-certified dry aged, center-cut beef…
