When you’re a Major League Baseball star its hard to keep track of everything going on in your life. Which is why one might hire a personal assistant to help keep track of their schedules, their errands, and even their boats. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bronson Arroyo, a former Golden Glove…
We weren’t sure that the sage of Augustus Sol Invictus, the goat blood-drinking pagan running for Senate in Florida as a libertarian, could get any weirder, and yet that was before we found out that there’s a Miley Cyrus connection. Need something to get a bit stranger? Yep, just add…
Floridians can’t agree on a lot. Which is to be expected in such a diverse swing state, and the results of USF’s annual Sunshine State Survey certainly attest to that. Floridians are split on all sorts of hot button issues from Common Core to offshore drilling. In fact, one of…
If you’ve ever wish your morning cup of coffee was a little bit stronger, well, be careful what you wish for. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers at Miami International Airport uncovered a shipment of coffee so strong it was literally illegal. That’s because it was adulterated…
See this guy? He’s running for Senate in Florida. He’s a young lawyer who claims to have worked his way through law school at USF while homeless. He’s a deeply religious family man. Father of four, actually. Sharply dressed, well groomed, and quite handsome as far as politicians go. Sure,…
Last year, The publicly funded Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency announced it was teaming up with film studio company EUE/Screen Gems Studios to build a brand new television and film studio right in the heart of the city. And perhaps everyones biggest curiosity was, “Well, what, uh, exactly are they…
The reign of Joe Philibin in South Florida is over. After a disastrous 1-3 start and an all-around embarrassing loss in London yesterday, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross decided to officially sack Philbin. This is the earliest in the season the Dolphins have ever let go of a coach, and in…
Are you single and living in Miami Beach? Well, congratulations, you’re living in one of the best cities in America to be flying solo according to Livability.com. The Beach came in 8th overall on the site’s top 10 list of “best cities for singles.” The criteria used reflects overall quality…
Yesterday nine people lost their lives in just the latest act of senseless mass gun violence carried out in America. Today presidentially candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush responded to the national tragedy by exclaiming, “Stuff happens.” “I had this challenge as governor—because we had—look, stuff happens, there’s always…
Wynwood keeps it pretty low. Until very recently it was hard to find a building higher than two stories here, but Moshe Mana, a developer and the owner of the biggest continuous plot of land of in the rapidly changing neighborhood wants to get high. Really, really high. His company…
The major Cuban influx to Florida didn’t start with the Mariel boat lifts. In fact, Florida has always been a major destination of Caribbean immigrants, a situation unique amongst the states. A new interactive map from Pew Research Center remind us clearly of that. Researched combed through Census data all…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every single week, and on Fridays we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: Florida’s Captain Citrus gets the arch-nemesis he deserves, a mother steals her 12-year-old daughter’s ex-boyfriend, a middle-aged white lady has so much trust in police that she…
If you have a soft spot for failing outdoor shopping and entertainment complexes in the southern half of Miami-Dade then Federal Realty Investment Trust is your savior. After acquiring a majority stake in Coconut Grove’s CocoWalk earlier this year, Federal has now traveled a little bit down the South Dixie Highway…
Jeb Bush may not be anywhere near close to leading the polls anymore, but he does lead in another factor: endorsement. Bush has the backing of more notable politicians than any other candidate in the race, and today he announced another whopping round of endorsement. See, Florida currently has 26…
How about those Dolphins? Oh, right, lets not talk about it. Instead, lets talk about some of the greatest moments in Miami sports history, shall we? And we don’t things other team happened to do here that were history. Miamians do not care about Joe Namath winning the Jets their…
The political conversation about sea level rise up in the nation’s capitol is a farce of deniers with their head in the sand. Meanwhile, down here in South Florida where literally starting to slowly drown. That’s been quite evident over the past few days as the high tides brought on…
Remember in August when half of Miami was loosing its mind over the possibility of Tropical Storm Erika coming our way? Yeah, well now Joaquin, which has reached full Hurricane status, is closer to us as a full fledged cyclone than Erika ever was as a mere Tropical Storm. In…
All the attention on Comedy Central late night may be centering on The Daily Show and its new host Trevor Noah this week, but last night on The Nightly Show Larry Wilmore put an epic smackdown on former Florida Governor Jeb Bush for his comments last week implying that African-Americans…
Following an unloading of nearly $12 million worth of drugs just two weeks ago, the US Coast Guard has brought a whopping $41 million worth of cocaine and marijuana seized on the high seas to the shores of Miami Beach. Offloaded yesterday, the huge haul included 1,100 kilograms of cocaine and…
Detective Joe Mendez was going through a rough spot in his marriage. A bearded and burly 20-year veteran of the South Miami Police Department, and a second generation officer as the son of a cop, Mendez decided to get his mind off his home life by giving back to the…
Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road has gone under a lot of changes in its relatively short history. Originally envisioned by Carl Fisher as an automobile-friendly “5th Avenue of the South,” the strip was converted into America’s second pedestrian mall in the ’50s under the eye of famed Miami architect Morris Lapidus. The…
2008 Miami was in the worse shape it had been in ages. On top of a global economic meltdown, our local real estate market had collapsed and the foreclosure crisis was at three-alarm status. So it’s really no surprise that we’ve grown so much since then considering we had such…
