A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and each Friday we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: intoxicated GILFS, snake kissing, naked jackings and peeing in ice machines. Bikini Clad Grandma Fails Roadside Sobriety Test Naples, our ritzy neighbor across the Everglades, rarely makes it…
It’s offseason for the NFL, and at least one Miami Dolphins player is trying to get a summer job. Defensive tackle A.J. Francis announced on Twitter yesterday that he had applied to be an Uber driver, apparently so he could spend his free time being productive. Apparently he won’t mind being…
Miami is a city built by immigrations, both from other countries and within America’s own borders. Lots of people move here with previous previous sports team affinities in tact and no intention on changing them. It’s a problem that’s long plauged local teams. Heck, in Florida, the New York Yankees…
When you’re rich the only information on your driver’s license that really matters is your address. Real estate says everything, and there’s no more exclusive street to have on that ID in the entire United States of America than Indian Creek Island Road right here in Miami-Dade. Zillow crunched the…
Apparently the U.S. Treasury Department doesn’t think that a lot of Miami business who say they’re “electronics exporters,” are just exporting electronics. The Department’s Financial Crime Enforcement Network believes that some of the businesses are being used to launder drug money, and has placed a dragnet on any electronics exporter in…
As a younger Miamians a few years ago while the city was still in the midst of recession, a friend and I were out a club in a not-quite-gentrified area, as young Miamians were apt to do at the time, when we stopped for water and some food at a…
Today is Earth Day, a holiday that should resonate in a city that takes such pride in its local environmental beauty. Miami is the only metro area in America sandwiched between two National Parks, and in many ways Miami has done a decent job in the green department. Our air…
Apparently Hillary Clinton won’t be able to count on the same support in Miami she had in 2008. Back then sitting Mayor of Miami Manny Diaz emerged as one of Clinton’s stronger supporters and local surrogates. He appeared with Hillary at numerous primary campaign stops across Florida. Clinton may seem…
After the surprise and sudden dissolution of Miami’s big three last summer everyone involved tried to keep their head held high about it, publicly at least. LeBron James was returning home. The Heat still had a strong core of talent. Of course, fast forward to nine months later, and LeBron…
Marco Rubio has apparently caught up to science, psychology and common sense this weekend, and bravely affirmed his belief that he doesn’t think someone’s sexual orientation is a choice. “Sexual preferences are a choice for the vast and enormous majority of people. In fact, the bottom line is, I believe…
Hillary Clinton was doing pretty good in Florida before she actually officially announced her race. Most polls showed her ahead of local boys and possible Republican opponents Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, but in the week since Clinton announced her candidacy a day before Rubio’s her momentum hasn’t exactly swelled…
People thinks of Miami and drugs and they instantly think of cocaine, but the truth is the city’s preferred illegal substance is marijuana. We just keep it on the down low a bit more. This isn’t like Seattle or Portland where everyone who smokes pot instantly grows dreads and decides…
The Miami Marlins annual parade of mediocrity has gotten off to a start that’s downright terrible even by their standard. The team is 3-10, the second worst record in the league, with notable pitching problems. Well, we all know on of Jeffrey Loria’s favorite things to do, besides waste taxpayer…
Dear ladies of Metro Miami-Dade, please be aware that your aunt’s problematic fav, jazz singer Michael Bublé, is currently in the area and may very well be apt to post creep shots of you on social media and body shaming you in the process. Bublé has already e-victimized one woman,…
Burnie, the Miami Heat’s anthropomorphic flame mascot, may be one of the most enduringly popular parts of the franchise, but one local elementary school teacher is taking the team to court after claiming that Burnie injured her during an event. That teacher, Susan Sanchez, claims she volunteered to participate in…
Sábado Gigante, the world’s longest running variety show and an iconic part of Spanish-language broadcasting, has announced it will end its 53 years run in September. Originating in Chile, the program has taped for thirty of those years in Miami. The final broadcast is scheduled for September 19th. No official…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and we’re here every Friday to share the weirdness with you. This week a man high on Florida’s latest favorite drug, Flakka, attempts to have sex with a tree, a man found sleeping on the beach turns out to be…
Senator Marco Rubio is running for President in 2016. He can not run for reelection to senate at the same time. Ergo that means that the Florida GOP has to find someone else to run for Senate. This should not be a problem. Politicians love to run for offices better…
It’s official. South Beach’s historic Raleigh Hotel is about to get even swankier. None other than Macy’s fashion section maven Tommy Hillfiger bought the place up back in April, 2014 with plans to convert the hotel into a private club/hotel hybrid, and yesterday Hilfiger and his business partners won approval…
Politico made waves in the local media world earlier this year when it hired away Marc Caputo, The Miami Herald’s lead political writer, to become its first dedicated staffer covering Florida, but soon Caputo will be joined by an entire new bureau. In an e-mail released today, Politico President and…
For the past three years the Florida legislature have been grappling with the issue of beer growlers, 64 oz jugs commonly used to sell craft beer that are completely legal in 47 states but banned in Florida thanks to laws that date all the way back to the prohibition era…
Barack Obama announced today that he’s removing Cuba from the State Department’s official list of state sponsors of terrorism; an action that will go into effect in 45 days barring any congressional action. The move is seen a key step to fully restoring relations between Washington and Havana, with Cuba…
