If this were any other city in the world, the sight of a Playboy Playmate in six-inch stilettos and skintight jeans wobbling down the street on a beach cruiser would be an odd way of unveiling a new bike share.But this is Miami Beach. And despite our recent criticism of…
The words spring break in Miami conjure up images of beach parties, bikini-clad butt cheeks, and beer-drenched undergrads doing the dirty in Ocean Drive hotel stairwells. We’ve all been there, and we still don’t remember how we got that butterfly tattoo on our lower back. But for a group of…
Just about everyone with a cerebral cortex agrees the planet is getting warmer, and we driver assholes are the ones to blame. So it’s hard to hate on efforts that encourages us to ditch our gas-guzzlers and put some effort into getting around town. But we’ll make an exception for…
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Shock nightclub in South Beach might be a chaotic vortex of revolving promoters, investors, and name changes, but it finally looks like that cycle might be grinding to a halt.Miami Beach Police now say they have begun an investigation into complaints against the Washington Avenue club…
Like most Miamians, Riptide has a love-hate relationship with Burger King. We enjoy a sloppy, instantly-prepared stack of calories as much as the next guy, and feel a vague sense of pride for the Miami-based mega company. (Or did, until recently.)But we sure as hell don’t want to take a…
South Beach clubs change their names more often than a Biscayne Boulevard streetwalker. Mysterious new owners, over-hyped openings, and — when bills come due — unannounced closings are routine. Add a new moniker and the process starts all over again.When it comes to SoBe shenanigans, however, Shock nightclub stands out…
Miami, you may be trophy-less, but you’ve still got the goods.That’s the news out of this year’s NFL combine, where Hurricanes cornerback DeMarcus Van Dyke ran the 40-yard dash in an absurdly fast 4.28 seconds. That’s the speediest time so far this year and the third fastest for any player…
What do Hugo Chavez, Daniel Ortega, and Fidel Castro have in common? Berets, cigars, military fatigues, state-controlled economies… Errr… scratch that. This could take too long.Anyway, all three Latin American leaders have close ties to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The North African strongman lent Ortega a plane, gave Chavez a…
Last week, Riptide reported the dirty details of how Shock nightclub founder Julien Manival fled to France without settling his debts. Among those he stiffed was local artist Victor-Hugo Vaca Jr.Since our article came out, Vaca has received a series of threatening texts from Manival.Let’s just say: these are no…
Lee Brian Schrager is the undisputed king of Miami cuisine. This Thursday, 50,000 people will flock to the tenth anniversary of his South Beach Wine & Food Festival, hosted by Food Network. Everyone from Emeril to Anthony Bourdain will be in town to eat, drink, and toast the tubby 51-year-old…
Last Friday, FIU shortstop Garrett Wittels stepped up to bat with a near record 56-game hitting streak on the line against Southeastern Louisiana. He whiffed, ending the game 0-4.It was a painful choking act for the 6’2″ junior, who waited an entire off-season only to blow it in his first…
Starting this Thursday, 50,000 foodies will sniff, gargle, and chomp their way from one giant white tent to another for the 10th anniversary of the Food Network’s South Beach Wine & Food Festival. The crowd will include celebrity chefs like Emeril, Giada De Laurentiis, and Anthony Bourdain, in town to…
The last time Garrett Wittels swung his bat in an NCAA game, he went 3 for 5 with two RBI. It was his 56th straight game with at least one hit, two shy of Robin Ventura’s all-time college record.Wittels will be back on the diamond tonight seeking to extend his…
For more than a week, Riptide has brought you the shady plays that have turned Krop High School into a basketball powerhouse: recruiting players, inventing addresses, changing official records, and — of course — threatening journalists.The truth is, these tactics are often a hell of a lot more effective than…
Shock nightclub was supposed to be a little slice of southern France on extremely un-Gallic Washington Avenue in South Beach. Montpellier-born impresario Julien Manival spared no expense in outfitting the space — once home to ’90s hot spot Liquid — in kinky red leather, high-def video projectors, and trippy LED…
John Loftus knows him some Nazis.The former Department of Justice prosecutor and St. Petersburg native has made a career out of revealing what he says is the US government’s deepest, darkest secret: how it harbored upper-level Nazis after WWII in order to defeat the Soviet Union.Now Loftus has taken up…
When Shock nightclub opened on South Beach last November, visitors were treated to quite a show: women in can-can costumes brought customers flaming drinks. Leggy models reclined on kinky red leather couches listening to the club’s cutting-edge sound system. Shock’s founder, Julien Manival, bragged that he wanted his patrons’ heads…
Rick Scott may have moved on, but his ol’ employer is the same as ever.Barely a week after Scott’s former company — the for-profit hospital giant HCA — signed an agreement to buy Mercy Hospital, the iconic Biscayne Bay infirmary has announced that it’s slashing its programs for poor and…
Beware of what you see here in the Magic City: very little is real. The boobs? Nope. Those lips? Collagen-enhanced. Even that sweet Lamborghini is just a rental. We all know you ended up with the Datsun after your divorce.So it might not come as a shock that what little…
Anyone who has ever insured anything — a car, a house, or, if you’re JLo, a sumptuously rotund rump — knows that insurance companies are about as trustworthy as automobile salesmen: You had better read the fine print lest the deal come back to kick you in the junk. As…
