North Miami Mayor Fights To Save 125th Street Starbucks

Starbucks recently announced plans to shut down hundreds of locations across the country, and while most of the blame has been lain on the economy, it’s quite possible that Americans have finally woken up and smelled the overpriced lattes. According to NBC6, five of the soon-to-be-closed coffee spots are in…

We’re Dreaming of a White Summer

The wind whistles and howls to announce the entrance of buckets upon buckets of faux snow, forcing you to realize you’re not in Kansas anymore, sweetie. An orchestra erupts in sound, and a deranged-looking clown in a burnished yellow jumpsuit and droopy makeup appears onstage. If you thought those crump…

For the Love of the Stage

When primordial urban theater emerged from the theatric ooze, critics and Broadway snobs were quick to downplay its importance and label it the “chitlin circuit.” But now, playwright-turned-silver-screen-director Tyler Perry is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and the shows of urban theater’s current kings — Je’Caryous Johnson and Gary…

This Isn’t Haiku

It’s not easy to convert the innards of your soul into scrawled words on paper and then wax rhapsodic into a microphone as hundreds of judging eyes stare at you. Not easy, but if you’re a member of Team DaDa-Delray National, you damn sure make it look that way. Led…

We’re Dreaming of a White Summer

The wind whistles and howls to announce the entrance of buckets upon buckets of faux snow, forcing you to realize you’re not in Kansas anymore, sweetie. An orchestra erupts in sound, and a deranged-looking clown in a burnished yellow jumpsuit and droopy makeup appears onstage. If you thought those crump…

Magic City Kitty – Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile

Much like noses, fingers, and toes-es, booties come in all shapes and sizes. Some are flat and dimply, others round or pimply. But then you have those that are like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re gonna get. In today’s Build-a-Bitch culture, it’s possible that the…

Fashion Week Swag – Do I Look Fat In This Bag?

The contents of the IMG swag bag given out at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Miami Swim 2009. The canvas goodie bag for this year’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim was full of gym paraphernalia, liquor, sports drinks and hairspray. Yes, a free gift is a good gift, but I feel like the…

Style 101 at the Biltmore

Combine Miami’s heat with the stifling humidity and you’re left with conditions that can make personal style a little difficult to manage. Forget the layering; it’s all about making the choice between bare and skimpy or maxi and flowing. Word to the wise: The looser the cooler, even if there…

Don’t Blame Colonel Mustard

Out of the long list of grade-school cafeteria food we hated, the cheeseburgers reign supreme. The disparity of the cardboard bun and lifeless cheese could be forgiven, but the meat, ohhh the meat — that’s another story. It was the color of the moon, with craters to match, and had…

The Bruthaz Are Out

Many a drunken straight man has stumbled out of SoBe’s 11th Street Diner and found himself in gay man (and their hags) paradise, also referred to as Twist nightclub. But once you’re inside, the hypnotic thump of electronic music paired with oodles and oodles of visual stimulation can make anyone…

Stretch Your Body, Not Your Wallet

You have your electric-pink yoga mat, but it’s been stashed away in your trunk for the past six months. And those pricey winter-white leggings with the matching top? Yeah, they’re collecting dust somewhere in your dresser. We know the excuses to not exercise outweigh the ones to get up and…

No, the Other Robert Kelly

If the name Robert Kelly sounds familiar, it might be because the famed bump-and-grind singer and alleged child urinator was all over the news fighting charges of soliciting a minor for pornography. He believed he could fly; that he did — right out of the courtroom, as a free man…

Magic City Kitty – My Pussy Can Keep a Secret!

Hello, Kitty I’m in a top-secret relationship with a man whom my family thinks is a deadbeat, and my friends think is an all-out loser who isn’t worth a second of my time. These things may be true sometimes, but no matter what, he’s the father of my child I…

Magic City Kitty – Where Can I Rest My Old Ass Nuts?

Hello, Kitty I’ve been living the bachelor life for as long as I care to remember, but when I watched my youngest son get married last month it kind of got me thinking about settling down. I’m 48 and have more than a few women in my life, but I…

Beauty and the Beast

Linda Evangelista once said she and her colleagues “don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day,” and Naomi Campbell’s ongoing antics could have us thinking they’re all PDA-chucking hotheads. The truth is, though, models are just like us. No, their thighs aren’t as thick, hair not as stringy, and…

Smart Sipping at Azul

Guys know a glass of wine at dinner can make a shy date go from blah to rah-rah-sis-boom-bah. But we ladies know what else a glass of vino can really do. That’s why more than half the folks peeling back the wrapping, popping the cork, and letting the dry, sweet,…

More Exotic than Your Average Kiwi

You might worship the produce dude at your local Publix, but everyone knows you find the best fruit in Homestead. Want a sugary-sweet mango with bright orange juices that run down your chin? Or a banana that will have your corn flakes singing “Hallelujah”? Homestead, baby. And this weekend, the…

High Style for the Low, Low

Whether they’re made of stiff linen or a gauzy style designed to catch a wayward summer breeze, sundresses are undoubtedly the uniform when it’s too hot for denim and way too hot for those Juicy sweats. And don’t get us started on the footwear of the season: We worship sandals…

Rock Is Out

Some celebrity siblings carve out their own section of the spotlight, while others are comfortable warming their career in the spotlight cast on their more famous kin. Don’t confuse Tony Rock with members of the second group, because the only footsteps he’s followed in are very funny ones. Yes, his…

Splish, Splash

When the thermometer reaches “scorching” and the humidity seems to be at 100 percent, move over, low-pressure hoses and sputtering fire hydrants — there’s a new water park in town. You don’t have to travel to another county for your watery wonderland fix anymore: The City of Miami has finally…

Can We Have Your Autograph?

“Toot,” goes the pitch pipe, and you’re on. If you knew what was good for you, you would wring the sweat from your hands and force the tremors from your voice. You might be a big ball of nerves, but there’s no time for that this Saturday. Because when MTV…