Greener Miami has been contacted by the good people from ABC’s Wife Swap reality show. Apparently they need an environmentally conscious family for the program. Has your family had a group hug around a tree lately? Read the entire blog entry here…
The Format July 24, 2007 Culture Room Better Than: Watching a clip of The Format on My Super Sweet Sixteen. After arriving at the show moments before the door opened, I surveyed my surroundings to see if it met my expectations. Pimped out tour bus, a symbol of budding rock…
Photo by Jason Handelsman “It was the weirdest thing I have ever seen in my life,” says 23 year old Daniel Roller, “this guy was sitting on his bed under a bridge smoking crack through a tracheotomy tube!” A tracheotomy is a surgically created opening or hole in the neck…
My Tuesday morning started in Nigeria. Listening to how gas flares contribute to global warming, I made silent excuses as to why I wasn’t recycling the cereal box I just emptied. To purge this environmental sin, I walked ten blocks to a global warming press conference at 15th Street and…
Stuck on the Palmetto posted an item this morning discussing the results of a poll that revealed one third of Miami residents would ignore hurricane evacuation warnings and hunker down at home instead. Read the full item here…
Willy Chirino July 21, 2007 Dolphin Stadum A downpour and several rounds of lightning three hours before the first pitch did nothing to deter a large contingent of Willy Chirino’s most loyal fans from heading out to Dolphin Stadium. Whether they are Cuban exiles that arrived in Miami 40 years…
So, it’s Friday afternoon, and you still don’t have any plans for the weekend. Never fear! Critical Miami is on top of it. Thank Jehovah for people like them, who always know what’s going on, or people like me would always be watching reruns on Nick-at-Nite. This weekend, you can…
Vans Warped Tour July 21st, 2007 Bicentennial Park 11:00 a.m. Warped Tour is celebrating its 13th birthday this year. The main stages have been appropriately renamed to “Lucky” and “13” for the occasion. South Florida did hit some bad luck, though, with bands such as Alkaline Trio, Mxpx, and Valencia…
In response to the Sun-Sentinel’s new website design, Critical Miami criticized the inefficiency of some publications in making their news more accessible and consistent with recent trends: The problem with most newspaper websites is that the newspapers are trying to make the internet work their way, rather then adapting themselves…
A thin layer of what appeared to be industrial-size Saran-Wrap covered the runway, but it surely wasn’t the only plastic present at the debut of Jessica Simpson’s new bathing suit line at the Raleigh Hotel Saturday, July 14. Before the show started surgically-enhanced, wanna-be models strutted up and down the…
Laura Lopez, a mother from West Palm Beach, recently attempted to ban books that she deemed objectionable from public schools. Thankfully, the Palm Beach County School Board shot down Lopez’s case, in which she claimed that students were being taught lies, such as The Big Bang Theory. Frank Cerabino from…
Mondays suck. They always have, and they always will. Unless your favorite TV show happens to air Monday nights, you probably have nothing to look forward to except the end of a carefree weekend. Some Cranky Guy has some tips to help us all get through the worst day of…
Aymee Nuviola will play Mystique on Saturday, July 14th. On more than one occasion Aymee Nuviola has emphasized her inability to socialize and vocal inclination as traumatic hurdles she encountered as an adolescent. “A raspy voice and lack of social skills will do that to you,” says Nuviola. “Let’s just…
Not even the shorest glimpse of the movie El Cantante is not necessary to understand Marc Anthony is no Hector Lavoe. Short on schooling but long on raw ability and bravado, Lavoe had a unique propensity – unlike Anthony whose antics at times seem forced – to grasp a stage…
Tere is almost halfway through her 30 Years in 30 Days countdown, in which she posts a picture of herself from each year of her life every day for 30 days. Besides reminding us all of questionable fashion trends, the pictures also illustrate the awkwardness of growing up with bad…
A gravitating presence, charismatic flair and enchanting voice. Those are just a few of the traits Rey Ruiz devotees will be treated to when the Cuban salsero takes the stage at Escape (inside the Howard Johnson, Hialeah) on Saturday night. Ruiz hits Miami on Saturday Fresh off making the rounds…
While I was riding across the country, I had a thought – actually, I had lots of thoughts, some of them very weird indeed, but this was one of them: what if my bike had a sail? The idea had particular appeal to me as I was crossing Nebraska, where…
Last night, James Burnett posted an insightful blog about hos. Unfortunately, the discussion did not include the overly-used but, in my opinion, still effective phrase “bros before hos.” In response to the debate surrounding a comment TMZ.com made about Beyonce Knowles’ “robo-ho” outfit at the BET Awards, Burnett suggested everyone…
People, regardless of what the size-two, store front mannequin at Forever 21 tells you to wear, suspenders should always be avoided. There’s a reason why you can’t find “Blossom” in syndication, see for yourself:…
In celebration of 7-7-07, The Firefly hosted Purple Sabbath, an exhibit featuring works by Miami and Gainseville artists. Those who displayed artwork include Lisa, Julio, Ernesto, EJ, Nancy, and more. Admission to the event was one Lucky 7 scratch-off ticket, and all winnings were to be divided equally amongst patrons…
I found this gem over at Stuck On The Palmetto. I’m almost positive it will make everyone’s day just a bit better, if only for a few minutes. –Lauren Papiernik…
The slight resemblance to a blow-up doll aside – it was 4 am – in a sea of plain, this girl had her glamour together. She obviously pays attention to relatively recent trends – wearing white, pointed heels, a long, gold chain, and a high-waisted dress with a hem just…
