My right leg is bouncing up and down rapidly, a nervous tick I’ve had since high school. The waiter at Social Miami can not bring my check soon enough, and I cannot run out of this den of condescension and superficiality they call a restaurant fast enough. Social’s website advertises…
The Spam Allstars helped the New Times celebrate its 20th Anniversary Spam Allstars, Awesome New Republic, and Raffa & Rainer January 19, 2008 Parkwest Nightclub Better Than: Any 20th birthday party I’ve ever been to! Hundreds of people piled into Parkwest on Saturday. Of course they did, it’s not everyday…
Ralphie May Things got off to a rocky start at The Colony Theatre last night, where Jeffrey Ross and Ralphie May were performing as “The Meanest Men In Comedy.” My boyfriend and I were there to follow up on last week’s “Stage” column (“The World’s Most Righteous Assholes”), which, though…
The doors have swung open at Chef Jan Jorgensen and wife Leticia’s TWO CHEFS TOO, the new North Miami outpost of the popular Two Chefs in Pinecrest. Located in the space where Mark’s Place used to be, look for a similar menu as the original, but with the addition of…
The doors have swung open at Chef Jan Jorgensen and wife Leticia’s TWO CHEFS TOO, the new North Miami outpost of the popular Two Chefs in Pinecrest. Located in the space where Mark’s Place used to be, look for a similar menu as the original, but with the addition of…
Fed Supports Economic Stimulus – Ben S. Bernanke said that he supports actions by the government that will prevent the economy from heading into a recession. Bernanke, who has usually not endorsed any political side, said that he is willing to back this plan even if it leads to a…
On a chilly Sunday night, I resurrected my search for JFK, the movie. After an unfruitful trip to a Miami Beach library, I checked the system for the 1991 film directed by Oliver Stone that raises questions about whether fringe Cubans were somehow entangled with the CIA in a plot…
At your salon, everyone calls you “Edward Scissorhands.” You’re a whiz with the shears, and champion of the clippers. And honey, don’t even get started about your mad hair coloring skills. You’re a cut above Supercuts, and too creative for the Hair Cuttery. You’ve got style, sass, and personality to…
Investigative television journalist Mike Kirsch beat the man. Well, sort of. The 44-year-old enterprising reporter just completed a pretrial intervention program that will allow him to wipe the slate clean on charges he assaulted Miami-Dade Police Officer Patricia Perez during a traffic stop on February 14 of last year. She…
Caught in the hurricane of steroid controversy blown up by the Mitchell Report, Roger Clemens has trotted out the tired explanation that he was taking vitamin supplements and anti-inflammatory medication, not performance enhancing drugs. But one former MLB athletic trainer says it doesn’t add up. Former Florida Marlins and Cincinnati…
Where: La Nonna Restaurant, 117 SW 107th Ave, Sweetwater. What $15 Gets You: Linguine with garlic, basil pesto sauce, salad, a glass of wine I needed to find a restaurant near school that didn’t serve hamburgers, subs, or anything that even remotely resembled a sandwich, so I asked around. A…
Where: La Nonna Restaurant, 117 SW 107th Ave, Sweetwater. What $15 Gets You: Linguine with garlic, basil pesto sauce, salad, a glass of wine I needed to find a restaurant near school that didn’t serve hamburgers, subs, or anything that even remotely resembled a sandwich, so I asked around. A…
Unfortunately for the billions of women – and fabulous drag queens – around the world, our faces do not resemble a paint-by-numbers portrait, therefore applying makeup requires a steady hand and a basic knowledge of what will and won’t work. For some, it is an art that they never master,…
Rudy for Prez! Filed under: Politics Miamians need a president who represents their values, who sees the world the way they do. For that reason, Riptide endorses Rudolph Giuliani. More than any other candidate, Giuliani understands and exemplifies the principles we hold dearest. Friendship: Giuliani came under fire over his…
BREAKING NEWS: In what is the least shocking news to ever break in franchise history, Tony Sparano has been named head coach of your Miami Dolphins. Update 2: The Dolphins website has made it official (evidently, they too have a shortage of Sparano pics). Update: Mortensen is reporting it too…
Kristina Wong experienced a first during her stay in Miami. On a recent video blog, the cutting solo humorist in town from California sits slightly tipsy on a Miami Beach hotel bed at 3 a.m. and talks about her surprise upon seeing men openly give each other head in a…
I’ve yet to understand what the obsession is with red suits, much less ones with stripes that look like Toucan Sam barfed up his fruit loops on the jacket. This woman in heels must have either felt very adventurous or she might have dressed herself in the dark. Forgo the…
Ricky Williams and his lady friend dined at the new-and-improved Michael’s Kitchen at the Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort. Deadbeat Dolphin Ricky Williams headed to the new Michael’s Kitchen at the Newport Beachside Hotel & Resort in Sunny Isles Beach. Williams had promised Head Chef Michael Blum he would visit…
Less than a year after Rodolfo Ramos died while in the custody of the Miami-Dade Department of Corrections, his family is filing a federal civil rights lawsuit against the county and his jailers, saying that a lack of medical care led to the inmate’s horrific death. As chronicled in an…
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is reporting that an elephant named P.T. attacked Ringling Bros. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey trainer Joe Frisco Jr. while the circus was at Miami’s America Airlines Arena on January 7. Ringling Bros. issued a statement Wednesday stating the Frisco “received…
After missing my exit on the Palmetto Expressway, the one that leads to NW 167th Street, because some dude couldn’t show me some common courtesy. I had to take the long way back onto the expressway. I looked to my left as i traveled up the ramp back onto State…
The Sun-Sentinel and ESPN say the Dolphins coaching search is now a “four-horse race”: “The Dolphins’ search for a coach has apparently turned into a four-horse race, with Cowboys assistant head coach Tony Sparano leading the pack with a few strides to the finish line… they met with Titans defensive…
