The Huffington Post has named Miami Shores one of the best places in the nation for LGBT people to retire. Ordinarily, that wouldn’t be such a shock. But the distinction came the same day New Times reported that the village council opposed a symbolic resolution supporting gay marriage equality. See…
As home to the nation’s largest Critical Mass turnout (and given recent police attention to the monthly two-wheeled trek), it seems pretty clear that Miami’s cycling culture is headed toward a tipping point. Bike advocates are working for widespread awareness and major changes citywide — and people in other places…
Ariel Tojo, 43, is a jack-of-all-trades. Born in Cuba and raised in Miami, Tojo dabbles in many things, including real estate, training, and most notably, acting. His favorite gig? Impersonating Mr. 305 himself, also known as Pitbull. “I really love acting in general, but especially impersonating Pitbull,” Tojo said in…
It takes about five seconds of exposure to the current weather conditions before your body breaks out into a muggy sweat. We live in an urban jungle, and this pack of fashionably wild animals needs a watering hole. Welcome summer with Jungle Island this Saturday, when the attraction happily announces…
Saying you’re a “DJ” is a lot like saying, “I am in PR.” It’s an overused phrase, and usually not taken that seriously. Unless, of course, “DJ” is followed by “Irie.” When you say you’re DJ Irie, it’s a lot like saying, “I am the President.” It’s immediately recognized and…
The current countywide ban on pit bulls seems safe from renewed scrutiny from Miami-Dade voters in the coming years. After an attempt to repeal the ban failed by a 63 percent to 37 percent margin in 2012, keeping the decades-old ban in place, activists say they’ve all but given up…
Some cities are gayer than others, and South Beach is pulling a serious three or four on the Kinsey scale. The influence the gay community has had on our development through the decades is no secret, and why would we ever want it to be? Miami is out and proud,…
Bad news, everyone. Today is Friday the 13th. And it’s a full moon. And the planet Mercury is in retrograde. In other words, shit is about to get weird. Mercury’s retrograde is the universe’s idea of a practical joke that goes on for three weeks and happens four times a…
If you thought 3-D printers just made plastic guns, check your prejudices at the door. This Saturday, The LAB Miami is hosting a all day event that fuses computer programing, body conscious cycling, a penchant for 3D printing, and craft beer. Sounds like a tech bro’s wet dream right? Well,…
What’s James Franco doing these days? Even if you’re not following the career of the prolific actor/writer/director/selfie-taker, you can be sure it’ll be entertaining. When he’s not parodying himself in his friends’ film projects (think This Is The End), he’s making art to display during Art Basel or mulling a…
Early summer brings plenty of charms to Miami (fewer tourists, woohoo), and baby birds are another side effect of this sweltering season. Now is the time of year when wee ones are hatching out of eggs all over the place — followed sometimes by tumbling out of trees. But should…
For years gay men in Miami have had the upper hand over the city’s lesbians. Their dating sites are better, their clubs are better, and they have a sweet, little app called Grindr that helps them locate available booty calls within walking distance. Enter Dattch, a new app that should…
Tits and ass. Cocks and balls. Knobs and bollocks. Whatever your sexual lexicon of choice, it had a home at this weekend’s X Run. The sex-themed obstacle 5K was three miles of blue balls, honey holes, prosthetic (and real) breasts, double-ended dildos, floating penises, and pretty much every other forbidden…
Walking down Collins Avenue on any given day, you’re likely to see a non-English speaking extended Italian family, a buzzed beach bum, and Lil’ Kim — all on the same block. These mutually exclusive demographic sects are seemingly only united in Miami’s passion for humidity, the burgeoning art scene and…
After a hard day of work, it can be difficult to motivate oneself to get to the gym. This weekend, your plans to lounge on the beach or binge-watch Game of Thrones may take priority over a muddy obstacle course – but what if that obstacle course were made of…
On the surface, dogs don’t need much in life: food, water, shelter, the occasional scratch behind the ear. But ask any canine companion, and they’ll tell you that some places are better than others. (They’ll tell you this in barks, whines, and leg-humps; it’s up to you to translate.) And…
South Florida lost an arts icon last weekend when legendary photographer Bunny Yeager passed away at the age of 85. Yeager began her career as a pin-up model in the 1940s, and evolved into a photographer in her own right, photographing icons like Bettie Page and Maria Stanger. Yeager’s life…
If you’re married in Miami, you might want to get out of town this summer. No, not to avoid the hurricanes — to avoid a nasty divorce. A new report blames global warming for rising rates of infidelity, especially bad news for couples in Miami, where rising tides and raging…
Last weekend’s Pinned Miami festival brought a touch of charm to Miami’s typical Memorial Day Weekend mayhem, as participants decked out in vintage styles congregated at the Miami Airport Convention Center to celebrate all things retro. Classic cars, skilled tattoo artists, and rockabilly and surfer bands enticed both long-time fans…
Pin-up girls, strip teases, vintage cars and enough rock ‘n’ roll to bring Elvis back from the dead. What’s not to love about Pinned Miami, the three-day pin-up, rockabilly, burlesque and tattoo festival that’s hitting Miami this weekend? It’s a retro renaissance, with enough cheekiness and ’50s cheese to hold your pin…
In Miami, “transportation” means cars — yours, a friend’s, your parents’, whomever’s. We have no functional public transit system to speak of, and getting into a cab basically means paying an eccentric stranger a ridiculous amount of money to drive you three miles and nearly kill you 14 or 15…
Last night, North Miami Beach council numbers officially put their paws down against selling pets in stores. Officials approved an ordinance to ban the sale of commercially bred animals in the city, which means no offering up breeding mill-born dogs, cats, ferrets, gerbils, hamsters or rabbits. The ban follows similar…
