Is there anything more romantic than old Miami Beach — the hotels, mobsters, celebrities, and of course the swimsuits that covered more skin than modern-day wedding dresses? No question, the Beach is still charming, but imagine if the city had enforced a strict height limit on buildings, retaining that sense…
Though it teaches you to add, promotes team building, and provides a wonderful opportunity to don interesting footwear, bowling gets a bad rap. But we’d bet that if the sport announced it was pregnant with octuplets, the nation would go wild for it again. Well, rumor has it that the…
Labor Day weekend is over, and if you’re like us, you spent the past couple of days on the back of a boat with a handle of Nicaraguan rum, a bag of powdered doughnuts, and a pair of high-powered binoculars. In other words, Tuesday morning felt like a death sentence…
They say the Burger Beast is eight-foot-two and can down a ten-pound patty in a single bite. Unidentified witnesses have seen him walk through Kendall, pick up a cow by the tail, wrap it in a Holsum bread truck, and eat it for a snack. Legend has it he’s gobbled…
You’ve seen them on I-95. They’re the fluorescent blur between your car and the Toyota Corolla to your right — 110-mph missiles of leather, plastic, and disregard for domesticity. Think of Florida Trackdays at Homestead-Miami Speedway as a sort of Hogwarts for these motorcyclists. They learn the tricks, get sweet…
The back-to-school blues are here, so this Sunday, make it up to your distraught children. Luckily, Crazy Pianos (3015 Grand Ave., Coconut Grove) and the Miami Children’s Museum (980 MacArthur Cswy., Miami) have solutions for you. For music-loving youngsters, head over to Crazy Pianos on the second floor of CocoWalk…
Up in Boca Raton, salsa is just the chunky red stuff on your coffee table during football games, so if you said to a Ratonian: “Gilberto Santa Rosa is the gentleman of salsa,” she’d probably assume you meant Rosa is the Juan Valdez of party snacks. But down here in…
Did you lose your ticket to Oprah’s Legends Ball? Then you have no business missing out on Icons & Legends at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center this Saturday at 7 p.m. Rising neo-soul artist Emotion will perform his original tracks along with music from legendary entertainers such as Nat…
If you’re tired of the urban cool of art world openings, you might dig the creative types at Artennae Global Art Consulting, who have banded together to form a pan-tribal outfit that celebrates emerging artists. The goal of Artennae is to deliver the strength of union to the disconnected in…
Real rock ‘n’ roll is a rough religion. And the danger of living by gloomy catch phrases such as “No future” and “Live fast, die young” usually precludes the possibility of passing gracefully into old age — otherwise known as your 30s. But somehow, despite all of those epic moments…
Call us socialists and drinkers of the proverbial Kool-Aid, but we don’t mind paying taxes for the services of firefighters and police officers. We’ve never been trapped in a blazing high-rise or involved in a hostage situation, but it’s good to know that if we do, we won’t have to…
Interaction among gals can get catty, but that’s mostly hype. All women don’t sit around and talk crap about each other. Most talk crap and then get into the good stuff: beauty tips and boys. And this Friday, Carmindy, renowned author and makeup artist for long-running makeover show What Not…
According to coolstandings.com, a website devoted to baseball odds, the Florida Marlins have only a 5 percent chance of making the playoffs this year. However, the oddsmakers have been unable to see the emergence of leftfielder Chris Coghlan. The leadoff man ended the month of August with 46 hits, the…
In 1999, every kid with a Jansport had a freestyle demo tape tucked into the front zipper pocket, a notepad, and a motto derived directly from Company Flow: “Independent as fuck and lovin’ it!” Most of those kids are now junior associates at firms specializing in contract law — consider…
Miami’s oldest bar, Tobacco Road is an unpretentious, off-the-beaten-path hub for locals who want a good brew without the frills (or the price tag) of South Beach. And unlike the dozens of other venues that have disappeared, it’s a mainstay for area musicians of all genres. But for this edition…
In the world of South Beach nightlife, clubs open, parties take off, promoters rise to fame, and then one day the promoter is gone and the building turns into an empanada shop. But not the Simple Life. Held Thursday nights at Buck15, the Simple Life has been going strong for…
No, Calahoney won’t take your dinner order and then wash the dishes. (Although it might consider it, if you ask it nicely and promise to buy its album.) Truth is, Josue Cruz and Laura Askins don’t even run a restaurant. They’re a husband-and-wife duo that “teaches in the winter and…
If you haven’t heard of Fort Lauderdale’s premier venue for all things indie, The Bubble, and you’ve decided the city is just an artistic black hole, you’ll be happy to know things are getting organized. The Bubble, founded by local promoters Garo Gallo and Yvonne Colon, is the newest establishment…
Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Marco Argiro was a precocious talent on the local rock scene. As frontman of the Screeching-Weasel-style pop-punk act the Outrights, Argiro was headlining at local clubs by the time he was barely old enough to drive. A few years later, after relocating to New York…
From the land of the pisco sour comes a new, and even more intoxicating Peruvian export–FatKingBulla. Okay, perhaps that’s a bit of a bold statement. Pisco sours are some strong stuff. Just ask my ex-neighbor about that morning I woke up on his lawn cradling his garden gnome (nothing happened…
Songstress and Miami native Sol Ruiz seems to go by a lot of monikers–Neo Hippie Rain Maker of Cuban decent and flower child of Psychedelic Cuban Blues, just a few of them (though admittedly the most catchy). The later is probably the closest thing to pass for a description of…
At Gallery Diet during the first Wynwood arts walk of the season, Nina Johnson agreed the turnout was impressive despite the early downpour. “Once the rain stopped, we got packed, and I was happy to see that even the museum people — like MAM director Terence Riley and Bonnie Clearwater…
