In a perfect world, big, ugly chain restaurants wouldn’t be raking in money hand over fist. In a perfect world, the American diet wouldn’t regularly include heaping portions of deep-fried bullshit counterbalanced by so-called healthful salads drenched in dressing that’s the caloric equivalent of a Snickers milkshake. In a perfect…
Decades before you could buy chili in an oversize can at the local Publix, women wearing rainbow hues walked the streets of San Antonio passing out the good stuff, bowl by bowl. The hearty meat stew kissed with the flavors of chili peppers, onions, garlic, and cumin made folks in…
It’s taken you almost 12 months to recover from last year’s Art Basel — the annual clusterfuck of exhibits, parties, and, let’s face it, more than a little pretentiousness. Pretty soon, though, our city will once again be abuzz with loads of artsy-fartsy types from all around the world. If…
We were all hoping the final Super Saturday of the season would be about the Florida Marlins taking sole possession of first in the NL East. Instead, when the Fish face the Philadelphia Phillies at Dolphin Stadium, they will be reprising their role of spoiler. Last season, Florida played a…
You’ll gladly shop for a pair of shoes, a better deal, even for a potential mate, but when was the last time you headed to the mall to carry out a completely unselfish mission? And we don’t mean that trip to the dollar store for your co-worker’s Christmas gift. If…
Growing up, Vivien Lesnik Weisman found her father a bit of an enigma. To understand Max Lesnik, the filmmaker traveled to Cuba to helm The Man of Two Havanas, a memoir of her father’s turbulent relationship with his homeland and the hate he experienced from Miami’s exile community. In Cuba,…
Flannel shirt? Check. Skinny hipster jeans? Double-check. Now all you need are instruments, a garage, a half-ounce of weed, and three other shaggy-haired Nirvana fans and you have yourself a band in the making. Oh yeah, and some kind of musical ability. If finding that last necessary item seems like…
Whether it’s made with gin or vodka, dry white or sweet red, a real martini can be boiled down to these essential elements: vermouth and clear, strong, pure alcohol. Martinis have traditionally been classy drinks consumed by elegant and complicated folks — Truman Capote, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and…
Gas prices are sky-high, political crap is ruling the airwaves, and unemployment rates are at a point where Ph.D.s are applying for jobs at Mickey D’s. Although your first instinct might be to reach for the nearest bottle of liquor, you probably can’t afford it — so drown your sorrows…
As far as golf scrambles go, the Puma Open, cohosted by Maxim magazine, is sort of like the golf tournaments you see in beer commercials. You know the ones — where a ragtag foursome of young Turks in barely acceptable attire rolls onto a course, upsetting the pompous old farts…
How many promising young men and women have been lost to the drudgery of a life in journalism because of Hunter S. Thompson? Lured by the good doctor’s lurid depictions of endless travel, hard drugs, and loose fact-checking, many of our nation’s talented top two percent have forgone lucrative careers…
Even though Miami’s famous Latin ska fusion band Locos por Juana has recently been struttin’ and skankin’ across big stages from here to L.A., the group hasn’t forgotten its deep underground roots. Just a month after showcasing their latest album, La Verdad, at the Manuel Artime Theater in Little Havana…
Five-hour celebration includes a kid’s yoga class, 108 sun salutations and meditation, live music and performances. $18 minimum donation requested, children under 12 are free, day care will be available. All proceeds will benefit Trees for the Future, and Youth Health Alliance. For more information, please visit www.globalmala.org. Sun., Sept…
Enjoy as many glasses of fine wine as you wish, while watching multi-media artist Debbie Weed create her “visually stunning masterpieces filled with vibrant colors and bold shapes that evoke blissful emotions.” Wine-tasting stations will be set up, while the slot machines go “cha-ching!” There will also be live jazz…
A dash of ska, a pinch of reggae, a cupful of cumbia, and splashes of rock and hip-hop comprise the sound of Miami’s own Locos Por Juana. Now that our local favorites have carved a niche in mainstream music with their Latin Grammy and Premio Lo Nuestro nominations, LPJ will…
Flannel shirt? Check. Skinny hipster jeans? Double check. Now all you need are instruments, a garage, a half-ounce of weed, and three other shaggy-haired Nirvana fans and you’ve got yourself a band in the making. Oh yeah, and some kind of musical ability. If finding that last item seems like…
Hello, Kitty: Since I moved to Miami from Montreal six months ago, I’ve had a wild and crazy time taking advantage of all of South Beach’s decadent indulgences (mostly the women). But it all came to an end when I got engaged to a perky and intelligent Cuban Jewess nearly…
via Bob & Tom Jack Thompson’s worst nightmare involves you killing pixelated hookers while blasting “Me So Horny.” He’s the Coral Gables attorney who originally incited obscenity charges against 2 Live Crew, and years latter sued the makers of the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise. According to Game Politics,…
Can you smell it? Art Basel is less than three months away, and Riptide definitely plans to Basel it up when the art fairs come to town. But in the meantime, here is some Basel-related news: After a successful move last year from reject January art fair to Basel satellite…
via Archurbanist Grotto Design Miami/ has chosen New York-based design and architecture firm Aranda/Lasch to create the temporary structure that will house this year’s fair. So many “/”s. The firm’s architects are known for their “sophisticated investigation into structure in their work, which explores the infinite variations of form possible…
Untitled (Video Still), Federico Nessi One has to tip the chapeau to Anthony Spinello. The spunky young dealer has transformed his modest gallery about as often as his competitors change their underwear. During this past Saturday’s Wynwood season-opening art walk, he stopped traffic along NW Second Avenue, outhustling most of…
John Hood Author Irvine Welsh reads from his latest novel Crime to an audience gathered at Books & Books in Coral Gables. While it might be every day that one or more of the four Books & Books stores has some kinda reading, it certainly isn’t every day that the…
