Remember some years back when it was cool to own pot bellied pigs as pets? Those porkers were pretty damn cute. But eventually you sat down for a meal and looked at your plate of bacon, ham, or pork chops, then down at old “Wilbur” and realized something was inherently…
It’s easy to forget Miami and South Florida are actually part of the rest of Florida most of the time. We might fancy ourselves cosmopolitan, but invariably we are humbled by the realization that we are closer to the “South” than we are comfortable admitting. That point is unmistakably driven…
What can you get for $10 at the Swap Shop? In past years, we’ve haggled over knickknacks from animals to construction equipment to a handgun. We bought a fat-tailed gecko from a toothless woman who had, amongst other animals, prairie dogs and baby alligators. On another occasion, we held our…
El Jefe doesn’t give Cultist much time off, but when he does, we like to spend our hard-earned blog money road tripping through Florida, stopping at quirky roadside attractions and buying-up neat little souvenir-stand knickknacks along the way. So much so, we decided to start our own mini-travel series, “Worth…
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is next Monday, and we want to help you plan the perfect long weekend: Take a trip to the Everglades with Dave Shealy, director of the Skunk Ape Research Headquarters. It’s in Ochopee, a small town just 60 or so miles west of Miami, which…
