On the off chance you haven’t heard yet, 2009 was not a very good year for the economy. Which means it wasn’t a very good year for real estate, especially not luxury Miami real estate. In their wrapup of year-end stats, the South Beach Real Estate blog notes prices per square…
Jim Greer, the embattled chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, is expected to resign, according to the St. Pete Times. He was up for re-election to the post Saturday, but it now seems state Sen. Jim Thrasher will take the helm of the party. Update: It’s official. Read his letter of…
A 24-year-old burned his mother to death in Northwest Dade. He took off in a stolen public works truck, a police chase ensued, and he was shot and later died. [JustNews]Michelle Spence-Jones is still preparing for re-election and plans to sue Charlie Crist while she’s at it. [WSVN]Cops in the…
Editor’s note: Photographer Bill Cooke rode with City of Miami Police to capture the chaos that comes with New Year’s celebrations. Click here to view the entire slide show from that night.At 11:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, David Carpenter, a senior officer with the Miami Police Department, is already…
Breaking: Fidel Castro is not dead. But he recently sat on a chair with wheels. What does this mean? We have no idea. Though experts tell us that Castro will likely die. Sometime. Eventually. Because he is mortal and pretty damn old. The photos show Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega meeting…
This weekend, we noticed these comically well-endowed mannequins in front of a few stores on Lincoln Road. And then, what do you know, they popped up in our Flick pool courtesy of Archturo’s Flickr. What does it mean when even plastic woman on South Beach sports obviously plastic breast enhancements?…
At this point, it’s probably optimistic to say there are more than 100 Florida panthers left in the wild. Especially considering as many as 17 of them were killed by drivers last year, according to the Defenders of Wildlife. That eclipses 2007’s record of 15. The 16th dead panther was found…
Whether you like it or not, South Florida is home base for two of America’s most influential conservatives. You’ve got the reclusive Matt Drudge, who takes time out of listening to Junior Vasquez records somewhere in Miami Beach to update the DrudgeReport, and you’ve got Rush Limbaugh, who takes time…
Two thousand nine is history, so it’s time to look forward to a busy year of conferences and events. Here are a few to consider:Social Media Conference, a business event for the social media industry, comes to the Miami Beach Convention Center January 27-29.BarCamp Miami, a gathering of geeks to…
Normally, the sale of a parking lot shouldn’t be newsworthy, but when it combines the real estate boom in downtown Miami and the decline of the printed press, it’s worth taking note. The Miami Herald this morning reported the complicated sale of its parking lot to developers could drag on for another year…
Well, there’s one Miami football team that’s still in the playoff hunt: the Lingerie Football League’s Miami Caliente. With a 2-1 record and an upcoming game against the Tampa Bay Breeze, the Caliente could find themselves in Lingerie Bowl VII. Unlike last year’s debacle in Tampa Bay, South Florida has…
It was a microcosm of an entire season. As with every game, the Miami Dolphins were kicked in the teeth while they fought tooth and nail to make a game of it but falling short in the end. Even after losing both their first- and second-string quarterbacks, the Fins were…
Last week, the U.S. narrowly avoided a terror attack from a Nigerian man flying from Holland and acting on orders from Yemen-based terrorists. For counterterrorism experts, there was only one logical response: ironclad new security rules for Cuban travelers. Say whaaaaaa? OK, geography might not be a strong suit at TSA headquarters…
You’re right — it is really cold out. In fact, it’s the coldest cold snap in about a decade. [Herald]Paul Michael Merhige, the man alleged to have killed four family members during a Thanksgiving massacre, was found in a motel room in the Keys thanks to a tip from an…
Rising up from a rather sleepy 2008, 2009 was a banner year for social media in Miami. Heck, social media became so important, the Miami New Times decided to hire a local freelance writer to dish on the scene! Here’s an overview:1. ClubsSocial Media Club South Florida covered the gamut…
We are the paper that will put a ball gag in your mouth and slap you onto the cover. We get ragged on about the pros advertising in the back of our book and the smutty things we sometimes document within our pages, but with Magic City Kitty, you guys…
Riptide put up somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 posts this year, so before we get started on writing 3,000 more it’s time to sit back and look at some our successes: Our top ten posts by pageviews.Yeah, it’s a collection of slightly seedy stuff, with abortion doughnuts, rape tunnels,…
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Fort Myers rapper Plies got criticized for tossing $50,000 into a crowd at a concert held by Atlanta radio station Hot 107.9 this summer.At the station’s recent holiday concert, he returned, but this time instead of setting off a mellee after making it rain he brought one lucky fan onstage…
