Both Democratic U.S. Senate candidates announced their fundraising haul for the first quarter of 2009 today. Rep. Kendrick Meek, who benefited from a few fundraising appearances by none other than Bill Clinton, raked in $1.49 million. That’s roughly on track with other early, non-incumbent front runners from past election cycles…
In a not too distant future imagine passing through an already stressful airport security checkpoint and having not only your bags x-rayed, and your body patted down, but your very scent analyzed. That’s a field Kenneth Furton, an FIU professor, is working at the forefront of right now. Theoretically some…
Riptide is a bit contrary by nature. So when we heard that critics from Rolling Stone and New York Magazine were raving over The Cove — an environmental exposé-meets-heist documentary starring South Miami guy Ric O’Barry — we secretly wanted to hate it. But when filmmakers showed the first public…
Fernando del Rincón used to have a good gig on Univision’s Primer Impacto, anchoring alongside his wife, Carmen Dominicci. Then things took a turn toward the telenovela. The pair split. Rincón had allegedly had an affair, and then Dominicci publically accused him of abuse. Univision fired her, while keeping an alleged…
Seems with travel down, Miami landmark Jungle Island is, like everyone else, sitting on a thin wallet these days. As is the hip, new thing to do, the attraction will ask the government for some money. The City of Miami will take up the measure tomorrow. According to Miami Today,…
TopShop, the English fast-fashion store best known for its collaboration with Kate Moss, will open its first American store in New York tomorrow. But apparently TopShop designers had an entirely different city in mind for one of the spring collections — they’re introducing their “Miami” collection. Yes, they mean Miami in all…
Local Floridians are still pessimistic about the economy. [Herald] Bobby Young’s days of killing people are officially over. He has died. [Herald] A new federal tax goes into effect today on cigarettes, just as the State is trying to push an additional tax. [NewsPress]Politics Dumb people who don’t understand the…
You know when you bump into an ex, and they just go on, on and on about how great their new squeeze is. And you’re just sitting there thinking, “What? Wasn’t I great, too?”Well, the latest interview from Brian Andrews, a former CBS4 reporter who decided to hectic decided to…
Well, the gig is up. Thanks a lot, reigning Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza.See, in the cover story on my trip to Guantanamo Bay a couple of months ago, I did my best to convey my impressions of the infamous prison camp as an unforgiving, desolate way station where detainees were…
For 50 years Americans have been forbidden from traveling to Cuba, a policy that has contributed very little to toppling the Communist regime. It’s not the answer, and it’s never been the answer to ending the reign of a bunch of egotistical, silly little bearded men who have taken so…
The McDonald’s All-American High School basketball games goes off tomorrow on the UM campus. The Washington Post has been posting blog dispatches from Maryland’s National Christian Academy stand out Dante Taylor. He has been having all sorts of fun in Miami. He’s swam with dolphins, noted the algae on the…
I don’t really understand how all these club kids find themselves orbiting around Pamela Anderson. Last time she was in Miami she showed up pants-less with photographer David LaChapelle at Basel, and this week she was in attendance for glitter happy designer Richie Rich’s fashion show at one of the…
The mainstream media and the federal government have comfortable slots on the top ten list of things Republican hate. It seems, for now at least, the Republicans in Tallahassee hate the government a little more. Republican state Sen. Ronda Storms was supporting a bill that would no longer require local…
America’s Least Wasteful Cities survey looked at a variety of components, including practices, behaviors, and values, and overall Miami is the eighth most wasteful city in America. Well, we are also the 18th least wasteful. Which sounds better, but the people behind the survey rated only 23 cities. So it’s not much…
There was a time when middle America could pretend cocaine was a drug done only by nightclubbin’ gays at Studio 54 and used in props in Miami-set movies. Now these good churchgoing, tax-paying, troop-supporting folks are forced to realize that a lot of people have done cocaine. Like tons. Bush and Obama…
LocalThe Sun-Sentinel’s Ray Sanchez, the last US Journalist working in Cuba, is being called home. [Pulp]Police Chief John Timony wants the world to know that crime doesn’t necessarily get worse in a bad economy, but please don’t lay off any of his officers. [Reuters] It was actually something of a horrible…
Apparently, this Saturday between 8:30 and 9:30pm we were supposed to turn of all the electricity in our house and sit by candle light with our hippie friends to save the entire earth. Unfortunately we were in Bayfront Park watching electronic musicians blast electronic beats from their electronic instruments out…
Recession stories are getting pretty standard, and boring. One formula goes like this: find some nice industry and find out how the recession is hitting it. CNN just filed one, about nannies, focusing mainly on Miami. Amanda Mezyk is a 20 year-old professional nanny who just got laid off. As…
Since Riptide seems to be the premier destination for news about eco-friendly cars in Miami, here is your latest news: Tesla (the electric car company invested in by the men behind Google) unveiled a new sedan to complement their roadster. It’s called the model S. They also promise that they’ll…
This morning, Riptide posted a blog about a former pot smuggler’s plan to organize a Norland Senior High reunion. It notes Bruce Perlowin — the west coast’s biggest marijuana importer in the seventies — has been planning a 40-year reunion-festival for the class of 1969. He has gotten some opposition…
The Dolphins Pre-Season scheduled was announced today, and they won’t be playing teams from that far away. They’ll match up against the two other Florida franchises, Carolina and New Orleans. The exact dates aren’t set in stone, but this gives you a general idea. Aug. 14-18 … vs. Jacksonville at…
Well, it happened. This weekend I got this email: “[Your Mom] is now following you on Twitter!” Along with that, and the major amounts of discussion about twitter during my Grandfather’s 75th birthday dinner last night, Twitter has now officially jumped the shark. For me anyway. Knowing your mom read…
