It is almost impossible to make a fashion faux pas at Ultra Music Festival. I mean, yes, just about everything worn during the festival would be a major style “don’t” anywhere else, but fashion is not the point. Sure, some people are there for the “music,” but most people are…
LocalA man jumped in front of a Metrorail train in South Miami this morning. He is dead now. [Herald]The homosexuals cannot get married or adopt children, but now they can fly a flag without having to get a permit. Small steps! [NBCMiami]Miami Commissioner Angel Gonzalez was questioned by the State…
Norland Senior High alum Bruce Perlowin has some damn good managerial skills. Back in the ’70s, the teenage hippie-cum-drug lord ran what feds called “the West Coast’s largest marijuana-smuggling ring,” complete with a fleet of 90 ships that hauled 500,000 pounds of pot from Colombia to the San Francisco Bay…
Vince Shlomi is colloquially known as “that creepy guy from the ShamWow commercials” — you know, those dumb super-absorbent cloths that go for $19.99 plus shipping and handling (if you act now!). He’s currently on top of the infomercial world, and enjoying all the perks that come with it, like…
As earlier reported, Paris Hilton went to Radar Online with some sob story about how she got pushed by a body guard because a mean ol’ DJ wouldn’t stop his techno and play some hip-hop for her. She then claimed the bodyguard left whatever boyfriend she has at the moment…
Yipes! We didn’t post anything about the big confab discussion “Miami: A No Newspaper Town” this week! All in all, the thing came off like a funeral service for the Herald, while the supposedly dead body tried to protest it was still alive. We are approximately 35 micro news cycles…
Hey, have you heard there’s this music event in town, with all these DJs who take dance and electronic music pretty seriously? It’s probably one of the biggest weeks in the year for their industry, and it would really be best if you don’t go up to them and ask…
You would think the Republican party would start trying to find ways to be a more inclusive group. Instead, operating under the assumption that when the democrats make one major screw up, voters will have only one choice to turn to: a newly, ideologically pure Republican party. Now, The Tampa…
Sometimes it seems like the economy is hitting Miami-Dade from all sides, but there’s a bit of good news: We’re not quite as unemployed as the rest of the state. Florida’s unemployment rate for February was released today, and it is not good: 9.4 percent! That’s up from 8.1 percent…
Local:The VA hospital, which might have accidentally exposed some of its patients to infectious diseases, gave itself a clean bill of health in January. [Herald]In some Homestead zip codes, as many as 25 percent of the houses are in foreclosure. The AP says it is the biggest disaster to hit…
Pop “artist” Romero Britto got a DUI early this morning. He was driving around in his 2001 Bentley on Washington Avenue, casually swerving between lanes and almost hitting other cars. Although it’s fortunate there were no injuries, it is a shame he did not crash into one of his sculptures…
The future of education in Miami-Dade is here, and it involves a whole lot more corporate advertising and a lot less paper. The Miami Herald reports schools are cutting down on paper in favor of technology in an effort to save money… oh, and the environment, maybe. Meanwhile, in light of…
Just before midnight last February, the top nuclear operator at Turkey Point quit on the spot and stormed out of the plant, convinced that profit-hungry FPL executives were pushing the nuclear reactor to restart too soon after a shutdown. A little mishap you might have heard of in a Ukranian…
Pulling out of the Sony Ericsson Open this week further delayed Maria Sharapova’s return to tournament glory, but it hasn’t slowed down her celebrity status. Sharapova still made the trip to Miami, but is instead partying and playing fashionista. She made a promotional appearance at the Cole Haan store at the…
Hello, KittyTwo weeks ago, my girl came down from Orlando to visit for the weekend. I was stoked to spend time with her because we’ve been in a long-distance relationship since January and have seen each other only six times since then. I made plans for us to do all…
After Randy Shannon came aboard and decided to portray the football team as a monastery, it’s been up to other University of Miami athletes to pick up the slack and keep the spirit of Thug U alive. The UM men’s tennis team seems to be willing, in its own inept,…
Charlie Crist may be his party’s most gung-ho supporter of Obama’s stimulus plan, but not all Republicans in Tallahassee are quite as excited. Congressional leaders may reject a plan to widen unemployment benefits, because they fear it could increase taxes on businesses, and cost the State more in the long…
Desiree Devine, Subrina Love, Chocolate Nights and Farrah Foxx just want to peacefully sell videotapes of themselves involved in adult acts in the middle of busy convention centers. Sure, they just so happen to be “Big Beautiful Women.” As Fred Armison in character as Joy Behar would say, “So what,…
The World Weekly News has been reporting Elvis sighting for years now, but the corrupt mainstream media never took them seriously. Well, now they’re finally covering the phenom, as a lady on a flight from Houston to Miami swears she spotted a little Elvis last week. The “little Elvis” of…
LocalMiami commissioners will vote on whether to build a new children’s courthouse today. [Herald]And F.D.O.T. is expected to finally make a decision on the Port of Miami tunnel this week. Gee, so many things are coming to a head this week. Once you commit $2.1 billion to help a private…
There are few souls more energetic than fitness legend Richard Simmons. In fact, I’m sure that he’s a life-sized jumping bean. Seriously. Have you seen this video? He’s known for his dolphin shorts and curly fro, but his commitment to health and fitness for regular folk is what he’ll go…
A sign on Griffing Boulevard in the Village of Biscayne Park warns drivers in bold, italicized black-and-red letters: “Don’t even think about speeding.” This suggests the tiny burg is a place where the police department sternly enforces the law so the village’s 3,500 or so residents can safely roam the…
