Florida seems to have more license plate designs per capita than anywhere else. We work hard to compensate for something, like perhaps our crappy drivers, through legions of themed designs. From proclaiming that ‘everyday is a gift’ through hospice care to saving our diverse array of endangered species to asking…
Lilly Aramburo disappeared after an argument with her boyfriend in June 2007. Her friend has turned to the internet to dig up leads and put pressure on local detectives to track her down.
To fellow reformers across the nation, Miami Mayor Manny Diaz touted it as one of his “best practices”: teaching young children lifesaving techniques such as CPR and the Heimlich maneuver. It seemed like a great idea. There are thousands of latchkey kids in poor neighborhoods, and quite a few care…
Soon after winning the Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball, Dwyane Wade — the golden son and high scorer on the U.S. Olympic “Redeem Team” — was supposed to be welcomed by one and all at Nikki Marina on A1A in Hollywood. By 11 p.m. that Saturday, SoFla’s beautiful people…
On a balmy night in May on NE 11th Street, not far from Club Space, Riptide witnessed a skinny girl in a green dress arguing drunkenly with her beefcake boyfriend. Gripping a Gucci purse in one hand, she clocked him with the other. He picked her up caveman-style and carried…
In the predawn hours of late summer 2007, in the recesses of Calder Race Course, a groom opened stall number eight. Greenwood Mystery, a sweet-faced brown bay horse, stood motionless and terrified. His halter and leash were bound so tightly to the wall that one move could have snapped his…
The Miami-Dade School Board didn’t waste much time today. After sending Rudy Crew on his way with $368k they offered the warm seat behind the superintendent’s desk to Alberto Carvahlo. Opps. Pinellas County totally had their eyes on him first. In fact they made their offer to Carvahlo only hours…
Before Aunt Becky came along Full House was a total gay parenting allegory. Today we woke up in a State that was just a tad bit less backward, as a Circuit Judge in Monroe County deemed Florida’s ban on Gay Adoption unconstitutional. It doesn’t mean that ban disappeared over night,…
That deafening sucking roar you hear this afternoon might not just be the Dolphins bumbling through their midweek practice. It might, in fact, be the sound of your impending doom. Early this morning, a cabal of cackling, evil scientists gathered around their fiendish creation deep beneath the soil in Switzerland,…
Here’re today’s headlines… without headlines: Rudy Crew walks away with $300-400,000. That’s about half of the $700k the rest of his contract was worth, but who’s going to complain when they get any money for quitting a job they increasingly sucked at? [CBS 4] A judge in Monroe county has…
Is it just me, or did anyone else in Miami-Dade connect Judge Jeri Cohen’s recent reelection and her decision to approve the Marlins ballpark as a “public purpose” on Tuesday. Cohen’s ruling was a model of contradictions, citing the Marlins refusal to make their finances public and the uselessness of…
National Geographic National Geographic has this awesome shot of the International Space Station floating over the southern tip of Florida. You can view the full size image here. I wonder what the ISS was doing over our town. Probably spying on you. Watching every little thing that you do. Every…
viaThere is too little Smiling Condom Clip Art in the world. A new study shows that one in four US teenagers will contract a STD, mainly because they’re not using condoms. The study surveyed groups of kids in Atlanta, Providence, and Miami, and found that teens who had unprotected sex…
It was announced earlier this year that Miami advertising mavericks Crispin Porter + Bogusky had been picked by Microsoft to update its image. With the failure (can we call it a failure?) of Windows Vista and the constant attack from Apple’s Mac-versus-PC ads, the company was looking to seem cool…
Adam LaDuca, the executive director of the Pennsylvania Federation of College Republicans, was forced to step down after some racially tinged insults directed at Barrack Obama and Cubans were found on his MySpace. He wrote that Obama has “a pair of lips so large he could float half of Cuba…
What’s in the papers and on the news today — and why you care: A former Miami-Dade Police officer was sentenced to eight years in prison after fleeing the scene of a fatal accident. Aren’t cops supposed to know how the law works? [Local 10] Names are already being mentioned…
Unfortunately, this guy’s drunkeness pre-dates Youtube. Westword, our sister paper in Denver, apparently has a lot of time on its hands as it recovers from that city’s DNC hangover. Only that could explain their “Cities with the Drunkest Football Fans Tournament” — which may be the most exhaustive collection of…
Alas, his life choices have been just as bad as his fashion choices. Jose Canseco, baseball’s favorite steroid fiend turned steroid snitch, has already lost a lot to the juice: a shot at the Hall of Fame, a life with normal-sized testicles and, you know, respect. But on Monday his…
via Vibe John McCain’s campaign must be loving his post-convention polling bump, but Barack Obama’s campaign shouldn’t be stressing out. Most analysts predict the surge in McCain’s numbers may disappear as early as this week. Plus, running a bit behind makes the campaign’s pitch to potential donors all the more…
Ok, maybe not all of us. Just the Miami Hurricanes! In a post that is meant to finally bridge the gap between Sports Illustrated devotees and In Touch Weekly readers 8 Donkeys pairs the ACC teams with their logical female celebrity counterparts. The ‘Canes apparently are the gridiron manifestation of…
Bow down before the Oprah. What’s the difference between God and Oprah? Lipstick. Why then does the Florida Federation of Republican Woman dare to defy the will of the Holy Oprah? The Oprah has cast down upon the Earth her declaration that no mortal political figures will appear on her…
Seeing as Miami Spa Month’s hourglass was about to run out, and yours truly just became the author of the award winning blog Pretty in the City (thanks to the South Florida Black Journalists Association), I figured what better time than the present to treat myself to one of Miami’s…
