Unlike some Dolphins bloggers and fan forum members, current and former NFL players are siding with JT on this whole fiasco. Colts Pro Bowl defensive end Dwight Freeney says that Taylor should get a little more respect than he’s getting: “He is the face of the franchise. Before him it…
I’m watching you and now your neighbors are too. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has decided that it’s not good enough to have total control of his country’s government, now he wants people to inform on their neighbors, friends and families. Chavez has instituted changes to his intelligence agencies that would…
Birds chirp and the homeless snore. It’s 7 o’clock at the 3rd Street lifeguard stand on South Beach one recent morning. The sand is still strewn with remnants of the night before. At this spot, a daily yoga class is organized by Synergy Center. It’s a cheapo’s alternative — only…
I’m writing this at the moment with the most immense champagne hangover, so you know it was a great weekend. How could it not be? This weekend was so action packed that if you stayed home watching Flavor of Love reruns, I feel bad for you. Rag Trade Grand Reopening…
Jose D. Duran Rag Trade’s new owners Jason Jimenez and Lauren “Lolo” Reskin. When Rag Trade owner Stephanie Spiegel decided to leave the sunny shores of Miami to work in an organic farm in Israel, it left many perplexed. In less than year, Spiegel had created one of Miami’s most…
It’s a story we’ve heard a million times, but it still doesn’t get any less infuriating. If fact, it happened to me. As a renter, you pay on time only to find out your landlord hasn’t been keeping up with his/her payments. Here’s how it went down for Mustang Bobby…
I’ve been glued to the tube and to my stadium seat for the last month or so, basking in the Marlins first place run. But I’m afraid it’s over. Starting pitching is the problem. And the bullpen to a lesser degree. Hey Justin Miller blew the save the other day…
Most pageants feel more like beauty trapped than beauty displayed. It’s the forced attempts at natural-looking smiles, the teased but tamed hair and the lukewarm talents honed to fit to the whitebread tastes of judges and television viewers in Kansas. Tonight’s Miss Bellanita (bella y llenita) 2008 has potential to…
Our annual Best of Miami issue has come and gone, and months after reporting and researching and writing our exhaustive entries, I’ve discovered a real candidate for next year’s Best Hair Removal category. (Yeah, I just made that up). Wax On, Wax Off is a spankin’ new salon right next…
Some stockpile it for a rainy day, but for the record – the Siberian Tiger may be, but pussy is not on the endangered species list. I love a prepared mothafucka, but I’m also a firm believer that the most high has blessed this land with plenty of muff for…
It was Saturday night, when it finally hit me – Miami is going through a seasonal renaissance. At 4 a.m., I was still wandering around the Overtown/NE 14 Street area when I stumbled into the Vagabond for the Dirtybird Invasion. Despite the low light and my blurry vision, it seemed…
Dark-haired dancers in glittering silver knee-high boots, bikini tops, and skimpy skirts run through steps in an empty studio. They contemplate which hip to cock and arm to stretch arriba until a choreographer checks his watch. “¡Dos minutos!” The quintet’s heels click-clack across the cement floor, past fake street lamps…
It’s May 21, and residents of the Sunrise Lakes condos are getting a lesson in the virtue of punctuality. Though it’s three hours before Hillary Clinton will arrive at her scheduled campaign stop, theelderly crowd is being diverted to an overflow room. Some turn back toward home. They may be…
Culture Sweet Truth A filmmaker’s exposé peeves the sugar powers. By Edmund Newton If they gave an Oscar for the muckraking documentary that most riles the world’s fat cats, turning them into red-faced, sputtering stuffed shirts, Amy Serrano’s film about Big Sugar would surely win hands down. The exposé film…
Hello, Kitty The other night I hooked up with a guy who insisted on wearing extra-large condoms on his medium-sized penis. I had heard about guys doing this before, but this was the first time I saw (and felt it) for myself. The rubber slipped off at least five or…
Residents of Miami Beach can breathe a sigh of relief; the hurricane known as Urban Beach Week is over. So far, I’ve only heard about the two men who got shot along Washington Avenue. (No worries, they survived.) In the coming days, though, we’ll hear the statistics of people arrested…
Overheard on Collins and 14th Sunday afternoon: “Can I put my number in your Blackberry?” – Tamara Lush…
Dating can be hard, and doing it online is even harder. People lie about their age, send you a 20-year-old picture, or convince you to marry them in exchange for your credit card number (and the security code). But, just as in real life, people always give signs that lead…
Last night marked the beginning of a new type of social experience. There were tons of flashing (flashing) lights (lights) courtesy of a jam-packed media pit, more flat screen TVs than a Best Buy, cocktail prices that make sense and the Miami requisite – celebrities of the silver screen, the…
Dan, a New York transplant, over at [redacted] theorizes Miami’s sole purpose is to get people drunk: The same way that my first few sips of Canadian Club gave me my purpose, so too did Miami find its purpose in supplying liquor to the masses. Indeed, I imagine the whole…
Good news! Last week, we wrote that the City of Miami is looking at places they can refit to be accommodating to bicycles. The Bike Blog plugged a few ideas, in particular Coral Way, which is up for resurfacing soon – a great opportunity to add bike lanes. It seems…
Three Miami-related TV items: 1. How did we miss a naked guy in a fat suit on Miami Beach? According to The Daily Mail, British comedian Matt Lucas “slipped into a naked fat woman’s costume equipped with seaweed, cellulite and green nails” and wandered a parking lot in Miami Beach…
