This weekend brought a flurry of Miami-related stories in newspapers around the world. Among them: – The New York Times does Miami on a budget. The reporter and his wife spent $500.38 during a weekend making the rounds of the predictable (News Cafe, The Raleigh, Puerto Sagua) haunts. – The…
So WMC has come and gone, and things are getting back to normal (at least what we call normal) in Miami, but that doesn’t mean that there was nothing to do over the weekend. Although with the price of gasoline nearing four dollars a gallon, a lot of people chose…
Yeah yeah, you love your road bike. You love riding hunched over, craning your neck around to see what’s coming, you leather saddle sticking into your crotch like it’s trying to rob the family jewels. And bully for you. But secretly, in your heart of hearts, don’t you wish you…
When we ran the story “117 Dead,” in August of 2001, we had heard rumors that the U.S. Department of Justice was going to look into conditions at Miami-Dade’s jails. Those rumors turned out to be true. This week, Acting Assistant Attorney General Grace Chung Becker sent County Mayor Carlos…
Clearly, Miami is the off-season hotspot for many a baller from all walks of leagues. Such was the case for Dallas Cowboy Terrell Owens Wednesday night. The wide receiver was on a cozy, yet casual dinner date with a no-name model hottie at the chic Lincoln Road eatery with definite…
Breaking news from our favorite daily: “An ordinance the North Miami Beach Council passed in order to settle a lawsuit brought by a citizens’ group against the city has led to another lawsuit from a different citizens’ group.” — “Group sues North Miami Beach over height ordinance,” Carli Teproff, Miami…
Courtesy of MTV A placid Patricia Hernandez, a.k.a, Patti Her., starts with plastic wrap. She ties it around her eyes. She continues until her face is coated and her chest heaves in suffocation. The uneasy, uncomfortable moments flash on a flat TV screen. On an adjacent screen, potent images flutter…
Pauly Shore joins in the fun at The Forge “Dulce de Leche” swimwear show in true ball-busting style. We all know how hard the party rocks over at The Forge on Wednesday night, but in light of bathing suit season, folks turned up the heat with a super-sexy male swimwear…
South Florida To Lose Massive Amounts in Budget Cuts – The state legislature approved a version of the state budget that will result in budget cuts of up to $5 billion. Miami-Dade and Broward counties will lose $109 million intended for schools and $223 million intended for hospitals. The legislature…
Bicyclist James Wurm after the ‘Loose Cannons on the Run” race, basking in the glow of a dollar beer at PS14. A little while ago, the Bike Blog mentioned a new, bike-only beer special every Wednesday at PS14. The special, crated by local party promoted Joel Meinholz, still stands –…
Hello, Kitty Every week, a couple of friends and I get together for game night, which is basically 5 of us drinking wine, playing Clue (next week Jenga!), talking, and laughing like idiots. The last time we got together, the guy hosting the party and his girlfriend got into a…
On March 21, I spent the afternoon with Gregory “Silk” Thomas, a former pimp and drug dealer who has given up his criminal lifestyle but still gets harassed by Miami Beach police officers. Read more about Thomas in this week’s edition of Miami New Times. Here you can listen to…
News The Day Scarface Came to Town Twenty-five years ago, politics derailed De Palma’s Miami plans. BY FRANK HOUSTON Brian De Palma’s Scarface might hold a record for the movie with the most fucks per minute. The gangster epic, parts of which were shot in Miami Beach 25 years ago…
For most of his life, Gregory “Silk” Thomas was a pimp and a drug dealer. In the 30 years he has lived in Miami Beach, the 45-year-old ex-con has been arrested so many times that his rap sheet could blanket a good chunk of Ocean Drive. “Being exposed to the…
Click here to see a slide show of Master Do and his children. Shortly after noon on November 10, 2007, Ricky Do surveyed his students at a cluttered, well-worn martial arts studio on West Dixie Highway in North Miami. About 10 lanky, awkward preteens and a handful of middle-age adults…
John Hood Let me set the scene for you. I’m at The Command Center at the Triple A , which is one of the best staffed arenas in the country, by the way, trying to sort out my media credentials. People from production, security, law enforcement, all rolling by me…
I got a press release this morning announcing that Nestle will be changing the name of their Butterfinger candy bar to just, “The Finger.” I can picture it now, Bart Simpson pulling his chocolate bar away from Nelson after knocking him out, then looking at the television viewer while quipping,…
Hello, Kitty My girl and I got into an argument the other day when all of a sudden, she blurts out “…and I know you’re gay!” This threw me because she had never mentioned this to me before, so I ask her to explain and she gives me all of…
Bill Parcells confirmed with the New York Daily News last week that he is, in fact, willing to trade out of the first overall pick. We all would like him to do this for a number of reasons — mainly to get more picks so he can have more flexibility…
Ivon David Rojas Another rainy weekend didn’t stop the people from partying non stop as the Winter Music Conference drew to a close. The Sony Ericsson Open started last week and continues far in to this coming week. Traffic was hell at all hours of the night as you approached…
Lucy Orozco Traffic before the toll booths on the Rickenbaker Causeway was backed up for almost an hour due to the Sony Ericsson Open. It was interesting to find people with a dislike for certain aspects of tennis at the event. These people developed their own version of the game,…
It may not be time to take out the aged scotch yet, but you can at least crack a celebratory cerveza this weekend, thanks to a ruling this week from the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee that said bicycle groups have the right to sue the Florida Department…
