Magic City Kitty – Ex Sex Has Me Vexed!

Hello, Kitty I broke up with my boyfriend a few weeks ago, and for once I didn’t have a list of guys to run to once my relationship crumbled. As a result, I have been forced into a life of celibacy. And I’m dying over here. One night stands aren’t…

Shock Jocks Enrique and Joe Return

It’s 9:45 a.m. in a packed studio near the corner of Douglas Road and SW Eighth Street in Coral Gables. Two DJs have sleepy-sounding Latin music heartthrob Enrique Iglesias on the line. “Enrique, talk to me about that kiss you gave the guy in the gay dance bar,” goads one…

Marketing Mayhem

Marketing Mayhem Filed under: Culture The DVD opens with a disclaimer: “These people are Hood Professionals; do not attempt these things at home or in your hood. Your ass might get shot.” Da Hood Gone Wild, Volume One is an hour’s worth of frenzied after-hours street brawls, beatings, and booty…

Poisoned Well

Bill Brant, then-director of Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department, got the news January 4, 2005: Benzene, a cancer-causing chemical, had been detected at a county water treatment facility. It was coming from the Northwest Wellfield, which supplies the majority of the county’s drinking water. One of 15 wells there…

A Haitian farmer, Race and Obama

I had not been bewitched by Barack Obama. But a Haitian farmer I recently interviewed was. The husband and father in his late thirties and I spoke through a translator. He’d only been working in South Florida a few months. The conversation turned to politics and he told me that…

Spitzer’s Hooker Went Wild in Miami, Too!

Recently released from jail, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis unleashed this juicy tidbit on the media Tuesday: “Kristin,” a.k.a. Ashley Dupre, a.k.a. (former) Gov. Elliot Spitzer’s petite, brunette escort, stripped for one of his GGW videos. Right here in Miami! Let’s turn to the Associated Press, which has the…

This City . . . Has A Bike Committee!

Well, it happened: last week, we wrote that Miami mayor Manny Diaz was expected to announce the formation of a bicycling committee at last Thursday’s City Commission meeting. He did: from high on the dais, the mayor announced the formation of the Miami Bicycle Action Committee, a subcommittee of the…

Raleigh Bad News

The affair between chef Jeffrey Brana and The Raleigh Hotel was short and quiet, if not particularly sweet. Mr. Brana, admired for his work for many years as head chef at Norman’s and then for a quick but spectacular stint at his own Restaurant Brana, was brought in to upgrade…

Jason Taylor Wins Over Dancing Judges, My Heart

First of all, I promised myself that I’d only watch 20 minutes of the show to catch a glimpse of Jason Taylor dancing just so I can say that I watched him do this crap at least once. It would be my first and last time watching Jason Taylor frolic…

Magic City Kitty — Can One Blow Job Lead to Another?

Hello, Kitty I’m in love with my best friend’s husband. I know, I know, I’m terrible; but, it’s complicated. They’ve been married for a little more than 7 years, she and I have been friends for almost 12, and I’ve been sucking his cock for the past two. Well, not…

Pretty in the City – Shape Up at The Brow Shoppe

Maybe you inherited your father’s beetling brows, which look dignified on an older gentleman but a tad scary on a woman. Maybe you’ve plucked your own brows down to the barest minimum, and the Whoopi Goldberg look is starting to freak you out. Maybe the hasty, unprofessional wax job you…

JT Says He Is Staying (And Other Crap)

Here’s what happened over the weekend while you wondered why your Emperor’s Club “order” was a no-show: Jason Taylor appears on satellite radio, says he’s staying in Miami, walks off doing jazz hands. Taylor told Sirius Satellite radio hosts Vic Carucci and Dan Leberfeld that Miami is where he wants…

Alleged Molester Arrested

This guy was so bad that his own family turned him in. Isaias Linares, 28, was wanted by Miami Police for molesting a toddler in Little Havana. The little girl’s mom called cops last week and said that when she confronted Linares about his conduct with her child, he left…

Now The Battle Begins: Blu-ray At Center of Console War

It’s like taking someone’s gun and saying, “Now, shoot.” The Xbox 360 had an early lead in this console war, but now, Microsoft seems to be faltering behind Sony (and not only in Japan, where the 360 doesn’t stand a chance against Nintendo and Sony’s vice-like grasp on the market.)…

Coral Gables Snake-like Mayor

The City Beautiful pisses me off. Zoning laws are enforced in Coral Gables by nasty code enforcement guys who seem to have it out for anyone without a boatload of money or power. If you doubt it, witness this post on Coral Gables Confidential – a website populated by city…

Marlon Fernandez’s Rise to Fame

Finally ready to dig into the tuna salad in front of him, an hour after being whisked through the front doors of La Bodegita Del Medio on Coral Way to meet an awaiting visitor, Marlon Fernandez’s publicist warned that the clock was ticking. “We have to go, we have to…

Magic City Kitty – Loser and Water Cooler Cruiser

Hello, Kitty Home life and social life, all cool. But it’s my job that is really driving me crazy. First of all, I’m no prude, let’s get that straight. But there’s this guy at my office that harasses every single semi-cute girl on the payroll, including me. And when I…

A New Day For Bikes In Miami?

Last week a group of bicycling advocates, including members of the Green Mobility Network, Emerge Miami, and others, met with Miami Mayor Manny Diaz to lobby for the city to take a stronger stand on biking. Although there had been several mass emails about the meeting before it took place,…