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Where: Graziano’s Gourmet in the Gables 2301 Galiano St., Coral Gables, (305) 460-0001 What $15 Gets You: Parrillada with a side salad (or fries) and an Anchor Steam…

Hello, Kitty I’ve been with my boyfriend for a little more than 9 months and sex-wise we’ve tried everything under the sun. At first, he was a little conservative, but now hot wax, handcuffs, role-play — you name it and we’ve done it. I’m very happy with him, but I’ve…

Michelle F. Solomon Not a lot of things going on this weekend. But this being Miami when we say that nothing is going on it means that there is just one less party to go to. The Winter Party Festival started back in the final weeks of February but the…

Kim Gibson In town for the Miami International Film Festival, American Gangster’s Idris Elba headed to Karu&Y with Gabrielle Union by his side Thursday, February 28th. Holding strong as the Midtown staple to kick off the weekend, Headliner Market Group’s Karu&Y Thursday night party drew in a slew of worthy…

By the time you read this, students at Miami Edison Senior High may already be gathered in protest. As you might recall, last week’s news was dominated by a melee at the school, which was touched off by the arrest of one Wadson Sagaille, 17. Apparently Sagaille and Vice Principal…

Incarceration Rates Higher Than Ever – A report from the Pew Center on the States indicates that around 230 million American adults are behind bars. That is 1 in every 100 adults in the U.S. The rate is the highest in the nation’s history. Among minorities, the rate is even…

Just about every beauty-obsessed woman in Miami knows exactly where Brownes and Co. is located – the plushly retro apothecary is a Lincoln Road mecca for product junkies seeking the latest and greatest new gotta-have-it item. Everything from $52 John Galliano Dipytique candles to our favorite $18 Ojon shampoo is…

Earlier this month, Haiti’s President René Préval asked President Bush to protect Haitians from being deported with a special immigration status. Temporary protected status offers residency and work permits for up to 18 months. It’s been extended to migrants from other countries wracked with political instability or environmental disaster, but…

As expected Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, or one of his minions, edited his biography shortly after my report that that he is not related to General David Sarnoff. But don’t fret. I saved the commissioner’s original version right here…

Welcome to Riptide’s newest blog. Everyone has issues with sex, love and relationships, and Magic City Kitty is here to hear you out. Every Tuesday and Thursday, she will be answering your questions and dispensing her considerable wisdom about all things boy-and-girl, girl-and-girl, boy-and-boy, and … well, you get the…

Tom Lehmann and a few buddies had been partying for nearly a week without sleep. They had started the binge long before the new year — a lot of meth, a bit of coke, some hits of X, a couple of snorts of ketamine, and, of course, a steady supply…

TV Guise Filed under: News For quite some time, Miami city Commissioner Marc Sarnoff has represented himself as the grandson of the late commercial radio and television pioneer “General” David Sarnoff. The Russian-American media executive rose through the ranks of the Radio Corporation of America, holding the title of chairman…

Larry Fleischman recalls his pre-Miami life as hard and suburban. He lived in New Jersey with his wife and three kids. He loaded trucks in the evening, worked at a flea market on the weekends, and had a good job as an IRS collection officer during the week. He took…

Alanis Security is headquartered in a cheerless, gray five-story building with black windows and dark hallways on NW 36th Street in Doral, hulking inconspicuously amid a lonely stretch of god-forsaken strip malls, fast-food joints, and warehouses. Alanis’s fourth-floor suite has the feel of a check-cashing shack, and that’s appropriate because…

Last Saturday afternoon, a very young, very earnest-looking Andrew Quintana stood on the street outside the Kentucky Fried Chicken on 41st street, trying to convince Miami – indeed, the world – not to eat there. “KFC tortures chickens!” he called out to a car that slowed down as the driver…

“What would you like? We’ve got complimentary green tea, apple or orange juice, white, red, or blush wine,” said the exceedingly friendly blonde lady. From the minute I entered the Aqua Day Spa, an unassuming establishment tucked way in the back of the Shoppes of Killian in Kendall, I felt…

Where: LC’s Roti Shop, 19505 NW 2nd Ave, Miami Gardens. What $15 Gets You: A chicken roti, a sugar cake, a doubles, and a Coke. Caribbean cuisine is hard to define because of the mixing of cultures that exist in the area generally referred to as the Caribbean. When a…

So now that Fidel is bedridden or beyond, conspiracy theorists may have new targets on which to blame all things shitty in Miami. In explanation for today’s blackout affecting as many as four million South Floridians, a Caracol 1260 AM announcer retorted, “Hugo Chávez cut the lights.” He laughed, though…

For quite some time, Miami city Commissioner Marc Sarnoff has represented himself as the grandson of the late commercial radio and television pioneer “General” David Sarnoff. The Russian-American media executive rose through the ranks of the Radio Corporation of America, holding the title of chairman for more than two decades…