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And the Band Played On Filed under: News On a recent Thursday, a tricked-out maroon car with chrome rims revved by a clutch of gatherers outside the boxy beige North Miami building that houses U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek’s office. “That’s not Rucy,” said Diane Lawrence, the group’s leader, laughing. Soon,…
It’s 9:15 p.m. Friday at the Fredric Snitzer Gallery in Wynwood when Oscar Hernandez, a well-heeled middle-age accountant from Hialeah, approaches a young woman sitting on the sidewalk and invites her out to eat the next day in Miami Beach. Before walking away, he slips her his business card. The…
On Monday, November 26, Miami city Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones stood before a few hundred constituents in the auditorium of Booker T. Washington High School in Overtown. Before she spoke, a slick video touted her successful first year in office, the school’s marching band played a gospel number, and staffers handed…
Click here to view a slideshow of the bridge community. Another one showed up last night. Around 10 — just before curfew — a car rolled in under the bridge and the newcomer got out with his wife. She hugged and kissed him goodbye, pulled the car out along the…
Good news — two quickies, bikers: First, this Friday will mark the opening of the last stretch of the “Miami-Dade Busway Project,” a six and a half-mile multi-use path from the Dadeland South Metrorail that connects all the way to Florida City – that’s about twenty-one miles. The busway is…
Where: Cheen Huaye, 15400 Biscayne Blvd. North Miami Beach, 305-956-2808 What $15 Gets You: Pollo a la Yucateaca, a side of rice, fried plantains and your choice of drinks (and complimentary chips and salsa). My friend had recommended Cheen Huaye, which served Southern Mexican cuisine (not Mexican Southern, I mean…
Evidence suggests that Cam Cameron’s mission in life is to completely and utterly fuck up John Beck’s career beyond all recognition before it even gets started. Instead of starting Beck at home against Buffalo after the bye week, he decided to give him the reigns on the road, in the…
The blog war involving Stuck on the Palmetto, Critical Miami and the Daily Pulp would be comic if it weren’t so dumb. The battle, it seems, is over the anonymity of a guy named Rick — who has been writing on Stuck on the Palmetto for a long time….and now…
The lady’s shirt looks like a 2-year-old took a blue pen and went to town on it. Why must people insist on wearing things like this to art events? I don’t need the way you dress to add to the confusion. Rarely does wearing pants and shirts that are the…
Everybody wants Cam Cameron fired. But who do we replace him with? Bill Cowher? Bill Parcells? SI’s Peter King warns us of the Siren Song of the Big Name Coach, which we as a franchise have fallen for time and time again. I didn’t think Peter King was capable of…
The city of Miami is poised to fork over $200K in a wrongful termination suit. Mary Conway had worked for the city as the director of Capital Improvement Projects since 2003 — and was instrumental in a city investigation that led to the arrests of 14 city workers in her…
What am I doing with my Sundays? I oughta be out in a convertible, bird-doggin’ chicks and bangin’ beaver on Sundays. Instead, I’m watching the shitty Dolphins? I must be a fucking loon. This shit just ain’t funny anymore. It’s become downright grim. We’re now one loss away. One loss…
“Oh my! Hello. I am C-3PO. Human cyborg relations. I have come from a galaxy far, far away to deliver you some pertinent information. It seems that it has been exactly 365 days since the Miami Dolphins last won a game. I must tell you that the odds of this…
Busta Rhymes brings down the house at Mansion on Friday, December 7. Tracy Block Woo Ha! Busta Rhymes busted rhymes on the Mansion stage Friday night to a full house with a VIP section rushing the stage like they were passing out free eight balls. Scenesters took an intermission from…
Take a delicious bite of the New Times’ weekly news wrap, and get everything you need to know in one spot. Because knowing is half the battle… 1. Referendum voted down by Venezuelan people – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed a referendum that would have given him more power. Bu…
I would buy the diamond and crown design on the jacket if only his shirt couldn’t be seen from space. Don’t stare at that design for too long, you’ll go insane. In his defense, at least the shirt and cap match, though that’s not much of a defense…
Photo by Tracy Block Trick Daddy Dollars croons to his mix of Phil Collins’ “In The Air Tonight” at Santo’s Miami Live on Wednesday, December 5. Miami Live on Wednesday nights at Santo could be compared to one of those underground hip-hop clubs in the movies, only with less drama…
I’m not on the Fire Cam Cameron bandwagon. Not yet anyway. Some might think I am because of my recent posts but, believe me, these here visceral ramblings are all good and balanced – like part of your complete breakfast! I am an equal opportunity ripper. I do everything in…
Photo by Tracy Block Paris Hilton sports a cute bob while dancing her nonexistent ass off at Mansion Wednesday December 5. The heiress is in town to promote her new perfume and still found plenty of time to party…Duh! Paris Hilton made an appearance at the infamous Mansion, because, of…
Kimora Lee Simmons takes a break from the good life by spending quality time with the Milleret family at Macy’s at the Aventura Mall on Wednesday, December 5. Photo by Tracy Block Taking a break from building up the billions in family fortune, Kimora Lee Simmons, the fashionista behind the…
COMING IN: *La Boîte à Pizza, on Alton Road in South Beach. First U.S. branch of this French franchise, which is also expanding into China. And why not? After all, the word used to describe fajita pizza, or a pie topped with ground beef, tomato, and fried egg, is the…
