One long night in the late ’90s, Coconut Grove native Robert “Beau” Thompson was “absolutely hammered” and about to get very lucky with the beautiful daughter of an oil tycoon. In the darkness Thompson fumbled for a condom, but he couldn’t tell which side was up. Forced to resign himself…
After an ominous news conference from Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa and plenty of online speculation about whether cyclists would begin facing fines and police crackdowns at Critical Mass, Friday’s ride went surprisingly smoothly. During the 13-mile route through the city, bikers rode through red lights in large groups as…
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Students at the University of Miami were taking their final exams for the Summer A term today when a shooting disrupted the campus. Not much is known, but apparently a disgruntled girlfriend shot her boyfriend in a School of Communications building…
I’ve held off writing about Ann Coulter for a decade — or about the length of time her average fan takes to read one of her books — so as not to offend anyone. But enough is enough. Any attacks on the sport of soccer are downright un-American and offensive…
Just two days after Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa called Critical Mass a “critical mess,” the suspected organizer of the monthly bicycle rides is asking that cyclists please be responsible and ride safely. “Riders should act accordingly and try to correct all the criticisms mentioned by the police earlier this…
A brazen bandit snatched a handbag from a bikini-clad guest at 3 p.m. Friday, June 13, as she lay poolside at the swank Delano hotel, and made off with $41,000 in jewelry. The victim, 30-year-old Staci Gabrielson from Orangeburg, New York, “began to yell” and then chased the man, who…
Editor’s Note: After this post was first published this morning, a spokesperson for UberX contacted Riptide and said the company does not have a driver registered under the name Jahrvone Bentley. Riptide got in touch with Bentley, who claimed he was using a pseudonym out of fear of reprisal from…
The economic downturn had forced several leaders on both the state and local levels to rebrand Florida as some sort of tech- and business-friendly state perfect for young, entrepreneurial professionals. That might give you the impression that Florida is turning into some hip, youth-friendly state. It’s not. It’s still America’s…
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Sure, most of us are paying attention to what’s going on in an existing soccer stadium an entire continent away as of this writing, but the future of a brand new soccer stadium right here in Miami is still very much a floating issue. Yesterday, County Commissioner Xavier L. Suarez…
Just days after launching a radio ad in the Orlando market blaming Charlie Crist for “for a lost generation of African-Americans,” the mysterious political group Progressive Voice is back with a new ad running in North Florida that calls one of Crist’s marquee political efforts as a Republican state legislator…
A day after Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa called the monthly Critical Mass bike ride a “critical mess,” the route for this Friday’s ride has been released. Though it occasionally detours into other neighboring cities where police have had a friendlier approach, such as Miami Beach and Coral Gables, this…
On March 15 a Miami-Dade metrobus, travelling east across the Venetian Causeway near the old Miami Herald building, suddenly got stuck. The weight from the bus had opened a hole in the structure, and engineers later discovered that a portion of the bridge had fallen loose. A month later, in…
The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, is the site for tonight’s 2014 NBA Draft, also known as the “Hey, LeBron, look what I can do!” show. A normal NBA Draft already has lots of moving parts — more than any other professional sport — but with the added pressure…
Savage and Stacy argued in the park as the last light slipped from the sky, but there was no heat in the fight. He was just goofing around. That was Savage, his madhouse giggle always bursting from a wide grin, his jokes helping everyone pass the long, hollow hours on…
In a fight between a man and the interstate highway system, one would expect the man to always lose. Artist George Sánchez-Calderón, who’s been engaged in such a conflict all year, always figured he’d lose too. “But it’s a fair argument to say, like, you should or could have this…
The trappings of a tourist trip to South Beach have changed over the decades. White linen suits became “I’m in Miami Bitch” shirts. String bikinis became bizarre fishnet dresses (albeit still worn over string bikinis). The circle of life. Throughout it all, however, there has been one creepy constant: sharks…
The story flooded Facebook feeds all over South Florida last week. Topped with a photo of a construction site filled with tall, dusty pillars, it boasted of a remarkable discovery: ancient Roman ruins discovered right in downtown Miami. “This find will change everything we know about modern history if it…
Miami’s hottest club is Weight Room. Located in an old athletics building in Coral Gables, champagne enthusiast promoter Almand de Brignac Brut Golden has pulled out all the stops. This place has everything. The shouting ghost of Michael Irving, Slutty Bibises, there are birds that fly both ways, and human…
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Walgreens is known for their architecturally interesting stores that dot Miami Beach, but inside those stores look, well, pretty much like a regular Walgreens. For their latest planned expansion on the island, the drugstore chain is hoping to move into an historically protected structure, the Bon Air Hotel at 1060…
