The famed molesters under Julia Tuttle Causeway were never the only homeless colony in town. And now that those persecuted pervs have been dispatched to God-knows-where, we can give some overdue media attention to other, less Hannah Montana-lovin’, local bands of merry hobos…
It’s not a particularly great time to be unemployed in America right now, a fact far too many of us know first hand, and if you’re looking for a job in South Florida things aren’t looking too good. Forbes.com has ranked Miami as the third worst job market in the…
If you’ve been to Midtown Miami in the last eighteen months and wondered why the large center park is doing its best impression of Sarajevo, here’s your answer: Good ol’ fashioned mismanagement, coupled with a testy garden designer notorious for doing things his own way– even if it results in…
I don’t know why anyone would want to live in Southwest Ranches, the bizarre rural-themed town way out in the west part of bumfuck Broward County, but two Dolphins stars of past and present are now in a legal dispute over a home in the area. The Sun-Sentinel reports that…
Trick Daddy may have a gift for capturing the soul of Miami streets in his lyrics, but apparently doesn’t have much of a knack for keeping track of his finances. The Detroit News reports that Trick, real names Maurice Young, has had more than $157,000 in tax liens placed against…
The good news is that Florida’s economy has pretty much no where to go but up. The bad news is that it’s going to take a long time to get it their. An economic forecast published by Sean Snaith, director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Economic Competitiveness,…
How much does it cost to own the jewel of Downtown Miami’s skyline? A cool $105.5 million. The Miami Tower (up until last year known as the Bank of America tower) is undoubtedly the signature of the skyline, and is now owned by I&G Miami LLC, a group backed my…
We don’t know about you, but Riptide is still fishing soda cans out of Lincoln Road trash bins to scrounge up enough pocket change to pay rent. But apparently the Great Recessiongeddon really is over for some folks in the 305.Case in point: A cozy little pad on Indian Creek…
The proper word to describe Pharrell Williams’ Miami apartment is, I believe, something like “banonkers.” But what do you expect from the guy who co-produced some of the most adventurous, mind-melting pop hits of the first half of the last decade? The Selby takes an exclusive look inside of Pharrell’s…
Maybe the fact that the Heat are finally coming together on the court has something to do with the fact that their three big stars have finally found places to call home. We’ve already shown you pictures of Chris Bosh’s and Dwyane Wade’s new mansions. Those are both in the…
Tony Montana was one bad dude. But he’s no match for gentrification. 728 Ocean Drive in South Beach was once a location seedy enough that Colombian gangsters dismembering a dude with a chainsaw didn’t seem like much of a stretch. Today, the building that hosted one of Scarface’s most notorious…
Must everything in Miami be endorsed by a marginal celebrity and decorated by Romero Britto? The answer to that question, clearly, is yes…
The takeover of Burger King by private equity firm 3G Capital continues to have an aftertaste for longtime employees worse than their cardboard-y fries. The Miami-based, quick-meat chain has laid off 413 workers company wide, with about 261 of those coming out of South Florida. The brunt of those laid…
Anger over public spending is all the rage these days. Unemployment checks? Undeserved. The Obama stimulus plan? An abomination. Now Carlos Alvarez is facing a fierce recall campaign fueled by bitterness over his tax-heavy budget and leased BMWs. The county mayor has been forced to fight for his job like…
Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade will soon have a new place to call home. According to The Wall Street Journal Wade recently paid $10.65 million dollars for an expansive 6 bedroom mansion on La Gorce Island in Miami Beach. The Mediterranean-style house has more than 13,000 sq. ft. of living…
You’d never guess it by the numbers retail stores pulled in over the busiest shopping weekend of the year, but the National unemployment rate is 9.6 percent. And by month’s end, close to 2 million will have lost their extended unemployment benefits, according MSNBC.com. In Florida, 100,000 residents are expected to…
By and larger Wall Street’s movers and shakers have always been insufferable, out-of-touch husks of human beings driven solely by greed. Of course, during the great recession of 2008 in which they were cast, deservedly so, as the villains they were forced to reign in some of their more exuberant…
Following his separation from Courtney Cox, America’s fourth or fifth favorite Friend turned cougar queen, David Arquette has developed a nasty habit of broadcasting his midlife crisis to the world. First he called into Howard Stern to discuss details of his sex life, and now he’s cut out the middle…
Just when you think God has forgotten about South Florida, he goes and completely makes up for it by sending hordes of hideous lionfish our way.We know what you’re thinking: But Riptide, isn’t that a bad thing?Not if you get to kill them with a clean conscience, dear reader. And…
Maybe it’s part of our city’s slight inferiority complex, but we kind of felt left out when Twitter rolled out the ability to view trending topics by geographical region earlier this year and didn’t include Miami in the trackable cities. Well, that great slight was rectified last week when the…
These days, Miami is a steaming pile of ultra-high unemployment, corruption, and bullsh*t promises to “change the system” or “get rid of politics as usual.”Yet, amid this chaotic crap heap there are opportunities for turning a serious profit. But you’ve got to act quickly to corner the market and ride…
A righteous anger has lately been seething from the most unlikely and urbane of American institutions. Inside ivy-shaded law schools from Columbia to Berkeley, students facing six-figure debts and zero job prospects are howling that JDs aren’t much more than university approved shams. Blogs like Shilling Me Softly have stirred the anger,…
