People do a lot of crazy things for their religions, but we suggest drawing a line at drinking large quantities of mucus from illegally smuggled snails.Charles L. Stewart of Hialeah is under investigation for making his followers do exactly that. He’s a practitioner of an African faith known as El…
We live in the weird news capital of the country, what sometimes goes on at city hall could be qualified as insane, and we’re certainly home to more than a few out-of-this-world characters, but Miami isn’t anywhere close to the craziest city in America. In fact, according to nonscientific ratings by the Daily…
Click here to view photos from this event.Usually, Riptide cares as much about fashion as we do about feel-good stories, but we were sort of curious about the retooled Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach — now called Fashion Miami — which took over the custom-built tent raised for last year’s…
The Democratic National Committee couldn’t keep its paws off Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist’s war of the wax, and produced this “rapid response” web ad to basically paint the Republican primary race as a giant mess of unadulterated silliness…
Forecaster predicts an “above normal” Hurricane season in 2010, with about two or three hurricanes making landfall in the U.S. [Herald]Florida is number three in total foreclosure filings. [Herald]And here’s another cherry stat: Unemployment in Florida is at an all-time high of 11.9 percent. [CBS4]A Gulfstream Park employee had a rock thrown…
The Miami Caliente shows blood, sweat, and lace in the Lingerie Football League
Angry dude Phil Busch called in bomb threats at Miami International Airport
Miami boaters: Please help Frenchman Jeremy Marie continue his hitchhiking world tour!
South Florida’s gay nightclubs cash in on the Avatar craze
Miami has dozens of Fidel Castros
Certain corners of the South Florida economy depend on a steady supply of new fake breasts, but spending on plastic surgery dropped 20 percent last year.America shelled out only $10.5 million on nips and tucks in 2009, down from $13.2 million in 2007. The number of actual surgeries performed dropped 30 percent in…
Today’s photo, of an art installation at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, comes from DKeros’ Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here, join our Flickr group…
Finally, the Miami Hurricanes have actually benefited from some recruiting drama. Five-star recruit Latwan Anderson has decided to switch his commitment to the team. Ranked the 15th best player in his class by Rivals.com, the defensive back originally committed to West Virginia but never inked with the team on National…
Public Policy Polling is back today with its full-fledged Florida Senate general election polling, and it’s more or less bad news for Charlie Crist.Yesterday it was announced PPP’s new numbers show Crist losing the Republican primary by a whopping 32 points. In fact, as the numbers stand now, there’s no conceivable way…
Miami Beach Commissioner Jerry Libbin has accepted a new job as president of the Beach’s Chamber of Commerce, Riptide has learned. Libbin’s hiring has prompted a review from the Miami Dade County Ethics Commission to alleviate any conflicts connected to Chamber board members testifying to the commission on contract issues…
Oh, man, we kind of feel bad for making light of Rafer Alston’s mysterious disappearence from the Heat. According to ESPN, Alston says his decision had little to do with losing his spot in the starting lineup and more to do with the attempted suicide of his twin sister.”I’ve never…
Charlie Crist’s flippant suggestion that Marco Rubio got his back waxed on Republican donors’ money was certainly an ill-advised attempt at humor, but the conservative conspiracy theorists and fervent Rubio supporters at RedState.com wonder if the remark was somehow gay baiting or racist.Writes Erick Erickson:I don’t know if he was trying to…
Back in July, three-fourths of the security guards on South Beach signed cards asking to unionize — a move that set off months of nasty fights with their employer, Security Alliance. Company leaders bullied employees to find out who had signed up. At meetings, the bosses reminded the guards that…
On Sunday, Cuban television broadcast the first episode of an 8-part miniseries on the various assassination attempts on Fidel Castro. Just another jolly night on Cuban prime-time!Called He Who Must Live, the miniseries covers the “638” attempts on El Supremo’s life, including some that took place even before he came…
With the announcement of a second season of Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami came news that Kourtney’s boyfriend and baby daddy, Scott Disick, would open a combination restaurant/lounge/club. Well, the club in question has actually been open for months — it’s Mia at Biscayne.He’s taken on a role in VIP/nightlife…
The Miami-Dade Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce is set to open a visitor center in South Beach as it moves its headquarters to the old city hall. The group has leased the space from the city and plans to open the center April 1. The fact that the group…
March is “Bicycle Month” in Florida. So we hope you shared the road on Saturday afternoon when Miami cyclists took to the streets for the Beer Snob Bicycle Crawl. According to Mike Bike Scene organizers, close to a hundred peeps showed up for the four-bar, crosstown ride that started at…
