Alan Rigerman pokes his head out the door of his little gray house in Northwest Miami-Dade and emits a crackle of excited greetings. He is dressed, as always, in a black T-shirt and Sportif khaki shorts; his hair is pasted to the side of his head with a heavy dose…
The Debate You Didn’t See Filed under: News Mr. Griff, a middle-age man with loose cornrows and baggy brown pants, sits in a green plastic chair and orders students not to cut through the parking lot at the University of Miami campus. He’s been there since 8:00 a.m. It’s now…
Arnold Cohen wants your tushy clean. The desire took seed in the tall, polite gentleman sometime in the 1960s and has grown into a lifelong obsession. It’s not weird either. The Hollywood resident believes America should catch up with the Old World where tushies are concerned; he believes in the…
When a friend called Heather Friday morning, she answered the phone groggy. The night before, she had been partying at Hard Rock or Mansion or somewhere. “Pack your shit,” said the voice on the line. “We’re going on a two-day, two-night cruise to the Bahamas.” “When?” “Today.” “For free?” “Of…
This week’s Pic of the Week (courtesy of AFP photo) is Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley riding a bicycle in Paris. During a visit to the City of Lights, he proclaimed yesterday that he wants a bicycle rental system similar to the Velib, a Paris’ new and truly revolutionary plan…
Miami’s beaches, nightlife, and style attract stars from all over the world. Running into musicians, actors, and other major players is part of the attraction of South Beach and other area hot spots. With our new blog, The Party Crasher, we will deliver all of the celebrity news that you…
Like so many Florida kids, Eric Suarez visited Walt Disney World often as a youngster. “I’ve lived in Miami my whole life, and I’ve been to Disney a good 20, 30 times. I used to go every year with my cousins. And when we went on the rides, there was…
He’s our man! Let’s face it: Miami Police Chief John Timoney is dead meat. Sure he apologized for taking an SUV from Lexus of Kendall without paying. And maybe he didn’t cook the books on crime, as city police officers contend. But whether chiefy baby likes it or not, last…
In a matter of minutes, TV stations across the nation will be flipped through angrily as General David Petraeus eats up our precious daytime tube-watching with his much-anticipated testimony before Congress on the progress of the Iraq troop surge. You know, the report that president Bush has called the “Petraeus…
This past July, New Times published “Scared Straight,” an article about Worthy Creations, a local ministry that shepherds gay men and women toward heterosexuality. The Fort Lauderdale based group operates under the spiritual umbrella of the “ex-gay” movement, which uses reparative therapy to purportedly rid homosexuals of same-sex attraction. Documented…
Ishq, the contemporary Indian restaurant whose opening at 530 Ocean Drive, South Beach, has been “highly anticipated” (re:long delayed), will finally start cooking this Friday (September 14). Owners Sham and Kavita Kamlani promise “Bombay street fare in an oceanside setting” and a menu of traditional dishes (samosas, masalas, tandooris) complemented…
What better way to start the weekend than with a little splash of Miami Vice and Frank Zappa? Courtesy of Youtube: –Francisco Alvarado…
Good Friday All kinds of end-of-the-week news on the Bike Blog. First off, if you’re peddling around South Beach this weekend you might notice a new bike lane on 16th street. It’s been there just a week or so, according to Miami Beach Transportation Coordinator Christine Leduc. The Bike Blog…
Last week, I was contacted by Richard “Virgin Dick” Paris, a member of the Miami/Fort Lauderdale chapter of the Hash House Harriers – the self-described “drinking group with a running problem.” Put simply, hashing works like this: hashers meet (once a week, here) and one or two of them, called…
In 1994, Two Chefs was a combination cooking school and gourmet retail outlet in South Miami. Two years later chef/owners Jan Jorgensen and Soren Bredahl opened the cozy, 100-seat restaurant at the same site. Soren has since returned to Denmark, the wine list has expanded, prices have gone up a…
It’s fall, and you know what that means: another new courtroom reality show that follows in the footsteps of the timeless classic, “The People’s Court.” On Sept. 10, our very own Judge David Young will preside from the bench on daytime TV. (Locally, his show will be aired at 1…
Watch an audio slideshow of Erol Josue leading a Little Haiti Vodou ceremony. Chantal Louis is a 42-year-old Haitian immigrant who lives in suburban Hempstead on Long Island. She’s a mother of three and a computer technician who can flash a megawatt smile. She lives in a two-story white colonial…
The area around downtown Miami has been infiltrated by renegade outdoor advertising. Murals on buildings appear quickly and quietly; a crumbling façade on an Overtown corner becomes a two-story-tall ad spot for Skyy Vodka; three floors of an office building south of Flagler transform into a giant space to promote…
Bon Voyage, Manuel Filed under: News Manuel Noriega’s swarthy, acne-scarred mug will be missed in our fair city when he is released from prison Sunday. Where else does a corrupt, militant South American cocaine trafficker really belong anyway? Certainly not France. All of his friends are here. The Federal Correctional…
Long ago Humberto Aguilar was a thief, a rich one with a Mercedes-Benz SL650 and a slew of designer Italian suits to show for it. He specialized in laundering millions of dollars pumped from the cocaine trade. Now the plump 54-year-old with a baritone voice and a Tom Selleck mustache…
Since we didn’t post one last week, we’ve got two for you today: one is happy, one aint. Here’s the first, taken on a recent Critical Mass (the Saturday one) ride. The group, which promotes safety in numbers via mass bike rides, meets this Saturday, 10:00 AM at University Metrorail…
Ebony is a professional. She has a master’s degree from a large East Coast University, two kids, and a nice car. She works as a counselor by day, catering to Miami’s sick and stressed at a medical facility. She is a big woman: five foot one, weighing in at two…
