What’re you lookin’ at? I don’t know what gave it away. Maybe it was the platinum blonde locks. Maybe it was the faux tans. But there they were. Miami’s new first family: the Hogans. They sat at a table in the front dining area of Smith & Wollensky on South…
Southbeach-usa.com is graced with slick aqua-colored accents, lots of sexy people in crisp white outfits, and helpful tourist information on hotels, restaurants, and clubs. It all looks pretty good — until you scroll down to the article titled “The Anorexic’s Guide to South Beach.” The article, written by Casey Gillespie,…
Architecture and urban planning types came to Miami this week for the Rejuvenation of American Cities on the Water Conference, a three-day lecture and tour event billed as a chance to “experience Miami’s extraordinary urban landscape.” They unknowingly stumbled into a potential urban planning tragedy…
Miami-Dade School Board member Marta Perez is suing Rudy Crew for rejecting four of her proposed items from the agenda of a December 2006 school board meeting. In case you were curious about what merits such a costly legal battle (Crews’ Tallahassee attorney makes $320 and hour, and the lawsuit…
When I moved into my first apartment in Miami three months ago, one of the first things I asked my landlord was whether it was even possible to ride my bike to work, from the Orange Bowl to the New Times building on 28th and Biscayne. He stared a minute…
Federighi’s Wrapped and Protected Christine Federighi taught me at the University of Miami, back when I was a wayward ceramics sculpture minor. And I sucked at the wheel; I lacked the patience, the wrist strength, the sheer talent that she so effortlessly displayed. Watching Federighi craft a simple bowl from…
Yikes! Critical Mass Miami meets Saturday for a ride down Calle Ocho. Meet at Government Center at 10:00, and dress as a rooster or a chicken, if you can, for a chance to ride with Mr. Clucky himself! On Sunday, the Everglades Bike Club meets at 7:30 a.m. (woof) at…
We’re not real estate geniuses here at New Times. Hell, most of us don’t even own our own homes. But it doesn’t take Donald Trump to realize that the real estate market here in Miami is tanking fast and hard. According to propertyshark.com, a real estate data site, there were…
That’s a wrap! But how healthy is it? A few months back I was drawn in by the slick smoothie and sandwich-wrap marketing madness, and ditched my daily burger with fries and a Coke for a supposedly healthier alternative. I started frequenting places like Tropical Smoothie Cafe, Planet Smoothie and…
Repeat after me: oeufs, not flottante As a lifelong Luddite, when it comes to food research I prefer referencing my own collection of cookbooks to surfing the Web. This email I received (OK, I admit it, I do use a computer, too), and my response, only reinforces my distrust of…
The giant, Rastafarian strip-club bouncer’s long dreads twisted up into a black headwrap. His beard formed a wild thicket of graying hair. A gold tooth mounted with a diamond poked out from under his upper lip, and massive, tattooed forearms emerged from a vest embroidered with the face of Haile…
The Plucky Mr. Clucky Filed Under: Bike Blog Local carpenter, handyman, and radical activist Mark Buckley is known for his seven-wheeled creation, dubbed “Frankenbike,” which he built out of used frames and chainlink fencing to use as a kind of mascot for local biking group Critical Mass. But Frankenbike isn’t…
They unlocked the door of the boys’ bathroom on the second floor of Southwood Middle School this past November. It was determined that enough time had passed. Except for a few laggards, the last of the students who’d attended the school at the time of the incident had now graduated…
Thunderstorms may have rocked much of Miami-Dade County last night, but the wet weather wasn’t enough to keep the winos from joining French-native Florent Blanchet in celebrating the two year anniversary of his W Wine Bistro . “Any excuse for a party,” grinned Blanchet between monster-size gulps of bubbles –…
Apparently some news is too good to break just once. New Times couldn’t help noticing Associated Press article about the five sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway that appeared in Saturday’s Herald and Sunday’s New York Times. Because we wrote it a month ago…
Separated at birth? You decide Phil Hopkins, 21, has been delivering food from The Daily (2001 Biscayne Blvd, Miami) to the New Times building almost every day for the past year. At the restaurant, Chef Mario holds up the new issue of the Biscayne Times, points at the photo of…
The bike blog recently wrote about bike shootings and felons on bicycles, and this week brings more news from the world of organized crime on two wheels: Sasha Wright, founder and leader of the local bicycle gang “Bycle Jackson,” is relocating, and likely taking the gang’s logistical core with her…
On April Fool’s Day, Beach Towing Service punked Karl Willman. The unemployed college student pulled into the parking lot of the CVS Pharmacy at 1421 Alton Road around 7:45 p.m. He parked his 2005 gray Honda Element, got out and walked next door to Lime Fresh Mexican Grill to grab…
Students from Johnson & Wales University’s College of Culinary Arts will commemorate the 95th anniversary of the last meal on the Titanic with a special dinner that will recreate the ten-course menu served in the first class saloon on the night of the tragic sinking. The dinner, scheduled for 7…
Nobody gives Calvin T. Godfrey a parking in a restricted zone ticket on Jesus’s Birthday. Nodody. I pledged to fight this affront to goodwill. It only took three months to get my day in court, but at 1:08 p.m. yesterday afternoon, I came armed only with a bible. Officer Samaria…
Nelly: Grillin’ and chillin’ In Christmas of 2005, Nelly’s song “Grillz” made South Beach the nominal center of the shit-on-your-teeth universe. But, bad news, Miami. We dropped the fuckin’ ball. Again. According to a reputable source we rank #7 in the nation for quality grillz…
Venezuelan opposition journalist Patricia Poleo has lived in Miami since she was accused of being the “intellectual author” of the murder of a prominent pro-Chavez prosecutor, Danilo Anderson. (New Times published a feature story about the case in February.) Venezuela’s Ministry of Justice implicated Poleo — whose politics tend toward…
