There’s no better real estate in Miami than the 30 acres of downtown waterfront space just south of the Pérez Art Museum Miami. But in its current iteration, the rectangular block known as Museum Park is pretty much a waste — an exposed, feature-less patch of shrubby grass that’s great…
Remember back in 1967 when the Supreme Court ruled that interracial marriage should be legal throughout all of America in Loving vs Virginia? That was a pretty good decision, I think we all agree, don’t we? One interesting note about that is that not one single pastor, priest or minister…
Poll numbers suggest that Florida’s march to medical marijuana is inevitably, but it sure is taken a long time to get there. Sure, law makers approved non-smokable and non-euphoric “Charlotte’s Web” medicinal marijuana for a narrow slice of patients back in 2014, but so far the state has stalled on…
Last month brought news that the penthouse at the Faena House development on Miami Beach was sold for $60 million, making it the most expensive residential property ever bought in Miami and shattering the previous record by a cool $11 million. To Miamians it was an astounding accusation. To the…
Donald Trump’s popularity shows no signs of slipping in Florida. The latest Quinnipiac poll shows Trump atop all his GOP rival amongst Republican primary voters with 28 percent lining up behind the Donald. That’s actually a rise of 7 percent since the last time Quinnipiac polled Florida in late August. …
It’s no secret many Florida police are uneasy about a bill that advanced in Tallahassee yesterday to allow residents to openly carry firearms. In fact, the only reason the Sunshine State is still one of six states to prohibit open gun-toting is because the state Sheriff’s Association has vigorously opposed…
Rick Beasley, a stocky, middle-aged man with a bushy handlebar mustache, stood at the head of an oval table on the fifth floor of a building in Doral. Nine nattily dressed managers filed into the windowless private conference room. After Linda Pierre, a petite 29-year-old, took a seat four feet…
When you’re a Major League Baseball star its hard to keep track of everything going on in your life. Which is why one might hire a personal assistant to help keep track of their schedules, their errands, and even their boats. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bronson Arroyo, a former Golden Glove…
We weren’t sure that the sage of Augustus Sol Invictus, the goat blood-drinking pagan running for Senate in Florida as a libertarian, could get any weirder, and yet that was before we found out that there’s a Miley Cyrus connection. Need something to get a bit stranger? Yep, just add…
Floridians can’t agree on a lot. Which is to be expected in such a diverse swing state, and the results of USF’s annual Sunshine State Survey certainly attest to that. Floridians are split on all sorts of hot button issues from Common Core to offshore drilling. In fact, one of…
Rebecca Towers are a relic of another South Beach: A senior housing complex in the heart of multi-million waterfront condos. That’s also made the towers a regular target for conspiracy theorists on the beach for a simple reason: The land the government-run subsidized housing sits on is worth millions amidst…
If you’ve ever wish your morning cup of coffee was a little bit stronger, well, be careful what you wish for. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers at Miami International Airport uncovered a shipment of coffee so strong it was literally illegal. That’s because it was adulterated…
Between Stand Your Ground and the weekly insane crime news, Florida is about as close to the Wild West as it gets in today’s America. So it’s genuinely a surprise that the Sunshine State is somehow one of six states that still prohibit the public from carrying around weapons in…
The blinds are drawn in Murphy’s Miami Beach bedroom as the 33-year-old pulls a white, silicone, four-inch conical contraption from his nightstand. Called a TLC Tugger, it was designed to stretch skin gradually, as earlobes are stretched for gauges. Except Murphy isn’t stretching his earlobes. His project is much more…
See this guy? He’s running for Senate in Florida. He’s a young lawyer who claims to have worked his way through law school at USF while homeless. He’s a deeply religious family man. Father of four, actually. Sharply dressed, well groomed, and quite handsome as far as politicians go. Sure,…
Last year, The publicly funded Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency announced it was teaming up with film studio company EUE/Screen Gems Studios to build a brand new television and film studio right in the heart of the city. And perhaps everyones biggest curiosity was, “Well, what, uh, exactly are they…
The reign of Joe Philibin in South Florida is over. After a disastrous 1-3 start and an all-around embarrassing loss in London yesterday, Dolphins owner Stephen Ross decided to officially sack Philbin. This is the earliest in the season the Dolphins have ever let go of a coach, and in…
Are you single and living in Miami Beach? Well, congratulations, you’re living in one of the best cities in America to be flying solo according to Livability.com. The Beach came in 8th overall on the site’s top 10 list of “best cities for singles.” The criteria used reflects overall quality…
Last October, Miami New Times broke the news that at least two Miami Police Department cops had been clients at the notorious Coral Gables steroid den Biogenesis. Hours after that story was published, MPD brass announced they’d soon begin testing their cops for anabolic steroid abuse because of “rage-like” problems…
One night in late June, Gus Kalogeras, a retired St. Thomas University dean, was driving south on U.S. 1 back to his home in Sunny Isles Beach. Just past Aventura Mall, he turned left on a yellow that quickly switched to red. A couple of weeks later, Kalogeras received…
The Miami Dolphins continue to invent new-and-extremely-unexciting ways to ruin your Sundays. It’s actually impressive, at this point. This week they walked into your kitchen at 9:30 a.m.. opened the refrigerator, chugged all your orange juice, made an over-stuffed three-piece-of-toast sandwich full of all the eggs and bacon you had…
Yesterday nine people lost their lives in just the latest act of senseless mass gun violence carried out in America. Today presidentially candidate and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush responded to the national tragedy by exclaiming, “Stuff happens.” “I had this challenge as governor—because we had—look, stuff happens, there’s always…
