Chris Bosh Showed Off His Spanish Skills on Univision This Weekend

¡Ay dios mio! ¡Chris Bosh habla español muy bueno!  Chris Bosh, in his continued quest to be the most interesting, lovable, and charming man on the face of this Earth, appeared on Univision Deportes yesterday to talk about the NBA Playoffs and his return to the court. Talk being the operative…

Miami Is a Hot Spot for Dogs Attacking Mail Carriers

Dogs attacking mailmen isn’t just a worn out joke from 1950s sitcoms. It actually happens a lot. In fact, in 2014 alone 5,767 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the United States. To highlight the problem the US Postal Service released its top 30 list of cities with the most…

Best of Miami 2015: Vote Now in Our Readers’ Poll

If we’ve learned one thing about you, Miami, it’s that your opinions are as strong as your cortaditos. That’s why every year, our Best Of Miami issue of New Times depends upon a critical factor: You all telling us what’s what.  Where’s the best sandwich in Dade County? What dive…

Florida Thief Thwarted by Jujitsu Class Next Door

Weird things happen every week in Florida. Every Friday we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: a heroic jujitsu class, a profane God-lovin man and Florida’s worst getaway driver. Robbery Stopped by Jiujitsu Class David Menzies had his eye on about $15,000 worth of merchandize from a triathlon…

New York Times Shows Once Again How Not To Write About Miami

There seems to be a bit of a lazy trope far too many out-of-town writers fall into when writing about Miami. They list of a litany of obvious Miami stereotypes: Beach! Neon! Pretty people! ’80s! Expensive! Parties! It’s like the written equivalent of the Miami Vice opening credits. And then…

Marco Rubio Is a Hawk, and He’s Ready for a Space War

The signs have been there all along: The obsession with Nicky Minaj. The naive belief that he will someday rule the free world. His love of ornamental swords. Marco Rubio is a teenage dude stuck in a U.S. senator’s body. And judging by his speech last night, he’s been binging…

Miami Named 7th Best “City of the Future” For Foreign Investment

Miami basically runs on foreign investment, so its not exactly a surprise we’ve made “The Cities of the Future” list complied by FDI Intelligence’s, a sub-publication of the Financial Times” FDI meaning Foreign Direct Investment, meaning when a foreign business has a controlling ownership stake in an enterprise in another…

Wynwood Is Getting Its First Big Parking Garage

It’s not a true hotspot neighborhood in Miami until it has a big-ass parking garage. Think about. Downtown: Tons of big ass parking garages. South Beach: So many big ass parking garages, some of them even designed by the foremost architects in the world. Downtown Coral Gables: Yep, even some…