The Miami Herald’s skullduggery against local blogger and photographer Bill Cooke is getting serious. Miami’s only major daily has sicced Ian Ballon, a big-dog intellectual property lawyer based out of Greenberg Traurig’s Los Angeles office, on the canterkerous shutterbug-agitator. On his bio page, Ballon lists among his accomplishments winning a…
This weeks’ Friday Food Funnies doesn’t have anything to do with food, but my head is still on a Jamaican vacation of sorts. The video starts getting funny around the 58-second mark — presumably as the ganja starts kicking in:…
Few things are more depressing to us than diluted condiments. So imagine the head-scratching when on a recent visit to Lime Fresh Mexican Grill in midtown Miami, rogue ice chunks are found inside the containers in its chilled salsa bar.Why on Earth water down these zingy batches of house-made condiment…
A few months ago I wrote about the new anti-tether law that Joe Sanchez got approved in Miami-Dade County this past March. That was a step in the right direction to protect who can’t speak for themselves. That was real progress. Which is why I’m even more pissed off, in…
The Monday special at Taco Rico’s Miami Beach location (1608 Alton Road) is 79 cent tacos, beef or bean, soft or crunchy. One of three outposts, the original Taco Rico on US1 around 42 Ave will forever be remembered for its victory in the Battle of Dixie Hwy. Back in…
So after weeks of very little excitement as far things that I would like to do, all of a sudden this weekend is chock full of some of my favorite things.First off Lucas Leyva and a few names I associate with the Borscht Film Festival, as well as some of…
Crispin Porter + Bogusky has long been an anchor of Miami business. Coconut Grove-cool and booming. But now it’s on the decline, and this smells bad for the South Florida economy. Indeed, as the recession cools off spending among high-end consumers, the falling fortunes of this leader in boutique advertising…
Jesus in Shades So sorry: “In the Name of the King” (Gus Garcia Roberts, August 13) is a well-written investigative report. It is unbiased and straight to the point. But the front page is a disaster. Why in the name of God are you pimping Jesus Christ? Will you next…
Over the past four weeks, I’ve written a news article and several blog posts about Sean Casey, a 35-year-old Bostonian who was charged with DUI manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of Mary Montgomery in 2001.To recap, Casey is serving a 12-and-half year prison sentence after pleading guilty in 2006 after…
The final, frenzied countdown to party time has begun. In exactly three days, the Magic City’s most discerning club rats — and fanatical apparel collectors — will swarm the Awarehouse for Saturday’s Sweat X Iggy Pop T-Shirt Release. (If you haven’t yet RSVP-ed, get on the list right now. Note:…
In this year’s City of Miami elections, the theme is “Taking It Back to the Old School,” considering Frank Carollo, brother of mercurial ex-Mayor Joe Carollo, is running for Joe Sanchez’s seat. And then there is Francis Xavier Suarez, who wants to replace Tomas Regalado on the commission dais. Francis…
Fantasma Productions was one of the top independent promotion and performance companies in the United States. It was founded and run by John Stoll. He owned the Carefree Center in Broward which housed Comedy Corner, where Larry The Cable Guy got his start. Stoll died in 2008. Click here to…
Miami-Dade Criminal Court Judge John Thornton denied Sean Casey’s request to unseal transcripts of secretly recorded conversations the convicted hit-and-run driver had with his attorney and therapist in 2004.The judge’s ruling almost certainly brings an end to Casey’s quest to overturn a plea deal that in 2006 sent him to prison for…
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) has launched a petition drive to ban poultry litter being used as cattle feed. Poultry litter consists primarily of chicken shit, feathers, spilled feed and bedding material that accumulate on the floors of the buildings that house chickens and turkeys. It can also include stuff…
Just before 9:30 p.m. July 13, Officer Eric Guzman flashed his lights and pulled over next to a litter-strewn grass field on NW Fifth Avenue, a few blocks north of the Miami River.Guzman, a five-year veteran of the Miami Police Department, had spotted a man who matched the description of…
So while every other registered blogger spent Sunday night with the premiere of Mad Men, True Blood, or the ol’ Adult Swim standbys, Riptide watched the debut of Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami. Don’t ever say we’re not committed to our jobs. We can’t promise to do this every week,…
The more Riptide dissects Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez’s proposed budget cuts in order to make up a $427 million shortfall, the more we realize el alcalde fuerte is not gonna mess with his executive staff’s perks. The mayor’s spokeswoman, Vicki Mallette, confirmed Alvarez will not ax the approximately $101,200 a…
A woman set herself on fire at the Mall of the Americas, and surprisingly she wasn’t exactly the most stable person. Who will be our next Senator? Allan Bense? One of these ladies? The non-Governor Bob Martinez? Lincoln Diaz-Balart? A Miami Beach doctor apparently tried to chemically castrate Michael Jackson.Fired WPLG anchor Charles Perez…
UPDATE: Earlier this week, Miami-Dade County spokeswoman Vicki Mallette responded to my earlier report regarding executive salaries. I apologize to my readers for not posting her response sooner.She insisted that Alvarez is proposing in the budget a ten percent reduction to the county executive offices, which is not reflected in…
The endlessly fascinating thing about this flyer for the Obey Your Mastour kickoff party is the oddly erotic moment transpiring between the two humanoid creatures, struggling front and center. To be honest, I can’t fully decode the sequence or nature of whatever’s happening here … I mean, what exactly is…
Remember that Curb Your Enthusiasm episode where Larry David has a sandwich named after him on his favorite deli’s menu, but he’s none too pleased with its unappetizing contents? To add insult to injury, he has no say with the owner as to his namesake’s fate and desperately attempts to…
No, Calahoney won’t take your dinner order, then wash the dishes. (Although, they might consider it, if you ask nice and promise to buy their album.) Truth is, Josue Cruz and Laura Askins don’t even run a restaurant. They’re a husband-and-wife duo who “teach in the winter and rock in…
