Robert Ruano, Miami’s director of grants and sustainable initiatives, spends a lot of money dining out and traveling on the taxpayers’ dime. According to copies of the reimbursement forms and receipts Ruano has submitted to the Miami’s finance office between 2006 and January this year, the city has picked up his…
No Justice Sloppy reporting: I remember the William Fenzau murder case from The First 48, but I don’t get the angle of Francisco Alvarado’s May 28 story, “Rush to Justice.” How did the TV show rush the detectives? Where in the article is there anything to substantiate this incredible claim?…
The Cuban Five Resurface in Miami
Texas might have “Remember the Alamo!” But Dade will always remember the Orange Bowl. Just think, this week in 1988, the Monsters Of Rock tour put NW 3rd street on smash. Wouldn’t it be cool if Metallica rocked Little Havana nowadays? Yes, yes it would. This week in 1988 also…
Just before 9 a.m. this morning, someone was walking near Pelican Harbor — the water next to the 79th Street Causeway — when they noticed a bag bobbing in the murk.Something didn’t look right, so they called 911. Miami Police pulled out the bag around 11 a.m. Inside, they found…
Atlanta-based trio Last November plays two gigs in South Florida this weekend, hitting an early all-ages gig tomorrow night at Respectable Street Cafe in West Palm Beach, and then Transit Lounge in Miami on Friday. The group first got together in high school, when they bonded over playing acoustic versions…
To read past installments of South Florida According to Brooklyn, click here. What I want to talk about this week is how I miss Miami. For the past two months, I’ve been living back in Ft. Lauderdale again. I was really excited to move back at first because my true…
*As being reported on this site and others, Brosia has closed in the Design District. Lots of folks liked it, and the outdoor patio was one of the coolest, but I, for one, won’t miss the wavering service and uneven cuisine.*Maison d’Azur has shut its’ doors at the Astor Hotel…
In the crowded race to for the city commission seat being vacated by Joe Sanchez, perennial candidate Frank Carollo has amassed $95,275 in campaign . The guy’s run before.Vitals: A 39-year-old certified public accountant with a perfectly symmetrical pompadour. Qualifications: Ran three times for the state House of Representatives –…
Last week it came to light that Real Housewives of New Jersey anti-hero Danielle Staub had a shadowy, cocaine and sex filled past in the ’80s heyday of the magic city. Now, The Star-Leger has dug up details of her 1986 arrest. Apparently, she was suspected of holding another woman in her…
Jim Wurster is one of the best almost-kept secrets of the South Florida singer-songwriter world, a leading light of a micro-scene that revolves around small venues like the Luna Star Cafe. While his artist bio may be given to, shall we say, hyperbole, this much is true: Once upon a…
Today’s throwback comes from wayyyy back in the way-back machine’s gears: 1930, when Phil Spitalny’s orchestral jazz compositions were pop hits. It’s hard to imagine a time before popular music was splintered into a thousand different subgenres, but think about it: Beyond classical and real folk traditions, there was basically…
Friday night’s weekly Flamingo Fridays party at PS14 marks the first show in a while on this side of the county line for the Miami foursome Astari Nite. The band has been playing out relatively frequently, but recent weeks have seen it playing mostly around Broward and even West Palm Beach.And…
Wish You Were There is a new column on Crossfade highlighting pictures and videos from around the web of the weekend’s biggest shows. One of the most anticipated gigs in town this past Saturday was the kick-off of bass god Les Claypool’s national outing with Matisyahu. The weather at the…
Moving Units is a new column on Crossfade tracking the best-selling music at South Florida independent record stores. Top Sellers for the Week of May 22-29:Sweat Records, Miami1. It’s Blitz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs2. Entertainment, Fischerspooner3. Born Like This, MF Doom4. Sounds of the Universe, Depeche Mode5. Two Suns, Bat For Lashes…
Former celebri-priest and confessed sex-haver Father Cutié became Lay Minister Cutié this week and joined the Episcopal church so he could marry his girlfriend. Though, he’s not the first to change faiths in the name of love. The Cat Killer struck again. Once we catch this guy (gal?), the most poetic justice would…
So which cast member of Bravo’s upcoming docu-soap Miami Social has the most embarrassing past? Hardy Hill, who did some softcore porn or Ariel Stein who’s busy promoting the Wearable Towel?Stein’s is vice-president of 20/20 Vision Management, based on Fisher Island, and we just got a press release from the…
Prior to the advent of astro-drink Tang and its evil twin Sunny D, Florida was the undisputed Bordeaux of the breakfast drink game. These days though, our prime regional product isn’t O.J. alone. We’ve been forced by circumstance (a.k.a. evil, artificial orange drinks) to diversify into such things as cultivating the…
No theme this week — just a random sampling.I went to a restaurant that serves ‘breakfast at any time’. So I ordered French Toast during the Renaissance. ~Steven WrightWhen I go to a restaurant, I always ask for a chicken and an egg to see which comes first. ~UnknownWhen a…
Ever loved your sugar pie honeybunny pookie bear soooo much that your relationship already felt like beautiful music? I guess that’s what Me She and Chris V of new local act BFGF were feeling, and they decided to express that feeling in song. And thus, the enamored couple (look, they…
Miami is a city of vanity — we accept that as fact, even if it’s a poor quality. But Bravo’s new series, Miami Social, takes that attribute and runs with it. In a three-minute preview posted on its website, the cast provides enough cringe-worthy moments that it left Riptide feeling…
Now you Z it, then…In what has to be the fastest closing since Donny Osmond attempted George M. Cohan on Broadway, Zushi Flirt has rolled from the lobby of Z Ocean Hotel. A second branch of 8-oz. Burger Bar is already in its place, the Burger Bar brain trust no…
