The Delta Gamma sorority at the University of Miami released its 2015 recruitment video Thursday. What do bright-faced gals need to join the ranks? Aviator sunglasses, an endless supply of cut-off shorts, and pearly-white teeth — at least according to the video. For more than three minutes, the group of…
The Bawse got that Fuego fever. After four straight trips to the NBA Finals and two championships, our Miami Heat (or el Miami Fuego, as the team is known during the National Basketball Association’s annual Noches Latinas) has gotten off to a lackluster start for this 2014-15 season. We lost…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke predicts Marco Rubio’s political future. Despite all his blustering about making a run for the Oval Office, Florida…
For months, Wynwood restaurants and visitors have been fuming about a new parking policy that has made formerly free parking expensive and — at times — inconvenient. Now Shots Miami, a bar on NW 23rd Street, and a Southwest Miami-Dade Harley dealership are firing back by offering a free motorcyle…
Every year, Miami New Times names the 12 most awful people in our community — one per month — so you can feel better about your rude neighbors…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke makes bold predictions for 2015. In 2014, people fed up with white cops killing unarmed black men marched…
For Miami dining, 2014 was the year of simplicity. There was, as has long been the case, the onslaught of celebrity chefs planting their flags on our shores. But beyond these big names, homegrown culinary talent continued to boil down cuisine into its simplest, most delicious form…
Where has T double D been? Yes, yes Miami’s maestro of trill had a recent run-in with the law over cocaine, gun possession and driving with a suspended license. But more importantly the hometown hero has been putting in work in the kitchen. This explains the recent weight gain. But…
Miami Beach Police Chief Daniel J. Oates sent a letter to his staff today outlining his concerns about an upcoming story in Miami New Times. “This email is for your information only. My request is that you not release it outside the Department,” he wrote. Minutes after he sent the…
How you hanging in there Miami? I know, I know – you don’t want to talk about it. But we need to talk about this. He’s gone. He left and I know it hurts, but it is what it is. These things happen, people change and they move on and…
At Cleo, the Redbury Hotel’s new eatery, Danny Elmaleh proffers a dip called lebaneh. To make it, the soft-spoken chef-partner lets kefir cheese drain for 48 hours and then adds olive oil, lemon juice, and za’atar (his version is a blend of thyme, sesame seeds, and sumac). Finally, he tosses…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke makes it clear he is nothing like Nevin Shapiro. Everyone, including Jeb Bush, is raving about filmmaker Billy…
Yenis Delgado is a green-eyed, 45-year-old Cuban beauty. She left the island a decade ago with her husband and young son. Her dad stayed behind, though, and it’s hard to keep in touch. Calls cost $1 per minute. Sending gifts sets her back $50 per pound. “Who can afford that?”…
“The city of Miami is only 200 miles or so from Havana. Countless thousands of Cubans have come to Miami — on planes and makeshift rafts, some with little but the shirt on their back and hope in their hearts. Today, Miami is often referred to as the capital of…
Here is the full White House news release on Cuba. It is stunning. Updated at the end with Vatican news release on the matter. See also: TV Crews Outnumber Protestors at Versailles As Obama and Castro Normalize Relations Charting a New Course on Cuba Today, the United States is taking…
C’mon, Miami… Of all the places in America that should possess an encyclopedic understanding of what it means to “dance in a sexually provocative manner while in a squat, thrusting the hips and popping that booty,” we’d expect the 305 to be numero uno con ese culo. And yet it…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke breaks down the courtship between sports agents and college football players. Shark season has begun in college football. As…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke takes on Charles Barkley over his comments about the protests in Ferguson and New York. According to Charles Barkley,…
Restaurateur Tony Gallo and chef Pietro Vardeu have drawn crowds to Sardinia Enoteca in Sunset Harbour since 2006. Now the pair offers cuisine from another part of Italy. Apulia is a region in the southeast, the heel of the boot. It’s somewhat poorer and flatter than much of the country,…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. Today, Luke assesses the fallout in Ferguson, Missouri. America took five steps backwards when a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, did…
Sweet-sour cranberry sauce is a Thanksgiving staple. But unlike most dishes that adorn holiday tables, it is highly unpredictable, second only to your aunt’s turkey, which for decades has been a coin toss between bone dry and poultry sashimi…
A week after Riptide reported that several South Beach dogs had suffered sudden, sometimes lethal seizures, the animal hospital that treated four victims has confirmed what many suspected: The dogs ingested poison. Lela Morales, a manager at Alton Road Animal Hospital, says the dogs almost certainly ate some kind of…
