Well, a new month is upon us, and you know what that means! A new set of food stamps to trade for cash en la bodeguita de la esquina, and we get to name January’s sapingos of the month. See also: – Pepe Billete’s Guide to the Best of Miami…
So the Super Bowl turned 47. And as we all know, the Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers in a surprisingly hectic second-half, Beyonce reunited with her Destiny’s Child homies, and the game stopped for a full 34 minutes when half of the stadium’s the power mysteriously went out…
Jeb Bush Jr. is one of the future faces of the Republican Party. He is the 29-year-old president of Bush Realty and sits on the boards of several local corporations. The youngest son of Florida’s former governor is even considered a possible contender against Democratic Congressman Joe Garcia in 2014…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Ron Jeremy, star of over 2,000 adult films and the man behind Ron de Jeremy, Ron Rolling papers, and anything else he could put his….ummm…face on and make a buck, is resting after aneurysm surgery.The actor/entrepreneur/personality drove himself to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles early Wednesday after experiencing chest…
While conducting research for an upcoming article, Banana Republican came across this nifty tool on the Miami-Dade County Police Department’s website called “Crime Mapping.” Basically you can track criminal activity in any neighborhood in the city of Miami and unincorporated Miami-Dade.Imagine Google maps allowing you to pinpoint where the highest…
Sun Life Stadium Upgrade: Miami-Dade Taxpayers Should Fund It
Detective Dad Closure needed: Perhaps your article shedding more light on the death of 17-year-old Marissa Karp (“A Father’s Hunt,” Kyle Swenson, January 24) will eventually help solve this murder and give some measure of closure to her heartbroken father, Gary, and her brother. This is the first I’ve read…
A nonprofit organization that fights housing discrimination recently scored a partial court victory against SPV Realty, the New York-based company that owns Little Haiti apartment complex Design Place. HOPE Fair Housing Center is suing SPV in Miami federal court, alleging the rental real estate firm discriminates against African-American renters.On January…
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 comes to the defense of the Miami Dolphins.I’m with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross on this one. The…
In light of the New York ban and ensuing bruhaha, we must admit: there is no such thing as a completely healthy soda. But there are much healthier alternatives than those BPA-laden cans full of phosphate fizzies pumped full of high fructose corn syrup and caramel coloring.The ingredients in regular…
For Nadia Wright, a veteran suffering from anxiety, depression, and a debilitating organ condition, the cozy north Miami Beach duplex seemed like the perfect place to try to get back on her feet. So in September, the ex-Merchant Marine and her two teenage kids moved into the three-bedroom abode off…
When you consider the food-related restrictions in New York, you should cry fat, giant tears of joy that you live in Miami — a city that considers rules and regulations mere trivialities of no concern to locals. Restaurants in the Big Apple have instituted an “unofficial” ban on food photography,…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Judi Kolson used to love paddling the waters of Biscayne Bay until a recent outing allegedly gave her a leg infection after her skin came into contact with contaminated water. Now, the breast cancer survivor from Key Biscayne is careful not come into contact with sea water when she hits…
UM Sanctions: Goodbye, Nevin Shapiro
Reader Mail: Everglades Python Hunt Stinks
Give Stephen Ross props. He stepped up to Norman Braman one billionaire to another and slapped him across the face with a clean white glove. With a full page ad undermining Braman’s credibility in Tuesday’s edition of the Miami Herald, Ross let Braman know he’s got the cash to parry…
Forty years ago today, the United States Supreme Court declared that a woman has the right to choose whether or not to forcibly terminate a pregnancy. The Court’s landmark decision is not only still hotly debated, but is also constantly challenged around the country. Roe v. Wade is also an…
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 gives his take on the latest developments in the NCAA probe of the Miami Hurricanes.The NCAA is finally…
What happens when your political career is blown to smithereens by an angry electorate and a billionaire car dealership mogul? If you’re Carlos Alvarez, the former Miami-Dade mayor who was booted from office in the largest recall of a local politician on March 15, 2011, you become a Bizarro version…
On Sunday, Banana Republican stopped by the Victor Bean’s Southern Classic Gun & Knife Show at the Miami-Dade County youth fairgrounds to gauge the mood of Second Amendment acolytes in the wake of Barack Obama’s announcement last week that he wants to clamp down on guns.For all his blustering about…
