Pepe Billete’s Guide to Partying in Miami

See the full archive of Pepe Billete’s columns here.Last weekend me and the guys at DeadFix.com were cojiendo tremenda perra nota at PeachFuzz, and we started talking about all the mistakes people make when they go out partying in Miami. The conversation was so interesting, that I decided to make…

Mugshots Friday: A Bird Leaves the Flock

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…

Miami Marlins, Miami Dolphins Give Big To Political Committees

Life on the field has not gone well for Miami’s football and baseball franchises. The Marlins sucked ass during the first half of the season playing inside the team’s sparkling new ball park, which was financed with half-a-billion dollars in taxpayer funds. Meanwhile, the Dolphins organization has been busy during…

Katherine Fernandez Rundle Is No Janet Reno

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 takes on the Miami-Dade state attorney.Katherine Fernandez Rundle is no Janet Reno. Miami-Dade’s top prosecutor, who is a…

The Franchise Episode 2 Recap: LoMo Meets His Hero & Lo Viste

It’s fitting that the same day big trade rumors involving Heath Bell and Hanley Ramirez surface, episode two of The Franchise is pretty much framed around a trade deadline discussion roundtable with Jeffery Loria, Larry Beinfest and their DERP lackeys (or maybe the Marlins PLANTED those rumors as a sort…

California’s Got The Right Idea: Help Ban Foie Gras In Florida (Video)

As Short Order reported recently, California’s ban on foie gras finally went into effect earlier this month.Unfortunately, due to the lax wording of the ban, restaurants have found it possible to circumvent the law and serve the item to customers. The California law specifies that restaurants cannot sell food derived…

Dress Like a Cow, Get Free Grub at Chick-Fil-A

When it turns Friday the 13th, things get weird around Chik-fil-A; that is when you dress up as a cow, you get a free combo meal. Not weird enough? Today also happens to be Cow Appreciation Day, which is why the chicken fast food restaurant is having this offer. This…

Mugshots Friday: American Flag Face

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…

American Airlines Plane With Pressure Problems

An American Airlines plane that took off from Fort Lauderdale is headed for Miami International Airport with cabin pressure problems, NBC reports. The flight took off at 9:15 a.m., but still hadn’t arrived at 10:20. There are 147 people aboard.Five people were hospitalized yesterday after severe turbulence shook a plane…