The Carlisle Development Group sure knows how to show gratitude to Audrey Edmonson. The Miami-based affordable housing developer ponied up $15,000 in contributions to the Miami-Dade County commissioner’s reelection campaign, according to her recently filed campaign finance report. Edmonson has been instrumental in helping Carlisle land a couple of key…
Today is the deadline to pay the piper. Meet the deadline or dump a considerable portion of your blood, sweat and toil to the IRS.That’s why restaurants across Miami are stepping up on your bedraggled behalf during on this national day of mourning to provide some cheap chow. Or maybe…
Luther Campbell, 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 assesses his old campaign foe’s sorry job performance.During almost ten months in office, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has…
How adorable are Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, y’all? They’re like the cutest rebound couple ever! But don’t remind Kim’s stepfather, former Olympian-turned-cosmetic-surgery-disaster Bruce Jenner, that they’re dating. TMZ reports that Jenner was at a speaking engagement at Northeastern University when someone in the crowd asked the former track star…
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…
Oh my god, bruh. On Wednesday, the world was blessed with a rare speech, straight from the heart of the swag-est, most gorgeous rapper alive, Lil B the Based God. Some people said he didn’t deserve to speak at prestigious NYU, but he proved them wrong with an hour and…
I don’t like the online activist group Color of Change. The namby-pamby, can’t-we-all-just-get-along-as-long-you’re-a-vegan, Obama-loving, Christian-hating, war-protesting, Democratic-donkey-defending, liberal members are all a bunch of imbeciles.I know that’s a pretty broad generalization. And I’m sure you’re cursing me right now…
On Monday evening, the season eight premiere of No Reservations took Anthony Bourdain to Mozambique.The next morning, I blogged that the episode was a departure from Bourdain’s usually snarky worldview. A few hours later, Bourdain tweeted the following:…
Campaign finance reports for January, February, and March are in for the local county races. So who’s funneling cash to Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and his main opponent, County Commission Chairman Joe Martinez?If money is any indicator, Martinez has a long haul ahead of him. For the past three months,…
Reader mail: Rapist cop Michael Ragusa could have been stopped
DJ Laz: Booty Music Pioneer
When we last saw him, Steven Tyler had turned into a 63-year-old grandma who’d gotten lost on a sandbar. Well, the Aerosmith frontman is back in the tabloid blogosphere for his bod. Only this time it’s got nothing to do with his grams gams. No, Steven Tyler has completely fucking…
Poor Ozzie Guillen. Baseball season just got started and already the Miami Marlins skipper has inserted his foot in his mouth.The controversial Venezuelan born manager had the audacity to praise Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in an upcoming issue of Time magazine and all hell has broken loose in Miami’s hardline…
Forget farm-to-table. Back-yard-to-table is the next big thing. If you ever thought the car ride from the farmers’ market to your kitchen was too long, there’s great news. Williams-Sonoma announced last week it would sell chicken coops, beehives, edible gardens, and even DIY cheese kits. The Agrarian line is already available…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once 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 opines on DJ Laz’s departure from Power 96 and the death of FM radio.When my homeboy, Lazaro…
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…
Reader mail: Hungry, broke Miamians aren’t into the Marlins and the new stadium
Trayvon Martin’s Legacy: Maybe Blacks Will Start Voting
Riptide reported yesterday that a 47-year old woman was arrested in a prostitution sting operation in southwest Florida. That sounds like a typical evening for any police department. Except the woman requested a very specific trade-off for her services. According to the police report, Christine Faith Baker’s fee for sex…
Lamarckism, the idea that a person can pass on traits acquired in life to their offspring, has been around since the early 1900s. In 2012, however, it’s triggered a revival in the worst way. Some asshole thinks it might be a good idea to form the Beatles – Next Generation,…
Hipsters and dog owners in midtown and downtown can now rejoice. Publix has finally opened a convenient location in the Omni area. No longer will denizens have to visit the jam-packed outpost on Biscayne at 48th Street. The new location, at 1776 Biscayne Blvd., features both a liquor store and…
We’re not entirely sure why, but it seems that all of popular culture is rebelling against Madonna. Talk show hosts, contemporary pop stars, and LARPers have all had something nasty to say about The Queen of Pop over the past few months. In fact, the snark has been so intense,…
