Is Rep. Alan Grayson about to shake up the 2016 Florida Senate race? He's just staffed up with a formidable election team, singled out Rep. Patrick Murphy, a moderate Democrat who is already in the race, in a news release, and recent polls show he could indeed have a shot...
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The long-awaited opening of Alter in Wynwood is finally here. Tonight is the official opening, and last night we got a taste courtesy of the restaurant and the reservation service Table8. Brad Kilgore, a favorite amongst local chefs, seemed right at home in the intimate and modern space. The food...
Marijuana reform has swept the nation recently, with Louisiana this week on the brink of becoming the 24th state to legalize weed for medical purposes. Florida narrowly missed joining that party last year, but some meaningful local change could be on the horizon. The Miami-Dade Police Department has helped draft...
Sometimes more is not necessarily better. The Miami metro area is one of just 12 in the entire nation to host a team from each major sports league. One team or another is in season all year long, but that's not necessarily a good thing. Especially when your team don't...
This may be the oddst weave snatching in the storied history of weave snatchings. All the weave snatches on Real Housewives, Bad Girls Club and RuPaul's Drag Race combined probably don't even add up to the total bizarreness and monetary value of this. Police believe that four minors, with one...
"He was quiet." Imagine that. Of all the words in all the land one could use to describe DJ Khaled, Gary Holzenthal chose "quiet." It would have been less jarring to learn that his best friend was a llama. "We have had our fair share of characters, but as far...
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On Tuesday, New Times published an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Colin McGinn, a prominent philosophy professor at the school and the victim's allegations that the school didn't do enough to protect her. Now, UM President Donna Shalala has responded to the report. “No good deed goes unpunished,” Donna...
For months leading up to last year's vote on Amendment Two, which would have legalized medical pot in Florida, polls consistently showed huge margins in favor of reform — and we all know how that turned out in the end. Still, the numbers are eye-opening in the latest survey out...
The rains of God came down Saturday. The result was flooded streets, stranded cars, and bone-soaked tourists. All in all as much as eight inches dropped on parts of Miami-Dade, along with strong winds. If you were caught in Saturday afternoon's downpour, you already know it sucked. Especially if your...
The Low Income Pool is a unique, complicated agreement between the Federal and State Government of Florida in which the Feds provide money to hospitals who treat people who are uninsured or underinsured. The deal was struck when Jeb Bush was Governor and George W. Bush was President, but President...
Just hours into New Year's Day this year, Roberto Ornelas, an 18-year-old resident of Key Largo, started acting erratically. So his father, Guadalupe, called police to intervene. Monroe County deputies ended up tasering Ornelas. He would die days later, but the Monroe County Sheriff's Office claims its not their duty to...
Tantalize Miami, the new supper club that opened on South Beach about two weeks ago is a billed as "South Florida's most unique and sensual dining destination" , but what, exactly does that mean? We were invited to experience the new place and, frankly, weren't sure what to expect. The...
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Curly hair. It’s all I’ve thought about the past few days. Out of all the things that I remember about listening to Alex Ferreira’s music during my college heyday, the one thing I always have the easiest time remembering is the hair, which was prominently displayed on the cover of...
Where's the toughest place to live in America? When the New York Times set out to answer that question by delving into six pieces of national data broken down by county, including household income, disability rates, and education levels. The result: Wide swaths of the Deep South are mired in...
It's no secret that ride-sharing is a touchy subject in Miami. From taxi drivers to passengers to part-time chauffeurs, everybody has a [strong] opinion. What's to be done about the issue is, of course, debatable. Currently, a resolution has been brought before the County Commissioners that would regulate the industry. To...
There were raised voices and broken glass and the high-voltage emotions that pinball between a wild teen and her worried mom. In their Davie home, Bonnie had installed new locks on the windows to keep her 16-year-old daughter, Cathy, from sneaking out again. The fight ended with Cathy waving around...
From Spain to Ecuador and Mexico to Argentina, each of the world's 20 Spanish-speaking countries has its own unique cuisine. So it would seem a risky proposition to bring the food of Spain, Central America, and South America together under one banner. But that's what 31-year-old Venezuelan chef Francisco Anton...
Michelle Bernstein knows she let her eponymous MiMo District restaurant get stale. "I got comfortable," she says. "I outdated myself." It's a jarring confession from one of Miami's most celebrated culinary figures. Bernstein, who's 45, catapulted to greatness in 2000 when she took the reins at Azul inside Brickell Key's...
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Growing up in South Florida’s harsh suburban landscape can be suffocating. The tract homes, insular ethnic communities, and lack of a distinct regional art scene can crush a young creative teen. Nicolas Lobo is a an artist born and raised in West Kendall, looking to point out Miami’s decayed core...
Running a successful Southern restaurant in Miami-Dade is a special challenge. As the area becomes increasingly health-conscious, chefs like Whisk Gourmet's Brendan Connor must balance creating traditional Southern dishes, which are typically butter-heavy, fried concoctions, with modern cuisine's lighter demands.
George Zimmerman. Michael Dunn. Marissa Alexander. Curtis Reeves. To most Floridians, those names bring one thing to mind: our state's troubled "Stand Your Ground" law, which has brought more legal headaches, bad press and miscarriages of justice to the Sunshine State than even Gov. Rick Scott could dream up. To...
Thursday, September 17 Romance, sadly, is a dying concept. With modern advances in dating that don't require people to have in-person interactions until much later in the relationship, it's no wonder women often mutter, "Chivalry is dead." But it doesn't have to be! There are options, ladies and (those few)...