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Predicting a Vegan Miami by 2050… or Not

Will all of Miami be vegan by 2050? If you're in the minority of people who consider the Magic City to belong to the United States, at least one source says yes. Kathy Stevens wrote a blog post for the Huffington Post Monday titled "No Lie Can Live Forever: Predicting...
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Mosquito-Borne Chikungunya Virus Invades America

In mid-April, 39-year-old Belkys Jimenez came down with a high fever. She also developed a headache and then severe pain in her muscles and joints. Her feet and ankles became swollen, making walking painful. Jimenez had long battled hypertension, but this was clearly something new. Over the next two weeks,...
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Zagat Releases Survey Results Tracking Miami Dining Trends

Ever wonder how you stack up against your fellow foodies? Zagat has just released a whole host of juicy data and food-related tidbits about Miamians, and the results are pretty telling. The info is the result of a recent dining trends survey. The Zagat team (partnered with Google) questioned local...
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Kite Hill: Vegan Cheese That’ll Fool Your Omnivore Friends

Despite the marvelous advances food tech companies have made in the areas of chicken, beef, fish, and even egg substitutes, vegan cheese has been far from fooling anyone. Even the best of the faux dairy is still a pretty obvious reproduction, often tasting more like chewy soy chunks than the...
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New Times’ Tim Elfrink Wins George Polk Award

Miami New Times managing editor Tim Elfrink has won the George Polk Award in sports reporting for his series on the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic in Coral Gables. The award, established by Long Island University, is one of the nation's most prestigious. Winners this year include the New York Times, the...
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Cavalli Miami: Fashion World Meets High-End Italian Food

It starts before you arrive: the low guttural hum of expensive Italian sports cars -- vivid-yellow Lamborghinis, sleek black Maseratis, fire-engine-red Ferraris -- idling out front at the valet stand. Once you're inside, the opulence of Cavalli Miami Restaurant & Lounge only escalates. Mismatched white and bright floral-clothed tables are...
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A-Rod Drops MLB Lawsuit, Apparently Accepts Season-Long Suspension

It appears Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has now accepted that he'll be sitting out an entire season after New Times uncovered his links to Coral Gables PED-pushing clinic Biogenesis.. A-Rod and his legal team have voluntarily dropped a lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the Players Association, and Commissioner Bud Selig...
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15 Steps: Superior Seafood in a Confused Space

On a recent Sunday, two guests stand in front of a muted TV set near the entry of 15 Steps inside the Eden Roc hotel. They're laughing at America's Funniest Home Videos. Rich amber lighting and plush leather seating fill the center of this first-floor restaurant. An out-of-place communal picnic...
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Patriots at Dolphins: Tom Brady Has Pretty Hair Preview

The Dolphins ride into what is the most important game of the season on a 2-game winning streak, with a patchwork o-line working better than the one originally envision, a running game finally getting results and ascending play from young Ryan Tannehill. Last week was a statement game by this...
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15 Steps: Superior Seafood and Seasonal Cuisine in a Confused Space

On a recent Sunday, two guests stand in front of a muted TV set near the entry of 15 Steps inside the Eden Roc hotel. They're laughing at America's Funniest Home Videos. Rich amber lighting and plush leather seating fill the center of this first-floor restaurant. An out-of-place communal picnic...
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Aventura Chili’s Installing Computer Kiosks to Take Your Order

Have you ever been to a restaurant and wished the ordering process were more futuristic? Soon you'll be able to order right from your table at a local Chili's. The Ziosk tabletop ordering system has been installed at Chili's locations in Hollywood and Homestead, along with 248 other locations across...
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Stephen Ross’ New Sun Life Stadium Proposal Is Still a Rip-off

When news leaked last week about Stephen Ross' revised plans to renovate Sun Life Stadium, most taxpayers had the same knee-jerk reaction: Victory! Just a year after public outrage helped sink Ross' request for $127 million from the county, the Dolphins' owner was now ready to open his own wallet...
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Legend in the Making: How Bob Marley Was Sold to the Suburbs

At the time of his death, in May 1981, Bob Marley was 36 years old, reggae's biggest star, and the father of at least 11 children. He was not, however, a big seller. For Dave Robinson, this presented an opportunity. Two years after Marley's passing, Chris Blackwell, the founder of...
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Trash to Treasure

Most people find themselves attracted like moths to Charlotte Squire’s illuminating installations — and so will you. The British artist has an uncanny knack for creating atmospheric groupings. Specifically, she evokes social settings by employing reconfigured lamp shades and other lighting fixtures she salvages from London’s garbage heaps and thrift...
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City of Miami Springs Insists Glenn Curtiss Mansion Is OK in Press Release

On Tuesday, Riptide ran a blog post about how Miami Springs' nearly $5-million Glenn Curtiss Mansion restoration project is in trouble. It's been a year since the house was rebuilt and according to city docs, Miami Springs is suing Carivon Construction, Co., for "construction defects related to the Curtiss Mansion."...
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Is Caramel Coloring in Your Soda Dangerous?

Coke and Pepsi are ingrained in the world's diet. From the United States to the deepest reaches of Kenya, one thing is for certain: Wherever you'll find civilization, you'll find someone selling these caramel-hued refreshments. That caramel coloring, by the way, is so iconic that when Coke and Pepsi tried...
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Federal Agency: Bermuda Triangle Is Officially Not Supernatural

Miami is bizarre enough of a place already that sometimes we forget it's one of three corners of the Bermuda Triangle, the purportedly supernatural stretch of the Atlantic Ocean where, according to myth, ships go missing under mysterious circumstances. Well, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency has released a statement...
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Sweatstock 2014 and Record Store Day in Miami

Sweatstock 2014 Sweat Records and Churchill's Pub, Miami Saturday, April 19, 2014 Once again, Sweatstock showed Miami how to truly celebrate Record Store Day -- with free ice cream, good people, and great bands. Oh yeah, and tons of records. For its fifth annual anniversary party and RSD blowout, Sweat...