If you’ve been at all acquainted with the music scene in the past few years, you’ve likely heard of Pocket of Lollipops, a pair of locals who describe their own unique rhythmic flavor as “posh punk." The musical mainstays have been performing around these parts since 2008, and from the looks...
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It wasn’t just multi-million dollar super yachts clogging the waterway at last weekend’s Yachts Miami Beach event, located on a 10 block stretch west of Collins Ave. in mid-Beach. Volunteers on standup paddleboards and in kayaks picked buckets full of styrofoam out of the water surrounding the event, too. Tracy...
Florida's Republican-lead legislature has a reputation for passing laws favorable to the gun lobby, but some measures even go to far for them. A bill that would have allowed people to carry guns onto college campuses has died in committee just nine days into the legislature's 2016 session, and doesn't...
The Brazilian butt lift is an increasingly popular cosmetic surgery during which fat is sucked out of one area of the body and inserted in the buttocks, leaving the appearance of a larger, firmer behind. It sounds simple enough, but be warned: when performed by the wrong hands it can...
The night of May 3, 2014, in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, federal prosecutor Dana Seetahal sat before a slot machine. Gambling was her favorite form of relaxation and one of her only hobbies. Her law enforcement career had left her little time for much else, and the brainless...
Floridians can't agree on a lot. Which is to be expected in such a diverse swing state, and the results of USF's annual Sunshine State Survey certainly attest to that. Floridians are split on all sorts of hot button issues from Common Core to offshore drilling. In fact, one of...
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A lot of weird things happen in Florida. On Friday we're here to bring you the weirdest. This week: a man manages to lock himself in his own trunk, a shoplifter is caught because she left her phone and her urine in a fitting room, and a woman makes a...
It's been an entire month since a major presidential preference poll was taking amongst Florida's Republican primary voters. They've had weeks of new developments, another debate, numerous new wacky ads put out by the candidates, and, we're sure, wonderfully illuminating discussion about the race with their relatives over the Holiday...
Landry's, Inc., the giant restaurant company that owns over 500 different eateries under 40 different brands like Morton's The Steakhouse, McCormick & Schmick's, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., and Rainforest Cafe, has finished an internal investigation of widespread credit card fraud. In December 2015, Landry's issued a press release acknowledging there...
Inside a small guest cabin on the Carnival Victory, 6-year-old Qwentyn Hunter and his 10-year-old brother, Jermaine, begged their parents to order peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from room service. It was the last day of the family's four-day trip from Miami to Mexico in October 2013, and the ship...
A laugh comes at last just before the end credits of Robert Eggers' lit-class horror-bummer The Witch: a boastful note attesting to the documentary truthfulness of the dialogue in the movie we've just seen. Over 90 minutes that prove shriekiness is no impediment to ponderousness, we've beheld the harrowing of...
Miami brewer Jonathan Wakefield was in Santa Rosa, California, this past weekend swigging some Pliney the Elders at Russian River Brewing Company at the RateBeer Best Awards and Festival January 30. Thousands of beer fans from as far away as China and Poland converged on the Northern California city to taste the world's...
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Just when you think the Miami Heat are dead-and-buried, they come out of the All Star break looking like they spent the time off filming an NBA-themed edition of Extreme Makeover. This pleasant rejuvenation has coincided with the complete absence of both Chris Bosh and the Dwyane Wade, proving sports continues...
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, so we asked the group, which is led by legendary executive director Howard Simon, to name its top 12 cases. Here are the results. 12. Free Speech on Gun Safety for DoctorsThe Florida Legislature enacted the...
Zak Stern thinks Ptcha is sexy. The Ashkenazi dish is made by boiling cow's feet or knees into oblivion with little more than onion, garlic, and salt. Once rendered out, the whole meat-studded brew is poured into serving trays and cooled. After it's chilled, the fat is skimmed off and...
To quote our favorite Christmas movie Batman Returns, mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it, but a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it. Especially if that kiss is from an invasive insect known as the Kissing Bug. The Center For Disease Control reports that the insect,...
A new lawsuit has been filed against the iconic Calle Ocho restaurant, Versailles by a former assistant manager who claims the restaurant and its senior management created a hostile work environment after he reported unsafe and unsanitary working conditions including broken glass in the croquetas and roaches in the desserts...
Miami-based DJ and producer Michael Brun has become an international presence over the past five years via progressive house hits such as "See You Soon" and "Tongue Tied July." But one particular spot on the globe still holds sway over his heart — his native Haiti. Though he's long incorporated...
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Beaker & Gray soft opened early December, just before Art Basel. The restaurant and bar by chef Brian Nasajon and bartender Ben Potts took advantage of the hungry hoards of Baselers by presenting a limited food and drink menu. Now, the restaurant is in full swing, offering dinner and a...
Were you hoping to get to work this morning? Or perhaps you had a busy day at school ahead of you that you planned to attend? Maybe a flight to catch at MIA? Sorry, folks. It's probably not going to happen today. Details are still scarce, but an early-morning shooting...
Vera Arias glides north along Federal Highway during morning rush hour, her black Republic road bike fast and light beneath her. All her senses are heightened at this intersection near the Miami-Dade/Broward County line, the worst part of her daily ride to work. Cars zoom past and honk aggressively. To...
A half-mile off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, 35 feet below the ocean's surface, two battery-powered golden-yellow submarines the size of Volkswagen Beetles puttered around Barracuda Reef. In one submarine's cabin — a transparent sphere that looks like a giant fishbowl — sat Rachel Silverstein, a dark-haired PhD who holds...