Well, well, well. Who woulda thought that the notoriously Southern Paula Deen was actually a Cuban-American in disguise? Oh, no wait — she isn’t. It just seems that way, since like many of our abuelitas, she has been suffering from diabetes while pushing sugar-laden goodies down our eager throats for…
This week, Miami New Times profiled the ten hardest-hitting blogs that make life miserable for public officials in South Florida. At a time when the Miami Herald and other media outlets are shaving back coverage of civic and public affairs, bloggers are filling the void to investigate and expose unethical…
When punk rock sneeringly ejaculated onto the music scene in the 1970s, it was all about volume, attitude and, most importantly, the rebellious nihilism of young disillusionment. But in 2012, self-proclaimed punk rockers look like massage therapists at a Winnie the Pooh spa. Just take a look at The Other…
The “N” word … Nickelback. Just writing it makes us want to vomit. While many of you can’t stomach Chad Kroeger’s crappy alt-rock crew either, Crossfade’s recent petition to stop Nickelback from playing the BankAtlantic Center on May 5 has triggered a vicious comment war. Nickelback supporters have derided us…
Miami New Times cover story is going to be a doozy as we dive into the lives of Miami’s most hated bloggers — by the local political establishment, that is. These digital gadflies are filling the civic investigative void created by the cuts at The Miami Herald and other local…
Finally, a history of Miami’s nude beach at the north end of Haulover Park, which is the most popular in the nation. These guys — and gals — take it all off.The beach has been around for about a decade. I decided to shoot a video of it after founder…
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, Campbell tells Tim Tebow that his calling is outside of football. For the first time in the history of…
Well, well, it appears a clandestine bar meeting by three Miami Lakes Town council members has caught the attention of law enforcement officials. One month after Miami New Times asked the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office to investigate Tim Daubert, Nelson Hernandez, and Richard Pulido for allegedly violating the state’s sunshine…
It’s an election year so you know what that means. People doing business with the Miami-Dade County are making sure they grease up the political campaigns of their favorite incumbents. That’s how a quid pro quo works at County Hall. Commissioners vote in favor of their generous pals, even if…
Following multiple stories from Riptide about the Miami Heat refusing to share profits from the American Airlines Arena with county taxpayers who subsidize the place, Miami-Dade Inspector General Christopher Mazzella has apparently decided that someone should try to verify how much the team is actually making. We’ve now confirmed that…
Your regular Mugshots Friday programming is cancelled because we simply cannot continue when one of the mugshots is of a guy covered in mysterious powder. It wouldn’t be fair to the other mugshots. Travis Williams (click photo to enlarge) was arrested on Wednesday for disorderly conduct/breach of the peace, which…
Silently judging other people is one of my top ten favorite activities of all time, but I was still a bit nervous when I found out I’d been called for the very first time to the Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building to serve my civic duty of jury service.Well, yesterday…
I remember going out on a date from hell about nine years ago. The guy, who’s name I couldn’t remember if a gun was pressed to my head, took me out to a very nice dinner at One If By Land, Two If By Sea in New York…and proceeded to…
I recently went to Mercadito’s Taqueria in Midtown. It had been a long day at the office and a solid, close-by taco lunch was in order. I pulled up the menu online and the blood drained from my face. “Where are the rajas?” I thought.I quickly dialed the main number…
Miami-Dade County’s new mayor has become quite the rain maker. According to his most recently filed campaign finance report, Carlos Gimenez raised $419,985 between Oct. 1 and Dec. 31 of last year for his reelection run. His political action committee, Common Sense Now, raked in another $89,750. County Commission Chairman…
Mitt Romney is racist
Kitchen Confidential Earn your keep: Your story about working undercover as a waiter and food truck worker around Miami (“You Got Served,” Laine Doss, January 5) demonstrates why service here is so bad. If the majority of the servers are like the people in this article, it’s easy to see…
We’re almost two weeks into 2012, but the food-related craziness from last year has apparently spilled over. We thought Miamians were nuts, but check this out. Tragedy struck an Ohio family after Paul Gilkey, 63, became upset when relatives served his terminally ill wife a snack.Gilkey had peeled an orange to…
Girl Scout cookie season officially starts today in South Florida, and you know what that means, don’t you?Yup, dozens of little green hustlers swarming all over you whenever you try to enter a supermarket or big-box retail establishment. Trying to sell you boxes of overpriced chemical-laden cookies that are basically…
The bad economy has been hard on everyone, and apparently depressed people without jobs no longer eat to dispel their feelings. Hostess, which just emerged from bankruptcy in September of last year, is at it again with an impending refiling reported by the Wall Street Journal.WSJ cites the $860 million…
David Lee Roth isn’t so sad and lonely anymore. The 57-year-old “gigolo” has reunited with his Dutch-brothers-from-another-mother — Eddie and Alex — and he’s gearing up for Van Halen’s North American tour, hitting the BankAtlantic Center on April 10. The only problem: It’s not 1978. Shortly after midnight last night,…
Today the voters of New Hampshire will trudge through miserable weather and vote for their preferred Republican candidate in the presidential primary. You are probably familiar with all of the folks running by now: Newty, Mittens, Sneezy, Grumpy, etc. If they look a bit pale and green around the gills,…
