Letters from the Issue of July 30, 2009

She Found the Right Carrera A canvas writes: Jose Carrera, who was described in “Tattoo U” (Carlos Suarez De Jesus, July 23), is a true artist with a gifted eye and a keen sense of beauty. Despite his past, which I have never given a second thought, Jose is beyond…

Luna Changes Names, Kobe Comes Back, Fleming Gets Gordon, and so forth

Luna Cafe, at 4770 Biscayne Boulevard, is now called L’artista Restaurant. Ownership is the same, meaning Tom Billante is still  involved. Besides the name change, the menu has been tweaked upwardly towards a more fine dining experience than the casual Luna Cafe. Seems a curious move at this time, but…

Miami Social: Cold War Kids

Last night’s Miami Social was all about children: the kind you want but can’t have, the kind you find are accidentally going to pop out in nine months, the kind you send away to Switzerland, and the kind that are 30-something professionals who live in South Beach. The main drama again…

Feds Charge 41 South Floridians in $40 Million Mortgage Fraud

Last summer, South Florida sank under a spectacularly burst housing bubble that had been inflated well beyond reason by speculators, absent investors, and more than a few outright criminals.In June ’08, the U.S. Attorney’s Office created a task force to track down the last — the fraudsters who helped dig…

Moving Units: Top Five Albums at Local Independent Music Stores

Uncle Sam’s Music, South Beach1. Playtime, Cielo2. Party Rock, LMFAO3. Fantasies, Metric4. Number Ones, Michael Jackson5. Fame, Lady GagaSweat Records, Miami1. Octahedron, Mars Volta2. The Ecstatic, Mos Def3. West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Kasabian4. Merriweather Post-Pavilion, Animal Collective5. Bitte Orca, Dirty Projectors…

10 Music Stars Who Should Own a Piece of the Dolphins (Part 1)

The Miami Dolphins are for sale to the highest musical bidders. Gloria Estefan and Marc Anthony have both recently bought minority shares of the franchise, leaving us all wondering: Who’s next? We’ve compiled a list of 10 most wanted musicians with a tie to Miami who would be great partial…

The Week That Was: Death, Porn & DUIs

Ben Novack Jr was into some crazy, crazy shit like amputee porn.Ft. Myers Beach fired their town manager because her wife stars in movie where her characters are described thusly: “Jazella Moore is a scandalous MILF. She’s already slept with her son’s friend once and was able to keep it…

Pool Party Wut! for Real, PS14 July 31

Forget about the Aqua Girl thing and that Just Add Water party. Don’t think about the Standard and that rad view of the bay they have.This is the real Pool Party.  The last time Pool Party played was at Sweat Records’ COLTOBERFEST 305, last October. No one has seen or…

Flyer of the Week: Coke Bust Goes Ape-Shit at House of Pain August 10

Believe it … There are chimps living among us. And when these wild animals aren’t busy ripping the faces off unwitting citizens, they’re insidiously hard to spot. Cleverly camouflaged in people clothes with their hair cropped and parted smartly down the middle of the skull, they’re shopping in our supermarkets…

South Florida According to Brooklyn: My Pod Mondays

Yes, it’s no secret I hang out at the Poorhouse in Fort Lauderdale a lot. But here’s a new event worth mentioning at the bar: My Pod Mondays. It started a few weeks ago and is hosted by the place’s legendary bartender, Mr. Jon Owens. People interested in putting their…

Friday Food Funnies: Assorted Chucklers

Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. ~Woody AllenNow that it’s fashionable to reveal intimate details of married life, I can state publicly that my wife, Alice, has a weird predilection for limiting our family to three meals a…