Our sister paper in San Francisco notes that Miami-Dade’s new $200K housing director Gregg Fortner isn’t particularly well liked back home: Two quotes from the piece: “Fortner fell out of favor with [Gavin] Newsom after the mayor discovered a city-built playground at the Sunnydale development torched for the second time…
Murder (And Politics) Most Foul Goodbye, Jess: “‘Til Death” (Michael J. Mooney, July 16), about the woman who killed her estranged wife, is beautifully written but terribly sad. It seems like Jessica was a wonderful lady the world will miss a lot. I’ll have both of these women in my…
Stories from TattooLaPalooza at the Miami Beach Convention Center
I don’t know how it is that Real Housewives keeps coming up on a topic of discussion on this blog (seriously, we are really not as obsessed with Bravo programming as it seems), but Real Housewives of New York star Jill Zarin recently hosted a Hamptons fundraiser for Charlie Crist’s…
Some DJs wear their influences on T-shirts; others shout ’em out from the rooftops. Then there are the spinners who allow their influences to speak for themselves, in every loop, sample, edit, and beat. Not loudly, or blatantly, or garishly, mind you. But with a keen, cool discretion, so that…
The Oceanaire Seafood Room is trying to stay afloat in dangerous waters. Despite its parent company filing Chapter 11, the sole Miami location of the Minneapolis-based upscale seafood chain will remain open, says senior vice president of operations Tim Whitlock. The announcement came last Monday, forcing the closings of four…
So, Miami Social happened again last night. George and Lina’s relationship continued to make the cast of lead-in series NYC Prep look mature. Michael had his super sweet 16 (+20). People said the word “Gansevoort.” A large dog pooped. And most important, Ariel Stein inspired a bump in Riptide traffic. The…
So now comes the news that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are gonna be celeb minority owners of the Dolphins, like Jimmy Buffett and the Estefans before them. (Follow the jump for the news release.) I get what Dolphins owner Steve Ross is doing. Pandering. That’s what he’s supposed to…
If you’ve never visited our restaurant database we have hundreds and hundreds of listings with addresses, telephone numbers, websites and other info for restaurants all over Dade County.From time to time Short Order uses that information to conduct random surveys. We recently asked a few joints about the cheapest things…
Looks like Afrobeta has caught up with the times and have started a weblog, frequently shortened to “blog.” This is an online journal of sorts that may be made available to the public or to only a select subset of readers, depending on the author’s choice. In this case, the…
This past weekend, Nick Lucchesi, a correspondent from New Times’ St. Louis sister paper, the Riverfront Times, headed to the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. In a nutshell, here’s what he found:*David Yow of the Jesus Lizard has still got it at 49 years old, even though his stage patter includes…
Having no health insurance sucks. Just ask Cecil Gamarra. Three years ago, the soft-spoken 42-year-old noticed his young Haitian wife beginning to change. She stopped sleeping and would vanish for days at a time. Sometimes she’d mutter things about people who didn’t exist — and places she’d never visited. Doctors soon…
This week in 1988 Blue Oyster Cult came to South Florida and played a show at Summer’s in Fort Lauderdale. According to people who like telling stories, at some point in the history of the club New York hardcore band Murphy’s Law played a show there. Some kid let off…
Black Moth Super Rainbow’s recently released Eating Us may not have lovingly upset as many stomachs as 2007’s eerily chewy Dandelion Gum. But that’s only because people are beginning to build up a taste for the Western Pennsylvania outfit’s trippy brand of vivid wildness. Sure, the kooky quintet’s latest longplayer…
Attention all unsigned hip-hop artists, producers, and songwriters: your big break is finally here. Maybe.The All Access Music Conference will come on the weekend of August 8 to the Eden Roc Hotel (4525 Collins Ave., Miami Beach). This two-day event will allow Miami’s unsung heroes to showcase their talents to…
A few years ago I wrote a feature in New Times called Foie Wars, in which a dozen local chefs offered their views on the bloated liver controversy. I bring this up not to revisit the debate, but rather as a cheesy way to recycle a past article for self-promotional…
For once, Miami Police Chief John Timoney can brush off his haters. The city’s top law enforcer hosted a press conference today to announce that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement has cleared the Miami PD of “cooking the books.”A year and a half ago, Fraternal Order of Police President…
Uncle Sam’s Music, South Beach1. The Hits, Michael Jackson2. Thriller, Michael Jackson3. Off The Wall, Michael Jackson4. Perfecto Vegas, Paul Oakenfold5. BLACKsummers’ Night, MaxwellSweat Records, Miami1. The Dandy Warhols Are Sound, Dandy Warhols2. Time To Pretend EP, MGMT3. Horehound, Dead Weather4. Far, Regina Spektor5. Number Ones, Michael Jackson…
Something purporting to be a television program called Miami Social infected airwaves this week. We introduced you to the cast, and they proceeded to do nothing. Though, the show seems to be less infectious than Swine Flu. Also, Glenn Garvin made a funny joke, that makes us love him, that…
Sometimes a party isn’t just a party. Sometimes it’s Local Motion, the annual charity electro concert benefiting the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life, organized by Loscar Rodriguez, a.k.a. HenceSoLo, and presented by Lexyn Intelligence and Nocturnal. First launched in February 2006, Local Motion has been fighting the good fight…
I bought a box of animal crackers and it said on it “Do not eat if seal is broken.” So I opened up the box, and sure enough… ~Brian KileyThe murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums. ~Peter De VriesI never eat in a restaurant that’s…
In April, the LA Times wrote this about Miami Social: “It is the most vapid, foul, awful, self-satisfied group of people ever assembled in the entire world, and it will be a smashing success.” Well, they were right about one thing. Thankfully, they were wrong about the “smashing success” part. Social’s premiere…
