MIT Nerds Get Table Manners and Dating Instruction

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge. The co-educational mecca is famous for its scientific and technological training and research programs. Founded in 1861, and offering hi-tech classes that most of us will never qualify for, MIT has now ventured into accessible programs for the…

Mugshots Friday: Badasser Chicks and Bearder Dudes

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Sorry Dolfans, Peyton Manning Is Not Your Next Dan Marino

​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. In this special edition, Luke says Peyton Manning will not win a Super Bowl with the Miami Dolphins.Now that the Indianapolis…

LeBron James Promotes Pork Donuts and Ice Cream in China

It may be the best athlete food endorsement since “Macho Man” Randy Savage and Slim Jim, or it could be the worst since Mike Tyson and Pepsi, but Dunkin’ Brands Inc. announced Monday that LeBron James will promote pork donuts, among other products, in China and elsewhere in Southeast Asia,…

Paula Deen Sued for Sexual Harassment at One of Her Restaurants

​The undisputed queen of southern cooking, Paula Deen, is entangled in one big, ‘ole legal mess. Deen, her empire, and her brother, are all being sued for sexual harassment amid charges of sexism and racism.This comes not long after the controversy surrounding her recent “coming out” as diabetic after hiding…

Chris Paciello’s Five Most Notoriously Violent Beatdowns

Former nightlife impresario Chris Paciello’s triumphant return to South Beach just got a kick in the pants. This week, Miami New Times chronicles how the ex-club kingpin joined the ranks of other famous mob turncoats like Henry Hill and Sammy “The Bull” Gravano. Frank Owen — an investigative journalist who…

Coconut Grove Wins Snackdown By a Whisker

​Coconut Grove defeated Coral Gables by a mere seven votes of almost 2,000 cast in our first Snackdown, which ended last night at midnight.A neighborhood that has prided itself on weird ever since it was settled in 1825, decades before Miami became a city, the Grove fell behind, then clawed…

The Catalina Hotel Staffers Set for Reality Show on The CW

The Jersey Shore d-bags are safely ensconced back in Jersey, and not a single Kardashian has bothered to take us recently, but that doesn’t mean the reality TV epidemic is done with South Beach yet. The CW has announced that they’ll air The Catalina this summer, which, as the name…

Food Blogging For Dummies: We Offer Ten Tips

It was bound to happen. Food Blogging For Dummies by Kelly Senyei is available for pre-order on Amazon. This 320-page book will, no doubt, speak to the 75 remaining people in the world who still do not have a food blog.If you can’t wait for the book to come out…

Tupac Shakur’s Broadway Musical: Is There a Stage for a G?

Yeah, you read that right. Broadway’s about to get hood as fuck. Playbill.com has announced an open casting call for an upcoming “American musical,” tentatively titled Holler If Ya Hear Me, “inspired by and featuring the music of Tupac Amaru Shakur.” You know, because lyrics like “They say pussy and…

Blk Water: Looks Dirty, Tastes Like … Water

Last season on Real Housewives of New Jersey, Caroline Manzo’s sons, Albie and Christopher were seen plugging some sort of black water. The boys are known for hare-brained ideas (anyone want to finance a combination strip club/car wash in Jersey?), plus it’s reality television, so I just thought it was…

Five Other Things Floridians Might Confuse a Taco For

​In the past few months, we’ve noticed an alarming number of mistaken identity cases regarding tacos. Last October, Riptide told you about the drunk Florida man who handed over a taco when law enforcement asked him for identification. Yesterday, we told you about a man stabbing his passenger for mistaking…