Reader Mail: Boating Deaths Can Be Prevented

Deadly Boating All too common: Unfortunately the deadly Fourth of July boating accident that killed four, like many of the boating fatalities you wrote about (“Blood on the Water,” Trevor Bach, July 17), is a combination of the most unlikely events happening at the same time. The boat that was…

At AQ in Sunny Isles Beach, Dewey LoSasso Gets Fancy and Fanciful

Dewey LoSasso likes to have fun. At AQ by Acqualina, the stylish restaurant that opened in a towering, Venetian-style Sunny Isles Beach hotel-condo this past April, the mustached chef plays with dishes such as green eggs and ham. A 20-minute wait precedes a bubbling martini glass layered with sweet mascarpone…

Mugshots Friday: Goatee Tattoo

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…

LeBron’s Latest Decision Is Just Dumb

LeBron James is not stupid. But leaving the Miami Heat is the King’s dumbest decision. It’s worse than “the Decision” in 2010, when he moved to the Magic City. He’s giving up living in paradise, residing in a state with no income tax, and playing for the most stable, most…

Reader Mail: Charlie Crist Sucks, but Rick Scott Is Worse

UM’s PEDs Not the only ‘roid school: I didn’t notice in your piece about the long history of PEDs in the University of Miami’s baseball program (“Steroids and the U,” Tim Elfrink and Gus Garcia-Roberts, July 10) where you mentioned the other top 25 teams from 2005 that lost at…

Mugshots Friday: R.I.P. MJ

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…

Charlie Crist Is No Friend to African-Americans in Florida

The Democratic Party in Florida is such a joke that its best candidate for governor is a flip-flopper. Charlie Crist has been busy reinventing himself as a liberal, but it’s not fooling voters. Last week, a mysterious political group aired ads on black radio stations accusing Crist of disproportionately harming…

Reader Mail: “Hatemonger” Governor Is Actually a Visionary

Worst of the Worst Still hate Brewer?: In your piece last week where alt-weekly writers around the country call out their most terrible elected officials (“America’s Worst Politicians,” July 3), I see you’ve let Phoenix New Times writer Stephen Lemons continue making negative comments about Gov. Jan Brewer of Arizona…

Charlie Crist Is No Friend to African-Americans in Florida

Uncle Luke, 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, Luke finds parallels between inner city violence and wars abroad. The Democratic Party in Florida is such a joke…

Tasting Menus: Miami’s Gateway to the Big Leagues

Perfectly ironed white tablecloths are topped with open glass orbs holding fresh-cut roses floating in water. The stems are twisted and tied around delicate blooms, creating bows that rise from the bowls. The rich cherry hardwood floor of Palme d’Or — the opulent, awarded-winning French culinary temple in Coral Gables’…

Mugshots Friday: Half a Head Returns

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…

Boteco: Where Brazil Fans Get Turnt Up for the World Cup

Too bummed to keep watching the World Cup because your team is a pack of chumps save for one bearded messiah? Suck it up, amigo. Practically every match this tournament has been a nail biter, and they’re only getting better today with two intraregional matchups sure to bring the ratchet…

Liberty City Is Like Baghdad

The violent conflict in Iraq and the street violence in Liberty City share a common, disturbing theme: Governments in both places have systematically disenfranchised a class of citizens to the point where they have nothing to live for. When that happens, people become all about survival. They develop a “kill…

Reader Mail: Nothing Wrong With Sharks in a Jar

MMA Murder Mystery Kudos to you: The story about Adelia Rivera unraveling the teenage love triangle that ended with the murder of her brother, Michael “Savage” Rivera (“Savage Love,” Kyle Swenson, June 26), is a great article and a fine piece of journalism. RIP, Michael. PinkDucky Blown away: This is…

Naked Taco: SoBe Joint Is Crazy Fun

As soon as you sit down at Naked Taco in South Beach, a bubbly waiter toting a frosty shaker measures out two grapefruit-tequila shots in heavy, preplaced glasses. “You have to be a little mad to have fun with us,” he says while shaking out the last drops of the…

Buns & Buns: Balance Could Lift Heavy, Rich Dishes

Buns & Buns established its affinity for the misogynistic era of the 1950s early last summer when it released a minute-long teaser video that opened with dozens of women’s tanned, oiled backsides sunbathing on an unidentified beach. “Incontestably, we all like our buns hot and steamy,” it said before cutting…