The 94-second video opens with a still shot of Homestead Mayor Steve Bateman sporting a crisp white dress shirt, bold red tie, and dark pressed slacks. His hands are on his hips and his hair is slicked back, Mitt Romney-style. An off-screen narrator with a baritone voice praises Bateman as…
In a demonstration of government oversight reaching Orwellian proportions, a 4-year-old’s lunchbox was inspected and its contents deemed inappropriate for her to eat.The incident, which occurred at West Hoke Elementary School in North Carolina, is a perfect example of why the government should stay out of our kitchens and our…
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…
Chef Daniel Serfer has folks waiting on line to get a seat in his little Blue Collar space. The fare is honest, and, more importantly, so are the prices. Now the restaurant’s “White Collar Weekends” will bring a rotating set of “sophisticated specials” each Friday and Saturday evening. New offerings…
Over the next few weeks, Short Order will be pairing eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown.” This is the first semi-finals entry. Today pits Coconut Grove against Downtown Miami. Which of these two is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment…
Over the next few weeks, Short Order will pair eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown”. This is the first semi-final round-up. This afternoon we’ll pit Coconut Grove against Downtown Miami. Which one is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment.For north…
When he was a kid, Steve Petersen had a cameo role alongside Don Johnson in an episode of Miami Vice, the epic fictional crime series that captured the city’s heady cocaine-fueled era during the 1980s. As a teen, he interned at the Miami Herald where he met great reporters like…
Reader mail: Gay-bashing Buju Banton needs to make peace with the Lord
Forget Facebook: Twitter is for minorities
Call us crazy. But if two people saw Banana Republican approach someone, sucker punch him or her, and then pin our victim to the ground, chances are we’d be taking a ride down to Miami-Dade County jail. In fact, any Joe Schmo would have been arrested for assault or battery…
Just over a year ago, the inaugural post of Mugshots Friday introduced the world to a Miami man, arrested for soliciting a prostitute, who appeared to be missing half of the top of his head. He was regularly arrested for petty crimes, and one officer wrote “Half a Head” under…
This happy news just in from Miami PD: On February 14, 2012, at approximately 1:20 p.m., a white male subject posing as a flower delivery man knocked on the door a house located at 30 SW 59th Ave. Once the victim (Scheryl Garcia) opened the door, the subject, armed with…
Over the next few weeks, Short Order will pair eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown”. This is the fourth entry. Today pits Aventura against Midtown/Wynwood/and the Design District. Which one is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment.For north of the…
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, Luke explains why Twitter is the social media network preferred by minorities.Everybody is talking about Facebook’s forthcoming initial public…
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…
Chances are you’ve seen or heard about Toddlers and Tiaras, the TLC show that features little children dressed like mini-hookers and the parents who push them.The show is like watching roadkill, and I admit I’ve spent one too many rainy Saturday afternoons with T&T marathons. After all, I was a…
Over the next few weeks, Short Order will pair eight Miami-Dade neighborhoods in a “Snackdown”. This is the third entry. Today pits Little Havana against Coral Gables. Which one is the better neighborhood for dining?Read our arguments and VOTE! Tweet it. Facebook it. Google+ it. Comment.For north of the county…
Reader mail: Don’t blame Drew Rosenhaus for athletes’ dumb decisions
Aging rappers such as Rick Ross and Jay-Z are still on top
The Sonic Beach in Homestead has lost it. And by “it,” I mean its wow factor, its novelty, its quality, and its mind.Homestead residents were so eager for its grand opening that hundreds of people showed up (including me) and waited in line for hours. And you know what? It…
Miami Beach’s two towing companies will attempt to hornswaggle the City Commission this afternoon into granting them a rate hike. If commissioners and Mayor Matti Bower cave in, Beach Towing and Tremont Towing will charge people an additional $64 to get their cars back. Obviously, Miami Beach residents are pissed…
A recent New Times article helped convince Miami-Dade commissioners Tuesday to rescind a $3 million grant they had awarded to the family of shopping center developer Yoram Izhak.At the commission’s regular meeting, Commissioner Dennis Moss requested his colleagues reconsider a vote to help pay for the upgrade of Northside Shopping…
