Morning afters are always awkward. Especially when the night before involved vodka cocktails and drag queens. But it’s Friday, so hopefully we’ll have recovered from our hangovers in time for happy hour. Last night’s Artopia bash left us buzzed, baffled, and blown away. From getting schooled in Street Fighter to…
Trailers and booze have a long symbiotic history, but it usually involves pre-painted aluminum panels and Bud Select. Leave it to Veuve Clicquot to up the combo’s class factor with an Airstream trailer tour. To celebrate the arrival of spring, the luxe champagne brand will tour the country with a pop-up aluminum…
In the age of instant everything, restaurant-reservation technology still hasn’t caught up. Most of the time we’re forced to wander aimlessly while carrying a blinking red brick or hover within 20 feet of the hostess stand so our table isn’t given away. Seriously, it’s like the Stone Age. But luckily, CityEats…
Identity theft sucks. But it sucks even worse when your pretty face is stolen by a known prostitute who’s wanted by the cops. That’s the crappy storyline for former reality TV personality and Bad Girls Club Miami star Tasha Malek this week. Malek, who turned in her bad girl ways…
While Miami’s vegan scene might be a little bit lacking, we have to give props to the dedicated herbivores working to educate the masses on the benefits of local produce, meatless Mondays and cruelty-free cuisine. One such teacher is Ellen Kanner, blogger, columnist and now, cookbook author. Kanner has long…
Nowadays, cakes are an art form, so any pastry chef worth her or his salt (or sugar) better be able to craft masterpieces. Local bakers Carolina Montoya and Fernando Puga, owners of Unique Designer’s Cake, have proven their cake-crafting skills for the likes of Food Network, Art Basel, and the annual…
There are a lot of issues Democrats and Republicans differ on: abortion, Obamacare, Sarah Palin’s IQ. But food? According to a new poll by Public Policy Polling, party lines extend all the way to edibles. Released Wednesday, the national poll reveals American attitudes on everything from favorite meal of the…
Your dance skills are pretty sweet. You’ve watched So You Think You Can Dance, battled rivals à la Bring It On, and channeled Beyoncé at the clubs on the weekends. But isn’t it about time you expanded your repertoire past booty-shaking? This Monday, you can take a free tango class…
MasterMind Awards 2013: The Ten Finalists for Miami New Times‘ Arts Contest
Miami New Times’ MasterMind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. This week, we’re profiling the 10 finalists, selected by our staff from over 100 submissions, who are in the running to receive one of three 2013 MasterMind awards, each of which comes with a fat $1,000 check. This year’s…
When it comes to the ladies of The Real Housewives of Miami, there’s one who’s head and shoulders above the rest — literally. In season two, the larger-than-life Elaine Lancaster (AKA James Davis) frequently stole the spotlight from her drama-loving gal pals. And though she’s seen her fair share of reality-TV-fueled…
Anniversaries are awesome, particularly when they’re celebrating the dawning of a world inhabited by beer — as opposed to the annual renewal of a played-out relationship. So get stoked about World of Beer Dadeland’s one-year anniversary this Saturday. It means free food for loyalty club members, cheap beer, and contests…
Miami New Times’ MasterMind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. This week, we’re profiling the 10 finalists, selected by our staff from over 100 submissions, who are in the running to receive one of three 2013 MasterMind awards, each of which comes with a fat $1,000 check. This year’s…
Sugar and booze are an intoxicating combo (some studies say it gets you drunkety drunker). If so, then Sweet Saloon should leave us all kinds of buzzed. The newest addition to the mezzanine level of Moonchine Asian Bistro, this spot serves sweet treats, cocktails, and jazzy beats Wednesday and Saturday…
Miami New Times’ MasterMind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. This week, we’re profiling the 10 finalists, selected by our staff from over 100 submissions, who are in the running to receive one of three 2013 MasterMind awards, each of which comes with a fat $1,000 check. This year’s…
Miami New Times’ MasterMind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. This week, we’re profiling the 10 finalists, selected by our staff from over 100 submissions, who are in the running to receive one of three 2013 MasterMind awards, each of which comes with a fat $1,000 check. This year’s…
When it comes to sex appeal, Bunny Yeager is a legend. Her nude self-portraits and steamy shots of sexpots like Bettie Page helped bring women’s bodies out of the Puritanical darkness and into the light of the 21st Century. And the now-83-year-old icon is still going strong. With a recently…
As the craft-brew scene explodes across South Florida, how exactly do you learn about beer?(Besides drinking it in massive quantities.) Learn from the experts. Duh.We spoke with Matt Rutkowski, U.S. vice president of Spiegelau (the guru of beer glasses), about the biggest myths circulating about craft beer. Prepare your surprise face. See…
Miami New Times’ MasterMind Awards honors the city’s most inspiring creatives. This year, we received more than 100 submissions, which our staff narrowed to an elite group of 30. We’ll be profiling those honorable mentions, and eventually the finalists, in the weeks to come. This year’s three MasterMind Award winners…
When it comes to indulgences, sweet treats are at the top of the list for most of us. Alcohol comes in a close second. But pair the two together and we get a sugary, sexy, buzz-inducing treat. We sat in on a Baking Out Loud seminar with Miami’s dessert queen…
If you’re anything like us, baby pandas, huggable lions and sleepy puppies are pretty much the only thing that keep you from Gary Busey-style psychosis. Thank God for the Internet and its treasure trove of happy places. Its latest aww-inspiring specimen: Mr. Chris P. Bacon, pig on wheels. At one-day-old,…
If you didn’t get to partake in any of the epic adventures that went down this past weekend at the SoBeWFF – we’re so sorry. It was everything we could have possibly imagined — nothing less than the Garden of Eden; Shangri-La; Nirvana. There were copious quantities of cocktails, edible…
