Russ and Kevin Otway could be poster boys for South Florida’s green set. The 29-year-old twins grew up on a 32-foot boat in the Virgin Islands without a refrigerator. By age 6, they were diving for lobster. Their family wasted little and lived from the sea. After graduating high school…
Nothing says awesome like watching over forty cyclists form a train down Main Highway. This past Saturday’s Critical Mass made a parade of cruisers, fixed-gears, road and mountain bikes and set a steady pace from Vizcaya to Matheson Hammock. After diving into the suspiciously murky lagoon at Matheson, we dodged…
Saturday, June 14, I took off on my bicycle to document the southern core of the Wynwood Art Walk. This doesn’t represent the full scale of the 40-plus galleries that were open, but it offers an overview to the downtown art scene. – Jacob Katel…
Ashley Swanson, Ash and Burn Eddie Izzard answers questions backstage after the show. Eddie Izzard Friday, June 13, 2008 The Fillmore Miami Beach at the Jackie Gleason Theatre Better Than: All the Best Things Put into Shepherd’s Pie. Miami weather, chickens, cocaine, Ancient Egypt, Wikipedia, evolution, football, the appendix, Scrabble,…
Talk about the summer slow down. The muggy heat seems to have everyone running for the safety of their air-conditioned homes. However, there seems to be still plenty of activity sprouting up all over the city, which is surprising since we are already a few weeks into the rainy season…
Good news: the Marlins now have 103 homeruns on the season – the most in the majors. Bad news: the pitching has been a bouillabaisse of pure unadulterated mediocrity. That was pretty much the case this past weekend when the Fish visited the Strip Club Capital of the World and…
If you’ve ever failed miserably at explaining a funny movie scene to someone who hasn’t seen it, you know how tough it is to recreate humor. Maybe your friends gave you a mercy laugh when you tried to recount a Saturday Night Live skit (back when it was actually funny)…
Few probably know that Studio A, Miami’s only mid-size venue, will be closing for good at the end of the month. The blogger over at the (covert) overt reminisces about how much the venue actually meant to the city: one day when i’m older and telling my kids (if i…
Manny (The Mayor) Diaz was at the grand opening of Manny’s (The Steakhouse) Steakhouse this week in the Met One Tower downtown. Manny’s comes from Minneapolis, and specifically from Phil Roberts, a Minneapolis/Miami resident. It is an extremely well-regarded emporium of beef that serves only USDA-certified dry aged, center-cut beef…
Manny (The Mayor) Diaz was at the grand opening of Manny’s (The Steakhouse) Steakhouse this week in the Met One Tower downtown. Manny’s comes from Minneapolis, and specifically from Phil Roberts, a Minneapolis/Miami resident. It is an extremely well-regarded emporium of beef that serves only USDA-certified dry aged, center-cut beef…
Shop organic. — Lee Klein…
Shop organic. — Lee Klein…
Courtesy of the David Castillo Gallery Since opening in 2005 the David Castillo Gallery has elbowed its way up the Wynwood pecking order with a consistent lineup of provocative, well-executed shows. The young dealer, who’s notched over a decade in the biz, often burns the midnight oil, typically putting in…
Kerry Ball A few weeks ago I received a e-mail from Miami photographer Kerry Ball, who specializes in photographing graffiti around the city. She pointed out a series of hearts that have been popping up all over town, particularly in the Downtown, Wynwood, Midtown and Overtown areas…
Ideally, leadoff men are supposed to set the tone every night with their first at bat of the game. Last night, Hanley Ramirez set the tone on fire, kicked it in the onions and ran away with its hot girlfriend. The first place Phillies strolled into Dolphin Stadium for what…
Last year, Miami Beach artist Steven Gagnon, created a rolling video installation on the plight of illegal aliens that patrolled local streets during Art Basel and earned a trip to Houston’s ArtCar Museum this spring. Gagnon’s “Border Cruiser” featured video projections on the rear windows in which a Brazilian man…
The humidity continues to rise as the being outdoors is getting to be unbearable. It’s the time of year when you run from your air-conditioned home to your air-conditioned car and drive yourself to your air-conditioned office. Who’s idea was it again to build a city over swampland? Aero Bar…
Jose D. Duran I can finally see why the geriatric set is so intensely loyal to the game of bingo. The mental escapism the game provides is unreal. You are so intent on winning that it consumes you. At least that’s how I felt when I made my way to…
The big “Sex and the City” opening kerfuffle has come and gone, and despite dire reviews from film critics (Roger Ebert’s was my personal fave), those four hot cougars went on to top the box office, doubling ticket sale expectations. In Miami, the opening weekend brought galas openings, enormous crowds,…
Photo Courtesy of VBS.TV/VICE Films When it comes to documentaries, it takes a lot to make me say, “holy shit.” You put enough news headlines in front of someone’s face and, unfortunately, real life stories become less and less shocking. But Vice Film’s “Heavy Metal in Baghdad” had me holy-shitting…
I can’t help feeling like the Miami Herald got it wrong when it gave this story on South Floridians who refuse to give up their love of SUVs and trucks despite the sharp increase in gas prices the following headline: “Gas prices can’t extinguish their love of SUVs.” Okay, I…
You know you’ve had a good weekend when you wake up Sunday morning and you have a litter of text messages reading: “WTF!!?! What happened to you last night?” or “Did you get home OK?” and “You were so fun last night!” Having to recollect what occurred the previous night…
