Sorry, the photo of the day can’t always be pretty. Life here isn’t alway pretty. We’re just assuming this guy is homeless (for all we know, he could be an eccentric European millionaire), but if this doesn’t inspire some sort of charity drive to distribute sunscreen to the poor and…
Just when you thought the saga of the “Liberty City Seven” was finally over, the five men who actually ended up with convictions are asking for either an acquittal or yet another retrial. The Seas of David group was originally arrested in June 2006 for suspicion that it was plotting with Al-Qaeda to…
So, Miami Social happened again last night. George and Lina’s relationship continued to make the cast of lead-in series NYC Prep look mature. Michael had his super sweet 16 (+20). People said the word “Gansevoort.” A large dog pooped. And most important, Ariel Stein inspired a bump in Riptide traffic. The…
Rep. Kendrick Meek has joined a small group of house Democrats asking that any health-care reforms not lead to federal funding of abortion, according to the Washington Post. The possibility of taxpayer money being used to pay for abortions is becoming a hot-button issue in the health-care reform debate — one that Republicans might…
Oh look, a hotelier is allegedly dating a Bravo reality star. No, we’re not talking about Baron Hilton and PC Peterson. According to Life & Style, André Balazs and Kelly Bensimon were seen “getting close” during fashion week. Balazs owns The Standard and The Raleigh and for years dated actress Uma…
Sometimes Miami deserves its reputation as slightly Third-World. Police last night found a six-foot nurse shark lying in the middle of a street in Overtown. It apparently had been there since 7 p.m., but no one bothered to call the cops for two hours. “It was a relief that it was a shark. When I first…
Miami-Dade officials will finally end the era of sex offenders living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, we hope. The first round might be moved this week to condos in South Miami. [Herald]Two men carried a dead shark around on the Metromover, hoping to sell it. Then they just left it in the…
Charlie Crist had been awkwardly mum on whether he would support the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. Now that it’s almost assured she’ll get confirmed, he has finally decided to let everyone know that, no, he would not vote to confirm this lady. Here’s his statement (via Naked Politics): “Judge…
Think South Florida cops are crooked? Thank goodness you don’t live in Morocco. Omar Ezzaidi, a Moroccan native who now lives in Miami, moved to the United States in 1998, leaving his family behind. Five years later, he became an American citizen and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Omar sent…
Photographer Justo Ruiz spotted this artist who paints with his feet on Lincoln Road. The pic is from his Flickr stream…
This past March, artist Romero Britto, whose work seems to be pervasive in South Florida, got popped for driving his 2001 Bentley drunk down Washington Avenue in South Beach. He entered a plea deal today, according to NBC Miami, and won’t serve any jail time. Instead, he will be without a driver’s…
In France, major fashion houses and their designers are seen as cultural icons. When Yves Saint Laurent died last year, the national outpouring of grief was compared to what might happen in this country when a figure like Bob Dylan passes on. Christian Lacroix — in this case the company, not the…
We just learned two things: H. Wayne Huizenga’s 47-year-old son, Robert Ray, was arrested, and it is possible to be charged with boating under the influence. We don’t have hard statistics on this, but we’d assume boating under the influence is generally less enforced than driving under the influence. Cold…
We’re not sure what the editors of Vogue would think, but the Global Language Monitor has an interesting ranking of the world’s top fashion hot spots. The Austin, Texas-based company used its Predictive Quantities Index to make the list, a measure that, according to GLM’s website, is “a proprietary algorithm that tracks words and…
Rick Outzen of the Daily Beast is reporting the tragic slaying of Byrd and Melanie Billings, a wealthy North Florida couple who had 17 children, many adopted, might have been a contract hit. The suspect said that the contract price was between $20,000 and $50,000, according to the sources — who requested anonymity,…
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez has picked a real joker to run the housing agency. Seriously, he’s a part-time stand-up comedian, but he used to do the same job in San Fran, so he’s qualified to run a housing agency. [Herald]Another weird FCAT tale: A school that specializes in teaching critically ill…
What does it say about Miami Beach Fashion Week when some of the biggest celebrities in town for the festivities were from Bravo’s Real Housewives franchise? Jessie Luttman had the rundown on the celebs in attendance earlier, and it left her wondering “where the real celebrities were.” As per a Lesley Abravanel source, frustratingly…
Here are the charred remains of the Miami Beach “castle” that mysteriously caught fire last Friday. The picture is from Miamism’s flickr. By the way, Miamism has a new (to us, anyway) cell phone photoblog spinoff called Miamism Pix, which is definitely worth an addition to your RSS reader…
It’s kind of weird to think that before Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, the last soil their feet touched was Floridian. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the lunar landing. The moon walk happened the following the day. Meanwhile, here on Earth, we still haven’t…
Today is the first day in Florida that it is illegal to hunt freshwater turtles for commercial purposes. Truly the end of the era. The turtle-hunting industry has apparently been relatively booming lately thanks to demands by the South American and Asian markets, and also owing to many of our neighboring…
Jeffrey Donovan, who’s filming the third season of his hit cable drama, Burn Notice, was arrested last weekend for suspicion of DUI, according to TMZ. The arrest happened July 12 in Miami. The 41-year-old actor was taken into custody, posed for this lovely mug shot, and was then released. No more details beyond…
Mustached Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp will file paperwork today to kick off his bid for attorney general, becoming the first high-profile Republican to do so. It seems likely, like many of the state races in 2010, the Republican establishment will rally around him, giving him a clear path through the primaries. The…
