A new anti-Alex Sink political group — cleverly named Don’t Bank on Sink — has hired the worst Robin Leach impersonator for a new YouTube ad that hits the state’s CFO and Democratic candidate for governor for her questionable private plane use. The only thing funny about the ad: It fails to…
What better way to start off your post-holiday week than getting some gruesome new details in the case of alleged serial cat killer Tyler Weinman? After weeks of local media fighting for its release, the arrest affidavit for the case is finally available. Police had their eyes on Weinman for…
The atmosphere at the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Miami last November during the Republican Governor’s Conference was hopeful. The GOP governors where the only national wing of the party to actually gain membership in the 2008 election, and the line was it was they who would bring their party back on track, emerge as the leadership…
Visitors often comment on how “European” or “South American” South Beach feels, but it’s nice to get a reminder once in a while that, yes, you are indeed in America and we tend to love our Country as much as any other place in it. Maybe that means we express…
Swine Flu has claimed two more lives in Miami-Dade County according to the Miami Health Department. The total number of confirmed cases in the county has ballooned to 493. A 31 year-old female and a 69 year-old male are the latest confirmed deaths. Meanwhile, an outbreak of the influenza strain has struck…
Woah, hold on their St. Petersrbug Times, you’re given us a major case of nostalgia. Remember “Mold-A-Rama” machines? You’d put a few dollars in and the machine would make a wax toy in front of your eyes. Apparently Florida has more of these machines left than any other state, and The…
Seems that during his time in Miami Shaq didn’t get out much to Wynwood, as he seems to think Peter Max is the best artist since Picasso. I’m sure fans of Rauschenberg, Warhol, Pollock, de Kooning and just about every major artist to emerge since Picasso unveiled Guernica would have…
When Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtnin got the call that she was invited to the Oval Office for the signing of a bill she apparently didn’t hang up this time. Yesterday, President Obama signed legislation that would award Congressional Gold Medals to the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II. Ros-Lehtinen…
Aroldis Chapman is considering one of the best left-handed pitching prospects in the world. If he was born anywhere else in the world a lucrative contract with the MLB would be a given, but Chapman was born in Cuba. So this week, while the national team was playing in the…
Al Malnik continued his “I am going to talk about Michael Jackson until everyone stops caring” tour yesterday on the Today Show. He brought new personal photos, but wanted to clear up a few things. Like the rumor he is the biological father of Jackson’s youngest son Blanket. “Of course I’m not…
Everglades Correctional Officer Shamel Watson thought he was negotiating with an inmate’s family member to smuggle in 1 lb of marijuana, 4 ounce of cocaine, and two cellphones to the inmate. Everglades Correctional Officer Shamel Watson is apparently stupid. When he went to go collect the contraband in Collier County instead…
Men’s Health has stuck us with another label: the least sports obsessed city. The mag took into account number of ticket sales and attendance on the pro, college and high school level for baseball, basketball football, and NASCAR as well as memorabilia sales. Miami came in dead last. That’s kind of sad considering…
Markos “Kos” Moulitsas of the Daily Kos has a dream that one day Charlie Crist will do some soul searching, look deep inside himself, and finally come out… as a Democrat. And it will all be Marco Rubio’s fault. See, Rubio is calling upon the dark forces of the right…
Seems like Floridians didn’t do too well on their diets in 2008. Between 2007 and 2008, the annual F as in Fat report shows the percentage of adult obesity in Florida creeped up from 23.3% to 24.1%. The good news for those who take pleasure in others’ pain is that…
It’s summer in Miami, and you’re either wet because of the rain or because the humidity and heat have conspired to drench you in sweat. Which means right now deodorant is your best friend. Well, Old Spice has gone ahead and named the top 20 “Sweatiest Cities of All Time” in America,…
Normally racing ins’t very adorable. NASCAR? So not adorable. Sweat soaked marathoners in lycra? Typically not adorable. Mud covered BMXers? Totally not adorable. Chihuahuas? Muy adorable! PETCO is calling for the fastest chihuahuas in South Florida to their tracks. The fifth annual chihuahua races are set to start in August, with the…
Somehow we haven’t done a “South Beach art deco at night” shot yet. There’s a lot to pick from, but we like this one from Wyntuition’s Flickr. …
The great magazine die-off claimed another victim yesterday: Vibe, one of the largest mags covering hip-hop and R&B. But Quincy Jones, who founded the magazine in 1993, is looking to step back in and make the periodical a fully online venture. In his reasoning, he dissed some of America’s most troubled…
Sometimes Miami-Dade County Hall reminds me of that guy who’s always dreaming up wacky get-rich-quick schemes and shady money-making ideas (“Dude, I just bought that book from the guy who wears question-mark-print suits…” “If I hit up every sperm bank in the tri-county area once a month…” “I just met…
Sarah Jessica Parker’s production company and the production team behind hits such as Project Runway and Top Chef have been talking about a similar series set in the art world, and this month they’re finally casting.Reads the news release: “In each episode of the series, contestants will create unique pieces highlighting art’s…
What… the…? Slot machines at MIA? Like that airport needs to be any more of a circus than it already is. [Herald]Miami-Dade commissioners have no problem with Carrie Meek representing Wackenhut and the county, even while the two are in a legal dispute. [Herald]Adam Tavss, the Miami Beach Police officer…
The Palm Beach Post decided to check the time sheets of gubernatorial candidates and current cabinet members Republican Bill McCollum and Democrat Alex Sink. Turns out, in the past two months neither has been working that hard. McCollum averages about 22 hours of work a week as attorney general — a job…
