Steve Trevino’s path to comedy stardom began like most acts: Winning the second-grade talent show with his jokes made him an elementary school superstar. A bouncer job at the Dallas Improv led to a gig as the house MC, and a touring comedian gave Trevino the big break most struggling…
When you are what people euphemistically refer to as “a big girl,” you get treated differently. Everyone assumes you’re a jolly, maternal figure who would make an excellent comedic sidekick but could never be the star of the show. Miami native Jennylin Duany is out to shatter that stereotype with…
Are you ready for another typical Miami New Year’s bash? First you need at least a grand to pay for inflated cover charges and overpriced drinks. Then you need a fabulous outfit and a practiced air of approachable indifference for all the imported celebs who will be hosting parties at…
Generally speaking, the 27th birthday isn’t particularly special. You have long passed the legal drinking age, so nobody is pressuring you to choke down test tubes of Jägermeister. The quarter-century feels like a more significant landmark (cheaper car insurance rates!) and is worthy of a no-holds-barred commemoration. The typical 27th…
Udonis Haslem has a great local-boy-made-good story. The 26-year-old forward from Liberty City worked hard to make it from the trenches of French professional basketball back into the NBA’s good graces, and last season Haslem made his hometown especially proud. The blingtastic NBA Championship ring he’s sporting nowadays is the…
Eberjey underwear doesn’t come cheap. Lace thongs range from $18 to $25, and its famous French briefs — seen in movies like American Pie — cost $28 to $38. But that’s a small price to pay to support a Miami-born success story. A decade ago, founders Ali Mejia and Mariela…
Despite the undeniable presence of Haitian immigrants, the community tends to celebrate its rich culture at disparate locations scattered throughout the city. Unity is the goal behind the first annual Haitian Art and Films festival. Today through December 29, island-culture lovers are invited to the Tower Theater for music, art,…
You might think that bottle of bubbly is champagne, but unless it was actually produced in the French province for which the elixir is named, it’s just sparkling wine. High-quality products are often given geographical misnomers to jack up the suggested retail price. One such example is Italian olive oil…
In America it’s an insult that refers to a foolish, naive, or loathsome person (see the classic 1979 Steve Martin comedy for further elucidation). In Jamaica it’s a style of cooking that produces incredibly spicy, uniquely delicious meat. When it comes to jerks, we definitely prefer the kind that comes…
The hip-hop scene on South Beach has a bum rap. When crowds of rap-loving revelers flock to our sandy shores on holiday weekends, the po-po comes out with riot gear at the ready. Hooligans wearing throwbacks (that should have been thrown back) and half-dressed hoochies in dusty threads aren’t encouraged…
It has been 36 years since the Beatles broke up, and still no other band has demonstrated the range of their artistry. From bubblegum come-ons to adult love songs, with stops at cartoonish psychedelia, Twenties pop, trippy circus music, and maharishi-inspired chant-alongs in between, the band defied genre labeling. Instead…
Spoken-word poetry has always been performed by artists from different walks of life: Allen Ginsberg, Laurie Anderson, and Henry Rollins have all made notable contributions. Now the literary genre has become the voice of a new, mostly African-American generation. Rebecca “Butterfly” Vaughns is a local luminary, and every venue she…
Art Basel Miami Beach is only five years old, but the festival acts more like a know-it-all teenager. Patrons purchasing art like they would pick stocks, and artwork that inspires a WTF? rather than a wow! steer the everyday art lover away from the haughty Swiss import. Friends with You…
The woman who wears Aveda loves beautiful colors and highly pigmented makeup but would never use items tested on animals or created under circumstances that are less than environmentally aware. That combination of glamour and goodness is reflected in all Aveda salons, especially the just-off-Lincoln Road Van Michael Miami salon…
There are the books you proudly display – volumes by Steinbeck, Mailer, and Twain. Then there are the well-thumbed ones you stash under your bed. The location of your copies of Jacqueline Susann’s Valley of the Dolls and Dominick Dunne’s People Like Us doesn’t mean those books are anything less…
The 1988 comedy classic Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was set on the French Riviera, but the scenario could just as easily be transposed to posh local areas like Bal Harbour, Las Olas, and Palm Beach. With a number of wealthy, desperate housewives and lonely socialites in South Florida, a distinguished con…
In Miami you’re just as likely to hear street-corner conversations in Spanish or Kreyol as you would in English. Regardless of whether you say feliz navidad or joyeux noël, the pleasure of giving Christmas joy is universal. Many children in our sprawling city don’t get a visit from Santa Claus,…
Miami men are stylish, slick, and fastidiously groomed. Head to South Beach and you’ll find throngs of dudes in designer labels queuing up outside nightclubs and at elegantly sweaty bars. Now there is a new place for all the fine young males to be admired, and it takes a page…
A few weeks ago, photographers and professional gossips were racing around South Beach in a tizzy, searching fruitlessly for the newly liberated Britney Spears. The media mob easily could have found Brit-Brit, La Lohan, and Paris Hilton on the University of Miami campus at the CAS Gallery (1210 Stanford Dr.,…
Boom Goes Bust (Again) Filed under: News For sale: land, permits, and plans for Onyx 2, a failed 50-story, 125-unit condo project by the bay on NE 28th Street. For good measure, the owners will throw in the dilapidated sales center at no extra charge. Originally conceived to augment sister…
Turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce fresh out of the can – the traditional Thanksgiving menu has become so familiar that families are in search of alternatives to the time-honored feast. Turkey deep-fryers are selling like hotcakes, and the little shelves near your grocery’s cashier are overflowing with recipe books suggesting new…
To the untrained eye, popular Miami DJ Lance-O’s sun-bleached dreadlocks and ready smile give the impression of an easy-going dude. But his hard work and determination are evident in the Dirty South Surf Contest, an improbable event that has brought crowds to Miami Beach for the past three years. Eager…
