Tomorrow’s the final day of Board up Miami, South Florida’s premiere wakeboarding festival; and in case you were thinking about not going out to the Miami Marine Stadium (3601 Rickenbacker Cswy, Miami), here’s a clip of Darin Shapiro, a South Florida native and the most winning rider in the history…
Hello, Kitty:I am a blissfully married man of eight years. It has been a long run, but I’ve enjoyed the ups and downs of marriage as long as I’ve been able to get some. Last year, my wife and I had a baby girl. We were ecstatic about it. Since…
In 2008, we saw Meshaun Labrone Arnold’s production of The Hate You Gave: The Tupac Shakur Story and declared it a remarkable show that pummels your guts and breaks your heart before it goes to work on your head. The Miami-based actor, playwright, and teacher is back and bringing his…
Your Midwestern kin have 26 hours to kill before their cruise ship coasts out of the Port of Miami and on to a place where you don’t have to watch Aunt Esther’s toenail-trimming sessions live and in person. They’ve grown tired of Big Pink’s head-size waffles and are bowing to…
The waiter pours a swallow of Merlot into your glass and motions for you to sniff, swirl, taste, and approve the grape-licious concoction. You oblige, crumpling your wee nose in disgust as the juice hits your throat. Some people would say you’re a wine drinker who is savvier than most;…
They say the water is fine and we should all just jump right in. But what if the water is infested with rubber-headed humans, stroking and paddling toward a soaking-wet finish line? Well, it means the gun has sounded and it’s time for Nike Swim Miami, a race where children,…
This weekend, chase your Dramamine with cool sake, because East will meet West on the waters of Biscayne Bay during the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. Unlike the yachts and cigarette boats that usually crowd the area, the boats at this annual fest measure 40 feet long and four feet…
Board Up Miami, South Florida’s premiere wakeboarding festival, kicks off today and in case the only boards on your radar are the type that surf or skate; here are a few important facts about wakeboarding. 1. It’s nothing like waterboarding – H2O will make its way into your mouth, but…
Magic City Kitty: Rekindle Lost Romance After Children
Hello, Kitty I’m wondering where to meet people with herpes. I really feel alienated and alone. My ex-boyfriend got herpes from me, but to my surprise he was very accepting and we ended up dating for two years. After awhile, it was as if we didn’t even have the virus,…
Tod’s rose to the upper echelons of the shoe kingdom with their pebble-soled driving shoe that debuted in the 70s. The Italian luxury brand has since strayed past loafers and become an accessories powerhouse – period – including the latest line; the G-Bag and JP loafer collections, as well as…
Picture a half-dozen dancers floating to center stage, moving in seamless precision as one unified body while their long, lean muscles contract, relax, and evoke memories of the legend responsible for bringing modern dance to the masses and African-American dancers to the concert halls. This Thursday through Sunday, you won’t…
Miami Beach, meet Gay Pride. Gay Pride, Miami Beach. After being touted the homosexual Riviera, a LGBT mecca, and a place with some of the fiercest drag queens around, our lil’ sandbar to the east is joining the ranks of cities such as New York, Chicago, and San Francisco and…
CNN would like to make it seem as if the country is ready to go postal over the rising price of a pizza, but make no mistake about the state of America: We’re not simply obsessed with how the economy is affecting our love for conspicuous consumption. The reality is…
In the early 1940s, certain intelligence agencies of the U.S. government used cannabis to extract the truth from captors with a bad case of cat-got-your-tongue. The THC back then had been proven to cause loose-lip syndrome, but the street-level strains sold now seem to only promote the sale of late-night…
You’ve mastered painting by numbers and coloring within the lines, but you still can’t find anyone who will plunk down the dough to own a piece of your handiwork. The forty artists-in-residence at ArtCenter/South Florida are used to people trading moola for their masterpieces, and as a part of the…
Many actors have tried, but there aren’t enough cotton balls and walnuts in the world to fill their cheeks to look like those of Marlon Brando. The Academy Award-winning actor and activist has one of the most prolific careers and recognized names in showbiz, and was dark and brooding while…
If our fellow countrymen wayyy up north knew that we Miamians weren’t taking advantage of our abundance of pools, sun and sand – we may have another Civil War on our hands. Two weeks ago it was SNOWING up there and we had the nerve to shiver about 65 degrees!…
First your doctor told you to stay away from their 500-calorie Frappuccinos, saying that they were the reason for your new muffin top. Then finance guru Suze Orman got on the Starbucks bashin’ bandwagon and told you that the $5 beverages were the reason you were $80k in debt. Maybe…
Hello, Kitty: I’m wondering where to meet people with herpes. I really feel alienated and alone. My ex-boyfriend got herpes from me, but to my surprise he was very accepting and we ended up dating for two years. After awhile, it was as if we didn’t even have the virus,…
Who told you knitting was for octogenarians? One look at designer Karelle Levy’s hooked-up confections and you wouldn’t dare think some bespectacled bitty created it. Now is your chance to learn from Levy and create some pieces of your own at her weekly yarn throwdown, Stichin’ Boozin’ Bitches. You bring…
“This is a man’s world!” declared the late, great James Brown. “This is a man’s world!” he blasted again for anyone who didn’t hear him the first time. And then slightly softer and with noticeably less force, “But it wouldn’t be nothing, nothing – without a woman or a girl.”…
