Blue Collar: My Favorite Miami Restaurant

“What’s your favorite restaurant?” That question, recently batted around at our weekly editorial meeting, got us all thinking. If we had to choose one favorite at gunpoint, what would that restaurant be, and why? Each week, a different Short Order blogger will celebrate his or her favorite eatery — be…

Mugshots Friday: The Canes Fan, the Dolphins Fan, and Future Guy Fieri

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Nicki Minaj Not Registered to Vote, Mitt Romney Endorsement Nullified

See also “Nicki Minaj ‘Voting For Romney’,” “Obama on Nicki Minaj’s Romney Endorsement,” and “Nicki Minaj Admits Romney Endorsement Was Total Bullshit.” Even if Mitt Romney may have Nicki Minaj’s endorsement, the Republican Party’s presidential candidate can’t count on her vote. She’s not registered. As noted by Hip Hop Wired,…

After Griselda Blanco’s Death, Mickey Munday Is Last Cocaine Cowboy Standing

Read: “Michael Corleone Blanco lives in the shadow of his cocaine-queen mother””Jon Roberts, Smuggler in Cocaine Cowboys, Dies””Griselda Blanco, Miami’s Cocaine Queen, Assassinated In Medellin Butcher Shop””Cocaine king Max Mermelstein came out of hiding for a screenwriter”The golden years hasn’t turned out so good for most of the retired drug…

Mugshots Friday: Everyday We Hussalin’

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Roberto Rodríguez Tejera Got Booted From WQBA Despite Strong Ratings

Read “Cuban Radio Is Dying Because of Aging Hardliners And Miami’s Changing Market.”On August 17, Roberto Rodríguez Tejera takes the center spot behind the news desk inside TeleMiami’s studio in the Flagami neighborhood of Miami. The veteran Cuban American journalist is flanked by former Hialeah Police Chief Rolando Bolaños, ex-Hialeah…

Big-Butted Black Ants and Cow Foot Jell-O, Yum!

When my co-worker brought in edible “presents” to the office from his Colombian mother-in-law, it wasn’t your typical box o’ chocolates or salt water taffy; instead these souvenirs were hormigas culonas, or big-butted Colombian ants and gelatina de pata de res — cow foot gelatin.Most of the reactions from my…

Norman Braman Dodges Taxes For His Yacht, Kisses

For the past couple of years, Norman Braman has carefully crafted his image as a do-gooder billionaire and civic activist by leading the recall of former Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Alvarez and, more recently, financing opponents against four sitting county commissioners because they saddled taxpayers with the Marlins Park boondoggle while…

The Real J.Lo: A Diva? A Mom? A Millionaire? A Look-Alike From Miami?

See also “Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias Announce Summer Tour — plus “Essential Enrique: From 1995 to ‘Tonight (I’m F#$%in’ You).'” Who is the real Jennifer Lopez? Well, earlier this month, the Australian edition of 60 Minutes praised the entertainer’s seemingly grounded, surprisingly un-diva-like demeanor during a recent interview. “I’d…