How I Met Your Mother, Who Also Had a Slit-Throat Tattoo

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…

Four Ideas For New Nutrition Labels, From Stars to Traffic Lights

“The grocery store has become a Tower of Babel,” said Louis Sullivan back in 1990. “Consumers need to be linguists, scientists, and mind readers to understand the many labels they see.”Sullivan at the time was Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and he instructed the FDA to…

Our Crystal Ball Sees Miami’s Dark Future

​Banana Republican is not buying into the notion that a big Mayan-predicted asteroid will pulverize sunny South Florida in 2012, but we’re willing to make some other pretty bold predictions:Real estate developer Jorge M. Perez will realize he’s a lot less rich than he thought, so he’ll rescind his $35…

Gambling Industry Fueling Next Year’s Election Season

In the past year, parimutuel and casino companies have contributed over a million dollars to state legislators and Republican political action committees as the gambling industry gears up for a combative legislative session in 2012. The stakes are high. State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff and Rep. Erik Fresen have drafted two…

I Smuggled a Knife, Stinky Cheese, and Herbs Past the TSA This Year

A Massachusetts woman recently had a cupcake confiscated by a Transportation Security Administration agent at Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport. The offending baked good was packaged in a jar, which immediately made it a potential weapon of mass destruction (and we’re not even talking about what it can do to your…

How To Roll Your Own Sushi On the Cheap

If you’re looking for quick and easy finger foods and hors d’oeuvres for your New Year’s Eve party, why not give homemade sushi a shot? It’s easy and relatively inexpensive to make, provided that you have all of the necessary tools.Why make your own sushi? It’s fun (‘specially when you…

Fifteen Dining Predictions For 2012

​Earlier this week, I mentioned that I’d be dusting off my Ouija board in time for the annual predictions post, but of course I was just kidding; obviously one cannot accurately foresee the future solely by sliding ones hands over some letters. That’s why the Ouija board only accounts for…