As the 2010 election cycle winds down in the next six days, Banana Republican would like to congratulate lobbyist and campaign consultant Steve Marin for pulling in the big bucks. And if any of his candidates still vying for an elected seat win On November 2, we can only imagine…
Coconut Grove ghost tour: Real or nonsense?
Letters from the issue of October 28, 2010
Rick Scott acts like a drug addict
Turns out Papa Dios doesn’t take prayers from Hank Adorno. The South Florida Business Journal reports that the Florida Supreme Court has suspended the prominent Miami attorney from practicing law. And he has 30 days to prove to the court why he shouldn’t be barred permanently. The decision stems from…
More than two decades ago, I sat down to work in a sterile office in Doral, and a young woman next to me began swearing like a sailor. “Coño,” she said louder than any office voice I had ever heard. “This salad sucks.”Mindy Marques Gonzalez was the little sister to…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke denounces Rick Scott.Voters next week will decide Florida’s new governor. Rick Scott, the Republican, has announced plans…
Next time President Barack Obama is in town, Ada Rojas may want to steer clear of his motorcade. Or hope that her boss, Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, melts his icy relationship with the city’s boys in blue before the next presidential visit.On October 11, Regalado’s resident affairs and special events…
Our long, local nightmare is over. Actually, it was more like a slightly upsetting drunken fever dream, but whatever the case, last night we said “So long, farewell, auf Guido-sehen, goodnight” once and for all to our most infamous temporary residents: the cast of Jersey Shore. Amazingly, despite the fears…
Eater reports that students from a Johnson & Wales Food Management Services class will be prepping and serving meals on Jefe’s Original Fish Tacos and Burgers Truck as part of their Food Truck Restaurant Experience assignment. So far so good, but the notice goes on to note that there will…
Cuthbert Harewood has a dream — a dream that one day even the neighborhood of Liberty City, sweltering with the heat of violence and poverty, will be transformed into an oasis of peace and Pizza Huts.But Harewood’s grandiose vision has a simple beginning: renaming two blocks along NW 71st Street…
The Psycho Daisies Snowflakes Falling on the International Dateline (Psycho Daisies Records) psychodaisies.com It was never my fingers on the neck of a killer guitar. I can read on bass if told properly. I can muster a heavy beat on drums if allowed. But I’ll never be the type of…
This used to be a regular Short Order feature, but it was suspended mainly because there simply aren’t that many good jokes about eating, restaurants, or food. Surprising, but true. There are actually lots and lots of jokes about the subjects, but funny ones are far fewer. Our supply was…
With his rugged gutter flow blasting car speakers throughout Dade County, C-Ride has been a long-time favorite in the 305. And backed by Miami’s own Cool & Dre, he’s got pretty much everything he needs to make a major impact on the hip-hop scene. For the last year or two,…
Everybody is getting excited about tonight’s Miami New Times Iron Fork event, to be held at Grand Central downtown. There will be great food and drink, all sorts of chefs and food industry personalities milling about, lively music, general festiveness, and – possibly the highlight of the evening – the…
Frantik continues to impress with intelligent rhymes that draw on theology, positive thinking, introspection, and different types of consciousness. Not that there isn’t a rough streak in here. You can feel it the same way that you’ve felt the steady rise of ire in the face of extreme stupidity. Remember…
As expected, Miami New Times columnist Luther Campbell and WQAM talk show host Sid Rosenberg put on a delightfully entertaining debate yesterday regarding the state of the University of Miami football program. Campbell went on Rosenberg’s show yesterday afternoon after the two controversial personalities exchanged barbs on Twitter and over…
Letters from the issue of October 21, 2010
Pay Florida football coaches more
The gripping finale of Jersey Shore season two airs tomorrow, and with the crew heading back to the series’ eponymous location for season three we’ll have to say goodbye to our favorite guidos. So, obviously, we must treasure these last precious moments we have with them. Today let’s remember what…
One of our pet peeves (a polite way to say ‘things that piss us the hell off’) is when people screw up Mexican food. That’s because it takes either a complete nincompoop or someone who takes absolutely no pride in their work to do so. Think about it. How hard…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke tackles high school football coaching salaries.Florida — and Miami-Dade — seriously need to change the way high…
