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Typing in “Dumb F*cks” on Google Maps Brings Up FIU

Something strange is happening on Google Maps. People first took notice early this week when it was reported that typing in the phrase "n**** house" brings up The White House, but apparently the problem isn't confined to just that highly offensive example. Apparently if you type in "dumb fucks" while...
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Tales of the Cocktail 2015: Miami Takeover in New Orleans

Another Tales of the Cocktail is over, and Miami bartenders and spirits professionals are back in town after spending nearly a week in the Big Easy drinking, eating, learning, and networking. This year's Tales of the Cocktail had a large Miami contingent, with dozens of South Florida's finest taking part...
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Miami-Dade Commission Officially Condemns Donald Trump

Miami-Adde Commissioner Daniel Levine Cava called for a county-wide on Donald Trump earlier this week. Well, at least a ban of the county holding any official events at any Donald Trump-owned properties in the county. At their Wednesday meeting, commissioners didn't quite go that far, but they did pass an...
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Cuban Artist Tania Bruguera Detained During the Havana Biennial

Artist Tania Bruguera was detained yet again at her home in Havana. The Cuban-born artist has just finished a 100-hour long public reading of the German philosopher Hannah Arendt seminal work, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). In the book, Arendt argues that totalitarianism's sole purpose is to terrorize and repress an entire...
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Instacart, Grocery Delivery App, Expands to North Miami-Dade

Two months ago, grocery delivery service Instacart launched in the southern part of Miami-Dade with a limited delivery area that includes Downtown, Coral Gables, West Miami, and Miami Beach. The service, which provides on-demand delivery of items from a selection of retailers for a nominal fee, originally launched in San...
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At Compere Lapin in New Orleans, Nina Compton Is Cooking Her Way

When Nina Compton competed on Top Chef's season in New Orleans, Miamians cheered on our home town girl. The then Scarpetta chef de cuisine fell just short of first place, but still snagged the coveted fan favorite award. Three months after the series finale aired, Compton announced she was leaving her...
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Florida Will Retire Its “Sexist” Business Logo

Enterprise Florida is a public-private partnership meant to attract business to Florida. Think of it this way, if Visit Florida, the state's tourism board, is meant to lure people to Florida for vacation, Enterprise Florida is supposed to lure businesses here to set up shop permanently. Governor Rick Scott, ever...
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Jennine Capó Crucet on Her New Novel, Miami, and Pitbull

In many respects, Jeanine Capó Crucet's debut novel, Make Your Home Among Strangers, is a classic coming of age tale. Lizet Ramirez is the daughter of Cuban immigrants, born and raised in Miami, she leaves the proverbial nest to attend Rawlings College, an elite East Coast University. While at Rawlings, Lizet must learn...
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Tom Colicchio’s Beachcraft Looks for a Place in the Sun

It seemed inevitable Tom Colicchio would open a place in Miami. He's been eyeing the city since 2007, when David Bouley's Evolution vacated the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach. But there was little hint the smooth-domed chef whose face is a fixture everywhere from television to Capitol Hill would take on a...