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…
Social media brings customers. One of businesses using it very successfully is the Mandarin Oriental, home of Azul, Cafe Sambal and M Bar. Here’s a quick recap of how they use it:1. Twitter 1,703 Followers, 721 Following – constant interaction with individuals conversing about the brand and #FollowFridays to recognizing…
When you’ve conquered the world of music, vodka, nightlife, fashion, and then been named as the heir apparent to the Forbes 400 (i.e. you’ve got more than $1 billion to your name), we can only ask, “What’s next? The Oval Office? A one-man mission to the moon? Time travel?” Well,…
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
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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…
If the Dim Ssam A Go Go truck were to get into a collision with a Dairy Queen truck, and frozen vanilla custard landed atop a banh mi sandwich, how soon would it be before the resultant treat ended up on the menu of a molecular gastronomist?…
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…
Numbers. It’s the first thing that hits the eye upon opening the home page for NBC Feast Miami. Looks less like a blog than a board game. The clutter, however, is only mildly annoying compared to what they signify: Confusion.The grading system runs from to 100, which deceives the…
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. In this exclusive online column, Luke hits back at the Randy Shannon haters.I’m really sick and tired of hearing all…
