While Models and Celebs Luxuriate, Foreign Workers Suffer By John Zur Opened in 2005, The Setai, South Beach has enjoyed a run as one of Miami’s premier luxury hotels, exemplified for refined service indicative of its contemporaries in the Far East. However, beneath the surface lies a quite shockingly different experience for its employees. It [...]
Three Evil Ways to While Away an Evening Blame Donald Ray Pollock’s The Devil All the Time. Because the very day I filed my review of his depth-charged novel, I received not one but three books in the mail of similar descent. I’m speaking of Demon Fish (Pantheon $26.95), The Fang Family (Ecco $23.99) and [...]
Betcha Never Heard This Reason Before Amid all the cover stories on the subject that have run in this paper in the last year, and after a 9,000-signature petition was delivered to City Hall earlier this month by a group favoring decriminalization and demanding the issue be put once and for all before Beach voters, [...]
…benefits and other dysfunctions that’re costing us plenty We know he’s worried about his reelection—shouldn’t he also be worried over the country?—but Obama’s “shared sacrifice” statement—let ‘em eat peas; meaning all must suffer—is as risible as that “shovel ready” remark. (The only thing shovel-ready is what’s flowing down the Potomac.) We think most of that [...]
A Resolution Approves An Agreement Between The City And Coca Cola For An Exclusive Marketing Partnership The city resolution says it all: Coca-Cola is coming to town in a big way. A hired consultant, The Superlative Group, managed to snare the interest of three major soft drink players—PepsiCo, Dr Pepper/Snapple and the Coca-Cola Company—and after [...]
You in for some dangerous but fast weight loss? It sure is popular, and some say it really works. But whether a miracle or a fraud, this plan means injecting yourself with HCG, a pregnancy hormone, while ingesting just 500 calories a day. Some are way convinced (we’ve talked to a few); but consensus has [...]
When you think about German science fiction, it’s likely that black-and-white images of a breasted fembot and Fritz Lang’s expressionist cityscapes inevitably come to mind. What if I told you Rainer Werner Fassbinder, that prolific chronicler of marginalized lives, dipped his toe in these waters? Believe it. Back in 1973, the Querelle director turned Simulacron [...]
From Road To Runway LUXE by Lisa Vogel, was honored as this year’s “Mercedes-Benz Presents” designer. A self-professed “car chick” Vogel’s fondest memories are of riding around in her dad’s Mercedes as a child, she told an exclusive group at the Mercedes-Benz kick-off lunch at the shiny-new Kane Steakhouse. Vogel explained that convertibility in design [...]
What’s your favorite summertime fruit? I’m betting loads of ladies love watermelon and the majority of men are still thinking of an answer. Despite appearances, I’m not biased. Just making an educated guess based on the male responses I received to this question over the last week. Most guys took a few minutes to figure [...]
Kings Of Leon return to the states this month to begin its second straight summer playing amphitheaters across the country. It’s actually a step down from where the group just was — in the United Kingdom and Europe, playing shows in front of 60,000 to 70,000 fans in outdoor stadiums. Knowing this is about as [...]
July 28 Food Miami Spice Kickoff To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Miami Spice, head to the Miami Spice Kickoff Event & Fundraiser where 40+ restaurants will participate in tastings and cooking demos. Flautist Nestor Torres and Cirque Éloize will perform. Proceeds will benefit Share Our Strength, Madison’s Wish and Education Fund’s Plant a Thousand [...]
By: Maryanne Salvat Shop For A Cause! Celebrate the opening of the NEW Ann Taylor at Dadeland Mall with Miami’s top socialites Erin Newberg, Jennifer Diliz, Amy Rosenberg, Erin Cohen, Brooke Brown, and Allison Weiss Brady on Thursday, July 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Enjoy cocktails, NY20 Premium Water, hors d’oeuvres by Lasso the Moon, [...]
