Pisco Sour From Paul Tanguay, the Beverage Director of SushiSamba on South Beach comes this fabulous Peruvian cocktail that is all the rage. The Pisco Sour is the perfect sweet and tart beverage for our steamy summer nights. Ingredients 1 egg white 3 level bar spoons of sugar 2 oz of Pisco Brandy 2 oz [...]
Former Senator Bob Graham on the Environment, Casinos, and Military Strategy Bob Graham Admonishes Tallahassee: No More Harm Florida’s 38th governor (1979-87) isn’t pleased with what the Legislature did during last year’s session. He’s not optimistic about this year’s. But it won’t stop him from going to bat for what he regards as the state’s [...]
By John McCartney Special to the SunPost Can anyone tell me why the world is drinking designer Mojitos? Or the reason why ceviche has become a staple in restaurants likes Le Bernardin in New York. How about why Chefs like Aaron Sanchez, Jose Garces, and Alex Garcia are now on TV and making waves across [...]
By Celeste Fraser Delgado, artburstmiami.com What is dance? That question has been posed by experimental choreographers for decades now. Often the answer for the audience of such experiments is “not this.” Such was the case of Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey’s “Tool Is Loot.” If the dancers noticed audience members walking out during their performance, [...]
Resolution Passed to Reject Large Special Events in Haulover Park By Frank Maradiaga Special to the SunPost The Bal Harbour Village Council has come out against the fashion event Funkshion, the musical group Swedish House Mafia, and all large scale events in Haulover Park. The council passed a resolution in their January meeting that urged [...]
MB Tax Payers Assoc Holds Forum – ‘Miami Beach: Then and Now’ Five former mayors of Miami Beach have accepted invitations to take part in a panel discussion on ‘Miami Beach: Then and Now’ this Wednesday at the monthly meeting of the Miami Beach Taxpayers Association. The former mayors are Harold Rosen, Neisen Kasdin, Norman [...]
Just Don’t Tell My Laptop This – It May Never Let Me Hear the Last of It “The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up, there’s no law against whacking them around a bit.” “Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window.” – Eric [...]
Here’s one of international cinema’s most intriguing ironies: the more culturally specific the story is, the higher its chances of resonating with a global audience. No other current release proves this apparent contradiction more effectively than the riveting domestic drama A Separation. The Foreign Language Oscar nominee, one of two new releases I’m reviewing this [...]
January 26 Social Judges & Lawyers The Tenth Annual Judges and Lawyers Event will be held tonight at the Jewish Museum. The keynote speaker is Judge Joel H. Brown who, in July 2009, became Chief Judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida. Host committee includes Isabel Bernfeld Anderson, Gary A. Appel, Kenneth M. Bloom, [...]
Pedestrians Beware. Miami Comes in at Number Four in Fatalities.
I heard a metallic crash behind me and a muffled thud as I conversed with a woman on the sidewalk near the corner of Euclid Avenue and 7th Street.
“Ay!” she exclaimed, “the truck hit him!”
I turned around and saw the nose of a big red pickup truck in the crosswalk. A man and a bike were down in the street in front of the pickup. He was writhing in pain, and then went limp. Someone was already calling 911. A female passenger got out of the vehicle and hurried away.
“Where’s she going?” I asked.
“She’s illegal,” the woman replied.
“Or there’s a warrant out on her. He’s illegal, I’ll bet,” said I, noting that the man sprawled supine on the pavement appeared to be Hispanic and dirt poor. Being undocumented is no big thing: probably over half the people in the neighborhood are here illegally; they work for low wages in the expensive hotels and restaurants on the beach.
The cops and an ambulance showed up in four minutes. The hapless man was taken away. We listened to the driver tell a cop that he did not run into the man, that the bicyclist hit his truck and bounced off it after he had stopped his vehicle at the corner.
“He’s lying,” I said to the woman. “He hit the guy in the crosswalk; that much is obvious.”
By John McCartney Getting it right from the start is tough, especially in the restaurant business. When you open for the very first time to paying customers, you have to be on the ball. I usually never go to a restaurant on the opening week. Everything will be predictable. Servers going over their newly scripted [...]
