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Pro Poker Hurts
It's not all glitz and glory at the table.
By Michael J. Mooney
Published: August 7, 2008
At a poker table, perhaps nothing is more disturbing than a well-tanned man. This is a man of luxury. He has the time in his schedule to lie beneath the sun so that it may...
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What Happens in Seminole, Stays in Seminole
By TOM MCFADDEN
Published: August 7, 2008
Despite the heavy air and lush green landscape, the drive west on Stirling Road can remind one of the approach to the much drier, much browner Las Vegas. The glow over the...
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Waxing Nostalgic
Thanks to Elliot Tiber, the world remembers Woodstock.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: August 7, 2008
Bryan Adams sang fondly about the summer of ’69, but folks who lived through the era know that not everything was groovy patchouli. Back in those days, Elliot Tiber was...
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Hey, It’s Winnie Cooper!
Danica McKellar is grown up, but still studious.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: August 7, 2008
Even while she was growing up before our eyes as Gwendolyn "Winnie" Cooper, doe-eyed love interest of Fred Savage’s character in the poignant coming-of-age sitcom The...
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Cinematic Speed Dating
At MoCA, it’s all about the Optic Nerve.
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: August 7, 2008
It takes far less than five minutes to convey complex emotion, which might be why we determine compatibility with others based on first encounters. That initial reaction is a...
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Rotund and Real
Ralphie May is who he is, and he makes no apologies.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: August 7, 2008
At one point in his life, Ralphie May weighed more than 800 pounds. And still he was making jokes about it. “I beat anorexia!” he’d declare in his stand-up act....
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Heavenly Bodies
By Raina McLeod
Published: August 7, 2008
On Earth, people put off, postpone, and procrastinate when it comes to exercising, but on Mars, little green men have trouble coming up with reasons not to get their sweat on...
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Daddy, I Wanna Dance
Bellydancing “Rakstars” take over the Carlyle.
By Raina McLeod
Published: August 7, 2008
The typical image of a belly dancer is a woman with a sly smile and come-hither hips draped in flowy fabric, but there are dudes out there who get down in the traditional...
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Shell-Shocked
Meet the Turtles’ Flo and Eddie at the Pompano Beach Hippiefest.
By Jamie Laughlin
Published: August 7, 2008
If you consider the late-Sixties psych/sapsters the Turtles as “that band that sang ‘Happy Together,’” you need to revisit them. Their arsenal of hit...
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Curly Girls Rule!
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: August 7, 2008
For years the hair-product marketplace was suffused with potions for straight-haired folks. If you had wavy, kinky, or coily locks, you were fresh outta luck — Pantene,...
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Spray-Paint Miami
Civic cred in the air for street artists.
By Carlos Suarez De Jesus
Published: August 7, 2008
Local graffiti rats Krave, Crome, Typoe, and Monz have earned their street cred by the on-the-cheap dint of pounding institutional authority. They’ve all rubbed their...
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Ride It Like a Ford
Artists go corporate for this car-inspired exhibit.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: August 7, 2008
Of all the Latin music/reggaeton-inspired car commercials, “Ride It Like a Ford” remains our favorite by far — yes, even more than the inescapable Esserman...
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Preseason Tuna Helper
The Bill Parcells era kicks off!
By Chris Joseph
Published: August 7, 2008
Miami Dolphins fans have been waiting long to get the taste of an awful one-win 2007 season out of their mouths. And now that football guru Bill Parcells is in charge of...
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Shameless Plug
Because sometimes we throw parties too.
By Raina McLeod
Published: August 7, 2008
A few times a year, we take a break from being critical and judgmental about the scene and throw our own events into Miami’s entertainment atmosphere. We know booze...
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Fear the Comeback Kids
The Marlins lead the league in come-from-behind wins.
By Chris Joseph
Published: August 7, 2008
Thanks to the Florida Marlins’ refusal to lose and the New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies’ refusal to take hold of the division, the top of the NL East is a...
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Banishing Barney
When extinction sounds fabulous, head to Cool-de-sac.
By BRYNA GREENLAW
Published: August 7, 2008
You inject fictitious, not to mention obnoxious, words into daily conversation. When excited, you shout, “Super-dee-duper!” and rapidly clap your hands. To outsiders,...
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Ten Times Hotter than Eva Longoria
By P. Scott Cunningham
Published: August 7, 2008
Google "randy housewife, pre-1980," and the first result should be a full-cover shot of Julianne Moore, her red hair feathered and layered, smoking a Virginia Slims cigarette....
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Local Love
Tobacco Road will save your Friday night.
By Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik
Published: August 7, 2008
Snobby locals love to sip their haterade and talk out the side of their mouths about Tobacco Road. It’s only understandable that Miami’s oldest bar has gone in and...
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It’s Nacho Government
Have a beer with the Peace Corps at Shuckers.
By JACOB KATEL
Published: August 7, 2008
Emily Eisenhauer taught English to college students in rural China. Patty Phares was a junior high math instructor in the Samoan countryside. Both are members of the Returned...
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We Think We’re in Love
With DJ Irie. And we’re celebrating in Lauderdale.
By Raina McLeod
Published: August 7, 2008
The engineers of our you-can-do-it culture would like you to think that being a DJ takes nothing more than an iPod and a killer playlist. While those things might work in that...
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