¿Por qué me lo hace?The city I cherish?¿Por qué se deshace?And let promise perish? Beaten and bruised and told not to rise,Forced to the skies and saltwater foam,Into a land where they were despised.Welcomed with cries of “Cuban, go home!” Sudor colectivo ganó la...
Credit: Pedro Portal, Miami Herald Spic. Janitor. Fidel. Drug dealer. Communist. Rafter. Affirmative action poser. Scarface. Boat rower. Lettuce picker. Lawn service. Shark food. Spot-stealer (of a deserving non-Hispanic White). These are some of the many insults...
If you think this is another hit piece laying out how Miami is superficial, and vacuous, and immature, and petty, and etc., and etc., well, it’s not. Neither the article nor the city. It’s about how most Miamians feel two simultaneous, seemingly diametrically opposed...
Miami’s kiss on the cheek is one of the city’s most famous cultural institutions. Tourists often mistook it as a sign of our allegedly promiscuity. We often ascribed that mistake to them being uncouth boors. Meanwhile, our neighbors to the north elected to...
Julia Flores, a 41-year-old Westchester native, slouched on a loveseat and absentmindedly fiddled with her phone. “There’s a lot I miss,” she said. “I’ve been cooped up for months. So, of course, I want to go the movies, see my family, grab drinks with friends, but...
I rode down an eerily quiet Brickell Avenue at 3 AM with Denise Holcombe, Zoo Miami’s Director of Fabled Creatures. “With less people on the streets, Miamians are reporting more frequent fox, deer, bear, and even panther sightings,” said Holcombe as she passed 8th...