Miamians Looking Forward to Being Assholes to Each Other Again

Miamians Looking Forward to Being Assholes to Each Other Again

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...
Miami’s Mythical Animals Roam Its Streets During Quarantine

Miami’s Mythical Animals Roam Its Streets During Quarantine

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...
Miami-Dade PD Hires Chancleta-Wielding Abuelas to Enforce Curfew

Miami-Dade PD Hires Chancleta-Wielding Abuelas to Enforce Curfew

Miami curfew update: “¡Métete en tu casa, coño!” yelled Pilar Rodriguez, a diminutive 77-year-old woman wearing a floral nightgown, face mask, and latex gloves. She charged a young couple across the street, brandishing a sandal over her head. “¡Son las once de la...
Miami’s Traffic God Wonders Where All the Crazies Went

Miami’s Traffic God Wonders Where All the Crazies Went

Yoandri, Miami’s universally detested god of traffic, looked down upon South Florida from his home high on Mount Tropical Park, and sighed dejectedly. On a whim, he raised the Brickell drawbridge. Nothing. He threw a barricade across the Golden Interchange. Nothing....
An Open Letter to Coronavirus from Miami

An Open Letter to Coronavirus from Miami

Dear Coronavirus, welcome to Miami. And by “welcome,” I mean “please put a Clorox-soaked bullet in your head and bury yourself in the Everglades,” but we’re all about social tact in South Florida. Nevertheless, you’re here, and like a flock of New Jersey snowbirds, we...