A Real Miami Ghost Story
Alec stared awhile into the abyss when he was struck by the creeping realization that something stared back.
The Plantain Wins a Pulitzer
The Miami Creation Myth today awarded The Plantain a Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for its article titled “Can We Talk About the Trash that Is The Miami Herald’s Katherine Fernandez Rundle Endorsement?”
Miami Woman is Two Hours Late to Her Own Funeral
Castillo’s remains were dutifully poured into an urn (cremation was provided gratis by the manner of her death), the funeral arraignments made, and her friends and family informed of its location, date, and time. Tellingly, her chronographic habits affected her loved ones even after shedding her mortal coil.
Miami Opens Its First Adult Gringo Adoption Office
he City of Miami sought to formalize the previously haphazard method of incorporating outsiders into Latino culture by opening the world’s first Gringo Adoption Agency (GAA).
I Read this Headline, Am Confused, but Open It Anyway
I wonder what the article’s about. This is rather odd. Why is it written in first person? Is there anything of substance here? Is the writer messing with me? Am I in on the joke or the subject?
Katie Miller Demolishes Little Havana to Make Way for Little Columbus, Ohio
Miller had earlier declared that, “If you come to America you should assimilate. Why do we need a Little Havana?” And she’d be damned if she didn’t put her words into action.
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