FPL Sacks Orlando After Two-Month Siege
Smoke rose in dark, acrid columns from Downtown Orlando as a line of shackled Disney characters trudged out of the city and into an uncertain future.
Summer ’98
Alex’s mom, bemused, skeptical, shakes her head, and starts, “You boys…” And Nick’s mom concludes “…are fucking nerds.”
Abandoned Shed in the Everglades Sells for $700K, Cash, Sight Unseen
Abandoned in 1968, the shack since collapsed into a rotting jumble composed of daddy long-legs, rattlesnakes, mosquito eggs, and trace amounts of wood.
Miami Will Run Buses on Time as Art Basel Performance Piece
Upon inquiring whether the performance piece would be extended beyond Art Basel, Ms. Bravo laughed in my face.
Miami Makes Bro Its Official Pronoun
At the end of the day, I’m a just a forward-thinking, tolerant, accepting Latino who wants his non-existent daughter to be happy
Non-Racist Latino Doesn’t Want His Daughter to Date a Black Guy
At the end of the day, I’m a just a forward-thinking, tolerant, accepting Latino who wants his non-existent daughter to be happy
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