MetaFilter posts tagged with miami

Liquor. For free. (or cheap.)

shakespeherian — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:20:04 -0800

myopenbar.com (Chicago link) is a dandy little site that lets you know where to score free and/or cheap eats and/or drinks on any given night in your area (assuming 'your area' = NYC, SF, LA, Honolulu, Miami, or the aforementioned Chi-town). The places are rated, and visited personally by the website's bloggers, but who cares? It's free booze. The site's been given as the answer in a few AskMes, but I figured an FPP couldn't hurt.

BUBBLES

allkindsoftime — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:12:51 -0800

Downtown Miami seems like a lot more fun when its filled with foam. That is all.

Hezbollah in South Florida?

skjønn — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:19:50 -0800

The coddled "terrorists" of South Florida. Examining our governments double standard with regard to providing a safe haven for terrorists. Alpha 66 continues to carry out attacks.

EveryScape

cashman — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:48:31 -0800

EveryScape launched this morning. It's a ground-level mapping service similar to Google's "Street View", only it offers you an "autodrive" feature that automatically moves you through a city or down a ski slope. There are links to information about stores and restaurants in the view and the ability to go inside buildings and look around. It currently features views from Aspen, New York, Boston, and Miami. And of course the obligatory view of a colorful mime with a man-bag. [via]

Your papers, Citizen!

orthogonality — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 17:25:56 -0800

"'We want that shock. We want that awe. But at the same time, we don't want people to feel their rights are being threatened. We need them to be our eyes and ears'.... [Police] officers might, for example, surround a bank building, check the IDs of everyone going in and out and hand out leaflets about terror threats." While there have been no specific threats of terrorism against Miami, "'[t]his is an in-your-face type of strategy. It's letting the terrorists know we are out there,' [Deputy Police Chief Frank] Fernandez said."

bellsouth sucks

Thayer-P — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 07:33:54 -0800

Critical Miami complaining about all things florida (duh)

We're Going Where You're Going

livii — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 21:02:30 -0800

Alternative Rapid Transit Looking for a funky way to get around town? Try Detroit's People Mover (warning, embedded earworm). For 50 cents you can travel 2.9 miles through 13 stops in 15 minutes, and see some fantastic art along the way. People movers and modified Personal Rapid Transit systems were built in various cities in the 1970s, such as Miami, Jacksonville, and at West Virginia University. The dream of true Personal Rapid Transit has not yet been achieved, and its viability and economic benefits are still up for debate, but the People Mover, at least, is still hanging on.

Marzano's Miami Bowl: Thursday nights at a landmark Chicago bowling alley

y2karl — Sat, 13 Nov 2004 14:32:52 -0800

Robert Cutter, Phillip Kuhn and Marlene Kuhn, Thursday night league bowlers: "I take the bus to the bowling alley," says Robert. "It takes me about an hour. I've been bowling 36 years. I've never missed bowling in 36 years. I'm the first one here and the last one to go home. I even beat the sheet maker (the guy who keeps score for the teams). If I have the flu, I'm still bowling. I still come. I've got rheumatisim and I'm still bowling. If I don't bowl I sit on the couch." When asked if he'd ever consider quitting bowling, he said, "Hell no! I gotta be dead first!" ..."Phil and I have been bowling five years," says Marlene. "We've only missed bowling once in five years. We walk here. We walk even when it rains or snows. It's about 4-1/2 miles to get here. I try to do my best. I've got a bad leg. I've got a trick knee that goes out on me. We're going to start up our own team soon: the Klingons. We watch Star Trek all the time. We're Trekaholics. We have a cat named Leonard 'Bones' McCoy."
Marzano's Miami Bowl

Welcoming Terrorists

nofundy — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:40:04 -0800

Terrorists Arrive in Miami!
A little-noticed but chilling scene at Opa-locka Airport outside Miami last month demonstrates that the Bush administration's commitment to fighting international terrorism can be overtaken by presidential politics — even if that means admitting known terrorists onto U.S. soil.
There are other terrorists that the US government welcomes. I challenge you to name them (hint: Cuban origins for one). What is that smell? Are we fighting terrorism or Islam?

Miamicon I

Stynxno — Sat, 21 Aug 2004 20:47:38 -0800

Miamicon I. December 18-21 1975 - The Ultimate Star Trek and Comic Art Experience.

Every vote counts

tregoweth — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:28:29 -0800

A political party urges Miami voters to use absentee ballots because electronic voting has no paper trail and cannot "verify your vote." The Democrats? Nope -- the Florida GOP.

GumBall Rally 3000

zeoslap — Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:55:55 -0800

The Gumball Rally 3000 is almost upon us. San Francisco to Miami in five days all in the spirit of the classic movie. With an entrance fee of $20k and A List celebs like Johnny Knoxville and Jason Priestly participating... Not to mention the Bikini Bandits it's sure to be a wonder to behold. Starts at the Fairmont today at 9. Be sure to say hi to the Hustler Honeys in their twin turbocharged Lamborghini....

WMC 2003

cmicali — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 21:38:58 -0800

The 2003 Winter Music Conference is now one month away. During the conference you will be able to attend the main conference, the 2003 DanceStar USA awards show, the huge ULTRA 5 Music Festival, and countless other parties during the week. Everyone influential having anything to do with dance music will be there for 5 days of endless pool parties, late night clubbing, networking, and general debauchery. If you need to know what will be going on, you should already be on the Miami Master List, the definitive guide.

Run Ricky Run

Starchile — Tue, 26 Nov 2002 14:43:42 -0800

Run Ricky Run. Ricky Williams, running-back for the Miami Dolphins, gets an A for effort for designing and maintaining his own website. He keeps a journal where he sounds off on everything from battling fame and the perks that come with it, to meeting his idol (Jim Brown). He even talks about money problems, just on a much larger scale then you or I would have.

MiguelCardoso — Sun, 28 Jul 2002 03:50:46 -0800

Good! It's "Let's Make Fun Of Wall Street" Day At The Miami Herald! Can it be a coincidence that the two funniest columnists in Miami, Carl Hiaasen [Imagine if the entire board of Arthur Andersen were rounded up, blindfolded and flown to Guantánamo Bay for interrogation.] and Dave Barry [Wall Street is in trouble, and things are not going to get better until you, the small investor, stop selfishly thinking about yourself all the time.] have chosen this Sunday to raise a few laughs at the expense of poor, old beleaguered Wall Street? Let's hope not.

groundhog — Thu, 23 May 2002 07:30:29 -0800

Outta my way, or under my wheels! According to this survey from the American Iron and Steel institute, Miami has the rudest drivers in the country. I live in Miami, and it's true. If you disagree with me, you're a slack-jawed moron.

Spoon — Thu, 07 Mar 2002 07:49:03 -0800

Myths Over Miami.
Captured on South Beach, Satan later escaped. His demons and the horrible Bloody Mary are now killing people. God has fled. Avenging angels hide out in the Everglades. And other tales from children in Dade's homeless shelters.

tsarfan — Tue, 22 Jan 2002 15:58:42 -0800

OJ's girlfriend is missing And her cat is found dead. Thank God OJ's ok. kudos, ken

kirkaracha — Thu, 03 Jan 2002 16:05:14 -0800

There's lots of controversy about Nebraska playing for the national championship in tonight's Rose Bowl because they didn’t win their division or conference and got crushed 63–26 by Colorado in their last game of the season. [more inside]

danec — Mon, 22 Oct 2001 09:14:42 -0800

Elian's Miami home has been turned into shrine by relatives in Florida to counter the Cuban museum to the "battle of ideas" in Elian's home town of Cardenas that recalls Cuba's version of the Elian story.

the cuban — Wed, 10 Oct 2001 03:51:05 -0800

Cuban terroists are living in Miami. Should we arrest them?

iceberg273 — Wed, 04 Apr 2001 04:28:17 -0800

Hanging a dead chad . . . The Miami Herald has completed the recount of undervotes from all 67 counties in Florida. The findings? The Herald says it best: . . . under almost all scenarios, Bush still would have won. Indeed, in one of the great ironies of the bitter 2000 election, Bush's lead would have vanished only if the recount had been conducted under severely restrictive standards advocated by some Republicans. Go figure.

mathowie — Fri, 24 Nov 2000 10:32:46 -0800

Phil Agre thinks there was nothing spontaneous about that mob scene in Miami a couple days back.

vitaflo — Sun, 07 May 2000 00:22:34 -0800

Just when you thought you'd seen it all Elian gets his own website...um, sorta.

Steven Den Beste — Sat, 22 Apr 2000 22:19:29 -0800

My opinion about the hostage rescue in Miami. (Link to my page; sorry.)