Yes, that picture to the right really happened. That’s an adorable orange tabby named Rufio modeling a piece from a business that’s likely the first of its kind in South Florida: an inter-species clothing line dubbed Kitten Empire. The project of musician Jonny Veo, the line specializes, so far, in custom, punk-inspired outerwear for cats, [...]
Saturday is always Caturday, but this particular Saturday, Green Room in Fort Laduerdale takes the celebration to a new level with an entire party devoted to felines. As usual, that means an evening of music, with a live performance (and fan-submitted cat visuals!) by Miami’s Radioboxer, as well as DJ sets by residents Migs and [...]
At first it looks like an amateur sex tape – not that high-quality National Geographic porn. The huge 1,500-pound creatures flop around as beach goers watch, and are shockingly fleet-flippered when chasing down one particular manatee. A kid yells, “they’re mating!” while a man observes it as more of a “gang bang.” But instead of [...]
Maybe it’s the decadent cocktail of endless sunshine and pill mills, giant insects and swampland, religious crazies and wang-shaped geography that gives this southern purlieu a bazaar touch. (I like to call it Insanity Fair, though I recently found out, sadly, I’m not the first to get punny with Thackeray.) If something kooky happens in [...]
If the campaign to protect the Florida Everglades from Burmese python snakes ever needed a mascot — you know, a friendly creature to help get the word out and be a hit with kids — it could hardly do better than Jake. A handsome black Labrador retriever from an elite dog-training school, Jake recently spent [...]
You already know this: while earning your college degree was informative and pleasant enough, plenty of us head in a different direction. Or maybe the experience wasn’t so awesome or helpful, but we’re sticking, steadfast and stubborn, to what we set out for in the first place. Joshua Miller, the executive director and founder of [...]
