Welcome to Tuesday — and Election Day. 

Still need a little help with your ballot? We’ve got you covered with our Miami Procrastinator’s Guide to the Election, made possible by the support of our Club New Tropic members.

Not a member yet? Join the club now to get early access to guides like this an
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Let’s talk politics … just kidding. 

It’s us again: your friendly neighborhood Food Pug. With the election upon us and candidates fighting for your votes, it’s easy to miss news about … literally anything else. A lot has happened in the local restaurant scene these past weeks, including the closure of a beloved Downtown spot. We’ve also been dining out a lot more lately and can’t wait to share some of our favorite bites with you.

Have a
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Happy Friday, everyone!

Besides the usual thrill of reaching the end of the week, this Friday is a particularly noteworthy one: We’re just one day shy of the most indisputably fun holiday of the year, Halloween!

In addition to our handy event calendar, below you’ll find a lil’ roundup of some events taking place that set off our scary sensors 👀. It goes without saying, of course, that we advise you to take all possible precautions in keeping yourself
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Welcome to Thursday, friends. 

First, a quick housekeeping note: Your friendly New Tropic editor is taking a few days off, but don’t worry, the newsletter isn’t. We’ve got special editions for you this week and things’ll be back to normal — whatever that means these days — just in time for Election Day.

And speaking of Election Day, we’re diving into what you need to know before the big day. Let’s go…

Welcome to Wednesday, Miami.

We don’t know if you’ve heard, but it’s been an especially active news cycle. The Magic City’s no’s exception; there’s a lot to get through today, so let’s jump right into it…

Welcome to Tuesday, folks.

Can you feel it in the air? The excitement, the exuberance, the absence of any existential dread whatsoever? Yup, it can only mean one thing — Election Day is just a week away.

The mood going around is of course, well, anything but that. BUT, and it’s a very big but indeed, we do have the privilege of Miami’s immaculate fa
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Hey there New Tropic Family: It’s your Hy-Lo News newsletter takeover to kick off the week.

There’s a lot I want to share with y’all, from Miami-Dade mayoral candidate Daniella Levine Cava stepping into the hot seat for a one-on-one interview with me, my thoughts on how the Miami Herald covers Black communities, and Florida Memorial University’s struggles with COVID-19 cases.

I can’t give all the good stuff away in the intro, so let
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Folks, it seems the impossible has happened: Friday is here, and the week is actually over.

We’re going to be using today’s newsletter to tinker a bit with our existing 🎧 This Week in Miami Music format to bring you up to speed with what’s going down in local musical happenings.

But first, we want to follow up on last Friday&
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Welcome to Thursday, y’all.

Well, it looks like we either spoke too soon or right on time — the lament in yesterday’s newsletter about cloudy skies with little in the way of rain was met with as forceful a downpour as they come. There was more than enough rain to go around yesterday… some might say too much 👀.

Regardless of your disposition, we hope today brings more of whichever sort of weather you feel most comfortable in. We don’t play favorite
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Welcome to Wednesday, Miami.

There haven’t been a lot of blue skies out there this week, have there? Although we’re thankful for the cool, windy weather, the horizon’s been pretty gray with only the occasional downpour. We won’t speak for all Miamians, but it’s one thing to have dour skies with consistently moody, contemplative rains… it’s another thing entirely for things to look depressing without the calming sound of rain striking your wi
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