Happy Monday, everyone.

Among the many, many, many recent developments that have compounded the uncertainty of life in 2020, meteorologists have begun using the Greek alphabet to name Atlantic storms. This comes amidst a historic hurricane season that’s seen scientists exhaust the traditi
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Welcome to Friday: Geoffrey and Dianne of Miami Food Pug here for our latest New Tropic takeover.

Restaurants have finally reopened their indoor dining areas, and people have been rushing out to enjoy delicious food with a side of air conditioning. Us? Not so much. We’re holding off on eating inside; one of us is high risk due to an autoimmune condition, so we’re still taking extra precautions.

Not as manic as Monday and hardly as freaky as Friday, it’s Thursday.

Later today, the county commission will be finalizing its $9 billion budget for 2021. If you feel strongly about how your tax dollars are allocated, you should consider signing up to share your voice during the 5 pm public hearing. Whether it’s read more

Hey there New Tropic Family: It’s your Hy-Lo News newsletter takeover for this Wednesday.

On Monday, former Tallahassee mayor and 2018 gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum made headlines by sharing on The Tamron Hall Show that he identities as bisexual. Hopefully, his transparency will lead to much-needed conversations about how Black masculinity and sexuality are perceived, but that’s a larger convers
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Welcome to Tuesday.

If you enjoyed the strong winds and torrential downpour that greeted Miami on Saturday, then good news: There are currently five tropical cyclones brewing in the Atlantic Ocean right now. If you haven’t yet acquainted yourself with Hurricane Paulette, Hurricane Sally, Tropical Storm Teddy, Tropical Storm Vicky, or Tropical Depression Rene, you can check out read more

Happy Monday everybody.

Ain’t you heard the news: Florida bars are opening back up at 50% capacity starting today! Good times are here again, with all the early morning misadventures, hangover-exacerbating bar tabs, and, y’know, s
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Hey there — it’s Friday.

It seems like it was just yesterday that we were still bright-eyed and innocent, gearing up to bask in the glory and release that only a long Labor Day weekend can offer.

But that was then, and this is now: like many seven-day spans in 2020 it’s certainly, uh, been a week. If you’re the sort of person who likes to stay informed — and as your friendly neighborhood newsletter, we certainly hope you are — the last few days hav
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Welcome to Thursday.

We’ll keep this short, because living in Miami already means grappling with man’s impact on nature on a near-daily basis, and it’ll take much more than this newsletter alone to meaningfully unpack the fires unfolding along the West Coast right now.

All we’ll say is this: If you really need to do a gender reveal party, read more

Hey there New Tropic Family: It’s your Hy-Lo News newsletter takeover for this Wednesday.

Recently, actress Jackee Harry — famous for her roles in 227 and Sister, Sister — had Twitter buzzing over her support of reparations for Amerian Descendants of Slavery, or ADOS for short. Harry made her remarks while ma
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Welcome to Tuesday, folks.

Hope everybody (safely!) enjoyed some much-needed respite during the long weekend. We have a mini edition of The New Tropic today tackling a big issue, namely, the future of public transit in Miami — and how you can get involved. Let’s dig in …