Articles by Andrea Barrack
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And Now for Something Completely Different
The elaborate electronica buffet at ULTRA Music Festival 2010 served up enough techno, trance, house, and breakbeats to thoroughly indulge festie appetites. (Until their eardrums recover, that is.) In the mix we experienced a myriad of fusions – i.e. ... -
Ultra Insanity
Insanity! Day 2 of ULTRA Fest was jam packed with it. The lineups today were legendary and the massive SOLD-OUT crowd certainly kept me on my toes. The schedule I tossed out today, much like the electronic genius I heard, had me doing a lot of “Go. Chill. ... -
Up All Night in Miami
When the hottest techno, trance, house and electronica DJs in the world convene at one of the hottest cities in the world, the result is incendiary. WMC is one of the largest genre-specific music gatherings in the world. It begins with parties and ends with ... -
Collision Ruins Win at Homestead
What looked like Rum Bum Racing’s second round of smooth sailing to the winner’s podium took a hair-pin turn for the worst Saturday at the Homestead Miami Speedway. The team’s qualifying times, practice sessions, and race performance put them in the ... -
Rum Bum Enters Race on a High Note
This afternoon at the Homestead Miami Speeway, the Rumbum Racing Team hit the track for some preliminary runs before tomorrow’s big GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge – the Homestead 200. After two practice sessions and one qualifying ... -
Rum Bum Racers Go for Another Win
More than a month after their Daytona win, the Rum Bum racers are set to hit home turf – the Homestead Miami Speedway, for the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge's Homestead 200. After shocking their competitors by taking the win in their inaugural ... -
Stepping Toward Sustainability
President’s Day marks the final day of the Miami International Boat Show, so make sure you take advantage of the hundreds of vendors and marine exhibits before they’re gone till next year. Of these vendors, one stands out for going above and ... -
A Sea of Choices
To boaters, any day on the water is the best day ever. If you can't be on the water, the next best thing must be intermingling among a sea of the nation's finest boats at The Miami International Boat Show. Now through Monday at the Miami Beach Convention ... -
Sail in Style
Look left immediately when you enter Strictly Sail, the wind-powered wing of the Miami International Boat Show, on the other side of the causeway at Sea Isle Marina on Bayshore Drive. Among the sailing hardware and angler headgear, you eye some ... -
Sailing in 15'' of Plastic
It’s a blustery day at Bayshore’s Sea Isle Marina, the site of Miami International Boat Show’s Strictly Sail exhibition, but not blustery enough to discourage these sailors to keep off the water. Rather, the chop only encourages these boaters to ... -
Reel Olde School
The upper deck of the boat show holds a bevy of goodies, but to really get your hands on a piece of fishing history make sure to stop by Ye Olde English Fly Shop. A purveyor of antique rods, reels, and even tackleboxes from centuries past, Brian Barnes ... -
Say Hi To Guy (Harvey)
Art makes a grand appearance on the second floor of the Miami Convention Center this weekend in the form of billfish sculptures in wood, marine life tokens in decorative glass, and contemporary renderings of fish on acrylic-slathered canvas. But you can't ... -
Going Green On The Big Blue
Good news for green boaters! (We’re talking eco-friendly, not seasick.) The Independence Green Yachts company has just announced that it joined forces with HB Marine, a leading developer of hydrogen-based power for the boating world. Over the past three ... -
This is Not a Canoe
While weaving between the glass and metal boating structures resting on kevlar and fiberglass hulls at the Miami International Boat Show, you'll stop in your tracks when you happen upon a series of the stunning boats made almost entirely from wood. They are ... -
The Ultimate Ride
Among the simmer of oohs, aahs, and deal-making at the Miami International Boat Show, were club music bumps at the Statement! Marine booth. Among the dozens of regal white sportfishers and motorboats, Statement! Marine’s sharp metallic blue 42’ Vee ... -
When You Just Can't Go Home...Yet
LA. Friday night. 2 a.m. You've been out all night after a full week of work and now you must...have...food. Time to hit the food trucks, LA's latest culinary phenomenon. So instead of landing at a humdrum brick-and-mortar food joint that sells sloppy slices ... -
Hungry Like a Club Kid
A raging nightlife is one of the spicy ingredients that makes Miami…well, Miami. To complement her predilection for action almost 24 hours a day, Miami sprouted some eateries perfect for those late night diners hungry for hearty bites to sustain their ... -
Winners!
Drivers at the Fresh From Florida 200 got a swift kick in the bumper as the Rum Bum Race Team exploded onto the scene and sped away with victory on Friday at Daytona. The event was the inaugural race of the GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge and ... -
And They're Off!
*Update 4:27 p.m.* The Rum Bum Race Team WON the Fresh From Florida 200!!! After completing 66 laps around the track at Daytona, the team fought from behind to lead the pack to the finish. We will have a complete update and all the race details on ... -
Follow That Truck!
In the dark cold of a Thursday night, a line of 70 college-aged kids wait on a sidewalk between UCLA's Mattel Children's Hospital and Frat Row. In the heart of the trendy college town of Westwood, the crew is waiting to see one of LA's rising celebrities, ...
