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Monthly Archives: November 2007
Only in [Culturally Diverse] New York City
My friend Mariana sent me this picture that shows, once again, that despite the efforts of past Mayors to turn this city into the new Disney World, there is still some hope that diversity will live on. Foto: Mariana Carreño … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Marketing & Advertising
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This Ain’t Your Typical Abuelita Breakfast
This week McDonald’s triumphantly announced the launch of a half-pound, culturally-relevant burrito: the McSkillet, which the media is tauting as as the McLatinization of the breakfast menu, mainly due to its “Mexican influence.” I beg to differ. I am as … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Marketing & Advertising
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Oh No! Gringos Use Our Lotería to Teach us English
Some woman called Deborah Frisch has come up with an English language method weirdly named ¡Binglés! La lotería para aprender inglés. And it’s no joke. According to a company’s press release, this “revolutionary and cost-effective method” uses our beloved juego … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing & Advertising
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Why I Love Mexico (Part III)
My people (i.e. Mexicans) not only know which movies to watch, but how to watch them, where to watch them and -most importantly- how to spell their titles. Other wonderful examples of why I love Mexico can be found here … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing & Advertising, Why I Love Mexico
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Why did They Shut Up?
I’d like to thank my friend Diego for sending this bizarre, yet fascinating, story about my home country. It turns out that the indigenous zoque language (one of 350 native languages spoken in Mexico) is about to disappear simply because … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration
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Viagra Ice-Cream, Anyone?
You can say -and think- whatever you want about Venezuela and its president, but one thing is undeniable: Venezuelans are truly creative people. Take Coromoto, an ice-cream vendor in the province of Merida, which is pitching a ‘Viagra’ ice-cream for … Continue reading
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Valentina Paloma Pinault [Hayek]
Thanks to AP and Grupo Reforma for the sneak preview into probably the luckiest [Latina] girl alive. The daughter of Salma Hayek and French archi-rich Francois Henri Pinault was born Sept. 21
How I Learned to Loath Mexican Wine
After the three-day food and wine smogasbord a.k.a. Thanksgiving, we were too broke to keep spending precious dollars in fine Bordeaux and Burgundy so decided to finish the weekend supporting the patria with this 2005 Jubileo Meritage, from the wine-rich … Continue reading
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An Immigrant-Themed Thanksgiving
To celebrate this year’s Thanksgiving, some 150 Hispanics in Morristown, N.J. are getting together to cook. But instead of the traditional stuffed turkey, pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce, they are cooking up something much more interesting: an immigrant-themed full menu. … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Immigration
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Forget Spanglish! The New Wave is the ‘Japoñol’
I love, love these guys. Peruvian reggaetón trio Los Kalibre is making the Japanese shake their butts with catchy songs and lyrics mixing Spanish and Japanese in what the media is already calling Japoñol. The Peru-born recent Japan immigrants are … Continue reading
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Texas Man Seeks Faithful Latina. Reward: $5 Million
How much would you offer a Colombian young, beautiful woman in exchange for fidelity? Well, a 76-year-old Texan man is putting down $5 million on the table for “a young woman, with three or more small children, if she is … Continue reading
Mexican-Speaking Mexicans Not Wanted Here
Apparently, some Mexicans around Seattle’s Lewis County are really pissed at the above sign, property of a fellow called Mike Hamilton, who has used this very billboard to make all kinds of statements in the past. The sign, which is … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Marketing & Advertising
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Making Martínez a Chart Topper
Little did people notice a recent New York Times story showing that 2 Hispanic surnames are now, and for the first time, among the top 10 most common names in the nation: Smith remains the most common surname in the … Continue reading
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