I have found yet another example of “Mexican” food nonsense.
Photo: Laura Martínez
Category: Mexico
Italians Cater to Hungover Mexicans
Mexicans craving for a non-alcoholic drink after a night of excesses in Italy need not look further from a “Cruda!” vending machine at their local Italian eatery.
San Memo Graces Chicago’s ‘Hoy’ Front Page
More from Mexico’s awesome tie with five-time World Cup winner Brazil here (in Spanish)
Hat tip: @fitzbeat
Shakira and Activia Partner to Promote Lego and a Brand of Mexican Milk
Call me crazy, but I believe Shakira’s latest World Cup video does little to beat the drum for sponsor Activia, a Dannon Company.
Instead, La La La (Brazil 2014) sounds like the perfect song to sell products from this Mexican food giant….
or even these other guys….
Watch Shak’s latest video (below) and tell me: Am I crazy?
Brooklyn ‘Mexican’ Cantina Serves Mix of Stereotypes & Typos
Mad Dog & Beans, a new eatery in Brooklyn, has found inspiration in the Mexican Revolution to peddle upscale Mexican food to a local crowd. The eatery, first spotted by a non-Mexican colleague of mine, features on its door the image of a bandito holding a guitar, because even Mexican outlaws are a musical, cheerful bunch.
According to the restaurant’s website:
Mad Dog & Beans Mexican Cantina is a casual-upscale Mexican restaurant featuring a traditional Mexican menu. The theme is based on the Mexican Revolution. The decor features vintage black-and-white photos of banditos and scenes of Mexico printed on canvas and displayed throughout the restaurant.
The menu, while not especially original, does feature some interesting spelling, including “molcajeta” and “pica de gallo.”
Now, that’s revolutionary!
Photo and sombrero tip: J. Falcone
This Mexican Unisex Beauty Shop is Awesome
Worry no More: I’ve Settled the Whole Kevin Spacey-Peña Nieto Brouhaha
It’s Cinco de Mayo! Time to Mix Drinks That Make no Sense
I hate Cinco de Mayo in the U.S., not so much because it’s a reminder of how clueless people are about Mexican history, but because it is also the time to market some of the stupidest, senseless food & drink concoctions of all times.
Well, actually I think Bud Light’s Lime-A-Rita and Straw-Ber-Rita are kind of OK. The name is cute and hopefully the mix will give a little taste to such a tasteless beer. But Corona’s “CoronaRita” wins the prize of the silliest, most senseless concoction (and moniker) ever.
Really, Corona? CoronaRita?
OMG! My Local Bodega Sells Conasupo-Branded Tortillas
I cannot help but think Raúl Salinas de Gortari is behind this –somehow.
Scary. But, heck, at least they’re gluten-free.
Photo: Laura Martínez, Harlem 2014
The Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscar Selfie Mexico Edition
Hat tip: @hazme
Peña Nieto to Meet Obama, Harper Today. This Blogger Will Secure Proper ‘Subtituleishon’
Enrique Peña Nieto (aka as the Savior of Mexico) will meet today in Toluca with President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
But despite all the good vibes and buena onda around this meeting, I’m genuinely worried about Mr. Peña Nieto’s poor command of the English language. So, even though I didn’t vote for the chap, nor I think he is saving Mexico, I’d like to take this opportunity to offer him my services as a professional simultaneous translator; or if he so prefers, to facilitate proper subtituleishon for his speech -which I’m sure will be historic.
Said subtituleishon will look a little bit like this:
I Got Exclusive Access to the Obama-Peña Nieto Agenda
Unless you’ve been living under a rock –or have lost your body and soul to Flappy Bird— President Barack Obama is to visit Enrique Peña Nieto (aka as the Savior of Mexico) this week in Toluca, Mexico, and –as it has now become a tradition– this blogger got exclusive access to the one-day agenda.
For the uninitiated, Peña Nieto is married to Angélica Rivera, a hot blond Latina, who once starred in one of Univision’s highest-rated novelas: Destilando Amor, which by the way was so awesome and successful, it even earned me a byline in none other than The New York Post.
Oh, and in case you were wondering: This is not the first time these two get together. Mr. Peña Nieto first visited Obama in November 2012 at the White House, giving this blogger an opportunity to offer simultaneous subtituleishon.
‘Time’ Puts Mexico’s President on Cover. Hilarity Ensues.
Time Magazine had the super terrific idea to put Mexico’s President Enrique Peña Nieto on the cover of its Feb. 24 cover (most likely knowing that it would stir controversy, especially among my people.)
While I’m not going to get all political or bitchy here as I would like too (who has the time?) I just wanted to take the opportunity to highlight -once again- how wonderfully witty Mexicans can be.
The following are only very few of the many ‘memes’ already making the rounds on the Internet. Enjoy!
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Mexican Beatles Recreate ‘Abby Road’ for a Good Cause
For the uninitiated, Los Supercívicos is a group of concerned residents, who use comedy to watch the streets of Mexico City and, for the most part, scold apathetic cops and reckless drivers.
In a recent clip, Los Supercívicos decided to incarnate The Beatles (Mexican-English accent included) and recreate Abbey Road’s album cover to help pedestrians cross the maddening streets of my birth city.
Hat tip: Romina González
Halle Berry Goes to Acapulco. Mexican Official Calls her ‘La Negrita’
What do you do when you’re a Mexican politician and forget the name of Halle Berry? Easy! Just call her “la negrita” and everybody will know what you’re talking about.
Article first spotted in Reforma (NOT ElDeforma) by @tropicarlitos
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