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Category: Why I Love Mexico
LOL: Walmart Thinks a 7.9 Earthquake is Funny
For all of those who have experienced the horrors of a 7.9 earthquake in Mexico, there is really nothing much to say here, except: What the hell was Walmart thinking?
This blogger is all up for “funny” and quirky stuff, but this just sucks big time…. I’d say it is almost as funny as Gingrich comparing immigrants with packages. LOL.
Via: Univision News
JLo, JuanGa Pay Tribute to Chespirito
If you thought Mexican luminaries are the only ones paying tribute to Roberto Gómez Bolaños, Chespirito, think again. In a sign that El Chapulín Colorado knows no borders, JLo picked to wear this for her latest V Magazine cover shoot.
¡No contaban con su astucia!
Call me biased, but I prefer JuanGa’s outfit, like, a million times better. Which do you prefer?
¡Sí, señor!
When Mexican Politics Intersect With Fine Language
You can say anything you like about Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but at least the guy has it very clear where he’ll end up if he doesn’t win the Mexican presidency this year.
Hat tip: Adictivo Magazine
Parisian Style Subway Entrance and Tacos al Pastor. What Else Can I Ask For?
Greetings, followers, from Mexico City, home of the 10-peso taco al pastor and a mayor who wishes he ruled Paris.
NOTE: I am sorry for having abandoned this blog for such a long time, but I never realized how much time eating good food actually takes. So bear with me.
Photo: Laura Martínez (Ciudad de México, 2012)
Here’s What a Bicultural Scooter Looks Like
Of of the perks of living in New York City, is that you don’t really have to chose between cultures. You can drive around your Made-in-China scooter and proudly display your American and Mexican flags.
Oh, and while you’re at it, you might as well want to sit down and sip a deliciously refreshing binational margarita.
Mexico Beats Its Own Taco Record; Lacks Funds to Register Such Feat
So you guys thought I was joking when I said we (the Mexicans) know how to make the world’s largest and spiciest tacos, ever!
Not only New Mexico couldn’t beat regular Mexico with their huge navajo taco the other day, but regular Mexico has done it again, beating its own world record, by cooking a 50-meter long taco filled with an “indeterminate” volume of onion, rice, cilantro, pork cracklings, beef, chicken, eggs and sausages.
Alas, such an achievement could not be registered in the Guinness Book of Records, simply because sufficient funds were not available.
“We’re in the process of registering it, but it implies an expenditure that can’t be contemplated right now of more than 400,000 pesos (some $33,000),” municipal official Agustin Torres Pérez told EFE.
So hereby this blogger is launching a campaign for the officers over there at the Guiness Book record-thing to stop the nonsense and give my people a well-deserved discount. Or, perhaps, they will let us pay them in kind, with some delicious taquitos?
It’s Official: Mexicans Take Over New York City
In yet another sign that Mexicans are indeed taking over the Big Apple, a trajinera has been spotted in and around Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
See? We, mexicans, don’t only want our carnitas here, we also want to move around in our traditional means of transportation.
Well, actually, the trajinera thing is a piece of moving art that is part of this year’s Celebrate Mexico Now Festival. Never seen one in real life? Here is your chance, newyorkers!
Photo: Stolen from the Web site of the Queens Museum
Pure Mexican Awesomeness: How to Make a Trumpet Out of a Coke Bottle
Who said everything in Juárez is about drugs & violence?
Arriba, Juarez… ¡Chihuahua!
Hat tip: LeChancle
Ubiquitous Sombreros: Only in Man-HAT-tan
Broadway and 114th street at around 6 PM Wednesday.
Photo: Laura Martínez
What to Call a Mexican Ice Cream Chain in New York
If you are remotely familiar with La Michoacana, and its über successful chain of ice cream parlors throughout Mexico, you’d understand why this is one of the most brilliant monikers, like, ever.
Photo: Laura Martínez. Chelsea, NYC. June 26 (Gay Pride)
Why Carstens Might Not be Ideal for IMF Top Job
I always thought that one good thing about having Mexico’s Finance Minister Agustín Carstens replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as head of the IMF, is that he would spend more time eating than groping chambermaids in hotel rooms.
But upon refreshing my memory with this picture from a recent Mexico visit by the Sarkozys, I became increasingly anxious at the possibility.
It seems our finance minister has a knack for both, eating and ogling women.
Ay, caramba!
Gaga Goes to Mexico. Hates U.S. Immigration Laws
Say what you will about the Gaga Lady. She knows her politics.
During a recent news conference in Mexico City, where she is promoting her new album, the singer made sure to speak her mind about her country’s immigration laws, particularly Arizona’s SB1070.
“I don’t stand by many of those unjust immigration laws in my country,” Lady Gaga told the Mexican media at a fancy Mexico City hotel.
Alas, I’m not sure my people actually paid attention. The 29-year-old was saying all this clad in a see-through blue dress that barely covered her nipples and seated on top of a shiny hot rod motorcycle, which I’m sure made more than one person’s mind wonder about all sorts of things… and not necessarily immigration-related.
What if Osama Bin Laden Had Been Mexican?
As is usually the case with some major news developments, it took my fellow Mexicans very little time to start mocking the whole Osama bin Laden-capture-death thing.
Barely hours after President Obama delivered the news of Bin Laden’s death on Sunday, the hashtag #siosamafueramexicano (If Osama had been Mexican) became a major trending topic on Twitter México.
Among this blogger’s favorite:
If Osama bin Laden had been Mexican, we would have killed him tomorrow…
p.s. The picture on the left is from an actual Algebra book by Aurelio Baldor this blogger grew up studying with.
No kidding [and no wonder I suck at Algebra.]
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