The food is not as awesome as the name, but it’s OK.
Photo: Laura Martínez, 2016, Harlem
This Taco Truck in Manhattan Has Best Name Ever
Tag: New York City
Puerto Rico’s Super Woman Studies in Columbia, Not Colombia
I might have been sleeping but totally missed this week’s presentation of La Borinqueña, the first afroboricua Super Woman.
According to its creator, Puerto Rican illustrator Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, La Borinqueña’s real name is Marisol Ríos de la Luz; she is a young Puerto Rican studying a masters in Columbia (Not Colombia) and living in Brooklyn with her parents. (She also has a body well suited for Hispanic television, if you asked me.)
La Borinqueña will also be this year’s guest of honor at this year’s Puerto Rican Day Parade to take place June 12 in New York City.
Via: Univision
Mayor De Blasio Appoints Dora the Explorer Ambassador to NYC… Because Nueva York
Remember when Dora the Explorer was on her way to become Dora the Stripper?
Well, worry no more. The adorable bilingual heroine Dora the Explorer has been appointed New York City’s “family ambassador,” as part of a new tourism campaign in both English and Spanish. (I guess she’ll be keeping her innocent looks for a while longer. No cleavage and miniskirts, OK, Dora?)
Per an agreement between NYC & Company and Nickelodeon, families will be encouraged by Dora the Explorer to travel around the city’s family-friendly attractions. And this is how Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the whole thing:
“From the Staten Island Ferry and Times Square to the amazing diversity of Queens, the views from the Brooklyn Bridge Park and the wonderful Bronx Zoo, it’s no surprise New York City has become a favorite family destination […] I’m very excited to have Dora as our official embajadora to show families from across the globe the countless recreational and cultural riches of the five boroughs.”
I hope Dora’s Spanish will be a little better than that of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.
You Guys! There’s a Life-Size Mariachi in my Local Bodega
Laura Martínez, Harlem
Empire State Building Goes Red to Honor Hispanics [Sort of]
If you still don’t believe me when I say Spanish-speakers rule New York, you might want to keep an eye on the Empire State building this coming Sunday, April 26, when it is set to go totally red in celebration of Telemundo 47 New York’s 50 year anniversary. Yes, and it’s not a joke, my friends.
Per a press release quoting the great Cristina Schwarz (a personal friend, mind you)…
“On the evening of Sunday, April 26, viewers from all across the New York Tri-State area will be able to look up to the beacon of our skyline as it beams in red, in honor of our station’s past and the promise of our future as we reaffirm our commitment to be the first informers our communities demand and deserve.”
I don’t know you, but as a proud Hispanic, I’ll be anxiously waiting for the red lights to go up and then tune in my TV set to … Mad Men.*
*It’s nothing against Telemundo, really. I just need to know what’s going to happen with Don Draper’s sombrero,
You Know Mexicans Have Taken Over New York City When…
… your street’s garbage consists of abandoned tamales carts and the like.
Taylor Swift Wants you to Know Bodegas are Our Friends
Taylor Swift, who recently bought a $20 million property in Manhattan, has tons of New York City vocabulary to teach you, including what a bodega is all about. (Hint: it’s a corner store, which is open pretty much all the time and -more importantly- is our friend.)
Click here or on the link below (if you dare) to learn a thing or two about this wonderful city in the words of our new “ambassador,” including how to pronounce Houston and why SoHo and NoHo are very different things.
Oh, and please don’t shoot the messenger (i.e. this blogger)
NYC’s Newest Mexican Eatery Features a $5 Camote. I’ll Pass
Via: Gothamist
This NYC Property Wants Hispanics not to be Lazy -Good Luck
Oh, the nerve!
On top of not being able to spell properly in English -or Spanish- the owners of this Brooklyn building want my people not to do what we do best: haraganear (i.e. be lazy.)
Or maybe they meant to say hanguear?
Hat tip: Bathtubmedia.
What Would you Call a Mexican BBQ?… This. Apparently
New York City is Becoming Increasingly Challenging for English Speakers
I picked up a Citibike today and was glad to find all the relevant information in Spanish.
Seriously, I think this was awesome, but I kind of felt bad for the non-Spanish crowd.
¡Gracias, señor DiBlassio! [or was this El Bloombito?]
Tango Dancers in New York City Also Run the Risk of Choking
Next time you choke on your empanada con chimichurri, just remember there are people in this world who do it gracefully.
Photo: Laura Martínez, at Malbec Tango House
Mexican “Fusion” Stuff in NYC Now Getting Ridiculous
First came the “tortaria,” and now, this: A fusion between a taquería and a trattoria. Pinches bambinos!
Hat tip: @tropicarlitos
The ‘New York Times’ Exposes Our Plan to Sneak into the U.S.
We didn’t plan for this to go public, but ‘The New York Times’ had to go and ruin it for us. Yes, part of Latinos’ master plan to sneak into this country is by disguising ourselves as movie mascots.
What the New York Times doesn’t know is that once we have managed to sneak in (like Mr. Martinez, above) we then move onto Phase II of the plan, which consists of a more elaborate scheme to rapidly populate the country.
The Evolution of Mexican Food in New York City
It is no secret that we (i.e. “The Mexicans”) are taking over the so-called Big Apple. And we are doing this quietly and deliciously, by replacing your Ketchup with salsa; your bagels with tortillas; your apple pie with buñuelos, etc.
But -as we all know- with acculturation comes the making up of words / concepts, so my paisanos over at the Chelsea Street Fair this weekend treated me with a delicious huarche, one I gulped down with 2 liters of Jarrito de Tamarindo.
I love Manhatitlán.
MI BLOG ES TU BLOG 