Jalapeño is the New Green!
It is actually! Crayola made it official this past Sunday when they unveiled the new name of the color green suggested by one of their more than one million fans on Facebook. They’re celebrating their…
Leaving The Nest: It’s Not Always at 18 For Latinos
FROM JUAN: I’ve been telling Sybil for years now how much I admire her voice and her pictures as a Mexican mother, woman and individual. Today, I am deeply pleased to introduce to you dear…
Pau, Pau, Pau-Latina Paulina is Coming to the X-Factor
So either there’s more to this recent influx of Latina judges on mainstream television shows or Simon Cowell is just plain losing his touch. Why else would the “larger than life” and smaller than his…
New Music: Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull Do It Again!
They’re back y’all! Not that the dynamic duo had gone anywhere to begin with. Pero, fijense nada más… as a diehard Jenny from the Block fan (y’all already knew that right) I have to say…
William Levy & Pepsi Next Giveaway
What’s the point of getting nice things if you can’t share them? So remember the other day I told you about Pepsi Next and their new spokesman – the one and only Mr. William Levy?…
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¿Qué Onda With The Funny Rims?
So y’all know I don’t know much about lowriders and rims, spinners, spokes, etc. My brother did have an Impala back in…
The Sound Was Brown At Pachanga Fest in Texas!
FROM JUAN: Friends, today I’m welcoming another amiga to the…
When Something Goes Wrong ¡Nomás Echale La Culpa A Pancho!
FROM JUAN: Today I’m really quite excited to introduce the…
Modesty Above All Else Means Saying No In Order To Say Yes
¡¿Pero para que van a gastar tanto dinero?! Pero si…
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Help Texas Bloggers Raise Money For Tornado Survivors in Oklahoma
Today, I’m dedicating this post to the tornado survivors in Oklahoma. I cannot begin to imagine how much pain and suffering is taking place in the areas affected and my thoughts and prayers are definitely with all of those impacted. The #TXBloggers put together the…
Because My Mexican Mother Said So: Ballet Folklórico Is Beautiful!
So this weekend we got to see the Leyenda Dance Company perform in Houston for Cinco de Mayo. It was really quite a treat because the whole thing felt more like a production instead of just an expression of culture in dance. There were high…
Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Tiliches!
Pos for me they’re anything but useless, but for some they might as well be trash. Thrown right in there with all of the other undesirables that we find no use for anymore right before we send them off to massive landfills. It’s funny actually.…
Musica De Vara – The Music Of My Mexico!
Actually it’s called a huapango arribeño. In my neck of the serros in Mexico – El Sauz to be precise – my parents just called it música de vara. It came back to me this weekend for whatever reason all of the sudden. I remember…
Happy Cinco de Mayo… NOT Mexican Independence Day
So y’all know today is NOT Mexican Independence Day verdad? Just want to make that absolutely clear as it always seems we do a lot more celebrating for Cinco de Mayo than we do for el actual Día de Independiencia on September 16th. September also…