Juan Alanis, Author at Juan of Words

January 18, 2013January 3, 2020Cositas Latinas, Los Metiches, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics, Travel

Detroit & The Auto Show: Quite The Thrill For This Texano!

You might have noticed the first part of this week […]

January 17, 2013February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

Ask Juan: Is It Possible To Speak Spanish Quietly?

So the other day I just happened to overhear this […]

January 17, 2013February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Gacho!

So apparently I’m this. Or this is me. ¡Gacho! According […]

January 14, 2013February 15, 2013Chisme, Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Music

So, Is Marc Anthony’s ‘Porque Les Mientes’ About JLO?!

So, not to be Metiche or anything, buuuut… is Marc […]

January 10, 2013February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

Latino Nicknames 2.0 – Our Terms Of Endearment!

So taking a cue from all of you who have […]

January 7, 2013February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Los Metiches

Shooting Blanks.

Mudo. For the past couple of days I’ve been just […]

January 3, 2013Cositas Latinas, Giveaway

Giveaway: An Autographed Boxing Glove Signed by Both Pacquiao and Marquez!

So you ‘member when Pacquiao got knockeao by Marquez a […]

December 28, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

Pa Fin De Año: 10 Worthy Quotes From La India Maria

So chisme is I talk too much about cliches and […]

December 26, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, News/Politics

A Very Special Plea, From a DREAMer!

I met Jose Luis Zelaya this year. From that very […]

December 21, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Los Metiches

We Want To Wish You A Very Merry And “Japi Navidad!”

May you eat lots of tacos. Drink lots of ponche. […]

December 20, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

10 Things We Should All Do, Just In Case The World Really Does End Tomorrow

This won’t be the usual heartfelt, thought provoking, insightful post […]

December 19, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Mexican Culture, Music

Just How Exactly “Es Como Se Besa En Venezuela”??

I’m not a fan of Chino y Nacho. Not usually […]

December 18, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Mexican Culture, Music

3 Reasons Why I’m Totally Digging Christina Aguilera’s New Album – Lotus!

1. The VIDEO! D-A-Y-U-M! This ain’t The Mickey Mouse Club […]

December 17, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexican Lifestyle

12 Days of Christmas in Words: So I’m Behind… Big Surprise!

Initially my intention was to write 12 posts for Christmas […]

December 11, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Los Metiches, Mexican Culture, Music

In Memory of Our Gran Señora: My 12 Seconds with Jenni Rivera

I did meet Jenni Rivera once. For all of 12 […]

December 5, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario

Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chongo! ¡Chonguda! ¡Chongalicious!

This post is dedicated to the one and only Salmita […]

December 4, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Los Metiches, Mexican Lifestyle

Tejanos En Cali… Fornia For The Very First Time

So it had been years since my younger brother and […]

December 2, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Food, Los Metiches, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle

To The Lady Who Introduced Me To Imagawayaki In Little Tokyo… Gracias!

She said they were like Japanese donuts basically. Imagawayaki, bean […]