March 21, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Rifandomela! As in rifar,to risk it, put it all on the […] Read more
March 13, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Chusma! Doña Florinda: “¡Vente Quico! ¡No te juntes con esta chusma! […] Read more
March 6, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Pipirisnais! De la high… o sea de la alta sociedad. The […] Read more
March 3, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Ask Juan: Why is Spanish so Hard to Learn? The other day a reader emailed me with the following […] Read more
March 2, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario Mexi-Vocabulario: Solovino This one is dedicated to the reader who emailed me […] Read more
February 22, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario Mexi-Vocabulario: Arrullar Arrullar. To put one to sleep. Or in this tertiary definition […] Read more
February 10, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics Mr. Bean: Spokesman for the Misunderstood? He used to annoy the living crap out of me. […] Read more
February 2, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario Mexi-Vocabulario: ¡Mitotero! A ver, so… yo por andar de mitotero ¡mira nada […] Read more
February 1, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting Why Spanglish Was a Bad Word for Most of My Life Spanglish! It’s a love-hate relationship I’ve had with the language. […] Read more
January 25, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle “Rasquachismo” – Hacer De Tripas Corazón Gotta say, never in all my life had I heard […] Read more
January 20, 2012February 4, 2014Language, Mexican Culture Piropos for Valentine’s Day ¡Estas bien enamorado! You are so in love and you […] Read more
January 11, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics Kudos to Sofia Vergara for Making Accents So Cool! My earliest memories of the lovely and ageless Sofia Vergara […] Read more
December 28, 2011January 1, 2014Dichos / Refranes, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Top 10 Dichos for New Year’s Eve If you believe in 2012 time will truly be of […] Read more
December 20, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Mexi-Vocabulario, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Pan-Tuflas: Comfort Shoes Pantufla – zapatilla sin orejas ni talón para andar por […] Read more
December 2, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle A Few Words On Gratitude No hay que ser malagradecidos. If there was one thing […] Read more
October 19, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Burla: The Act of Laughing at Oneself… and Others There’s a time to play. And there’s a time to […] Read more
October 11, 2011February 15, 2013Dichos / Refranes, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Donde Cabe Uno, Caben Dos: Life Lessons for Adult Children Donde cabe un mexicano caben cien. That was the variation […] Read more
October 6, 2011February 15, 2013Dichos / Refranes, Familia, Language, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting ¡No Te Dejes! Learning To Fight My Own School Yard Bullies It’s always hard to give kids advice about bullying. In […] Read more