September 19, 2016September 19, 2016Familia The importance of imparting our own stories to the next generation – #TXLatinoBlog Hop My parents made the choice to raise us here. Here […] Read more
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 […] Read more
September 10, 2012February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics For Hispanic Heritage Month, StoryCorps Introduces The Story Of ‘Facundo The Great’ I really enjoyed this animated short by StoryCorps. It’s called […] 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 19, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Los Metiches, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Ask Juan: How to tell if you’re at a Pachanga? It should be pretty simple to tell. I mean you […] Read more
December 15, 2011February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Miracle in Edingburg, Texas Whether it had been a particularly difficult year only my […] Read more
December 9, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics Ask Juan: Why are all Latinas on Spanish-language television so “HOT”? There’s a reason my television at the office is never […] Read more
November 30, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Food, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Ask Juan: What is it with all of that hot sauce? Anywhere I eat, no matter where it is, whenever I […] Read more
November 21, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Familia, Los Metiches, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle No Estamos En México, Pero… We sure like to make it look like we are. […] Read more
November 1, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Los Metiches, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle De Paisano a Paisano: Una Calavera – Day of The Dead So today my good friend Sue Valencia dedicated a special […] Read more
October 24, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics The Immigrant Advantage: An Inspirational Slice of American Culture -Book Review A couple months ago I got the email. It was […] 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 18, 2011February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting Growing Up, Growing Old, and Holding On to the ‘Niño Terco’ Get up. Get ready. And go. That’s the way we […] Read more
September 28, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Mexican Culture, Music Rata De Dos Patas, And Other Scorned Love Worthy Songs I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. Para […] Read more
September 15, 2011February 15, 2013Familia, Language, Mexi-Vocabulario, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting, News/Politics “Mojado” – The Word We Were Supposed To Be Ashamed Of Ustedes no son mojados, my parents would say – as […] Read more
July 14, 2011February 15, 2013Cositas Latinas, Entertainment, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, News/Politics The Harvest / La Cosecha: U.S. Child Migrant Farm Workers There are some things you just can’t deny, and one’s […] Read more
July 12, 2011February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle, Mexican Parenting Los Castigos De Nuestros Padres It’s no secret that our parents (Latino moms and dads) […] Read more
July 8, 2011February 15, 2013Familia, Mexican Culture, Mexican Lifestyle Pomp and Circumstance: The Day our Dog knocked us back down into Reality We had never lived in a neighborhood like this one […] Read more