No on Señor Pop’s

Unfortunately :^( when we arrived at the location it was closed for

“Sheer heaven baby!”r.e.n.o.v.a.t.i.o.n. Personally, I think Mr. Pop’s choose an unsuitable place for such a restaurant of my grand genetic heritage.

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The Guayabera Shirt (gwai-a-Ber-a)

I grew up around these gorgeous shirts.  Now they have them for women (shock shock…dresses) and for teeny tiny tots…cannot WAIT to see what my nephew looks like in his!
Cuban clothes are very unique and fashionable.  The Guayabera Shirt (gwai-a-Ber-a) is one of the most authentic symbols of Latin Culture. They are made of light [...]

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You Know You’re Puerto Rican If….

I highlighted the ones I know personally:

You’ve ever used your lips to point something out.
You’ve ever been hit with “chancletas”, “la correa”, or the cord
of “la plancha”.
You get really scared whenever someone mentions “El Cuuuuuco!!!”
You’ve gone to Titi’s house and passed through the “bead
curtain” in the living room.
You step into a house that has all [...]

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Que clase de Puertorriqueño eres?

Courtesy of Facebook:
Usted es una persona refinada, de clase media-alta o media-baja, educado en colegios privados y criado en urbanizaciones cerradas. Disfruta de fiestar con gente cool, linda y de caché, pero no disfruta de relacionarse con cacos. Algunos lo tildarian de comemierda, pero es de cariño.

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Improving the image of Latinos in Hollywood

I for one, being of Puerto Rican descent, am tired of Hispanics being portrayed as drug dealers, maids, and simply indigent individuals who have no disconcerting future.  We do have a brain you know…and ambition.
I read CNN’s article about Ricardo Montalban’s (may he rest in peace) quest to raise the image of the Hispanic in [...]

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Patria…….

Rubyn Blades – La Patria Lyrics
Hace algun tiempo me preguntaba un chiquillo
Por el significado de la palabra Patria.
Me sorprendio con su pregunta
y con el alma en la garganta le dije asi:
“Flor de barrio, hermanito, Patria, son tantas cosas bellas…
Como aquel viejo arbol que nos habla de Puebla,
Como el carino que aguardas despues de [...]

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For my mother and Puerto Ricans everywhere

BABY this song is mio mio mio para siempre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Déjame soñar!!!!

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Mi Familia Latina

La vida es una celebración

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Latina Beauty

This picture of one of my lovely cousins illustrates the ethereal beauty of the Latina woman. (I’m envious of her!)…seriously though I remember how she (memory a tad foggy) was a bit of a tomboy, and with my sister would hang out together like the 2 musketeers. They were inseparable…causing mischief but fiercely loyal to [...]

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Mi Familia

Abuela linda, Julia, Juliana y Ady

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