Tag Archives: the Wise Latina Club
¡Nominated as LATISM’s 2011 Best Political Blogger!
October 21, 2011
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As some of you know from last week’s post which details the high of my nomination which came during the low of Yellow’s death, my jaw dropped when I found out someone nominated The Wise Latina Club and I as Latinos in Social Read More...
Named Latina Magazine’s Political Contributor: 10 Things Every Latina Should Know About Occupy Wall Street
October 21, 2011
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I have been reading Latina Magazine since the days of the original white font, JLO first and subsequent covers. So you can imagine how over the moon I was to be named Latina.com’s (the mag’s website) political contributor ahead of the Read More...
Song of Big Yellow
October 14, 2011
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The last few months have been tough since Yellow was diagnosed with a terminal sarcoma cancer, the latest in his smörgåsbord of illnesses that were literally eating away at the body, but not the big, nobel heart of my Golden Read More...
A (Wise) Latina Meets THE Wise Latina
October 14, 2011
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Finally. I had the opportunity to meet HER. U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the original “Wise Latina,” as U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar noted, not at “our” Trader Joe’s (despite hours spent “studying” the sugar content Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen – Cozumel Ceviche Video
July 6, 2011
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Ceviche. Food of the gods, savored year-round in Latin American tropical coastal communities. This fish dish is also perfecto for summer. Some people fear raw fish. ¡Silly rabbit!, says the chica who’s paid the dear price of reckless-but ooh-soooo-goooood eating Read More...
When Singing Barney Songs is Mightier than Cartel Gunshots
June 1, 2011
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This video will make you tremble with fear, outrage, and sadness. Kindergarten teacher Martha Rivera Alanis captures on her cell phone how she calmed her students by singing Barney songs, as a gunfight raged near the school in Monterrey, Mexico’s Read More...
¿United States Naval Ship Cesar Chavez?
May 20, 2011
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This week Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the 14th and last Lewis and Clark-class of dry cargo/ammunition ship to be built by the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, would be named after the godfather of the Latino civil rights Read More...
The High Heeled Kitchen Video: Grilled Duroc Pork Chop in Mole Sauce
May 17, 2011
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The High Heeled Kitchen: Grilled Duroc Pork Chop in Mole Sauce: The Video Watch closely for the perils to avoid when cooking in high heels! The High Heeled Kitchen: Grilled Duroc Pork Chop in Mole Sauce: The Story “Ode To Read More...
