Life in Spanglish

Este heatwave in the winter ya fue mucho.

lifeinspanglish — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:02:34 +0000

Ya mero llegamos al end of the month. Se nos fue el mes de enero y yo no sé ustedes pero yo tengo calor. Aquí en California tenemos todo el mes con los weather ups and downs and constant changes, from rain to cold to warm. But today it was around 84 degrees in Pasadena, [...]

Felicidades Demián Bichir y Emanuel Lubezki, 2 Mexicanos nominados al Oscar

lifeinspanglish — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:42:44 +0000

Hoy es una de esas mañanas en que da gusto ver que el talento mexicano es reconocido. A las 5 de la mañana anunciaron las nominaciones a los premios Oscar y como todo el mundo sabe, la sorpresa fue Demián Bichir por su actación en “A Better Life” (director Chris Weitz). Quiero que sepan que [...]

New Spanish TV Network debuts in the fall: MundoFox

lifeinspanglish — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:07:40 +0000

Big news in TV Land today…en Español! According to a press release today by the AP, MUNDOFOX, a new Spanish broadcast television network is launching in the fall. It will be the Spanish version of FOX (owned by Rupert Murdoch, ya saben que no tiene la mejor presencia en los medios lately) and it will [...]

Wordless Weds: Not Cool, SOPA. Not cool.

lifeinspanglish — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:14:52 +0000

Joining the Protest!

Great Maps of LA exhibit at the Central Library in downtown

lifeinspanglish — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:46:31 +0000

I’m always amazed at the sprawling, extensive size of the City of Los Angeles. This city I love está toda spread out, es enorme, llena de tráfico y luces, y freeways y mini-malls. What’s not to love? So it was such a nice surprise to run into a very interesting exhibit of old Los Angeles [...]

Wordless Wednesday: Tengo a San Antonio puesto de cabeza.

lifeinspanglish — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:52:01 +0000

Filed under: Fé, Time flies Tagged: Good things, San Antonio de Padua

Ooops! I think La Reina del Sur lost it. El escándalo de Kate del Castillo en Twitter.

lifeinspanglish — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:32:42 +0000

This morning el Twitter Universe de los Latinos is going berserk with retweets of a rant from Kate del Castillo, alias “La Reina del Sur.” And now I’m going to have to resort to my voice in Spanglish. Porque no me explico why the heck she thought it would be a good idea to give [...]

It’s never too late: Vivian Maier, the most amazing photographer we never knew until now.

lifeinspanglish — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:58:03 +0000

Last year around this time in January, almost to the day, I heard the beautiful story of Vivian Maier in the NY Times Lens section and was enthralled with her photographs and her life story, as well as the effort to make a documentary about her. I even posted a link to the video here. [...]

Rosca de Reyes time. ¿Qué les trajeron los Reyes Magos?

lifeinspanglish — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:23:55 +0000

La tradición del Día de Reyes (or The feast of the Epiphany if you’re a Catholic and know the story about the “magi from the east” following the star and traveling to pay homage to Baby Jesus) is alive and well in Los Angeles. This year it falls on the first Friday of the month [...]

Post Holiday Clean-Up. It’s over, people.

lifeinspanglish — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:37:24 +0000

Ran into Rudolph this morning on his way to storage in an alley in Pasadena. Pobrecito. Time to stay locked in for the next 11 months. And so it ends, my friends. At least mañana we have the Rosca de Reyes, the last festivity of the Season para los mexicanos y latinos. Better get to [...]