If there was a trend at my high school reunion it was Spanx and Shaved Heads. Oh, and a lot of Lime played by the DJ. It was an uproariously good time. I will spare you details, because what do you care, right? But, I have to say, there is something extra cool about looking [...]

When we went on vacation last month, the neighbor girl took care of the cat, the guineas and the garden. As I handed her instructions and the keys, I told her that in 25 years it will be her telling the just-graduated-from-high-school-kid how to feed the cat and water the ferns. She laughed. My wheels [...]

I am not sure why I am surprised to find Spanish language goods in local stores. Maybe because when I was growing up, the Spanish seemed insulated to the Miami and North Jersey zips where I lived out a bilingual life. I think it was two years ago that I got all sentimental in the [...]

The idea for Los Pollitos Dicen, the line of Spanish baby tees I co-launched with a Cuban-American friend, came in 2004. We took off in 2005. The goal was to capture the color of our culture for the children of a new generation, a generation that would likely get less of the loving crazy Latinisms [...]

Miami was delicious. I was there to witness the unveiling of General Mills’ revamped Que Rica Vida site. It was awesome. General Mills comes off of this looking genius in the way it has smartly reached out in such a huge way to Latinos, Latino media and Latina/os who blog. Plus, my father just called [...]

Maria asked me to read “Los Zapaticos de Rosa”…in English. “Can’t, Ma. It’s a poem. Have to read it in Spanish.” “But, then I can’t understand it!” “Look at the pictures and I will translate as we go.” “But, I can’t understand!” “Just listen to the rhythm and keep your ears open, you’ll get it.” [...]

So, the path to pro-blogging is through mucho advertising, paid blogging on somebody else’s site, becoming a consultant or the most popular among the mom bloggers, paid spokesmommying for a product or service. Of course, there’s always porn, but let’s pretend there isn’t. How to go pro is a popular topic at blogging conferences. It’s money [...]

So, I was at Blissdom this weekend, and the aim was to soak up as much knowledge about the blogging, writing, social media, advertising, and blog whoring as possible. But, in truth, I had another agenda as my prime focus. To ask women who are focusing on making money online Just How in The Ever [...]

The husband and I have been eating mostly vegetarian for several weeks now. The husband has even given up dairy. I do not believe life is worth living without goat cheese, manchego and ice cold milk. We have felt good and we’ve lost a few pounds. Enter, Papi from Miami…with a gigantic box filled with [...]

Sometime in the early ’90s, when Mexicans and other Latin Americans began to flood into Nashville, a news editor asked me this question: “What’s this guy’s real last name?” I told him both were the guy’s real last name. But, the names are not hyphenated, so do we have to use both of them during [...]