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Cranky Spanish Valentine’s Day T-shirt

Carrie — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:08:41 +0000

Do you think perhaps Flaco is having a tough Valentine’s 2010?

Nah, he’s just funny as all hell and that is why I adore him in a Bossy Big Sister/Baby Brother way.

We’re uploading Valentine’s, love and besitos designs for Chichi&Flaco. You can get free standard shipping on some items now through Feb. 10. Code: FEBSALE.

This tee shirt design strays from our happy happy joy joy kind of attitude at C&F, but hell, we’re willing to veer a little. Anything for a laugh and a sale, you know? (We’ve limited the sale to 10, by the way.)

Please be sure to check out our other new designs. And, we even added a Do You Mofongo? tee for the Puerto Ricans to go with Do you Fufu? design for the Cubans.

So, are you going to have a great San Valentin, or are you buying one of these tees?

Quick hola, good linkage and Spanish Mother’s Day gift ideas

Carrie — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:48:00 +0000

My horoscope (Leo, of course) told me last week I should stop being such a dilettante. To pick one thing, cohopio, and stick with it so that I can excel.

I laughed out loud and thanked the gods for sending me such a timely message.

My fingers are in many pots at the moment and it is beginning to show. I won’t bore you with details — yet — but let’s just say the laundry is very piled up.Not to mention that when I am done here, laundry be damned, I have to go convince a guinea hen she doesn’t really want to be a mother. Yesterday, I found a nest with ten eggs under a pile of branches in our woods. I, who struggled to have just one baby, now need to replace eggs with golf balls. Modern homesteading is de madre sometimes. La pobre guinea. I feel bad for her.

My absence here is your gain though, for I am pointing you to some good Latino bloggage elsewhere.

from Along the Malecon

How I have missed Tracey Eaton’ s blog, Along the Malecon, is beyond me. Tracey is a former reporter and was the Havana bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News from 2000 to 2005. Go check out his great site, with lots of good links and pictures of bellas Cubanas and interesting street shots. Tracey also has a blog called “Send the First Lady to Cuba.’‘

And some other goodies:

Pinata Mama ,meditation for kids…

Setting Stones (Latina in the South. Wonder why I like her?)

Latino Living with Cristina Mella.

And hey, if you need a Mami present, be sure to check out our t-shirts for Moms (with matching, complimentary kid tees over at Chichi&Flaco. Our Porque, Si! (Just Because!) tee rocks. Available in various colors.

Y que de ustedes?

Famous for my platanos…

Carrie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:15:00 +0000

The New York Post has featured our Chichi&Flaco “Oro Parece” t-shirt in a hilarious blog item today: Ten most creative uses for a platano.

Platano bling, platano carvings and platano removal surgery!

The Post blog is called Tempo Espresso and it is Latin-flavored and focused.

The tag is “We speak Spanish so you don’t have to.”

Very nice, and thank you New York Post.

And, by the way, here is the plantain pie recipe I was looking for the other day. I loved it though I am not a huge fan of the ripe platano…but put cheese on it and I’m good.

The pie link is courtesy of a Puerto Rican friend, a great cook and furniture builder who Zumbas with me. The old guys in class loooove her and her Caribbean sway. They’re all like “Hey, where’s your friend?”

Sucios.

***Edited to add this video of my dad with his “Do you Fufu?” tee:

Famous for my platanos…

Carrie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:15:00 +0000

The New York Post has featured our Chichi&Flaco “Oro Parece” t-shirt in a hilarious blog item today: Ten most creative uses for a platano.

Platano bling, platano carvings and platano removal surgery!

The Post blog is called Tempo Espresso and it is Latin-flavored and focused.

The tag is “We speak Spanish so you don’t have to.”

Very nice, and thank you New York Post.

And, by the way, here is the plantain pie recipe I was looking for the other day. I loved it though I am not a huge fan of the ripe platano…but put cheese on it and I’m good.

Sucios.

***Edited to add this video of my dad with his “Do you Fufu?” tee:

Ultimate Tostonera meets Platano T-shirt. Romance begins.

Carrie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:55:00 +0000

The other morning, I got a note from Annette Alvarez.

She said her toston smasher and my plantain t-shirt should meet.

I thought it was a great suggestion. So, here they are together — a fabulous pair who would make a great gift for some platano, plantain chip, tostones fan.

You can read more about the cool, bamboo Tostobueno on the site and on the company blog. They’re even selling a version that makes tostones cups at Target.com. My tostonera is in the mail. Que rico.

I have lots of memories of watching my grandmother slice plantains, run them through the hot oil, pull them out, smash them between two layers of brown paper bag and put them back in the oil. It felt like it took forever, but waiting was worth it. There is nothing like the taste of a warm, golden toston with just a sprinkle of salt to make you close your eyes and say an Amen for goodness.

The t-shirt to the left “Do you Fufu?” is indicative of my partner Oscar’s sense of humor.

Fufu, common in Caribbean countries, is a mash made of ripe plantains. You either love or hate the dish. In other words, you either fufu or you don’t fufu.

Me, no fufu.

I prefer tostones.

You can see our other Platano t-shirts at Chichi&Flaco

and get 17% off (in honor of St. Patrick’s) by using the code MARCH19.

Ultimate Tostonera meets Platano T-shirt. Romance begins.

Carrie — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:55:00 +0000

The other morning, I got a note from Annette Alvarez.

She said her toston smasher and my plantain t-shirt should meet.

I thought it was a great suggestion. So, here they are together — a fabulous pair who would make a great gift for some platano, plantain chip, tostones fan.

The t-shirt to the left “Do you Fufu?” is indicative of my partner Oscar’s sense of humor.

Fufu, common in Caribbean countries, is a mash made of ripe plantains. You either love or hate the dish. In other words, you either fufu or you don’t fufu.

Me, no fufu.

I prefer tostones.

You can see our other Platano t-shirts at Chichi&Flaco

and get 17% off (in honor of St. Patrick’s) by using the code MARCH19.

Los Pollitos Spanish t-shirts now at a lower price

Carrie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:52:00 +0000

Cheep cheep y pio pio,

Just a note to happily announce we’ve lowered our prices at Los Pollitos Dicen – from $24 to $19.99. We’ve also dropped the prices on other products like tanks and embroidered onesies and tees.

Many factors, from a good sales year to a bad economy, played into the drop.

We’re feeling good about it and we are especially excited that now fewer viejitas in Miami will be inclined to look at me and “Ay, mi’ja, pero que caro. Eso lo compro yo en el flee mar-que.”

Over at ChíChí&Flaco there is a 20% off sale through Jan. 16 on orders of more than $20. Use the code NEW29. Check out our organic tees and the fabulous Tocororo t-shirt for women and children.

Happy Day…

(rant about Nashville’s “English Only” election continues tomorrow. Go vote “No!” today.)