La Quirky Nancy’s Cousin Becky from the Bay Area moves in with Nancy, but when they grab some METRO shared bicycles and tour the new hood, things don’t turn out exactly like Nancy expected.
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Mas…La Quirky Nancy visits a ‘gentrified’ East Los coffee shop (video)
(PNS reporting from TIO TACO, TENNESSEE) Jorge Fregado, executive director of the Hispanic Evangelical Legislative League (HELL), no longer supports the Trump Administration, he told friends here over the weekend.
Fregado (photo) — who hosted a party in Washington, D.C. over the night before the Inauguration — said he was disappointed by the GOP leader’s legislative agenda, and especially hurt since Trump attended his group’s gala celebration.
Mas…Evangelical Latino Trump backer repents, seeks God’s forgiveness
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox — not Mexico’s best — continues trolling Donald Trump. Now he says he’s running for the American Presidency. [NSFW F-bombs.]
A Guide To Understanding The
Differences Between Different Kinds Of Latinos,
As Manifested By Responses
T O T H I S
Kate Spade Taco Truck Purse ($251)
· Mexican: Ay, no.
· Mexican-American: Hell. No.
· Latinx: That’s cultural appropriation.
· Tex Mex: OMG I WANT THIS PURSE!!!!!!
Mas…The Kate Spade ‘Taco Truck Purse’ is a Latino cultural barometer
[See more Payton Heogh toons at WeaklyPolitical.com]
Tacos y Trifecta‘s official horse and taco lover Jose Contreras stops by one of the famous King Taco restaurants and says the carne asada is a solid 8.4. And the red salsa? Aiyee!
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Mas…East Los Angeles iconic chain King Taco gets an 8.4 (video)
It’s Labor Day Weekend!
¡Orale!
Happy Labor Day Weekend!
Sing along with the music that celebrates the ordinary working people who keep this country — and the world — in business: Look for the Union Label, Workin’ in a Coal Mine, This Land Is Your Land, and a stunning Leonard Cohen version of Solidarity Forever.
Mas…Always look for the union label: Music vids for Labor Day Weekend
[Payton Hoegh toons regularly at Weekly Political dot com.]
Check out these yummy looking tacos de atun (tuna) prepared in the style of Baja fish tacos — i.e, deep fried, but with pico de gallo instead of cabbage and (no comment) flour tortillas. [This recipe video was made for the EL ROSAL masa harina people, in Tijuana.]
As a legal aid attorney, I know victims of Hurricane Harvey will need assistance in asserting and protecting their rights. I recommend donating to the following funds:
Mas…POCHO’s Texas Editor: How to help the gente affected by Harvey
Trade publication Advertising Age’s new Hispanic Fact Pack has hit the Interwebs, revealing tantalizing details about the “Hispanic market” which means you.
And it’s packed, por supuesto, with facts:
Mas…Pocho Ocho Top Facts NOT in Ad Age’s New 2017 Hispanic Fact Pack
“You’re just too good to be true,” sings Frankie Valli. “I can’t take my eyes off of you.” And love is love, in the City of Colima, in the State of Colima, at Tacos El Tigre and their delicious tacos adobada. It’s obvious videographers Atempo Fotographia are in love with these tacos, and why not? Rigoberto y Leo Manzo’s family has been running Tacos El Tigre for 40 years.
What do we know about Uruguayan-turned-Argentinian pianist and composer Manuel Aróztegui? Not too much other than he wrote this crazy cool tune at the turn of the last century — i.e, 1900! Here’s the composer’s “ragtime tango” El Apache Argentino as performed by Juanjo Domínguez on classical guitar.
And here’s the same tune on ragtime style on a player piano:
Mas…It’s a tango! It’s ragtime! It’s ‘El Apache Argentino’ (videos)
