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When a piñata is too tough to whack, call ‘The Pinata Closer’ (video)
Sometimes that festive piñata is a tough nut to crack. That’s when folks call Wilmer Suarez, the Piñata Closer.
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Stereotype much? TV spot for Spectrum cable’s Mi Plan has ’em all
Hot sexy salsa dancers! A party — or is it a fiesta? Hopping lowriders! Flags of many nations! Something for the kids! Did Charter/Spectrum/TimeWarner/RoadRunner miss any Latinx cliches?
We asked our favorite ad maven Bernadette Rivero what was missing and what was happening in this spot:
“Missing?” she emailed back. “An abuela kicking a soccer ball with her feet while batting a piñata with one hand and making a call to Latin America.”
Cinco de Mayo is an American holiday — and we’ve got video proof!
QUESTION: How can you tell when Cinco de Mayo has turned into a totally American holiday? ANSWER: When gabachos from Tennessee start making rap videos about it in broken Spanglish! Dear Hootie (AKA Hoochie) and the Brofish: Orale!
How to rock some bomb Selena nail art (@SaraChicaD video)
You know what’s cool? Selena. You know what’s even cooler? Selena stuff, like nails, and thanks to ChaCha Covers it’s all possible.
Three weeks ago, I headed down to Corpus Christi for the Selena festival and made this video to share the Selena love.
Mas…How to rock some bomb Selena nail art (@SaraChicaD video)
Donkey see, donkey do at Otumba’s annual Burro Fair (video)
Historic Otumba, in the State of Mexico, was filled with ass-loving fans at the Feria del Burro (donkey fair) earlier this year.
Mas…Donkey see, donkey do at Otumba’s annual Burro Fair (video)
Where do all the zombies meet? Santiago, Chile (video)
It’s zombie time in downtown Santiago, Chile.
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Lost in translation? German McDonalds ad for mariachi burgers (video)
McDonalds auf Deutschland sells Los Wochos. Huh? What are wochos? That means El Chili con Carne, Chicken Fiesta, Los Beefos and salsa pikante, you dumbkopf. Ach du leiber!
Mas…Lost in translation? German McDonalds ad for mariachi burgers (video)
Vegeterrible: Fight to survive behind the refrigerator doors (video)
A wild fiesta behind closed refrigerator doors turns into a nightmarish slaughterhouse when a rotten avocado crashes the party and eats the guests. Vegeterrible, where the last tomato fights for survival, is from Denmark. FYI, we have another avocado video right here!
Cinco de Mayo is an American holiday — and we’ve got videos!
QUESTION: How can you tell when Cinco de Mayo has turned into a totally American holiday? ANSWER: When gabachos from Tennessee start making rap videos about it in broken Spanglish! Dear Hootie (AKA Hoochie) and the Brofish: Orale!
For your Only in Los Angeles moment, check out a local news video about Cinco de Mayo at MexiKosher, a kosher Mexican restaurant in the heavily-Jewish Pico-Robertson neighborhood:
Mas…Cinco de Mayo is an American holiday — and we’ve got videos!