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Thursday, December 04, 2008

My people: Wonderfully Paranoid

I found this story as my morning coffee brewed and cracked up in the kitchen all by myself.

Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Cuban-American and a Republican, twice hung up on the President-Elect. She thought it was a Miami radio station pranking her. 
Those guys in Canada who punked Candidate 2012 apparently left their mark on Ros-Lehtinen. 
Here's what she told the Miami Herald.
Enjoy.




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Monday, December 01, 2008

Los Pollitos hatches ChiChi&Flaco




Dear Amigos,

We are so proud to introduce ChíChí&Flaco, the design line you asked for -- sizes for everyone from babies to adults and cool accessories like totebags, bibs and hats.

To celebrate, we're offering introductory pricing and 25% off this week using the coupon below.
Por que?Oro Parece



Expect fun, bold and super fabuloso color and designs for everyone.
Latinisms, iconic images and even sparkly silver print are a staple on our new site.

And, if you have special requests we can try to make them happen, so let us know what you want.

Despampanante
Calientica


We welcome your feedback and suggestions and as always, we thank you for supporting Los Pollitos Dicen (The Little Chicks Say) these last three years.

We wish you peace, joy and prosperity this season of Navidad.

despertador


We'll be launching more designs in the coming days and weeks.
Stay updated by adding ChíChí&Flaco's feed in an RSS reader:

http://226585.spreadshirt.com/us/US/Shop/Index/rss


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Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Feliz Thanksgiving

Are you headed to the grocery store again?
Not sure what you're cooking tomorrow?

Well, lucky me. I have a sister-in-law who is cooking this year. I'm on deck for my gingersnap, pumpkin flan though. Finger-licking bueno.

I'm reposting the recipes I followed last year -- because they are damned good and if you still are looking for dishes with a Latino flavor, well, here you go.

I hope you all are warm and safe and happy and sitting with people you love tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving y'all.



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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Cinco de Maria

Overheard this week at my house:

Father: "You know what I love about you so much?''
Daughter: "What do you love?''
Father: "You make me laugh so much. I love that we laugh so much.''
Daughter: "Yeah!''

And, what I love is overhearing those tender exchanges, those supportive and heart-filling things all little girls should hear from their daddies. Always.

My husband's adoration of his child is probably extra joyful to me because it took eight years to convince him fatherhood would rock, of telling him a child would bring us "comic relief.'' At 51, he cried at the sound of his only child's first shout out of the womb. He is, for sure, the most patient, creative and devoted father. (Much more patient than the mother.) 

Maria and I count our blessings for him. I count my blessings for them.

Our daughter turns 5 in the a.m., a countdown which she started several months ago. We're not doing a big party, though she has asked. Well, it's part bad planning on my part, for a Thanksgiving Week birthday is a tough one for this Mami to manage. 

But, honestly I'm hugely glad my girl, her father and I will celebrate her day quietly. It's not about bigness and stuff, we often tell her. It's about the moments, like the one I described above, that will last a lifetime. Gifts she will keep forever.




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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

La Nena is reading, so she's a genius. Of course.

The generation who isn't growing up with regular calls of "sangandongo'' and repeated threats of chancletasos think highly of themselves, according to a story today in USA Today. Maybe a little too highly.


I ponder this as I watch Maria learn to read and believe she is, like, It! I really do. But, maybe I shouldn't tell her so much or risk creating un malcriada...








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Sunday, November 16, 2008

God and laundry

On the way to church:

"Remember, no talking in church.''
"Why can't we talk? I want to talk to you.''
"Because people go to church to hear the pastor and to be close to God. We can listen best to God when we are quiet and still.''
"I listen to God too. When I don't know which laundry basket has the clean clothes and which laundry basket has the dirty clothes, I get really quiet and God tells me. That's how I know.''

Maybe God's way of telling me to put the laundry away a little quicker?

Alabao!




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Friday, November 14, 2008

What are you doing this weekend?



The picture above is the view from the Middle Tennessee house I rented last weekend with four longtime and dear girlfriends. I wrote about it over at Parenting.com. Beautiful, huh? (You should have seen the swinging bed! No kidding. Tacky fun.)

This weekend will find me as art director, cook and chauffer to La Nena -- much different than an afternoon sipping champagne in a hot tub with girlfriends. 

Is it possible that some women don't go on Chick Weekends? Lo siento mucho for them, if so.

Whatever you're doing this weekend, may it be beautiful.



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