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Day 4: My Family / Mi Familia #JuneFotoOfTheDay

Burger King Turning On the Sexy With Sofia and Salma

Burger King is employing two super star Latinas to help them do a little revamping of their image, among a host of other celebrities including David Beckham and Steven Tyler.  It seems Burger King wants to be known less for their “colorful” – I heard that word the other day and it cracked me up – restaurant staff and more for being a “sexy” fast food brand.  Is it working?  Pues quien sabe, but their ads are pretty awesome! See More

Jennifer Lopez’s ‘Cougar-tude’ – Is it too much?

Y’all know I love everything JLO-related, right?!  I’ve been a huge fan of Jenny from the Block since first laying eyes on her in the late nineties.  Even despite all of her really bad choices in relationships and marriages, she’s always managed to have a certain appeal as a celebrity and a Latina for me.  Regardless of how criticized her movies and music have been, I still watch them… and listen to them, and make everyone I know listen to them too, jajaja!  Sorry guys!  Comes with the territory when you’re my amigo.

This latest video though, for her new song Dance Again… I don’t know, kind of is not my favorite.  ¡Cómo que no me gusta tanto!  Read More

Test Driving Ford’s Focus in the Lone Star State

Last week, my friends at Ford had somewhat of a little surprise for me.  For Easter weekend they wanted me to test drive one of their vehicles.  Now, as you all already know, I’m no stranger to test driving Ford cars and trucks for the Ford Motor Company.  Last year, I was one of their contestants in the nationwide F-150 EcoBoost Challenge.  That experience was a real pleasure.  I had a lot of fun representing my state, Texas in the competition.  So, of course, it was very easy to say yes to taking the Ford Focus for a spin this past weekend. Read More

Sofia Vergara on SNL

So if like me you missed Sofia Vergara’s performance on Saturday Night Live this weekend, here’s a recap of some of her best moments from “La Noche de Sábado en Vivo“, as she proclaimed it in her opening monologue.  As expected, la colombiana did great!  Hopefully sh will be back on SNL soon. See All Clips

Raising a Bilingual Kid: Time Out vs Chancletazo

As children we did not know there was such a thing as time out.  Instead, we knew that when mamá or papá gave us that look we had better stop doing whatever it was we were doing, or else.  The or else could have been anything from un manotazo, to a pellizco or even a cintarazo or chancletazo.  Usually it was either of the latter.  It wasn’t that my parents were mean.  Nor were they aching to give us a good manotazo all of the time.  The truth is we were bad kids! Read More

Essential Latino Snacks for Spring & Summer

So it’s spring and at least here in my corner of the world it’s already quite hot.  Texas humidity is like no other.  My cousin who was recently visiting us from California for the first time could not believe how different and “ugly,” her words not mine, the weather was here.  In truth, once you get used to it it’s not so bad.  Either that or we have to tell ourselves that to make ourselves feel better.  If we look at the bright side though, it also means we get to snack on yummy Latino treats like these earlier and for longer periods of time than most.  So if you’re in the same predicament, or you just can’t wait for hot weather, here are some essential snacks you’ll want to try this spring and summer, if you haven’t already. Read More

Write The Caption: What The Whatchamacallit?

Why don’t we play a game with this picture?  You write the caption – make it as funny and clever as you can – and the winner, according to how hard you make me laugh, will win a special Juan of Words goodies bag.  Nothing sponsored or brand oriented, just a couple of hand selected goodies from yours truly that will hopefully put a smile on your face. Read More

Grilling Fajitas for Relaxation, and for Dinner – DIY

There’s something about grilling over an open flame, en chanclas y chores, that always makes me feel at ease.  Relaxed, as if somehow I’ve tricked my mind into believing the weekend has already arrived and that for the moment, my time is completely mine.  No one else’s!  Pues como, clearly, yesterday was only Monday and I was already feeling completely drained, se me ocurrio that I would run to the grocery store and pick up a couple of pounds of marinated fajita chicken to grill at home. Read More