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San Diego: This carnitas/torta/waffle is ‘available to everyone’ (photo)
This Bruxie chicken and waffles restaurant — near the college home of the Aztecs, the campus of San Diego State University — wants you to know their Aztec Meal Deal Carnitas “Torta” is “Available to Everyone!”
Also, you can double down on the waffle thang with waffle fries.
Casting Call: Latina actress to play Donald Trump’s assistant (photo)
Are you an attractive and passionate Latina actress, 21-35, with perfect English and a slight Hispanic accent who wants to deliver scripted monologues talking straight to the camera about your experiences working as an executive assistant for Donald Trump for an Internet video of some sort?
Don’t apply if you’re in the Screen Actors Guild, or want to get paid. You’ll get a copy, your name will be in the credits and you can be a star on social media. Bring your own lube.
Here’s the original casting notice email, via Los Angeles actor Siri Corretjer on Facebook:
Mas…Casting Call: Latina actress to play Donald Trump’s assistant (photo)
Brazilian artist’s not-so-holy statues called ‘blasphemous’ (photos)
Artist Ana Smile has people all offended in Brazil, but she thinks they need to just chill.
Mas…Brazilian artist’s not-so-holy statues called ‘blasphemous’ (photos)
Frida Kahlo’s father Guillermo took these photos of his little girl
These photographs of young Magdalena Carmen Frieda, later known as Frida Kahlo, were taken by her Hungarian Jewish father Guillermo, over a period of 20 years. Baby Frida is two years old in this first shot.
Mas…Frida Kahlo’s father Guillermo took these photos of his little girl
From Dreams to Trash: ‘El Sueño Americano’ (photos)
These photographs document the personal effects of migrants apprehended in the desert by U.S. Border Patrol agents which were subsequently seized and surrendered during processing at a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol facility in southern Arizona.
I wear black lucha libre chonies because that’s how I feel inside
Speaking of underwear, I wear black lucha libre chonies because that’s how I feel inside. This is a real product, as manufacturer WrassleRoos esplains:
Mas…I wear black lucha libre chonies because that’s how I feel inside
Too cool! Los Angeles 2016 No Pants Subway Ride (photos,video)
A Floridian transplanted to Los Angeles, Te-Erika Patterson video’d Sunday’s No Pants Subway Ride — it was her third year stripping down and riding the rails for fun. If you think this is for you, check out her MovingToLAToday.com blog.
Videographer and photographer Dan “The Steel Shark” Cooke also braved the chilly 50° L.A. weather Sunday to take his pants off and ride the subway. Click on any photo to start the gallery:
Mas…Too cool! Los Angeles 2016 No Pants Subway Ride (photos,video)
Mexican New Year Dinner is just ௹250 (rupees) at Hotel Vijai Paradise
A delicious Mexican New Year Dinner Buffet is a mere ௹250 (rupees) (~$3.75) at Hotel Vijai Paradise, a government classified two-star business class hotel with two banquet halls and bar located in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Try the “Mexican Spicy Chicken (Gravy)”!
Here’s the complete menu:
Mas…Mexican New Year Dinner is just ௹250 (rupees) at Hotel Vijai Paradise
No peas, no chance! This Christmas we’re serving KaleMole (photo)
At Stew Leonard’s, guacamole is its own ingredient — just add kale!
This the beginning of the end of the American middle class.
Chunky Guacamole
Stew’s Chunky Guacamole is prepared fresh daily by our culinary team with whole avocados, tomatoes, red onions, jalapeno peppers, a dash of salt, and a splash of freshly squeezed lime juice…. Plus, new for 2015, is Stew’s Kalemole, which is the addition of shredded kale to our traditional Chunky Guacamole!
Wine Pairing: Alto Vuelo Sauvignon Blanc — The citrusy, grapefruit component of this wine will pair nicely with the tangy, creaminess of the Guacamole and or the Kale Guacamole
PREVIOUSLY ON EXOTIC GUACAMOLE:
Mas…No peas, no chance! This Christmas we’re serving KaleMole (photo)
These blooming cacti prickly make the heart grow fonder (GIFs)
Cold and wintery where you are? Check out these animated GIFs of blooming echinopsis cacti. It gives us those prickly feels. The GIFs are from this video.
Mas…These blooming cacti prickly make the heart grow fonder (GIFs)
Ted Cruz’ Canuckian countryman are invading El Paso (photo)
I spotted a car full of foreigners from Canadia in El Paso Sunday. Do you think they’re here to smuggle in more sketchy refugee families — families like Ma and Pa and Ted Cruz?
Archaeologists: Skeletal remains linked to pulque god (photos,video)
Archaeologists in Tlaxcala, Mexico have discovered skeletal remains of a high-ranking figure in Aztec ruins that are linked to the pulque god, as well as “the cooked vertebrae and ribs of at least three different infants.”
Excavations at the Zultépec-Tecoaque archaeological site, home to the Acolhua between A.D. 1200 and 1521, have uncovered human remains in a cistern, a throne made from volcanic rock, and a cylindrical stone carved with the image of the Aztec god Ometochtli.
Mas…Archaeologists: Skeletal remains linked to pulque god (photos,video)
Lotsa choices for Mexican-American food lovers in Japan (photos)
Poor pochos! Could this really be the end? Stuck inside of Nippon with the Mexi blues again? Like, say, you’re an avocado lover. What can you do? What CAN you do? Check it out!
They’ve got avocado burgers:
Mas…Lotsa choices for Mexican-American food lovers in Japan (photos)
Your name is Lopez? Angel Lopez? I think I know your cousin
What’s in a name? LOPEZ is #21 on the charts and moving up fast according to Wikipedia, but Garcia, Rodriguez, Martinez and Hernandez are still in the lead.
Wikipedia: List of Common U.S. Surnames
Mas…Your name is Lopez? Angel Lopez? I think I know your cousin
Hollywood and Silicon Valley agree: ‘We dig diversity!’ (photo)
[Photo via Paul Coelho. Thanks!]
So Frida Kahlo: This Halloween you’re going as a boy? (1924 photos)
The many faces of Frida Kahlo include a somber Frida, all of 17, in a three-piece suit.
Mas…So Frida Kahlo: This Halloween you’re going as a boy? (1924 photos)
Lalo Alcaraz: This year, for DDLM, my altar is ‘Muertos Crossing’ (photos)
This year, for my Dia de Los Muertos altar at the Grand Park (Downtown LA) ofrenda/celebration, I built a new variation on one of my favorite motifs. Check out this photo gallery to see how the Muertos Crossing piece came together. Just click on the skeletor niño to get started….
Mas…Lalo Alcaraz: This year, for DDLM, my altar is ‘Muertos Crossing’ (photos)
Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum: Memories and a surprise (photos)
The Selena Museum in Corpus Christi is a shrine to the famed singer Selena, the pride of Tejas.
I was there Wednesday, and it evoked many memories of a brilliant career cut short.
Mas…Corpus Christi’s Selena Museum: Memories and a surprise (photos)
No Halloween costume yet? Here’s a good idea! (photo)
West Los Angeles supermarket Bristol Farms (formerly the Westwood Ho) has a good idea for those trying to figure out who they’ll be this Halloween.
Lalo Alcaraz: My Excellent Texalent ‘Bordertown’ Adventure (photos)
(TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 2015 – TEXAS, USA) I’m “on tour” in South Texas, down along the border, screening episodes of the animated series Bordertown, which debuts next year on FOX.
It’s exotic! The indigenous cuisine served ^^^ at the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, in McAllen, is like nothing I’ve previously encountered – it’s “quirky.” And I was surrounded by crackers; barrels not so much.
Mas…Lalo Alcaraz: My Excellent Texalent ‘Bordertown’ Adventure (photos)
Attention, West Coast: El Niño is coming – are you prepared? (photos)
Meteorologists expect epic rains for the West Coast this winter as powerful storm elements gather strength in and over the Pacific Ocean.
Also, El Niño is coming!
Are you ready, West Coast pochas y pochos? Are you ready for El Niño? Don’t be a Gloomy Gus like this negative neighbor:
Mas…Attention, West Coast: El Niño is coming – are you prepared? (photos)
Brand-new American citizen has a message for Donald Trump (photos)
Concepcion M., a Texas entrepreneur, became an American citizen Wednesday at a Houston naturalization ceremony, when Federal District Judge Lynn Hughes led 2500 immigrants from around the world in the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America.
The mother of 9-year-old citizen Carlos Arturo M., Concepcion M. has already made up her mind about the upcoming Presidential election. 🙂
Mas…Brand-new American citizen has a message for Donald Trump (photos)
Hungry in Lincoln Heights? Look for the ‘Corn Man’ (video)
The Corn Man has been vending elotes in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Lincoln Heights for 27 years, according to L.A. Eater:
Mas…Hungry in Lincoln Heights? Look for the ‘Corn Man’ (video)