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Pete Escovedo Talks About Latin Jazz Music

Filed in archive Latin Music on July 20, 2010

Pete Escovedo Talks About Latin Jazz Music
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Pete Escovedo, a renowned Latin jazz musician, turned 75 years old recently. As he looks back on his latino music career, he is awed by his true passion for music. As a percussionist, he's played in several great Latin big bands. He recounts his career and the growth of the Latin jazz music industry in the United States. During the fifties, Latin music was popular and expanding throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The area was well known for its Latin music scene and a number of renowned musicians flourished there.

From a young age, Pete Escovedo's was destined to be a great latin musician. Several of his family members were also musicians. He played tirelessly with his brothers to form The Escovedo Brothers Band, especially in the Latin music era of the fifties.

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Mexico's Culinary Tourism

Filed in archive Latin Food on June 10, 2010

Mexico's Culinary Tourism
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We all know that Mexico is an experience - the night life, the beaches, the culture, the history. Most people who have visited Mexico love it. Well, the experience is expanding somewhat...

As Mexico strives to attract tourist in the wake of an international recession, culinary tourism is becoming a growing focus of the hospitality industry in Mexico, according to MSNBC.

Mexican food is appealing to most of the world. Every little town in half the world has a Mexican restaurant and people near it spend half the week thinking about chips and salsa, fajitas and tacos, beer and margaritas. But Mexican food offers more choices than just whether to have to chicken or the beef fajita.

The MSNBC story looks at a recent gather of 100 chefs and foodies in Mexico for a 10-day event to promote culinary tourism. It gave me some ideas about things to try next time I get to Mexico.

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Seen that? - Vivir para Contarla

Filed in archive Best of on May 29, 2010

Vivir para Contarla Latina Viva

Seen that? - Vivir para Contarla
On November the 2nd, I celebrated 14 years as a couple (14 años de novios), with this wonderful man that has been my husband for almost 10 years. Yes, we had our first kiss on Dia los Muertos - well, our first kiss as a couple, since we had kissed two days before - but that's a story I'll tell you some other time. My story today is about the [...] Read More


Garcia Márquez Banned in Iran and Criticized in Colombia Latina Viva

AFP reports:Iran has banned the latest novel by celebrated Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, saying the initial publication of "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" was a bureaucratic error". (...) The culture ministry refused to issue a permit for the reprinting of the book, whose Farsi translation appeared under the slightly more cautious title "Memories of My Melancholy Sweethearts". (...) All publications in Iran must be approved by the ministry of culture [...] Read More


2007 is "Gabriel García Marquez's Year" Latina Viva

2007 should be officially named "Gabriel García Marquez's Year". This year, Gabo has celebrated his 80th birthday, the 40th anniversary of "Cien Años de Soledad" (One Hundred Years of Solitude), and the 60th anniversary of his first published short story, "La Tercera Resignación". On October 21, he celebrated 25 years as a Nobel Prize winner; and he's going for more. One of his most famous novels, "El amor en los tiempos [...] Read More


Looking for Latin Love? The Dating Weblog

A new site is going to be launching at the beginning of the new year and it's focused on a highly specific group: Professional Latinos Looking for Love. According to a news report about the site which was published last month, the Penn alumni co-founders believe that this is a niche market which has been underserved by the online dating world. They say that although there are sites specific to [...] Read More


Controversial books Let'sGoLiterature

Banned books invoke strange emotions in people. As humans we often want to experience anything specifically denied to us, so many people automatically want to read any banned book. Others heed the warning and try to stay out of the same room with a banned book. Books get banned for many reasons. Some schools ban books with language or racial slurs or for non-PG 13 content. A number [...] Read More

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Seen that? - Meme: 6 Things You Should Know About Me - Part 2

Filed in archive Best of on May 20, 2010

Meme: 6 Things You Should Know About Me - Part 2 Latina Viva

Seen that? - Meme: 6 Things You Should Know About Me - Part 2
3 more things you should know about me: Thing Nº 4 - I've been married for almost 10 years. We started to date when I was 15 years old, and we got married 4 years later. He's two years older than me, but we share the same birthday. We are not perfect, but we're perfect for each other. I love, adore and worship him; he's the most impressive man I've ever met. [...] Read More


Meme: 6 Things You Should Know About Me - Part 1 Latina Viva

6 Things You Should Know About Me: Thing Nº 1 - I'm a fanatic fan of The Lord of The Rings. In my opinion, these three movies are the most beautiful, exciting and enchanting movies ever made. I've watched each one at least 5 times (and I've read the book 3 times). It's amazing how Peter Jackson and his crew managed to tell this complex, long story, without letting out anything [...] Read More


Meme - 17 Questions to Reflect - II Latina Viva

4. Which were some of the unexpected Obstacles that came up, and how did you deal with them? Looking back, would you have done anything differently? I had two major issues, regarding my blogging work: 1 - When we switched ISP, we were "Internet-free" for about two weeks. We didn't plan the switch properly; so we had to wait until the new service was connected. 2 - In November, we [...] Read More


Tagged by Allergizer: The 7 Random Things About Me Straightfromthedoc

Hey...April Fools' Day is over and here comes another month. Hello, Spring! Done your spring cleaning already? Anyways...to start the month off, lemme answer the tag by Ruth of Allergizer. 1. Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. 2. Share seven random and/or weird things about yourself. 3. Tag seven people at the end of your post and include links to their blogs. 4. Let each person know [...] Read More


A brief survey of nanotechnology risks Nanotechbuzz

Jose Garcia at Meme Therapy is running a Brain Parade on nanotechnology risks. Both the Brain Parade concept and the content are excellent. You'll find David Berube, Mike Treder, Patrick Lin and Dietram Scheufele offering their views on nanotech risks. Berube rightly observes that we are plowing ahead with introducing nanoparticles to our bodies (as food additives), and to the environment, without much in the way of regulation or even [...] Read More

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Uruguay's Wine Country

Filed in archive Latin Travel on May 11, 2010

If you love wine, you're probably a little more familiar with South America than the average Joe. Argentine, Chile, and Brazil are three of the world's top ten wine producers and exporters. And compared to French, Italian and American wines, the wines of South America tend to cost less for the same quality.

In recent years South America's wine industry has had a new star: Uruguay. The quantity of wine grown there has not yet challenges the three big exporters on the continent. But Uruguay has passed Peru as the fourth largest wine exported in Latin America. And the quality of Uruguay's wines have attracted attention.

Uruguay Wine Tours has a nice map of the country's five wine regions. The Canelones District around the capital city, Montevideo, produces about 60% of the countries wine.



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