I Know Queens, so Keep Your Princess
Sometimes, I have nothing to say, which is very un-Cuban. Sometimes, I force myself to say nothing, which is very American. I have been fighting with the two sides of my brain: Shut up…or just say it? On what? The Disgusting Nature of this Election. Well, yes. But, I am only 47% ready on […]
Cultural Symbols and Me
I am not sure why I am surprised to find Spanish language goods in local stores. Maybe because when I was growing up, the Spanish seemed insulated to the Miami and North Jersey zips where I lived out a bilingual life. I think it was two years ago that I got all sentimental in the […]
Retroacculturation. Retroacculturated. That’s me. Is it You?
The idea for Los Pollitos Dicen, the line of Spanish baby tees I co-launched with a Cuban-American friend, came in 2004. We took off in 2005. The goal was to capture the color of our culture for the children of a new generation, a generation that would likely get less of the loving crazy Latinisms […]
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