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Canto LVII: Why I Don’t Wear Chuck Taylor All-Stars Anymore
Gentle cabrones:
“So I see you don’t wear Chucks anymore!” my tax guy told me when we met about a week ago. “Moving on up in the world!
He had noticed my brown leather shoes that...
Canto LVI: MEChA and Me
Gentle cabrones:
As a reporter, I loathe to tell the same stories in different publications. It's lazy, repetitive, and frankly boring -- and so, I rarely do it.
But I'm making an exception for MEChA. Again.
Never...
Canto LV: You Never Know Who’s Watching
Gentle cabrones:
Last week, I encountered a blast from my professional ast so HILARIOUS that it taught me, again, that not only is there a God, but He has a hell of a gallows humor....
Nano Stern is Chile’s Newest Folk-Loving Musical Hero
“The culture of Chile is a complete unknown ,” says singer-songwriter Nano Stern. “For my performance, that makes for a very fresh context.”
Take his looks. Long locks of hair dangling past a bristly beard...
Canto LIV: And Now, Some Poetry!
Gentle cabrones:
Somewhere, deep in my archives, is a spiral binder filled with poetry.
Mine.
In high school AP English, Ms. Sinatra did a day where she encouraged us to dress like bohemians on the Left Bank,...
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The Central Valley Is the Heart and Soul of California
A dispatch from Highway 99 and the underappreciated wonderland of Mexican food that stretches from Bakersfield to Sacramento
Chevy’s Traverse is for Mexicans who don’t need a huge-ass Suburban but still want...
It’s so much better than some rinky dink RAV4 or whatever the hell Toyota makes nowadays (I still stick to the Mexican credo that you buy Japanese cars and American SUVs and trucks).
