Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCI: The Hummingbird’s Son
With apologies to Luis Alberto Urrea...Gentle cabrones:
I was in my backyard, trying to prune my massive chiltepín, when...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XC: A FIFA 18 State of Mind
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In January 2018, when I had no job after getting fired from one after just two weeks,...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXIX: On My 1st Year Working for the Los Angeles...
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A year ago this week, something happened that I once thought impossible: I joined the Los Angeles...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXVIII: ¡Ese Profe Otto Santa Ana!
Gentle cabrones:
It must’ve been about 2002, maybe 2003. I
was a graduate student at UCLA at the time,...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXVII: Col. Guti’s Christmas Book-Shopping List!
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Now that Matt Bevin is no longer governor of Kentucky, I can reveal a secret: I'm officially...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXVI: OC Weeklings Never Die
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On this past Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, OC Weekly staffers announced they were unceremoniously out of...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXV: I Ain’t for Free, And Neither Should You
Gentle cabrones:
Every couple of weeks, I'll get a version of the following email that, at this point, read...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXIV: No Man is a Trivia Island Unto Himself
Gentle cabrones:
I still remember the text.
“Hey Gus a
bunch of assholes at trivia night...
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXIII: Embrace Your Inner Benihana
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If you haven't figured it out already, I'm the black sheep in the family.
Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto LXXXII: You’re Only as Good as Your Last Story
Earlier this week, to celebrate the release of my Los Angeles Times podcast on the 25th anniversary of Proposition 187 (have you...
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Gustavo Arellano’s Weekly, Canto XCII: Starter Up
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We piled into my GMC Yukon after a wonderful Sunday in Ensenada. Drinks at Agua Mala Cervecería....
