Laura and I are off to the mountains today for some fresh air and apple pie. I’ll translate this tonight - laura lo me contaba este cuento anoche mientras caminamos por la playa. Tiene mucha razon.
1. EL DIARIO DE ELLA
El sábado por la noche lo encontré raro.
Habíamos quedado en encontrarnos en un bar para tomar [...]

It’s been just about exactly half a year that Laura and I have been living together. Looking back, I can hardly remember how it all started.

We’re about to head down to PB to watch Willie and Dave play at Typhoon Saloon (swing by if you’re in the area 7 pm - 10 pm), but I wanted to mention that Time Magazine just published an article rebuking Huntington’s piece (and taste of his soon to be published book) in Foreign Policy. [...]

Discussed: Deamericanification, Baja Fresh, Mandarin and Vernacular, Compson Family, Sushi for Dummies, conservative hotel-chain owners, silent invisible armies of peons.
Like I have been recently on Tuesday mornings, I’m at Cafe Influx, where I just heard the following word:
“Deamericanify”
According to this gentleman at the counter, “deamericanification” is the process by which at one point in [...]

If the site has no style on it, it’s cause I’ve been fooling around with the style and … I dunno … something se chingo. So scroll down to the very bottom of the page and you should see:
Style:
* Silver-is-the-new-Black
* blue
* blue-fade
[...]

On Tuesday night I was able to catch part of Steve James’ (Hoop Dreams) new documetary, The New Americans on PBS. It was really well done and when it comes out, I’m gonna rent it on DVD. Here’s an excerpt from an NYTimes interview:

HALE Where did you get the idea for such a large project [...]