The city of the future, or a green ghost town? Pegasus Global Holdings, a development company, has secured a 20 square mile tract of land in New Mexico to build a brand new city. The catch is that absolutely no one will live there. Pegasus is using the faux-city to test ‘green’ infrastructure and technologies… [Continue Reading]
Remember how you wanted to live like the Jetsons? Well you still can’t!
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Facebook just made life easier for lurkers and stalkers!
09/15/2011 By 1 Comment
Finally! Facebook answers that age-old conundrum — What if I DON’T WANT to “friend” those jerks from high school?! — with the introduction of the Subscribe button. Today’s Subscribe button announcement follows Tuesday’s official launch of Facebook’s greatly-improved Smart Lists, which allows you to sort Close Friends (people you want to hear from all the time) and… [Continue Reading]
Do Latinos put their parents in nursing homes?
09/15/2011 By 5 Comments
In 2002, I first visited my relatives in the Basque country of Spain. I admired the picturesque mountain views and was curious about the lifestyle of these prideful people. One of the most touching parts of the trip was witnessing how they revered their matriarch, Josefa. Josefa was in her 90s but was very much… [Continue Reading]
Age is nothing but a number, unless you’re a cougar, I mean woman
09/15/2011 By 3 Comments
Watch enough old movies and you’ll begin to notice that couples in those movies weren’t exactly matched in age. The leading men of the day–Humphrey Bogart, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire–were all between 20 and 30 years older than the women who played their romantic partners. Apparently this was perfectly acceptable to moviegoers then. It’s not much… [Continue Reading]
The joys of having a landlord
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Home ownership has been a part of the American dream since the post war era. Latinos are not the exception; “If you buy a house you will have a place of your own, and you will have a long term investment,” we’ve been told. That was true when jobs were for life and so were… [Continue Reading]
Only 30 days to celebrate Being Latino? Quien dijo?
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From the editor… Today marks the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month. It’s supposed to be the Latino party to beat all Latino parties since it’s the one that celebrates all of us. But the truth? We were celebrating our heritage before today, and will continue to do so after October 15th. We are Latino 365 days… [Continue Reading]