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Friday Night Cocktail Guaro is the liquor of Costa Rica and the national drink is the Guaro Sour. Guaro is made from sugarcane and is actually an aguardiente. The most-known brand is Cacique Guaro and it can be used in a variety of drinks. What you’ll need: 2 oz guaro 2 oz simple syrup or… [Continue Reading]
BL Cooks This week we learned Costa Rica’s national anthem. To continue our exploration of this beautiful country, we’ll learn how to make the national dish gallo pinto. “Gallo pinto” means speckled rooster and refers to the color of the rice and beans. It’s usually served for breakfast with scrambled or fried eggs and corn… [Continue Reading]
Risa del Día Because laughter is the best medicine, here’s your daily dosage to get you through your day. It seems the force was not with Darth Vader the other day. Not even he gets a break when it comes to parking tickets.
Life is filled with many unexpected events, and if you ask most Hispanic adults if their lives have turned out as they envisioned, very few – if any – would be able to say “yes.” This is certainly true for the roughly 40 million people who were born in a foreign country, but in one… [Continue Reading]
Growing up as the daughter of a cholo has given me insight into the community of 70’s and 80’s gang members in Southern California. Stories from these “gangsters” that I just know as family and friends, were often shared when there was time to shoot the breeze. These tales often referenced heavy partying and prison… [Continue Reading]
Tuesday was like any other day for Rush Limbaugh – the face (and one could say the robust body) of The Republican Party. He grabbed his hard hat and lunch pale and headed off to the salt mines. He spent the day having respectful, intelligent, and useful exchanges with his listeners. He had his favorite… [Continue Reading]
Your body is a wonderland and it deserves to be explored, from a woman’s innermost crevice, to a man’s tallest peak. With so many adventures waiting to be explored, why would anyone ever want to deny this bodily right? Well-being (physical and emotional), enhanced sex, improved sleep, and lower stress levels are just some of the… [Continue Reading]
Getting fit with Being Latino Fit Latina Tips for the Week: Refueling your body between meals is an important way to keep our energy levels from dipping and it can helps prevent us from going crazy once it’s finally mealtime. However, it’s easy to get bored with the same old handful of nuts or fruit. … [Continue Reading]
Post college job success heavily depends on how much work experience a person accumulates while in school. The best way to get ready for your grand job market entrance is having internships in your field of interest. With this being said, there are some pointers that you must know before jumping into the first internship… [Continue Reading]
You can do simple things to help the environment and save money. Source: GobiernoUSA.gov/USA.gov Many people think that having an environmentally friendly house means spending thousands of dollars on solar panels or planting a garden on the roof to keep the house cool during the summer time. That’s not really the case. There are many… [Continue Reading]