Ahh yes, tis the season, ladies and gentlemen. It is time to spend hours in airport security, traffic, and retail stores in a supposed effort to spread peace on earth and goodwill towards men. Many of us who have large Latino families, however, would gladly fight through crowds at the local Macy’s than spend just Read More

via Mexconnect Rompope, or “Mexican eggnog,” is one version of the many combination’s of egg, milk, sugar and spirits that are traditionally used to toast the winter holidays in Europe and the Americas. English eggnog, a descendant of the milk and sherry combination called posset, German biersuppe made with beer, Puerto Rican coquito made with Read More

During this holiday season, many of us will find ourselves stuck in airports, waiting in security lines, and crammed in seats made for toddlers.

Between the shopping, the decorating, and all the holiday parties the season of joy seems more like the season of “Oh boy, am I tired.” It’s no wonder so many people catch the bah hum-bug that’s goes around this time of year. You have two choices, you can give in to the bug or you Read More

via CNN Health Gentlemen, lest you were alarmed you might be abnormal for not thinking about sex once every 7 seconds (more than 8,000 times a day), a new study in the Journal of Sex Research arrives to reassure you. Men, on average, think about sex far less than that much-hyped interval. (Where that 7-second stat originated Read More

via Muy Bueno Cookbook Ponche Navideño is a hot punch served with or without alcohol during the holiday season and most generally during Las Posadas. On those chilly nights this warm and fragrant infusion warms you from the inside out.

via Hispanic Kitchen Champurrado is a chocolate-based drink with corn flour added to thicken it. I remember having champurrado on cold winter mornings in my grandmother’s cozy cocina.

- via MSNBC A little snap judgment goes a long way toward making friends: According to a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, all it takes is 20 seconds to decide whether or not a stranger is trustworthy. Researchers recruited 24 couples and asked each person to talk about a time when he or Read More

- via NY Daily News James Ambler doesn’t have the heart to be a paparazzo anymore. Three years ago, the 31-year-old Chelsea resident was a high-flying celebrity photographer — one of the few selected to shoot Anna Nicole Smith’s funeral — who spent his weekdays hanging out on the James Bond set and his weekends Read More

A co-worker of mine met her husband in an AOL chat room, way back when we were all getting hooked on the instant gratification of instant messaging, and the excitement of interacting online. My guess is she was probably one of the first to use the internet to her own romantic advantage.