Soy La llorona “Soy la llorona when it’s time to clean the house- that’s how much I hate it. I try to put a smile on my face, but I just can’t fake it. I walk around cleaning, thinking everything is fine, when all I want to do is drink a bottle of fucking wine. I turn on an episode of ‘Hoarders’, and I look around- not a mile…
Recently in our community a 16yr old kid named David Molak committed suicide due to extreme cyber bullying. I can’t seem to get him out of my mind, and my heart lays heavier in my chest as I watch his funeral services on the news. I keep creating different ” What if” scenarios in my head. What if I had seen him before at a local restaurant, a community event,…
Little Joe and Councilman Robert C. Trevino Tejano super star Little Joe turned 75 years old this week. He had a birthday party at La Fogata, in San Antonio, Tx, and I was there. It was not at all what I expected. You see, I grew up in Texas, in a very traditional Mexican family. Tejano music played a huge role in my upbringing. Little Joe and his music, in particular, was part of every pachanga our family ever celebrated. Whether…
So by now I’m sure you’all have heard of La concha burger, where a concha (Mexican sweet bread) takes the place of the bun. Honestly, the first thing that popped in my head were two of my tias, one of them, to this day refers to your panocha as la concha. “Mija, cuidate mucho la conchita” she would say. Any opportunity she had to call out your concha, she would, but always with a mysterious whisper as if she…