Welcome to the Club, Alisa!

-Yes ah, my mother and father are Mexican, but I’m from Spain.
-You’re from La Habra, Puto!
-George Lopez (Right Now Right Now)
Author/blogger/screenwriter/funny lady Alisa Valdes, reported on her blog today that she recently found out she’s a Chicana, fur realz. If you’ve ever read any of her books ( The Dirty Girls’ Social Club, Make Him [...]

Rollin’ With Rolene

Since I moved to Mexico, I’ve learned the value of a good pair of walking shoes. Unlike in L.A. where the only action your UGG boots will ever get is pushing the gas pedal or traipsing through the sand at Zuma Beach, if you want your tootsies to survive the barrage of crusty metro floors, [...]

O.G. Chilangabacha

Ever wonder why the whole Chilangabacha things seems so darn natural? No? Well, too bad, I’ll tell you anyway. You see, I happen to be a third generation Chilangabacha. Gramma Chilangabacha used to come to the DF quite regularly during her youth to chill with her primas, and the impression has remained with her to [...]

La Terminal

This Just In: A Japanese man has allegedly been living in Mexico City’s Benito Juarez International Airport since September.

Hiroshi Nohara was en route to Brazil from San Francisco when he lost his passport. Don’t know if it was the delicious airport tacos, or the vigilant bathroom cleaners, but her decided to stay. Here’s what Prensa [...]

Gorilla Marketing

What’s with all of the circus animals trying to escape into Mexico City lately? On Monday night a tiger escaped from its unlocked cage and attacked its keeper, back in September a five-ton elephant escaped from the circus and got hit by a bus on the highway, and according to the AP, “three tigers escaped [...]

I MOCK YOU PUBLIC TRANSIT RIDER!

This man laughs at me every time I walk to the Juanacatlan Metro. Make of it what you will.

Rayos! Rayas!

Rayos = Good Heavens
Rayas=Stripes
Rayos + Rayas = this lady:

A Huevo!

Chilangabacha was featured today on T Va, a blog put out by El Universal that’s written “por jovenes para jovenes.” (by young people for young people). A big “a huevo” to them for featuring it, and for having a slogan that’s going to help me remember the difference between “por” and “para.”
Here’s a quick translation [...]

A karate chop to the beer gut of machismo.

This A.P. story about a Mexican who filed a complaint that he wasn’t allowed to be included in a cooking contest has so many twists and turns related to its social and cultural implications that I think I’m going to need to eat some menudo in order to stop my head from spinning after writing [...]

WTF is a Pinche Top Cat?

Stephanie Elizando Griest is one of my favorite new Chilangabachas. Born and raised in the Tejano wonderland Corpus Christi, Texas, Griest first burst upon the literary scene with her book, Around the Block, which chronicled her travels through China, Russia and Cuba. How could you not love a woman who writes about falling in love [...]