Monthly Archives: March 2009

Top Cities for Single Men in U.S. and Latin America

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Okay single men. This post is for you.
AskMen.com has released its list of the top 29 cities for single men. The results may surprise you. Their team looked at eight lifestyle categories like sports and entertainment, dating and sex, and health. They also looked at criteria such as cost of living and economic stability which [...]

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The Dos Lives Weekly Podcast with Jon and Mariana

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

This week: We predict the new George Lopez show will flop within a matter of months, if it lasts that long and what in the world was Elvis Crespo thinking? All that and much more on this week’s podcast!
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Inside Facebook en Español Launches

Monday, March 30th, 2009

When you’re wasting hours of time on Facebook, you probably see ads in both Spanish and English. If you want to learn more about how companies decide to target you, and everything you ever wanted to know about Facebook, www.insidefacebook.com is a good place to start.
Today, they launched “Inside Facebook en Español,” which just like [...]

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Making Monday a little easier with algo Free from Dos Lives

Monday, March 30th, 2009

We thought we’d have a giveaway to make your Monday a little better. How does a free poster from the upcoming move “Sugar” sound? The movie’s set to be released this Friday in NYC and LA and the official trailer is below.
Sugar follows the story of a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro De Macoris, struggling [...]

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Elvis Crespo´s MySpace Video

Friday, March 27th, 2009

We´ll let Elvis speak for himself for now, but Dos Lives weighs in tomorrow during the Weekly podcast with Jon and Mariana. Oh, and look the picture below the video. Elvis tried to block people from embedding the video into their Web sites. It says “disabled by user.” Why Elvis?
Declaraciones de Elvis Crespo

From his MySpace [...]

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Te vi en Dos Lives!

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Ok gente. Do you remember your local community paper? It’s probably closed down or only available online, but do you remember the community page where they would print pictures submitted by community members? Someone’s wedding, or soccer teams, etc? Well, newspapers may be disappearing, but Dos Lives wants to keep this tradition alive for our [...]

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How do Thoughts, Music and even Language Impact you??

Friday, March 27th, 2009

Did you know water responds to words such as love, hate, and even music?
Masaru Emoto, a water researcher from Japan, made the most revolutionary discovery about water.  He wondered if water just like snowflakes, would make ice crystals.  He attached positive and negative words such as “I love you”, “gratitude”, “peace”,  “I hate you”, “I’ll [...]

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Has Obama’s Spanish Improved?

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Obama is speaking Spanish again, this time at tonight’s Premios Lo Nuestro. He hasn’t lost his touch with connecting with people. Does he still e-mail you updates? Not as often as he did during the campaign, but it’s nice to know he hasn’t forgotten about us. Even if he hasn’t taken any more Spanish lessons, [...]

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In Case you Missed Elvis on the Alfombra Roja

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

In case you missed Elvis Crespo on the red carpet tonight, here is the video. Earlier today I saw a headline describing his flight to Miami for tonight’s show “Mas turbado que nunca” jaja Espero que hayan tenido hand sanitizer!

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The Peso Podcast: Mexico, and Latin American Currency Slide

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

The Peso Podcast is made for you to help us make sense of what is going on with our economy and ways to help us survive the recession and make good financial decisions. Dos Lives’ West Coast financial expert Doug Hall joins the Peso Podcast this week and explains the currency situation in Latin America [...]

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The Check Box Dilemma…¿Who am I?

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Does this look familiar?
√ American Indian or Alaska native
√ Asian or Pacific Islander
√ Hispanic
√ non-Hispanic black
√ non-Hispanic white
These five classifications were standardized in 1977 to promote affirmative action and keep an eye on discrimination, but, how can you limit your identity to just one box? This has been a topic on the weekly podcast and [...]

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Hispanic Magazines: RIP…???

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Do you remember Sports Illustrated Latino? What about Tu Ciudad Los Angeles?  Probably not, and that’s one of the reasons they folded.  Like all magazines, Hispanic magazines are hurting, according to a recent report.
Some of the largest Hispanic magazines including Siempre Mujer, People en Español , Latina and Cosmopolitan en Español reported declines.
Do you still [...]

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By Jon | Posted in Economy | Comments (0)

Dos Lives Introduces the Peso Podcast

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Trying to make sense of the recession? When the value of Latin American currencies fall, what does that mean for us here in the U.S. and our families in Latin America? Could you use some financial advice to help stretch that budget or have questions about college loans?
We all know that Latinos have been hit [...]

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By Jon | Posted in Economy | Comments (0)

Mi Cocina es Tu Cocina with Ernesto

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Looking for simple, delicious recipes with Latino sabor? You’re in the right place because Dos Lives launches our new weekly video recipe “Mi Cocina es Tu Cocina” with Ernesto Sanchez every Monday.
On last week’s podcast we talked Latino food trends and Ernesto takes us into the kitchen and shows us how to use them. [...]

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What does it take to be a Telenovela Expert?

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

I read an article about a new advertising campaign on Univision and Telefutura , but what stood out to me was that the company producing the commercials approached “the telenovela experts at Univision, which produced the ad at Los Angeles flagship KMEX.”
What I want to know is what does it take to become a [...]

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