Articles Tagged “Latino”
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Meet the Latina who made the word ‘Hispanic’ official
emailDos Lives explores ‘Latino’ life here in the U.S., and not ‘Hispanic’ life according to the graphic at the top of our site, but we’d still like to know who made the word ‘Hispanic’ official. It’s not who you think. Meet Grace Flores-Hughes, the Hispanic bureaucrat who helped establish “Hispanic” as the government’s word of [...]
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Yo Quiero Taco Bell No Más
Adios Gidget, the Chihuahua who starred in a series of Taco Bell commercials and made famous the phrase “¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!” Gidget died of a stroke Tuesday at the ripe old age of 15, according to the L.A. Times. According to the article, she’d lived in comfortable semiretirement since the heyday of the Taco [...]
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Swine Flu Spreads to Puerto Rico;Sotomayor Familia is safe, right?
It’s a good thing Sonia Sotomayor’s family is with her this week for her confirmation hearings because back home the *Swine Flu is saying Hola to Puerto Rico with over 300 suspected of Swine Flu and 35 confirmed cases all on one island! hmm…maybe the Swine Flu isn’ that bad when compared to sitting through [...]
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Dos Lives is the place for Sotomayor Mania
CNN…Univision…New York Times…there’s a lot of places you can go for Sotomayor confirmation hearing coverage, but only at Dos Lives will you get the coverage, plus meet additional potential Supreme Court candidates from the Bronx. Keep it with Dos Lives! Leave a comment and let us know what you think! What do you think? Leave [...]
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iPhone and Dos Lives Mania at the Apple Store
Did you know that 24% of iPhone owners are Hispanic? Si, si it’s true. You could tell there were a lot of bicultural Latinos at the Apple Store today for the launch of the new iPhone…just take a look at what Web site was on all of the new MacBooks. What do you think? Leave [...]
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Cafe con Leche & con Obama
Did you miss scrambled eggs with Obama this morning at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast? No worries, Dos Lives has you covered! Below is a transcript of Obama’s remarks this morning: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary ____________________________________________ For Immediate Release June 19, 2009 REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT THE ESPERANZA NATIONAL [...]
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If you’re Latino and in Philly, try these…
As summer time starts to come closer and closer we wonder, “Where are we going for vacation!?” While our families are busy planning our vacations, we start to think why we are going with them. But remember, Latinos are family-oriented so wherever mom, dad, abuelito, tia, prima, etc are going…we also tag along. So where [...]
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More Supreme Court Nominees from the Bronx
Dos Lives brings you the second installment of our search for future potential Supreme Court nominees straight from the Bronx! Check out these guys outside of Yankee Stadium take our Supreme Court Trivia 101 Quiz and see some of the rulings! Only on Dos Lives! What do you think? Leave comments below or share them [...]
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Meet future Supreme Court Nominees from the Bronx!
Many in the Bronx are excited about Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to be a Supreme Court Justice. Dos Lives found other potential Supreme Court Nominees outside the Bronx Court House this weekend that Obama didn’t choose. They put on the black robe of Justice and pounded the gavel for us as they gave their rulings [...]
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“La Bandeja Tipica/Paisa” Colombia’s favorite dish
Ever wonder why Latinos love to eat? It’s because food is part of our culture. Even during this so called “recession” we have to have our Goya products. Whether it’s a ceviche, arepa, arroz con pollo or platanos, we have so much to choose from. Growing up I expected to eat rice, beans, chicken, steak, [...]
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Which Latino Celeb would you want to read you a Bedtime story?
Mexican Mama is busy with the baby, so no post today, but we’ll watch for her next week. Here’s a post of interest though to Moms, tios, sobrinos and pretty much all gente. Do you remember your family reading you bedtime stories? Do you have any sobrinos or hijos yourself? Well new research shows that [...]
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