Cafe y Chisme Corner
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'Camarón Que Se Duerme Se Lo Lleva La Corriente...
My abuelo said this one to me exactly once, but I've never forgotten it. I was sixteen and had let a summer job application sit on my desk for two...
'Camarón Que Se Duerme Se Lo Lleva La Corriente...
My abuelo said this one to me exactly once, but I've never forgotten it. I was sixteen and had let a summer job application sit on my desk for two...
'No Hay Mal Que Por Bien No Venga': The Dicho E...
The year my dad lost his job at the plant, my abuela showed up at our apartment with a pot of caldo de pollo and exactly one sentence of comfort:...
'No Hay Mal Que Por Bien No Venga': The Dicho E...
The year my dad lost his job at the plant, my abuela showed up at our apartment with a pot of caldo de pollo and exactly one sentence of comfort:...
Ahorita: The Most Confusing Word in Spanish (It...
When I was seven, I asked my mom when we were leaving for my cousin's birthday party, and she said "ahorita." We left an hour and forty-five minutes later. When...
Ahorita: The Most Confusing Word in Spanish (It...
When I was seven, I asked my mom when we were leaving for my cousin's birthday party, and she said "ahorita." We left an hour and forty-five minutes later. When...
Sale y Vale: The Phrase That Means 'Deal' in An...
My tío Beto used to take me with him to the tianguis on Sunday mornings, not because he needed an extra pair of hands, but because he liked having an...
Sale y Vale: The Phrase That Means 'Deal' in An...
My tío Beto used to take me with him to the tianguis on Sunday mornings, not because he needed an extra pair of hands, but because he liked having an...
El Familiar: The Argentine Legend About the Pri...
My tío Rodolfo spent a few seasons cutting cane outside Tucumán as a young man, before he ever thought about coming north, and he still won't talk about the old...
El Familiar: The Argentine Legend About the Pri...
My tío Rodolfo spent a few seasons cutting cane outside Tucumán as a young man, before he ever thought about coming north, and he still won't talk about the old...
La Pincoya: The Ocean Spirit of Chiloé, Chile
My great-tía on my mother's side spent part of her childhood in a fishing village on Chiloé, and she used to tell us that the older fishermen there never left...
La Pincoya: The Ocean Spirit of Chiloé, Chile
My great-tía on my mother's side spent part of her childhood in a fishing village on Chiloé, and she used to tell us that the older fishermen there never left...