tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58303024530837331732009-10-17T10:12:44.724-07:00Two chicks from Chuco talking litChristinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-18284130397696840212009-03-13T11:44:00.000-07:002009-03-13T11:46:32.642-07:00

I have never once gotten through Pat Mora’s poem “Elena” without crying, so heartfelt and beautiful—a mother’s worst fear. It’s the last line that chokes me. Conversely, I can’t read Angela Vigil-Piñón’s “por la calle Zarzamora” without laughing at the coquettish women that saunter into the bar. I have been one of those women, Aqua Net y todo. I have seen these women and they ARE beautiful. I’ve

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-3695137354200899762009-01-23T07:21:00.000-08:002009-01-23T07:27:38.765-08:00

I’ve been reading the newspaper, not just scanning it online like I used to, which tells me I was starved to see a person of color in a position of power. I never really cared what happened in the newspaper because what was in it never reflected me, or anyone I knew in the Mexican American community. It was a running joke in our family, how terrible our community newspaper was at representing the

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-27624297360359495422009-01-13T10:37:00.000-08:002009-01-13T10:39:26.290-08:00

This, this is what I like seeing. http://verseandharmony.blogspot.com/Way to go Chuco!

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-76161120418690452912008-11-06T07:36:00.000-08:002008-11-06T13:31:39.146-08:00

The geeks of America made this the ‘funnest’ election ever. It was a break through and I’m not just talking for obvious reasons, the people electing the first black president of the United States, but also because of all those cooo-el graphics. County-by-county voting results were just a mouse click away. The techies did an awesome job. I couldn’t decide whose maps I liked better the New York

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-34523240858438865132008-09-28T21:22:00.000-07:002008-09-28T21:35:06.964-07:00

Banned Books Week Sept. 27-Oct. 4, 2008Bill of RightsAmendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.Banned Books Week is the only national celebration of the

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-19596711826113690452008-09-16T10:16:00.000-07:002008-09-16T10:21:42.467-07:00

Okay, one last post on Don Haskins. This is how many in El Paso, including my father, remember Haskins, which was seated on a barstool drinking a cold one. A bar owner Mr. Ontiveros had this to share about El Paso's most famous import:"In a bar that I owned in Downtown El Paso, Don Haskins once walked in to enjoy a cold beer. Sitting at the end of the bar were two Anglo men having a cold one as

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-19943066621953814432008-09-09T06:56:00.000-07:002008-09-09T11:03:50.827-07:00

Juanes really hit the nail on the head with his new single "Odio por amor" and if the Obama people are on top of it they'll incorporate it into their message. Take a listen here.Speaking of changeJust read Dagoberto Gilb's piece in Slate about Iowa cornfields. It reads like poetry and addresses the issue of change in the Americas.Don Haskins memoriesI, like everyone in El Paso, have Don Haskins

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-13836470607108290862008-09-04T10:12:00.000-07:002008-09-04T13:42:04.797-07:00

Taco shop that hit the spot for El Pasoans has closedBy Suzannah Gonzales | Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 02:28 PMThe taco shop formerly known as Chuco’s Tacos and more recently as 10th Street Tacos located in a yellow house on West 10th Street near North Lamar Boulevard has shut its doors for good, business co-owner David Sahagun confirmed today.Sahagun declined to say why, citing an ongoing

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-42851923654927034012008-08-21T16:02:00.000-07:002008-08-21T16:06:44.687-07:00

Sheryl Luna reviews "In Manifest Destinies: The Making of the Mexican American Race," (NYU Press 2007) by law professor Dr. Laura E. Gómez on Latina Lista.Sounds interesting: "The book is a close historical account of institutions, colonization and violence that was, in her view, propagated based on views of Mexican-Americans as an inferior race. She supports this argument with clear researched

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-57768948627076112082008-08-20T07:43:00.000-07:002008-08-20T07:45:27.398-07:00

This is what the book Hecho en Tejas has created. The writers and artists in the anthology have been working on this show for the past two years. Here you can see just a few of the highlights of the two-hour literary fest. The crowds Hecho brings in have been no less than 200 people. Imagine 200 Mexican Americans in a room digging the arts. It’s a beautiful thing. What is also beautiful is the

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-36875244729039311852008-08-20T06:56:00.000-07:002008-08-20T06:57:32.044-07:00

The public memorial for comedian Bernie Mac was held on August 16, 2008 at Salem Baptist Church's The House of Hope in Chicago. Fellow King of Comedy, Cedric the Entertainer, reflects on Mac

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-34614008935896223832008-08-11T22:45:00.000-07:002008-08-11T22:49:36.433-07:00

Some of my favorite Bernie Mac piecesHead of StateMy sister's kids

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-6472678330621076142008-08-10T11:51:00.000-07:002008-08-10T11:59:27.789-07:00

The 1800s in El Paso were filled with drugs, outlaws, and illegal smuggling. Some would have us thinking that the Sun City hasn't really changed much. I do like this EPCC website about the Chinese influence in downtown El Paso. "More than 1,200 Chinese laborers helped build the Southern Pacific Railroad from Los Angeles to El Paso, completed in May 1881. When the job was done, about 300 Chinese

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-2832740565198413432008-08-09T23:05:00.000-07:002008-08-09T23:18:41.996-07:00

Here's my tribute to Chico's Tacos, actually it's a bunch of stolen tributes. Plus, I'm learning how to embed videos onto this blog. These are some of my favorite videos on YouTube.Montana LocationChico's TeeNot quite sober, need more tacosImpromptu dance at the Chico's Eastside location, girls not done clubbing

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-18659127915112388442008-08-08T14:32:00.001-07:002008-08-08T14:56:19.177-07:00

It is in the bending and the pain,the way old paint scrapes off old wood,the way elders light our way through timeon their way to a smaller frailty.A halo about the painted head of Jesuson the yellow wall of Our Lady of the ValleyChurch fades where teachers make a pittance,richly among brown-faced children.A burlap robe on a dark pilgrim walking up Mout Cristo Rey with sandals as sunsetblurs a

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-51521506602440811882008-08-07T08:31:00.000-07:002008-08-07T08:47:04.184-07:00

Air Pollution in El Paso, TexasThe Paso del Norte airshed is composed of a basin formed by mountainsthat surround El Paso, Texas, and Sunland Park, New Mexico, in theUnited States and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, in Mexico. With apopulation exceeding two million, it is one of the largestmetropolitan areas along the border. Visibility in the Paso del Norteairshed is frequently poor, especially in

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-12620156766800603942008-08-07T07:18:00.001-07:002008-08-07T07:54:39.127-07:00

Tucson native Charles Bowden took a little trip to the border and wrote about it for GQ and in it he mentions what people in El Paso have long suspected about the killings across the bridge that El Chapo is the one who brought in the Mexican Army and they work for HIM. “I think the government is causing more insecurity—because the army does nothing,” he says. “There is a shoot-out, and the army

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-86456678795464495782008-08-06T06:55:00.000-07:002008-08-06T06:59:42.547-07:00

El PasoLiving togetherJun 26th 2008 | EL PASOFrom The Economist print editionThe climate is fantastic, and cross-border business is thriving. But the cartels are a big problemIT WAS a quiet Friday night in El Paso for Sandra, a young student. Her friends had gone across the border to Ciudad Juárez for a film festival. She had been looking forward to it, but at the last minute felt “una semilla”,

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-70372346299100644442008-08-05T16:25:00.000-07:002008-08-05T16:30:42.334-07:00

Sheryl Luna finds Geraldo Rivera's "Hispanic: Why Americans Fear Hispanics in the U.S." a "quick read, yet intelligent and interesting. It is a needed counter-view to much of what is presented to the public at this time." Read it now on Latina Lista.

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-48580562322932715592008-08-04T14:15:00.000-07:002008-08-04T14:19:30.144-07:00

A longer version of this review appeared in the American Book Review. For the full review please purchase a copy of the journal.Mexican Writers on WritingEdited by Margaret Sayers PedenTrinity University Presswww.trinity.edu/tupress210 pages; paper, $24.95 A Borderland PrimerBy Christine Granados Reading Margaret Sayers Peden’s book “Mexican Writers on Writing” was an uncomfortable reminder of

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-74408184215695989372008-08-04T14:03:00.000-07:002008-08-04T14:09:42.402-07:00

This essay appeared in the 2008 issue of Pembroke Magazine. No. 40 edited by Dr. Liliana Wendorff, chair of the Foreign Languages Department at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke.CHRISTINE GRANADOS As a child, I helped my mother smuggle parrots into El Paso, Texas, from Juárez, Mexico. My mother’s smuggling wasn’t premeditated, and she didn’t do it for profit. She bypassed Customs or "

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-7982771795836240802008-08-04T13:36:00.000-07:002008-08-05T11:49:20.274-07:00

I've been in El Paso for an entire month, visiting mom and dad with the chavalos. Haven't posted in while so I'll post all the things I've published since May. Here they are from latest to earliest. Liked the book despite the hideous cover.A CelebrationBy CHRISTINE GRANADOSSpecial ContributorDallas Morning News The re-release of Tomas Rivera's work could not come at a better time. With the

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-25493678690679941472008-06-25T21:55:00.000-07:002008-06-25T22:39:56.933-07:00

I, we, loved George Carlin at our house in El Paso in the 70s and not just because he smoked pot and did LSD but because we grew up with him on cable television. The seven words you can't say on television was our mantra: shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits. Always, always made us laugh even sitting outside in the fucking heat of an afternoon day.I thoroughly enjoyed this,

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-36403850330381521372008-05-31T14:25:00.000-07:002008-05-31T14:30:43.942-07:00

Finally a voice of reason in this El Paso downtown development debate and I can’t believe who it’s coming from—Joe Olvera. For possibly the first time I agree wholeheartedly with what he had to say in Newspaper Tree. An excerpt:“Well and good. Let’s preserve what should be preserved. For example, let’s preserve the housing units for which Carmen Felix and other activists fought such horrendous

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5830302453083733173.post-21710239848415747872008-05-08T06:26:00.000-07:002008-05-08T16:06:22.816-07:00

Rudy Gutierrez
/EL PASO TIMES, Rodolfo Gonzalez/AMERICAN-STATESMANWhether you get your taco fix at Chico's or Chuco's depends on whether you are in Austin or 570 miles to the west. Chico's is a chain in El Paso. It is suing Chuco's, on 10th Street in Austin, for trademark infringement. Chuco's is hoping a name change will calm the waters over its 'drowning tacos.'I gotta try this place out

Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02960660575661512278noreply@blogger.com0