Archive for October 4th, 2005
Micheladas Llegan a Gringolandia
4:15 pm By Maegan La Mala · Food|Lifestyle|mexico · Comments Off
4 Oct 2005Michelada, a spicy Mexican beer drink, is on its way to the US. MicheMix, a ready-made sauce to mix with your beer, is now being sold in the US. Additionally, Mexican beer companies are running Michelada promotions to help boost sales of their beer. The logic: if someone is going to make a Mexican drink like una michelada, then they are going to use a Mexican beer.
Do-It-Yourself: Michelada Recipe from DrinksMix.net:
4 drops of Tabasco Sauce
1/4 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
Dashes of Salt and Ground Pepper
Juice of 1 Lime wedge
1 Bottle of Beer, preferably a Negro ModeloCombine above ingredients in a glass and pour beer to top. Serve with wedge of lime in a salted glass.
Serves 1.
A popular drink in Mexico, it is definitely a taste that you need to get accustomed to…but since most Americans put lime in their Coronas, maybe Micheladas will be a hit!
Article: Mexican Companies Pushing Spicy Beer
Ricky Doesn’t Care
4 Oct 2005
After a long hiatus from the music scene Ricky Martin is back but is he better? The first track off his Life album to be released worldwide on October 11 is I Don’t Care. Here Ricky sings in English with an urban hip hop/R&B beat. The track features R&B diva Amerie and Bronx Rican rapper Fat Joe. He’s definitely trying to appeal to a young urban audience. Maybe he feels he needs to compete with Daddy Yankee who is actually featured on the album as well?
Ricky also has a new look to go with his crossover sound. His hair is cut, he’s got tats, and he looks like he needs a shave.
Personally the new look and sound doesn’t do a thing for this VivirLatino editor. There’s no doubt the Boricua singer is still beautiful and sexy but come on, he’s no thug. The fact that he has Fat Joe on the new single calling a woman a slut and a ho doesn’t add to Ricky’s street cred. In fact it lessens his credibility, making it seem like he’d do anything to stay on the top of the charts and sell cd’s. Ricky, vuelve with what you do best then I’ll reach into my wallet and buy what you’re selling.
See and hear Ricky Martin’s new style at his flashy website: rickymartin.com
Epitafios: Written in Stone as Critical Hit
4 Oct 2005
I honestly didn’t know what I was going to watch on television after the series finale of HBO’s Six Feet Under. Thank Dios for HBO Latino’s Epitafios. Epitafios is the first HBO dramatic series filmed in Spanish and in Latin America (Argentina to be specific), using Latino actors. The 13 part series was produced along with Argentino television and film production company Pol-Ka. The HBO Latino website describes the show:
Five years after a fatal hostage situation at a school left 4 students dead, the people involved with the incident are starting to turn up murdered. All clues point to someone’s master plan of killing everyone involved. Can an ex-policeman and a psychologist, both involved with the original hostage situation, stop it before it’s too late.
One of the things that attracted me to the thriller series was its rootedness in South America. There are small details in scenes that place the heart pounding (and sometimes gory) action in the Southern Hemisphere. There is the manner of speaking, mannerisms, and props in the background.
HBO Latino doesn’t want to keep anyone from enjoying the show because of language barriers so it offers repeats of the show complete with English subtitles (although the translations aren’t perfect). There is a multimedia website that is as much a rompecabezas as the show is and shouldn’t be played with if you are the type of person who hates spoilers because it revealed to me many of the plot twists. Sin embargo I can’t wait till next Monday night at 9 pm to catch the next episode.
The show is also repeated throughout the week and available on-demand for those with digital cable. Check your local listings. Epitafios is to die for.
Related to a previous Vivirlatino post, as of October 3, 2005, Mexican citizens in the US can begin to register to vote by mail for next year’s presidential election.
Mexicans with a voting credential (IFE) can register online or at consulates until Jan 15, 2006.
It is estimated that there are 11 million Mexicans in the US that could take place in this election if they chose to.
IFE Site: Voto de los Mexicanos Residentes en el Extranjero
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