‘Celebrity’ Category
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Carlos Slim, Alex Rodriguez Open Sports Complex In Mexico City
0December 1, 2008 by Citizen192
The world’s richest man, Carlos Slim, and baseball’s $270million man, Alex Rodriguez, were united this weekend while promoting a new sports complex “in the poor suburb of Nezahualcoyotl.” While most pundits and gossip-wranglers couple the story with Madonna’s coincidental visit to Mexico City — an obvious goldmine of gossip lore — I wonder why no one has mentioned how this new complex might divert scenarios like this by providing children with a venue devoid of hustlers, pimps, drug-addicts and inhumane Narcos. Mexico is rapidly succumbing to a morbid, drug-war laden reality, and something remotely positive could be dealt with a
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keep readingCategory Celebrity, Mexico City, News, Sports | Tags: Baseball, Gossip, Mexico City, Sports
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Anthony Bourdain’s “At The Table” Is Missed In Mexico City
0October 29, 2008 by Citizen192
One problem I have with living in Mexico City is the dependence on iTunes to watch new Anthony Bourdain episodes. It really ticks me off that I have to pay $16.99 for full-length episodes (a subscription for the season), some of which are censored, when the entire world gets to watch the season for free. Sure, there’s a Travel Channel-esque outlet here showing two-year-old episodes of “No Reservations”, but I need some new Bourdain, regularly scheduled, with bloopers and Bourdain-bleeps resonating throughout my apartment like Morse-code, the likes I’ve never heard before. Because as much as I love replaying Bourdain
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keep readingCategory Celebrity, Travels | Tags: Anthony Bourdain, Television, Travels
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Scenes From New York City: Heath Ledger’s Memorial
0January 27, 2008 by citoyen192
Heath Ledger’s Memorial: January 26th, 2008: Downtown, New York City.I step outside the celebrity saturated walls of Los Angeles to find myself gawking at a celebrity’s death.
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