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Blast!: Blowing Cyber Chunks: Birthdays, Friends, Mother’s Day, Beach: SOTD Goes To…

I left New York City last week with immense confidence, joy and energy. Joyrides around Manhattan will do that to anyone, que no? Most of you know why I was traveling to the Big Apple, but even I didn’t know my return flight to Mexico City would take a detour to the West Coast after [...]

Happy Birthday, Annita!

As the story goes, I covered a GOOD Magazine party at the National Museum of the American Indian in Downtown New York City September 29, 2007. I schmoozed with editors, drank a lot of free vodka and ultimately ditched any possibility of a story when I met a beautiful belle at the now infamous digital [...]

 
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Promises: Basilica de Santa Maria de Guadalupe: Mexico City.

My mother’s eyes began to welt. Enrapture filled her gaze. I stood at a distance. The Basilica reeked of worship and sweat. The eyes of pilgrims — glazed over with faith, tradition and hope – glared at the sight of La Virgen. My mom kept signaling to my sister that she was too [...]