Category Archives: New York City

Which TV Network is the ‘Hispanic Hollywood’? Executives Managed to Confuse this Blogger

Author: Mi blog es tu blog
May
17
2012

Hispanic upfront week is a wonderful thing, especially when you get the chance to hear all kinds of wonderful pitches by competing TV networks. Tuesday morning I learn from Univision’s President César Conde that Televisa is the Hollywood of Hispanics. Barely five hours later, Telemundo’s COO Jacqueline Hernández came up with this… WTH? I mean, it’s [...] Read More »

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Latino Business Owners in NYC Would Do Anything to Please their Clientele

Author: Mi blog es tu blog
May
11
2012

New around town? Just visit any local bodega, restaurant, hairdresser or cafetería, and you’ll find a hard-working Latino willing to do anything [I mean, ANYTHING] for you to feel at ease… Heck, they will even force their “employes… Read More »

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OMG, You Guys! The Strauss-Kahn-Diallo Saga Comes to Telemundo… Well, Not Really

Author: Mi blog es tu blog
Nov
29
2011

I though this was going to be yet another bleak week, but then I remembered Telemundo’s Una Maid en Manhattan premieres tonight (8:00 PM/ET) on the Telemundo channel. In a nutshell, this is the story of a terribly-good-looking hotel maid (Litzy) who moves to the U.S. with her little son, gets a job at a [...] Read More »

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Happy Thanksgiving, Immigrant America!

Author: Mi blog es tu blog
Nov
23
2011

Via The New Yorker
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It’s Official: Mexicans Take Over New York City

Author: Mi blog es tu blog
Sep
24
2011

In yet another sign that Mexicans are indeed taking over the Big Apple, a trajinera has been spotted in and around Flushing Meadows Corona Park. See? We, mexicans, don’t only want our carnitas here, we also want to move around in our traditional means of transportation. Well, actually, the trajinera thing is a piece of [...] Read More »

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Puerto Ricans Offended by Coor’s Light Ad. This Blogger Offended by Bad Beer

Author: Mi blog es tu blog
Jun
02
2011

As if New Yorkers didn’t have enough worries, with the Weinergate at its peak (no pun intended) and all, now we have to put up with yet another ridiculous controversy: Turns out many Puerto Ricans interviewed by a local TV station are pissed about a Coor’s Light ad featuring the copy “Emborícuate,” apparently because they [...] Read More »

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NBC Shows its True Multicultural Colors –and Spices

Author: Mi blog es tu blog
Apr
05
2011

Remember my mun2 goody-bag full of hot salsas? Not to be outdone, mun2 parent NBC Universal this morning showed its true multicultural colors by giving attendees to the launch of “Hispanics at NBCU” division a Mobile Food set, including 16 organic herbs + spices, plus wasabi, soy sauce and –what else?– a miniature Tabasco sauce. [...] Read More »

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Wanna Live at The Dakota? Hispanics Need Not Apply

Author: Mi blog es tu blog
Mar
03
2011

Every time I walk by New York City’s famous Dakota building, I cannot help but think about Lennon, Ono, Bacall and Bernstein. But for some reason not many Hispanics come to mind… And now I finally know why: In a recent New York Times article about Dakota tenant Alphonse Fletcher and his ongoing fight with [...] Read More »

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