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Yes, we have no bananas

life,memories,politics 2 July 2010 | 0 Comments

My grandmother used to have an odd sense of humor. “Yes, we have no bananas,” is a sentence she used to repeat in context of derision towards third-world countries. In retrospect, this could have been odd to see, since – as I learned later on in my life – my grandmother was born in Cuba [...]

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“Los Papisongos de los 90″

celebrities,life,memories,movies,music 30 June 2010 | 0 Comments

The night before last, I don’t know exactly how or why, I got into small banter with Verónica, our roommate: suddenly, out of nowhere, she started squealing like a pre-pubescent girl in front of her computer screen… and then she started showing me pictures of these dudes: … and I was like :-S “wait, whaaaaaat?”. [...]

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Plastic was indubitably better back then…

memories,vintage 27 June 2010 | 1 Comment

Yesterday I found a website that trumps all other nostalgia websites I’ve come to know so far:  I’m Remembering. It’s a blog built on a Tumblr engine, its theme is specifically 80s and 90s nostalgia. I Love the 80s never had it so good and so right. I found things in there that I had forgotten [...]

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Any Sunday is good enough to be Father’s Day

food,holidays,life,memories 20 June 2010 | 0 Comments

Sunday mornings are something you lose after you stop being a child: the carelessness, the feeling of freedom, the anticipation of a day filled with games and fun. Saturday mornings were cool too, but not in the same way: Saturdays were the days Mom would stuff you in the back seat  early in the afternoon [...]

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Stray Fur

animals,life,memories,pets 12 June 2010 | 2 Comments

Our first stray was a cat. It was around Christmas-time and I was probably no more than 6 years old. It was customary in the family – back then – to deck the living room in basking glory (that means putting up a huge-ass tree that barely fits through the doorway and throw the boxloads [...]

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