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April 27, 2008

Mil palabaras: Las Vegas

Neon Graveyard

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Filed under: Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 6:23 pm | 7 Comments

April 24, 2008

Mil palabras: Lunch in Lincoln Heights

Nancy is overwhelmed by her huarache con chorizo

My cousin, Nancy, celebrated her 23th birthday last week but I didn’t get to see her until this week for our periodic Wednesday lunches.

We’ve had dim sum, tortas and tacos on our lunch dates. All our lunches are on the Eastside (or Chinatown) because it’s close to Nancy’s school. For this belated birthday lunch, I chose El Huarachito in Lincoln Heights. I’d never been before, but it comes highly recommended by both Chimatli and El Chavo.

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Filed under: Los Angeles, Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 12:59 pm | 5 Comments

April 13, 2008

Mil palabaras: Las luces

Urban Light @ LACMA
Urban Light by Chris Burden at the LA County Museum of Art

Last week, on my way to dinner, I drove past this sculpture/light show for the first time. I’d seen photos of Urban Light on the LA blogs, but hadn’t made my way over to the Miracle Mile. Even driving by, one gets a much more spectacular view than in the photos. I returned to LACMA yesterday for the Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement show. I went through the show rather quick because I only had an hour before closing time (I went after 5 pm when admission is free). I’ll definitely go back to check out some of the pieces I rushed through.

For more on the concept behind the sculpture (and more photos) click the photo above.

Filed under: Los Angeles, Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 6:41 pm | No Comments

March 27, 2008

Mil palabras: Esos ojos


Ojitos has nothing on baby Alessandro

I met my 3-month old nephew when I arrived in Houston last Friday. It was noon and he was still wearing his Astros pajamas (his mom is a big fan).

I sat in the backseat of Vero’s black truck with the baby. He held my finger with his tiny fist and stared at me with his huge eyes.

I fell in love.

“Who do you think he looks like,” I asked Vero.

“Oh, he’s all Julio. He has the Mosqueda lips and everything. And when he smiles, you can definitely tell he has the Mosqueda smile. All of you have that big smile,” she responded nodding toward her husband/my cousin.

“Yeah, we do. Pero siempre estamos enojados, so we don’t show it,” I joked.

Julio laughed.

I studied Alessandro’s face some more. I have no clue what Julio looked like as a baby since he’s a few years older than me and he didn’t have any baby pictures on hand. However, I did notice that Alessandro’s eyes were like Eddie’s (Julio’s younger brother) and my tía Mari’s.

I miss Alessandro already. Of course, I miss my cousin and his wife too. They’re good people and I’m grateful I’ve gotten the chance to reconnect with them in recent years.

Filed under: Familia, Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 4:51 am | 9 Comments

March 15, 2008

Five photos, five days

Lunes. I was supposed to go a happy hour after work, but didn’t see anyone I knew at the bar. I ended up buying a bag of fruit in Westwood and walking most of the way home happily enjoying Daylight Savings Time, eating my fruta con chile y limón, and listening to the mixtape by Sean.
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Filed under: Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 1:01 am | 6 Comments

February 9, 2008

Mil palabras: La familia, 1958

Ureño Saldivar kids, 1958
Ureño Saldivar kids, 1958

Top (left to right): Chilo, Socorro, Roberto
Bottom: Eva, Chuy, Luz (my mom!)
Not yet born: Martha and Josefina

At the anniversary party two weeks ago, we displayed a three-panel poster board with photos of the family. The center panel had photos of Papá Chepe and Mamá Toni from their 15th, 25th, 50th and a few other notable anniversaries. The photo above is from the 15th anniversary. My mom was the baby of the family at that time. She was one year old.

Filed under: Familia, Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 10:47 pm | 6 Comments

January 31, 2008

Obama the Rockstar

Senator Barack Obama

“I feel like we’re at a rock concert,” Oiyan observed. Lisa and I nodded and looked ahead at the snaking line leading to a small lawn at Los Angeles Trade Tech College.

“Actually,” I noted, “it feels like we’re at an amusement park.”

I mean, who really goes to rock concerts at 8:30 in the morning?

But Oiyan was right, the town hall with Senator Obama was rather rock concert-ish.

For more photos and more on the town hall, click below.

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Filed under: Política, Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 11:21 pm | 17 Comments

January 2, 2008

Mil palabras: Rosas y muertos

My favorite float. What a surprise.

I haven’t spent New Year’s Eve in Southern California in about five years. As a result, I haven’t watched a telecast of the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day in a long time. But 2008 started off different. For one, I didn’t go anywhere. I usually try to get outside of Southern California. Since I stayed in Hacienda Heights, I was able to watch live telecasts of the Rose Parade the next morning. I squeezed into bed with my parents and the dog and watched marching bands, equestrian groups and elaborately decorated floats. I felt like a kid again and was reminded of the time I marched in the parade in 1999.

After a late lunch/early dinner, my mom, dad and I drove out to Pasadena to view the floats. It was crazy. I generally hate big crowds, but it was hard to get annoyed when I kept seeing so many cool floats (and they smelled good too).

My favorite was the City of Santa Fe Springs’ float celebrating Día de los Muertos. I haven’t uploaded all the pictures yet, but you can check out the set here

Filed under: Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 11:37 am | 2 Comments

December 30, 2007

My favorite photos of 2007 you probably haven’t seen

Tulum
Tulúm, Quintana Roo, México

I lagged on the Miércoles de Mil Palabras this year mainly because I didn’t have a camera for the first half of the year. Most of the pictures I took then were taken with Ralph’s camera. I think I used it more than he did. By June, I bought a camera for the family trip to Cozumel. I don’t take as many pictures as I used to (studying for quals isn’t all that exciting), but I do have some.

I chose the photos based on the following considerations: story told, amusing factor (as nebulous as Flickr’s “interesting” factor), and composition.

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Filed under: Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 1:22 pm | 4 Comments

December 19, 2007

Mil palabras: Towel Bride?

Day two in Cozumel.

We didn’t do much this day. The group split up in two as the guys rested from partying late into the night. My parents, Lori and I went into town for brunch. The parents went off to rent a scooter and Lori and I wandered around the malecón and checked out some of the shops. Later, I met up with the guys to watch the Mexico vs. US soccer match. It was sad. It’s one thing to see Mexico lose on TV in your LA apartment, but it’s worse when you’re in a bar with a bunch of other Mexicans and the only white folks in the bar don’t even care about soccer. Mexico lost. Ugh.

We returned to our room to find this odd little towel creature. I think it’s a bride based on the veil-like shape above the head and flowers. The guys were upset that they didn’t have any towel creatures in their room.

Later that evening, we went swimming and snorkeling. We also had a family meeting to set the agenda for the rest of the week.

Filed under: Mexico, Fotos | POSTED BY cindylu AT 7:01 pm | 5 Comments

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