The new year is almost upon us and while you’re still figuring out what exactly you’ll be doing, for those of you planning on hosting a house party (or going to one), here are three drink recipes that are festive, simple and great for parties. You’ll already have plenty of champagne, why not put it delicious use?
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This past Christmas night, my wife, daughter, and I went visited some friends for dinner. When my daughter walked through the door resplendent in a new outfit from Santa, our host, Tom, exclaimed “You look beautiful, Heloise!” His partner, Kate, shushed him. “You’re not supposed to tell little girls that they’re pretty,” she said, offering Eira and me an apologetic smile. “It gives them a complex.”
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While there can be debate about what it means, the unassailable fact is that Latino-owned businesses in the United States are growing at a blistering pace â in fact more than twice the national average. This trend has been sustained for at least the last decade and manifests itself both in the growing number and size of Latino-owned businesses.Â
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A 99-year-old Italian man is divorcing his wife of 77 years after he stumbled across letters she had written to a secret lover in the 1940s.
The damning discovery days before Christmas led the galled grandfather to confront his once two-timing wife immediately, Londonâs Daily Telegraph reported.
This year, has definitely been Being Latino, Inc’s strongest year ever. Of all of our accomplishments in 2011, our Online Magazine has really stuck out as our “hub” of what we represent. What did we do this year that is so different to make such a HUGE difference? Well a few things…
We have acquired the talents of Chicago-based, Chief Content Officer, Libby JuliĂĄ-VĂĄzquez. Libby has been overseeing the Online Magazine from the start of 2011 to present. In that span, she has managed a team of editors, 30 writers, has increased the total traffic of the online magazine by over 250%, and has managed all of our PR initiatives.
by Nick Baez
As the curtain comes down on another year, many of us will take some time to sit back and reflect. And as the dawn of a new year approaches, many of us will also attempt to adopt a resolution that will lead to self-improvement, greater happiness, and a better quality of life. As I reflect on the year that was, for the greater Latino community, I have developed my own New Yearâs resolution for the community at large, in an effort to forge a greater sense of unity and a more refined public direction. Here is the three-part resolution that I feel all Latinos should consider.
As long as you are in Samoa this Thursday. In the latest realm of time travel, Samoa has decided to eliminate Friday, December 30 in order to sync up the working week with the two countries it works with the most, New Zealand and Australia.
It is a move that reverses the king’s decision in 1892 to move the country from the western to eastern side of the international dateline, in order to please U.S. traders. The New Zealand territory of Tokelau is making the switch as well.
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