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The Treasured Memory
April 30, 2012 – 7:08 am | 21 Comments

A Favorite Bedtime Story
I often wonder about what my children will remember from their childhood.
Any sweet memories I have of being little all involve my abuela. My grandmother is the one who raised me and …

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Giveaway: Child’s Bilingual Toy Laptop
September 15, 2009 – 7:53 am | 15 Comments
Giveaway: Child’s Bilingual Toy Laptop

Mami2Mommy is the laptop giveaway winner! Congratulations and thanks to all of you who played along.
Please note: Ingenio is celebrating Hispanic Heritage month by offering 15% off all toys & games at Amazon.com until Oct …

Cue the Mariachis: Hispanic Heritage Month Begins
September 14, 2009 – 8:42 am | One Comment
Cue the Mariachis: Hispanic Heritage Month Begins

Cue the mariachi, salsa, merengue, bachata, samba, cumbia music: Hispanic Heritage Month 2009 begins tomorrow.
Fab fact: In 2007, 64% of people in the United States of Hispanic origin were of Mexican background. Another 9 percent …

Remember, Honor and Do One Good Deed
September 11, 2009 – 8:19 am | No Comment
Remember, Honor and Do One Good Deed

Today is the 8th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
We will always remember where we were, how our lives changed, how our country changed.
In honor of the souls lost and of those who ran toward …

Habla, Watch and Win
September 10, 2009 – 4:28 am | No Comment
Habla, Watch and Win

Talk and Tweetea with other Latina moms tonight on
Twitter. Ser Padres magazine will host a Back to
School chat at 6 p.m. EST. Among the topics will be
quick and nutricious meals and at-home activities
for the nenes.
The …

Giveaway: Bilingual North American Map Puzzle
September 8, 2009 – 6:35 am | 15 Comments
Giveaway: Bilingual North American Map Puzzle

In my bilingual house in the boonies of Tennessee, we have instilled in our 5-year-old that her learning, and her living, happens in two languages. We have spoken, read, sung, watched, yelled, soothed in Spanish …

Chupacabras, Comida and Colorful Tissue
September 4, 2009 – 8:13 am | No Comment
Chupacabras, Comida and Colorful Tissue

This week, the internets were en fuego with searches for chupacabra — or “goat sucker” for those of you who no habla.
Seems a taxidermist in Texas presented the mythical beast to the world. Details are …

Revealed: Dora, Latina Grad Rates and Latina Makeup Tips
September 1, 2009 – 8:17 am | 2 Comments
Revealed: Dora, Latina Grad Rates and Latina Makeup Tips

Dora Links, the kinda controversial doll that had a lot of us screaming about turning sweet Dora into a Webbie chola, is available for pre-order on Amazon. You can get a sneak at the package …

Nigella and Eva and Frituras: All Hot
August 27, 2009 – 10:24 am | No Comment
Nigella and Eva and Frituras: All Hot

The Tiki Tiki is making cookbook author Nigella Lawson an Honorary Latina — she’s gorgeous, she’s funny, she’s sexy and she can cook. There you go. She’s Latina!
If you missed her on NPR yesterday morning, here’s …

Your Story, Legal Aliens and Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos
August 25, 2009 – 5:00 am | 2 Comments
Your Story, Legal Aliens and Mazel Tov, Mis Amigos

Tell your story. We here at the Tiki Tiki are all about it and we’ve recently learned that the wonderful organization, StoryCorps, has launched an initiative called Historias, to tell the story of Latinos living in …

Latino Rocket Man and Latina Beauty Queens
August 24, 2009 – 8:56 am | No Comment
Latino Rocket Man and Latina Beauty Queens

Venezuela grows some beauties and twice in a row, mujeres from that country have been named
Ms. Universe. If you missed last night’s contest, get a glance at Stefania Fernandez, the 18-year-old
beauty who won.
The second runner-up …