Email Author GUSTAVO ARELLANO

Awards

• 2011 - Best of the West/First Amendment Funding, Inc.

  Ask a Mexican

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards

  "Ask a Mexican!"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican!

• 2007 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  Ask a Mexican

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 7, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 12-7-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 16, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 11-16-06"

• 2007 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 31, 2006

  "Ask a Mexican, 8-31-06"

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published January 6, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, January 6, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 14, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, April 14, 2005

• 2006 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 7, 2005

  ¡Ask a Mexican!, October 7, 2005

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2011 Stories by GUSTAVO ARELLANO

• When Should You Use Usted instead of Tú?

  published October 6, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I learned Spanish in school as a teen. Then, it seems, because I was young, everybody was an... More >>

• Sushi Box Is Teriyaki-rific

  published September 29, 2011

  Sushi Box usually gets lost in the galaxy of Japanese restaurants in Costa Mesa around the intersection of Bristol and Baker streets—no... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Hire People Dressed as Shrek to Advertise Businesses?

  published September 29, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I hear that at the most recent Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors hearing about redistricting, some... More >>

• Sutha Thai Kitchen's Salad Days

  published September 22, 2011

  In the Orange County Thai-dining world, regional specialists such as Bangkok Taste and Thai Nakorn battle for dominance over their for-the-masses... More >>

• Am I Supporting the Mexican Drug Cartels If I Smoke Pot?

  published September 22, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I am a half-breed, as they say (Mexican father, Anglo mother), and recently, I've been reading a lot about the drug... More >>

• Pie-ology Has Pizza Possibilities

  published September 15, 2011

  While it's luxe loncheras and blueberry doughnuts that currently receive all the local media (both dinosaur and social) buzz, the art... More >>

• Do Mexicans Hate Puerto Ricans?

  published September 15, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I live in upstate New York (that's any part of the state north of the city, for you West Coasters), and... More >>

• Chao Down at Kang Lac Bakery

  published September 8, 2011

  In Western society, porridge is relegated to Dickensian horror stories of poverty and child labor, remembered not so much as a foodstuff, but... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans Work as Day Laborers?

  published September 8, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm a young, white dude who drives to work every day, and on my commute, I get off the freeway and drive... More >>

• How Much of a Pendejo Is Gustavo?

  published September 1, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I see a lot of vatos around wearing clam-digger pants with knee-high white... More >>

• Cafe Calacas Is Deli-cioso!

  published September 1, 2011

  Café Calacas answers the question all Orange Countians have on their minds: What will happen to our fair land when the Mexicans take... More >>

• A Silver Spoon in Your Mouth

  published August 25, 2011

  Most of my Silver Spoon eating experiences have been during lunch, at its small but potent buffet: Pakistan summed up in six or so trays.... More >>

• Who Harvested Maize First: The Aztecs or the Mayans?

  published August 25, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: This is going to sound absolutely and totally Caucasian. Lately, we have been trying to lighten the mood around the... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Brunch a Bunch Across OC!

  published August 25, 2011

  VIDEO: Click here to go behind... More >>

• Lupita's Is a PeeWee Pupusa Place

  published August 18, 2011

  Lupita's is a claustrophobic place, a walk-in closet that's two rows of four tables lined up against a wall, an empty space between said rows... More >>

• Whaddaya Call a Half-Mexican, Half-Something Else?

  published August 18, 2011

  Dear Readers: Your faithful Mexican is putting the final touches to his coming magnum opus, Taco USA: How Mexican Food... More >>

• How Can a Gabacho Deal With a Mexican Family?

  published August 11, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: Here is my problem: I was raised in a typical gabacho family.... More >>

• Do Mexicans Hate the Spanish?

  published August 4, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: When I was in high school, my social-studies teacher and leader of our school's MEChA club had deep... More >>

• Is Being a Robber and an Illegal Immigrant the Same Crime?

  published July 28, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: A few years ago, my girlfriend and I visited the beautiful city of Mérida in the Yucatan. We were... More >>

• Is the Term 'Mexican' Becoming Extinct?

  published July 21, 2011

  DEAR ASK A WETBACK: You and your fellow law-breaking wetbacks don't like Arizona's Senate Bill 1070? Too damn bad.... More >>

• Will Mexicans Ever Return to Mexico to Make it Better?

  published July 14, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: Say an immigrant makes a few bucks and goes back to his/her hometown. Think that person will put up with... More >>

• Why Do Mexicans In the United States Root for Mexico Against the U.S. in Soccer?

  published July 7, 2011

  DEAR READERS: Ever since the Mexican national soccer team thrashed the American team, 4-2, in last month's Gold Cup final,... More >>

• Would Mexico Have Been Better Off if the American Southwest Remained Part of Mexico?

  published June 30, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: Just suppose that all of the southwestern United States had remained in Mexico's hands. Would the... More >>

• Where Can a Gabacho Live in Mexico?

  published June 23, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm wondering how Mexicans feel about the communities of American expats springing up all over Mexico... More >>

• When a White Dad Disapproves of His Daughter Dating a Mexican

  published June 16, 2011

  DEAR MEXICAN: I'm a white girl dating a Mexican from Jalisco who works for my dad. Therein lies the problem. Dad... More >>