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  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    ¡Ask a Mexican! As Extinct as Kudzu

    To paraphrase a paraphrase of Mark Twain, reports of my deportation have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, I know I announced last Thursday that I was ending my ¡Ask a Mexican! column, but few people seemingly bothered to read the line where I stated my self-deportation was "effective the feast day o ... More >>

  • Supplement

    July 1, 1999

    A Guide to Our Advertisers

    To paraphrase a paraphrase of Mark Twain, reports of my deportation have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, I know I announced last Thursday that I was ending my ¡Ask a Mexican! column, but few people seemingly bothered to read the line where I stated my self-deportation was "effective the feast day o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Incoming: No Doubt Returns to Orange County! Eventually.

    Full tour dates have finally been announced for archetypal OC success stories No Doubt's tour with Paramore--we've known for a while that they were going on tour at some point and the first date would be May 3 at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ, but now we've got the whole sched, and the three month-is ... More >>

  • News

    March 12, 2009

    A Stray Bullet Set Anaheim's Jose Lopez On a Path Toward Becoming a Sought-After Tattoo Artist

    Full tour dates have finally been announced for archetypal OC success stories No Doubt's tour with Paramore--we've known for a while that they were going on tour at some point and the first date would be May 3 at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ, but now we've got the whole sched, and the three month-is ... More >>

  • Culture

    August 28, 2008

    Babies, Greeks and More at Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble's New Works Festival

    Full tour dates have finally been announced for archetypal OC success stories No Doubt's tour with Paramore--we've known for a while that they were going on tour at some point and the first date would be May 3 at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ, but now we've got the whole sched, and the three month-is ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 24, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Tortilla Contest Edition

    Full tour dates have finally been announced for archetypal OC success stories No Doubt's tour with Paramore--we've known for a while that they were going on tour at some point and the first date would be May 3 at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ, but now we've got the whole sched, and the three month-is ... More >>

  • Music

    July 10, 2008

    [Sprawl of Sound] Swoon to 'Love Story' and the Uncategorizable Hecuba

    Full tour dates have finally been announced for archetypal OC success stories No Doubt's tour with Paramore--we've known for a while that they were going on tour at some point and the first date would be May 3 at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ, but now we've got the whole sched, and the three month-is ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 10, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Special Dia de los Impuestos Edition

    Full tour dates have finally been announced for archetypal OC success stories No Doubt's tour with Paramore--we've known for a while that they were going on tour at some point and the first date would be May 3 at the Bamboozle Festival in NJ, but now we've got the whole sched, and the three month-is ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 25, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!(r)

    "The same women who complain about ‘sleazy’ Mexican men go to France and giggle about ‘how flirtatious’ French men are"

  • Columns

    August 30, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!(r)

    'Rude to sing along? Never'

  • Music

    August 9, 2007

    Devil's Music

    Sin Serenade

  • News

    January 4, 2007

    Ask a Lawsuit

    Oregon Man suspended for showing !Ask a Mexican!to coworker

  • Columns

    October 5, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'If you fight one bean, you fight the whole burrito!'

  • Columns

    August 24, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Special New Mexico Edition

  • Columns

    July 7, 2005

    'No, This Is Not Gregs Mom.'

    Special New Mexico Edition

  • Columns

    February 24, 2005

    Eight Days

    Special New Mexico Edition

  • Film

    August 26, 2004

    Less Than Zero

    E. Elias Merhige Makes a Wrong Turn

  • Food

    July 31, 2003

    Checklist, Please!

    Food at the Orange County Fairpart yum!

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    Barrels of Fun!

    Register engages in reckless gunplay

  • Music

    January 17, 2002

    When the 50s Werent Evil

    In which the Eyeliners travel back to the Eisenhower era with the Ramones as their soundtrack

  • Food

    August 9, 2001

    A Guide to our Advertisers

    In which the Eyeliners travel back to the Eisenhower era with the Ramones as their soundtrack

  • Features

    August 9, 2001

    A Guide to our Advertisers

    In which the Eyeliners travel back to the Eisenhower era with the Ramones as their soundtrack

  • News

    May 17, 2001

    Finally!

    DA checks out Big J-Mos alibi

  • Culture

    April 5, 2001

    Tight Like That

    Discovering Americas filthy little (recorded) secret

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    Bad Rap

    Is Joshua Moore serving a 12-year sentence because of his taste in music?

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    Going Ballistic

    Headlines from around America

  • Food

    March 23, 2000

    Guide to Our Advertisers

    Headlines from around America

  • Food

    March 16, 2000

    Eat Cheap

    Part Two

  • Music

    September 9, 1999

    Locals Only

    Part Two

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    7 Newport Beach Film Festival Bottom Feeders

    To gear up local filmgoers for the 10th annual Newport Beach Film Festival, which opens Thursday, April 23, and continues through April 30, the Weekly compiled "10 for the Tenth," brief reviews of some of the best festival features, documentaries and shorts we pre-screened for your consumption. We a ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 28, 2009

    [!Ask a Mexican!] Special Cinco-Preguntas Edition

    To gear up local filmgoers for the 10th annual Newport Beach Film Festival, which opens Thursday, April 23, and continues through April 30, the Weekly compiled "10 for the Tenth," brief reviews of some of the best festival features, documentaries and shorts we pre-screened for your consumption. We a ... More >>

  • Music

    August 13, 2009

    (Tragic) Kingdom Come Again, Leaving No Doubt Who Rules OC

    To gear up local filmgoers for the 10th annual Newport Beach Film Festival, which opens Thursday, April 23, and continues through April 30, the Weekly compiled "10 for the Tenth," brief reviews of some of the best festival features, documentaries and shorts we pre-screened for your consumption. We a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Bike Boxes Open in Long Beach

    Courtesy of City of Long BeachBicyclists feel boxed in--and safer--at this Long Beach intersection.​Long Beach is inviting two-wheelers to check the city's first bike boxes along Second Street at Bayshore and Marina Drive.

  • News

    February 4, 2010

    Drake Doremus' 'Douchebag' at Sundance

    OC stage prodigy-turned-filmmaker Drake Doremus brings his 'very personal' movie to Park City, Utah

  • Film

    July 1, 2010

    The Worst Little Whorehouse Movie

    'Love Ranch' not fit for a queen

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Joseph Polisar, Garden Grove PD Chief, to Resign

    ​After 34 years in law enforcement Garden Grove Police Chief Joseph Polisar plans to resign his position at the end of the year. According to a press release issued today, Polisar is credited with reducing crime rates in the city to levels "not seen since the 1960's" and for maintaining "high stan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2010

    Forget Five Guys Burgers: Why Can't We Get a Blake's Lotaburger?

    In retrospect, I should've taken a better picture...​Finally got around to trying the much-hyped Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and the verdict is...eh. Not meh: they make a good burger, better than the chains for the most part, but not as good as In-N-Out by any sense of the imagination. And defini ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    The Mexican Hamburger of Denver: America's Greatest Mexican Meal

    ​I was in Denver recently, partly to research my coming book, partly to debate former congressman Tom Tancredo on immigration, but really to finally taste the Holy Grail of Mexican-American cookery: the Mexican hamburger. Behold its cheesy, mixed-up glory above, and click after the jump to discove ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Five Mexican Christmas Food Traditions That Should Happen Year-Round

    ​Although I've never liked Thanksgiving, I absolutely love the Christmas holidays--not just because of the whole Nazarene bit, but also because my mom and her sisters prepare foodstuffs we don't have at any other point of the year. Sure, they pat out tamales in numbers big enough to feed an army ( ... More >>

  • Music

    December 2, 2010

    Brokencyde: Got Hate?

    They may be the most hated band in the world, next to Insane Clown Posse

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Did Newport Beach Sperm Attack Inspire New Mexico Case?

    Unacceptable sperm usage​You may recall Michael Kevin Lallana, the 31-year-old Newport Beach financial-services employee who was arrested last year for secretly spiking a female co-worker's water bottle with his sperm.Orange County prosecutors charged Lallana with six misdemeanor counts including ... More >>

  • Columns

    March 24, 2011

    Are All Mexicans Short and Brown?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, why do Mexican Catholics keep ashes on their foreheads after Ash Wednesday?

  • Food

    March 31, 2011

    Pee-Wee's Is Beach Burger Bingo

    [Hole In the Wall] This Huntington Beach fave offers great burgers and hot dogs, and its regional specialties are even better

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2011

    What's So Wrong With Calling Santa Ana a Latino City?

    ​Man, SanTana cracks me up sometimes--okay, ALL THE TIME. The Orange County Register's Andrew Galvin wrote a good piece yesterday ostensibly about efforts by Latino activists to try and persuade the SanTana City Council at this past Monday's meeting to ask its police department to stop impounding ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    When Did the California Burrito Become the California Burrito?

    Flickr user PermanentlyScatterbrained​Regular readers know I'm obsessed with the California burrito: the Cal-Mex staple stuffed with French fries that was born in San Diego sometime during the 1980s. But in researching my book on the history of Mexican food in the United States, I came across a fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Weird Al's 10 Darkest Moments

    ​You may know "Weird Al" Yankovic" as the "Eat It" guy (check out his bio on Twitter). After all, until 2006 his parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was his highest charting single. And although he's made a name out of using other artists' songs to write funny stuff, he's gotten a lot of critica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Hatch Chiles to Be Scarcer, More Expensive This Year Because of Drought

    I'm currently in New Mexico for...something...and the statewide tradition of roasting just-harvested chiles is beginning anew. Last evening, as I drove down the old Route 66 in downtown Albuquerque (now Central Avenue), the sweet-smoky, full-bodied scent of those enchanting pepper pods getting roast ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 10, 2011

    Why Do Mexican Women Sew Their Own Dresses?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] And is it true they're uninhibited?

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2011

    Five Ballsy In-N-Out Copycats

    In-N-OutSee that trademark logo? Anybody? ​Trademark lawyers for Irvine-based In-N-Out are busy folks. The iconic burger chain has spawned ripoffs across the world--and that means war.  But the company is smart, and understands that where there's a clone, there's a hungry market. In response ... More >>

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