Peking Eastern House (Dong Lai Shun), web site, 617 S. Frederick Avenue, Gaithersburg, MD, 301-963-1426 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [This is Gonna Be Good | zabihah | Gazette.net | Yelp] This is a real Chinese Muslim...
I've had a number of conversations with my kids this month regarding Black History Month. I'm trying to convey to them that it's not just only about celebrating the "heroes" of our past, but those that are still making history...
Brazil Market, 11425 Grandview Avenue, Wheaton, MD, 301-942-8412 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [Washingtonian] They have Brazilian sandwiches, snacks, canned goods, and fried yucca thingies. Not an amazing selection but if you are yearning for a touch...
When I read the description of Tia Bennett?s Matyroshka Doll class, I knew I would love it. It?s so Ethnic Scrapbooking?looking beyond your own culture and seeing how you can connect to it. The concept is based on the layers/nesting...
The Source, the new Wolfgang Puck restaurant, web site, 575 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 202-637-6100, across from the National Gallery, on 6th and Pennsylvania, in the modernist office building (next to the Newseum). (Metro Trip Planner - opens in...
On the streets of Bhindi Bazaar, there waddle, to the best of my knowledge, only two ducks.
Below is a brief interview with their owner:
ME: When will you eat the ducks?
SUFFIAN R.: Never. They are my pets.
ME: Oh. Do they have names?
SUFFIAN R.: No. Yes. They are ‘Duck’ and ‘Duck’.
Yes, ‘Duck’ and ‘Duck’ walk freely in Bombay. And unlike most other domesticated animals in this neighborhood, they will not die by the hand of man.
Though uncaged, they do not run away, and there have been no attempted thefts.
SIDENOTE: Many people sleep in the streets in Bindi Bazaar. To outsiders, the neighborhood often seems like the kind of place where one’s things might be frequently stolen, but for people
who live here leaving fowl lying around is pretty safe.
If anyone tried to snatch a bird, it would make noise, and wake many witnesses.
It is never a dull moment here at the Sanford's. There is always drama here! We could never survive the goings on here if Jesus wasn't in the midst of all of it. Last week, we had an appointment to...
A couple months ago a reporter with a major national news organization called to ask what I thought about the fact so little had been spent on Spanish-language TV advertising in the months before the presidential primaries, given how much growth we had seen in recent cycles. He or she reminded me of a press release I distributed years ago that screamed record spending. My reaction was that it was way too early to assume a decline and that the story is probably best written after the primaries were held in states with huge Hispanic populations.
Well we're nearing that point. I was excited to see Ira Teinowitz's (of Advertising Age) scoop on this subject. His story, out tonight, reports:
"Hispanic Spending in Texas to Surpass $2 Million"
AND
"Together, the candidates spent nearly $2 million advertising to Spanish-speaking Hispanics in California, and broadcasters are saying spending ahead of the March 4 Texas primary could top that."
AND
"TNSI Campaign Media Analysis Group reports that before Texas, a total of $2.6 million had been spent on Hispanic media. Texas already has seen $400,000 and the broadcasters said total spending is fast moving up."
Wow. It's nice to have access to these data.
I'll have to look back at my records before I can say for certain, but gosh this seems huge. Is it evidence of record spending in the Democratic primaries yet? Hmmm, perhaps.
Regardless, this seems to predict it will reach record levels by the time the Texas primary is held during the first week of March (on the 4th).
A side topic is the campaigns' choices of media consultants. Teinowitz points out the Obama campaign chose a Texas-based consultant, perhaps providing unique state-specific insights.
Visit my Hispanic Voter Project page for data from part cycles: http://advanced.jhu.edu/academic/government/hvp/
Hollywood East Cafe on the Boulevard, web site, 2621 University Blvd., Wheaton, MD, 240-290-9988 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [Washingtonian | WaPo | Yelp | Gayot] Right now this is the best dim sum place around. They...
A few weeks ago I had extraordinary adult FUN! 19 sistahs at a Beach House, KID FREE & Husband Free for the whole weekend. Despite a lot of this going on. And a whole lot of this...Cadillacs & Mojitos Surprisingly...
Paul Kee, 11305-B Georgia Avenue, Wheaton, MD, 301-933-6886 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | Yelp] One of the best Cantonese places around, although you hardly ever hear of it. Excellent seafood....
Don't forget to stop by and see me this weekend...I'll have more of these cute journals as a FREE gift with a book purchase. Come and see some of the original layouts in the book, ask me questions about parenting,...
Gymnastic Meet, Track Practice, Vendor Booth, 6 hours of scrapbooking classes and a sleepover! Those were just the highlights of the weekend activities...and oh I forgot..6 loads of laundry. Check out my book website to see some of my happenings...CLICK...
Desi's Chicken and Steak, web site, 10801 Fairfax Blvd., Fairfax, VA, 703-865-8150 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) Right now this is the best Peruvian place around. It looks terrible, as if it?s trying to cater to the...
That?s where you will find me this Saturday at the Prince George?s Sports & Learning Complex on Sheriff Road in Landover, Maryland (right in the shadow of the Redskin?s FEDEX Field), sharing my passion for scrapbooking and giving away these...
Ceviche, web site (flash and music), 921-J Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring, MD, 301-608-0081 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [Silver Spring Voice | Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | Don Rockwell] I went here with about seven...
Do I need to say anything more? I printed this photo out in wallet size and Jonathan gave his classmates a very personalized valentine...I hope one that won't get thrown away. Got this idea from either www.photojo.com or some scrapbooking...
A long time ago, a bunch of Jewish folk in Southern India got together and formed…
Yes, that’s the name of the town, at least now.
It’s a nice little place, which, according to this 1893 account by an English-speaking traveler, runs “about 1/3rd of a mile in length, and is situated close to the banks of the backwater, commencing from the southern wall of the Rajah’s Palace, and terminating at a stream which divides it from the Arab and Moplah sailors.”
Now, when I showed this photo to some friends on flickr, one said:
hmmm, is it wrong that I find that amusing?!
Somehow compared to say, ‘China Town’, Jew Town just sounds wrong, sounds rather un-PC.
True.
And now, A QUICKTHEORY:
I think it’s because ‘Jew’, unlike many other religious/ethnic group titles, is now commonly used as a noun for people but NOT used as an adjective (since we have ‘Jewish’).
For example: He is a Christian. = Ok. That is a Christian house. = Also okay.
BUT: He is a Jew. = Ok. That is a Jew house. = Sounds odd. (Borat, of course, got miles out of this awkward phrasing.)
So ‘Jewtown’ sounds strange, whereas ‘Christiantown’ or ‘Muslimtown’ would be only a touch unusual.
In general: ethnic adjective+‘town’= Ok.
Chinesetown=A touch unusual, but ok.
Big-place-name +‘town’ is also ok.
For example:
Chinatown=Ok, of course. Israeltown= Might sound a little theme park-ish, but otherwise fine.
But noun-for-a-group-of-people+‘town’ is not so hot.
Chinesepeopletown or Chinesepersontown or (to state the obvious) Chinamantown= Not so much.
I might be off here. Can anyone think of any exceptions?
