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What Does Being Latina Mean to Me?

August 6, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 14 Comments

Latino Family

This post was first published on October 7, 2009. Since I’m speaking today on a panel titled “Latinas in Social Media” at the BlogHer 2010 conference and exploring how being Latina influences our social media interactions, I thought this post was timely. I’ve been asked a difficult question. I was asked to write about what […]

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Filed Under: puerto rican food, Puerto Rico Tagged With: cultural values, culture, family, hispanic, hispanic culture, latina, latina culture, latinas in social media, latino culture, latino pride, latinos, multicultural, puerto rican, Puerto Rico, self identity, spanish, spanish food, spanish music, traditions

Celebrating Three Kings Day

January 6, 2010 By Melanie Edwards 11 Comments

Happy Three Kings Day! Feliz Dí­a de los Tres Reyes Magos! We did it. Last year, after not celebrating, I resolved to celebrate Three Kings Day this year. And, though it’s a normal work day and baby girl is at preschool today, she did get her gift this morning and participated in the traditional Three […]

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Filed Under: Puerto Rico Tagged With: celebrations, christmas, customs, dia de los tres reyes magos, epiphany, hispanic, holidays, latin, latino, latino traditions, latinos, puerto rican, Puerto Rico, three king's day, three wise men, traditions, tres reyes, vispera de reyes

SpanglishBaby’s Bicultural Holiday Traditions

December 14, 2009 By Melanie Edwards Leave a Comment

Starting today, SpanglishBaby, is hosting 7 days of Mamás Blogueras (Blogging Moms) and highlighting posts about our bi-cultural holiday traditions. I’m honored to be 1 of the 7 mamis being featured! You can find my post up today: Embracing Puerto Rican Christmas Traditions. A little excerpt for you: Growing up, we always knew Navidad had […]

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10 Blogs by Latinos or Latinas You Should Check Out

November 20, 2009 By Melanie Edwards 27 Comments

A while back, I posted a list of 10 Blogs Worth Reading. A few more were added in the comments section of that post from readers. Since then, I’ve come across many new blogs, but specifically, many that are written by fellow Latinos and Latinas. I’ve also connected with many Latinos on twitter and even […]

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In Other News…

October 14, 2009 By Melanie Edwards 14 Comments

I cannot believe it’s already the middle of October. And here in Florida, it’s still in the mid-90s most days! It definitely doesn’t feel like fall. Yet, many stores around here already have their Christmas sections up. Unbelievable. Anyway, I wanted to take the time to share with you some recent and upcoming events going […]

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