Category Archives: This Chicano Life

100 Year Old Lincoln Heights

Posted on March 26, 2017 by EL CHAVO!

100 years ago today, Lincoln Heights got its new and current name. It used to be East Los Angeles. Happy Birthday! Also, on this very important day, I saw a man giving his pet rooster a bike ride. Lincoln Heights … Continue reading →

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Huevos Rancheros: Kitchen Mouse

Posted on February 24, 2017 by EL CHAVO!

The Huevos Rancheros at Kitchen Mouse are terrible. No fried tortillas, not even dipped in oil, just boringly warmed up. Black beans underneath. An ungodly amount of vegan “cheese”, when regular cheese doesn’t even have a place in HRs, so … Continue reading →

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Huevos Rancheros: Mi Corazon

Posted on December 21, 2016 by EL CHAVO!

Time for another random hunt for that elusive plate of decent Huevos Rancheros. This time Internet searches bring us to some neighborhood called Kenneth Village, somewhere in boring old Glendale.

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Skater Contradictions

Posted on November 24, 2016 by EL CHAVO!

Los Angeles is full of shit. It pretends to be something it ain’t. It wants cred for doing supposedly cool things, when in fact it can’t stand the actual practice of people doing cool things. Take for example this scene … Continue reading →

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Day of The Dead…Is Dead

Posted on October 29, 2016 by EL CHAVO!

Let us give the last rites to a cultural tradition that has slipped away from us. I’m old enough to remember when Dia de Muertos practices started to cross over into the American mainstream culture. Some optimistic Chicanos thought it … Continue reading →

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Chavo Fun Fund

Posted on August 15, 2016 by EL CHAVO!

I’ve started a tradition for myself that I would recommend you do as well: setting aside some cash for fun shit. For that purpose I buy one of those cheap Mexican piggy banks you get at the Tijuana border crossing … Continue reading →

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