It is summer time!!

Dear new yorkers,
I do love New York in summer time. It's citizens wait with expectations the entry of summer time. They have been in bundles of clothing for almost nine months that they are so eager to throw them all away at first sign of those first felt rays summer light. I think though, some of them anticipate the time early, and some others are backwards in their inner clock; any given day of May-June you can pass by on the street to an individual with full winter gear and next to him another in tank top and flip flops. I swear I have never seen such confusing citizens....
Moreover, it is summer time. We have passed the solstice that has confirm what we were expecting; a fun three months of suntan at the park, escapades to Sandy Hook and free outdoors concerts!!!! It is true. New York has a lot of stuff to offer that is for free!!!!
Whenever you feel that in a Monday night there isn't much to do, you can just take a blanket and head towards Bryan Park, it is the perfect Monday to watch an old movie laying on the grass; http://www.bryantpark.org/calendar/film-festival.php
Or any given day, just check all the great concerts the city has to offer;http://www.summerstage.org/ and http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/. And of course, my favorite one, the Saturday afternoons dancing to great house music at PS1; http://www.ps1.org/ps1_site/content/view/362/74/
Hope you all enjoy the summer and those tips, because myself I'll be enjoying it in my hometown!! (the beaches are always better there)

In behalf of Greenpeace, I would like to spread their words;

It's taken several years, lawsuits, and thousands of letters from you, but the Bush Administration finally listed the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act today. I'd love to tell you that that's great news, but there's a BIG catch. The Administration listed the polar bear as threatened instead of endangered, and invoked a clause (known as a "4(d) exemption") that excludes global warming from the list of threats the federal government has to consider when trying to protect polar bear habitat.
Global warming is the biggest threat facing polar bears today, and this little clause eliminates any protection the listing should have given to the polar bear. In fact, global warming is the very reason we sued the Administration for protection of the polar bear in the first place.
So who's really being protected here? Polar bears or the oil industry?
The listing specifically says that federal agencies don't need to consider the impact of global warming pollution on the polar bear. But there's more: the listing also proposes a separate regulation that reduces the protections the polar bear would otherwise receive under the Endangered Species Act.
Meanwhile, in the months leading up to this weak decision, the Administration conveniently sold oil leases in prime polar bear habitat off Alaska's northwest coast.
Are you starting to get the picture here? Well, if your temperature is rising like mine is, there are a couple of things I'd like you to do about it:
First, join our new Rapid Response Network. Here's how it works: we will send you a pop up notice about breaking news stories like this, as well as an easy way to click to promote the article to the Most Popular list of sites like CNN, Reuters, Yahoo News and a dozen other online media outlets. If you have just 5 minutes to spare each week, you have time to be a Rapid Responder!
Next, please consider a donation today to help us fight for polar bears and ramp up our campaigns to stop global warming. We're not going to stand by and let the Administration get away with this, and I hope you won't either.
Despite the loopholes the Bush Administration has inserted, it is crystal clear that without your tremendous support, they would have continued to ignore the polar bear until it disappeared altogether. I thank you for your determination and continued support.

En esos tiempos

Y en esos tiempos de solitud y poco entendimiento
se anadieron la rabia y la pubertad.
Las curvas que me hacian mujer me avergonzaban
esas mismas curvas que antes deseaba
El supor de la rojez entre mis piernas
ese dia de verano
Calor y frio en mi cabeza
intentando absorber el cambio anticipado
Y a caso soy mujer?
El hedor de mis hormonas incluso a mi me alcanzaba
Que es lo que despertaba?
Todos los monstruos alcanzaba
y cada dia mas sola estaba
Durante anos busque en caminos altos una respuesta,
en caminos bajos una solucion,
y el tiempo, el calor del sol, y la iluminacion de la luna,
me hicieron buscar en mi interior,
donde al fin encontre todo mi esplendor.

Barcelona + New York

As spring demands, it is time to combine, rejoice and breath deeply!! I personally want to point out the combination of two great men, two great artists.
Marc Soto gave birth in December to a delightful podcast in which he mixes the music he loves for you to listen. I have to say that I know the man personally and his taste in good music is impeccable, as mine is too of course. So get the advantage to have the latest music in your ipod and dance to the taste of a new yorker!!
As a plus, as soon you get in Marc's podcast; www.solo70.mypodcast.com you will also be enchanted with the illustrations of Borku, which he kindly dedicates to the podcast theme from his hometown;Barcelona. Borku has been painting since ever! His drawings and imagination are appreciate it for thousands. Check also his web @ www.borku.com
And this, has been my dedication to you.
Spread the love!!

NY me mata en el metro

Me mata ver a la gente maleducada que no cede el asiento a una mujer embarazada y con un nino de tres anos de la mano. Me mata ver a los vagabundos durmiendo dentro del vagon en invierno con apenas ropa de abrigo pero siempre con una botella de licor. Me mato el pasado viernes ver a un chico joven pasar de vagon en vagon, arriba y abajo hasta que el metro paro en la catorce y dos policias en ropa de calle lo cojieron cada uno por un brazo y se lo llevaron al anden ensenandole luego la placa del miedo; de pelicula. Me mato, me mato!!

El metro tambien me mata de sorpresa al encontrar tantas y tantas razas y culturas diferentes una al lado de la otra. Siempre, y cada dia al sentarme en los sucios asientos naranjas, miro alrededor para comprobar el hecho que no hay un solo dia en el que al menos cinco razas completamente distintas estan compartiendo un mismo trozo de la vida, unos segundos de transporte, con paradas en distintos futuros.
Me da mucha curiosidad el mirar la literatura agena mientras espero que llegue mi destino. Los periodicos y las revistas del corazon rusas no han faltado ningun dia al volver de clase a las seis de la tarde. Porque hay siempre rusos en el metro con periodicos? talvez sea que destaque un alfabeto ajeno al conocido por mi o talvez sea justo cuando los rusos acaban de trabajar y van de regreso a su gran rusilandia en Brooklyn? En general, lo que mas se encuentra es novela de ultima hora; recomendada por The Times o por Ophra. Es entonces el pasajero del metro mas afluyente a la imaginacion que al echo? nunca vi un Wall Street Journal o The Times, siempre es The Post o Us weekly. Talvez lo unico que yo necesite para mi entretenimiento sea pues cambiar de linea.

Si si, Nueva York me mata

Me mata, me mata!
Un primer pasito para una idea loca de dos locas!
Ingrid! vamos a ello!!