confessions of a reformed tourist
Do you remember when I was 16 and going to Hawaii? You told me about the Honolulu Santiagos, your cousins who left Puerto Rico as teens, like you did. Except they went to Hawaii instead of New York. (They’d heard, you said, about the pineapple.) You wanted me to look them up. But Grandpa, I [...]
I have this friend. Her name is Zoie. She’s 19 and we have a kind of big sister/little sister thing going on. I spoke to her this afternoon for the first time in a while, and we had the following conversation. I do so hope that you find it even half as amusing as I [...]
I don’t think it’s meant to be, but it hits me in the gut like that. Am I oversensitive? Is this just a caricature?
At 11:51 PM on Tuesday I typed the last words of my liveblog and finally stepped away from the computer. The networks had called the election. I had confirmed it on Twitter. I wasn’t celebrating yet. I was cautious. But then the miracle happened. Mere minutes after the call, John McCain delivered his concession speech. [...]
