UPDATED with McAllen Monitor Story | Nuevo Laredo! WARNING!!!! Another Chapter in the Sad Evolution of the Laredo Borderlands

update...

Fox News San Antonio With An Actually Fair and Balanced Take on Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas

Two stories: one from Fox News, San Antonio, and the other, peculiar, from Laredo, how the Texas Department of Transportation is erasing Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, from signage....  As always on the Textmex Galleryblog, click the big images for the story...  {thanx to Laredo's QUE FREGADOS for the headsup!}

update: the signs are back!

My Tejano Motherland is on Fire: Nuevo Laredo Assassination

Sisters Torn Apart! Laredo, Texas, USA and Nuevo Laredo, EUM, in the Pages of the San Antonio Express

Laredo, Texas Bound! December 27, 2007 Christmas Fiesta Tex[t]-Mex Reading!!!

Just after Xmas at 7pm on Thursday, December 27, 2007, the Tex[t]-Mex roadshow hits Laredo, Texas for a reading/signing at Alegria Bistro! Here's Texas Monthly on this swank joint:

ALEGRIA BISTRO AND WINE BAR Lushly dark and romantic, Alegria offers some of the city’s finest meals. Beer-battered fried asparagus is ready for its close-up, crisp pita-crusted shrimp are bright with citrus flavor, while grilled lamb is earthy and appealingly simple. Leave room for the chile-infused cheesecake. Impressive wine list. Bar. 107 Calle del Norte (956-712-0000). Open Mon—Fri 11:30—2:30 & 5:30—11, Sat 5:30—11. Closed Sun. This review from December 2007. $$—$$$ map

I can't wait to go home to my post-modern hood to wax nostalgic and catch up with all my border-rat amiguitos y amiguitas! I am in debt to my incredible hosts and friends Gabriel Castillo, David & Linda Garza, and Adan & Martha Gonzalez.

Old schoolers from Laredo that can identify this local TVcelebrity/beast pictured here below get $3 off the cover price of Tex[t]-Mex at the reading!


...just whisper his name in my ear to score your rasquache discount!!!!