thank you for taking the time to write such a thorough response, golfio: i shall certainly research the resources you kindly mentioned.

wow. such strange destiny that she would go on to marry a desiderio arnaz: they have the same (unusual name): one in French; one in Spanish.

honestly, i think salma hayek could pick up lucille ball’s beauty, fierceness, and humour.

now i’m craving tater tots

this is very interesting; thank you.

yes

not odd. the most common thing in the world, alas.

thank you for taking the time to enlighten us; this is so interesting!

that was one positive aspect about the revolution; that indigenous (what was left of them) and Afro-Cubans rose to more prominent positions in the government and elsewhere....

so interesting! from hinchado, no? in mexico, you could never say ‘coger más sol” though! ;) when people gain weight, they tend to look paler? swollen? that’s all i got! :) thanks for the interesting language aspect! off topic, i love how in both pr and cuba, the r’s can become l’s (puelta, for example); it makes for…

yes; this is that which i thought.... güero may have indigenous mexican/central american roots..... thanks; not that it matters but i was curious

thank you

beautiful. thank you.

who is this ken watanabe? because this is the first time in my life I actually swooned. apparently, it is not simply a figure of speech. *picks self up off the floor*

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have you ever tried these? they are so good.

grew up in california. this was the entire seventies, here.

i always eat the parsley garnish; and then the daikon radish garnish in japanese restaurants. it is almost the best part!

Albatross; one day I accidentally spilled half of a large dried mint jar into my salad. I was sure it was ruined. I nearly tossed it out and then tried some, and thought: oh! tabouleh!

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