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Posts by Al Carbon

Sep. 29, 2011

LetsMeetattheAcaiPlaceateightthirty . okyoanisrunningwithus! I smile at both his syntax and the adventure that lies ahead. I text back “OK voy palla hungover ugh,” and roll into theAcaiPlace right on Puerto Rico time at 8:41 am. Sarkis’ hulking 6‘2” frame is…

Sep. 12, 2011

That night the street was riddled with hipsters. “Where are we? This neighborhood is cool.” The free paper, Davila 666, and our GPS had all conspired to bring us to an area of San Diego we’d never been to, to…

Mar. 22, 2011

Too many times I have sat in my apartment in Santurce, wondering where oh where I could go eat. Somewhere cheap, I think, or at least a good value. Somewhere with fun surroundings… not too divey, not too pretentious. Somewhere…

Feb. 25, 2011

I didn’t think these words would ever combine themselves into one sentence and come out of my fingers, but here goes: I read this book by Jenny McCarthy, and it was amazing, and I sobbed my way through half of…

Feb. 9, 2011

As part of La Acera’s mission to cover forces of positive change taking place in Puerto Rico, I thought it would be pertinent to post this article written by Sensei Wilfredo Vázquez of Jujitsu Family Martial Arts in Guaynabo. It…

Oct. 27, 2010

This is the second He Said/She Said Movie Review, wherein #3 and I caught Agora at the Fine Arts Cafe. It is still showing there, or can be caught on video. Al Carbon: What did you think about Agora? #3:…

Oct. 12, 2010

Exactly a year has gone by since La Acera’s first post, and an eventful year it’s been. On La Acera’s front, we’ve gained a number of writers who alternately make me laugh, who make me consider perspectives I haven’t thought…

Aug. 24, 2010

I wasn’t sure what to expect from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. All I knew was my husband was super excited about it, and according to him it was a movie that we would both love, as would our 7…

Jul. 23, 2010

“I’ve just been thoroughly mindfucked by a movie, and it wasn’t soft and gentle. I was thinking so hard that I literally had to remind myself to breathe every few minutes. I’m not trying to stretch a metaphor here, it’s…

Jul. 1, 2010

“It’s happening again,” I thought, with an inner eye roll of annoyance. I’d spoken in perfect Spanish, and I was being responded to in English. Why do so many Puerto Ricans insist on speaking in English to someone who obviously…