I am Vero (Veh-roll the R-oh). This is a personal blog of random things. I love my yorkies, my family, politics, fighting for social justice and making people wonder what I’m up too. Hip Hop and Classic House are the sound track to my life. Chicago is where I cause all the ruckus.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Heavy heart and mind. :(
Me: oh thats cute
: *checks price tag*
Me: no its not
In my family the men thrown down just as hard as the women in the kitchen. #TiosFamousEnchiladas #RealMenCook #HappyFathersDay (at Pilsen)
A Traveler’s Delight. #myownrow #itsthelittlethings #Shortpeoplelikelegroomtoo #rebozofavorito #mariposa #ReadySetJet
Welcome to #Chicago! #NowPayUp #CTA #Taxing #IGotFiveOnIt #ohare #blueline #chicagoknowshowtohustle (at CTA - O’Hare)
STREET ART BY EL MAC
Artist Miles “MAC” MacGregor - Born in Los Angeles in 1980 to an engineer and an artist, Mac has been creating and studying art independently since childhood. He was inspired at a young age by classic European painters such as Caravaggio, and Vermeer and Art Nouveau symbolists such as Klimt and Mucha. This was mixed with the more contemporary influences of graffiti and photorealism, as well as as the Chicano & Mexican culture he grew up around.
Junie’s 5th Birthday! He is also the only boy who can get me to wear a Sox shirt. #nephewsareawesome #AWholeHand #SoxParty #StillACubsFan #HadToMatchTheParty
Thug Nation
Sister: Here you go convict. (hands me my shoelaces)
Me: I haven't been convicted of anything.
Sister: You're a criminal now. You're about dat life.
Me: I didn't choose the thug life, the thug life chose me!
Our pal and sometime contributor Noe Montes just told me about Mexicalo, a new menswear brand based here in LA. Their goal is to re-interpret traditional Mexican and Mexican-American aesthetics for the contemporary world, and their first collection looks really tremendous. Above you can see some short-sleeved shirts, one called “Aztec Neon” in colors inspired by the vibrant colors believed to have decorated the Aztec world. Below is one of my favorite designs from the collection: mariachi pants transformed into shorts, for your casual Vicente Fernández-ish days. And I know that if I were a bad-ass 21st century Chicano, I’d be rocking the Not Conquered tee weekends.
<3 love this
I ignored your aura but it grabbed me by the hand, like the moon pulled the tide, and the tide pulled the sand.
Talib Kweli
(Source: daughterofzami)
Louie, my badass puppy. All day every day with the couch cushions and anything on any table or counter he gets on.
(Source: jonnymclaughlin)
Image inspired by something my comadre Yosimar Reyes said in Chicago about the way our migrant labor is deemed low-skilled. It takes a lot of skills to work in the fields. To serve entitled people their food. To make your clothes. To take yo’ shit. And all the while trying to keep our sanity. That’s some skills.
