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  Suzette Valle “The media-rich times we live in are having a huge impact on how kids think and behave today.” Mamarazzi Knows Best.com was born out of the need to mesh our reality with the one produced in Hollywood and delivered to our homes daily: Television, movies, merchandise, magazines, and the heavy focus on celebrity [...]

Viva Mexico! September 16 is Mexico’s Independence Day

There’s a widespread misconception that Cinco de Mayo is Mexico’s Independence Day. It is not. It’s today, September 16. It was on this day in 1810, that Mexico began a war against colonial masters led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, who some say around 6 AM, signaled the beginning of the rebellion to rid the peasants of Spanish oppression with a [...]

San Diego's Historic Blackout of 2011

When life hands you lemons, you make Quesadillas! At least that's what we did when the lights went out in our city. At about 3:30 PM, Thursday September 8, San Diego County, Imperial County, Yuma, Arizona, south Orange County and Northern Baja California, were plunged into total darkness – apparently due to human error on SDG&E's [...]

Going to San Jose del Cabo – The other side of Cabo

When you think of Cabo, or Los Cabos, you might imagine celebs at the Palmilla Hotel, or the cruise ships lining the coast and shuttling passengers to and from the mainland. In March, Spring Break students take over this sunny coastal town in Baja California, Mexico. A fleet of glass-bottom boats waits to take tourists [...]

Take Away Their (M)TV and Discipline Like Tiger Mom

I had never heard of Amy Chua until the “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” media firestorm erupted – and I’m sorry I hadn’t.  Photo by Erin Patrice O'Brien for the WSJ I mean, what kind of parent doesn’t allow her child to have playdates, sleepovers or not go to the bathroom until the piano [...]