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...grew up in the Barrio in Los Angeles,” Alter remembers. “He showed up to The Crimson comp sessions with hair down the middle of his back, wearing a white t-shirt, a pack of cigarettes in one hand and in the other he’d be clutching a copy of The New Republic...
DoubleTake is clearly a labor of love. After reading the 128 pages following the editors’ note in its premiere issue—which contain personalized narratives ranging from a poem by Seamus Heaney to a photoessay of life in the Chicago barrio to impressionistic short stories—even the most skeptical reader would be moved to appreciate its social conscience. In its variety, consistency and precision of editorial expression, DoubleTake is unique. No word goes unillustrated, and no picture unexplained...
Gigante's move into Anaheim was no fluke. While the company continues to open stores in heavily Latino areas, it believes that as Latinos move out of the barrio, the biggest growth potential will be in fifty-fifty suburbs--middle-class areas divided almost equally between Latinos and others. (Think of the rapidly growing Riverside and San Bernardino counties farther east of L.A.) Thirty percent of the customers at the Santa Fe Springs Gigante are non-Latino, and the hope is that diverse offerings and clean, wide-aisle comfort will bring that number up. Gigante also plans moves into Northern...
...getting played for fools? That's the question behind the protest of CBS's plans to make a real-life version of The Beverly Hillbillies with a poor rural family. Says Dee Davis, president of the Center for Rural Strategies, "If somebody had proposed, 'Let's go into the barrio in L.A. and find a family of immigrants and put them in a mansion, and won't it be funny when they interview maids?' then people could see that's a step too far." It's hard to either defend or attack a show that doesn't exist...
...coming to a tailgate at this year’s Big Game. Campus playboy Brian M. Briginz ’03, who irritated J-Lo last month at Redline, is already choosing his outfit. “If she’s really still Jenny from the barrio, she’ll recognize game,” Briginz predicted...