Tag: race relations

Traveling as a Hispanic-American Woman in Italy: Gnocchi, Pork, Limoncello and Racial Bits Thrown In

By psychologistmimi on April 2, 2013 • ( 13 Comments )

I am going to be upfront with you: it has rained nearly every day that I have been in Italy and I am unapologetically a New Yorker. What does this prefacing mean? I don’t have sun-colored glasses on and I believe with every core of my being New […]

Hurricane Isaac Still Blocking My Path Home-Leading me to Reflect on Caribbean Travels

By psychologistmimi on August 27, 2012 • ( Leave a comment )

I have a funny relationship with the Caribbean. My family is from there. I go there for work often. I love love love the stews (goat stew, poll guisado, oxtail stew) and pina coladas are a guilty pleasure of which I’m currently partaking. But I far prefer traveling […]