Thirty-nine-year-old Salvadoran-American William Salamanca, cofounder of Café 503 talks about the goals and inner workings of his business. Giving insight on how his idea to give back to his community and produce quality coffee merged to form Café 503. Salamanca and his friend Jorge Raul River began working on this project ten years ago but…
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Exploring El Salvador
“Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life — and travel — leaves marks on you.” – Anthony Bourdain I decided to take an impromptu trip to El Salvador this summer. I had many reasons why I…
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The Last Goodbye Part II
After a four hour flight, I was finally home. We had planned a family trip to El Salvador, but this was not what I had imagined. You know what they say if you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans. From the airport we headed to Grandma’s house; we had to drop…
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Taco’ Bout A Party
I am a sucker for themed parties. Last year I decided I would bring in my 24th in style by choosing the theme Roaring twenty… four- most of my friends came dressed up as flappers or as businessmen from wall street. This year I wanted to do a taco theme. I wanted vibrant colors, tequila…
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The Last Goodbye Part I
“What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” -Helen Keller “La vida sigue andando y no espera a nadie.” Those were the words my father would always say to me when talking about life and death. He was completely right, life does…
Read MoreChampagne in the Membrane: My First Brunch at Cava Mezze
“Eat well. Champagne often.” I accept the brunch I think I deserve and you better bellini when I say Cava Mezze did not disappoint. It was my first time at Cava Mezze and I was a little scared. For me personally, brunch is either hit or miss and lately, I have been missing. This Saturday…
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The beginning of the End.
“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” — Winnie the Pooh A couple of days had gone by but it seemed like an eternity. My dad was still unresponsive. The only thing keeping him alive was the ventilator. We had already notified his brothers and…
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Losing My Best Friend…
I saw my dad die… I squeezed his hand hard as I begged him to hang on. I pleaded him to stay. I needed him and I was not ready nor did I want him to go. I began screaming frantically, “MY DAD IS DYING!” I scram. Until this day I don’t know how…
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