Latina Bloggers Weekly Round-up Nov 1

November 1, 2012

Hola Blogueras!

Happy November! Here are some of the more interesting holidays celebrated this month: Día de Los Muertos, National Family Literacy Day, Election Day, Veteran’s Day, and National Cake Day.

November is also Latin American Month, Child Safety Month, and Peanut Butter Lover’s Month, among others.

Las Noticias:

• Vianney of Sweet Life Bake was featured on NBC Latino for Día de Los Muertos.

• Nicole of Presley’s Pantry has been hired as the 1st Latina Food Contributor of Babble’s The Family Kitchen. Starting today she will be posting 1 video a week and 2 posts that will consist of either an original recipe of her own or a round-up of other food bloggers specific dishes.

• LATISM 2012 Award winners include: Vianney of Sweet Life Bake for Best Latin@ Food Blogger, Ana and Roxana of SpanglishBaby for Best Parenting Blogger, Monique of Curves and Chaos for Best Lifestyle Blogger, Rori of Mamá Contemporanea for Best Bilingual Blogger, Lisa of Autism Wonderland for Best Latin@ Health Blogger, Monica of Mommy Maestra for Best Latin@ Education Blogger, Viviana of The Wise Latina Club for Best Latin@ Political Blogger, Eliana of Creciendo Con Todas Las Abilidades for Best Latin@ Inspirational Blogger, Mercedes of BeChicMag for Best Latin@ Fashion Blogger, Yolanda of Cuponeando for Best Latin@ Frugal Blogger, Elianne Ramos for Best Latin@ Micro-Blogger, Denise of Ahorros Para Mamá for Best Latin@ Vlogger, Rachel of The Art Muse for Best Latin@ Art Blogger, and Latina Bloggers Connect / #LatinaBloggers for Best Latino(a) Social Network Leader. See other winners on the LATISM website.

• Sujeiry of Love Sujeiry for her book, Love Trips: A Collection of Relationship Stumbles; Yvette of Muy Bueno Cookbook for their cookbook, Muy Bueno; and Ana and Roxana of SpanglishBaby for their book, Bilingual is Better.

• Silvina of LatinaComm has proudly voted in a US Presidential Election for the very first time and is using her voice to spread the word about raising civically responsible kids.

• The Blogs by Latinas Awards are now open for voting! Go see which of your favorite blogueras were nominated and give them your vote.

Okay Latinas, ¿qué pasa con ustedes? What have you been up to? Do you have exciting noticias about yourself or one of our amigas? We want to know about it! E-mail us with the latest happenings in our Latina community and links to stories that feature our fellow blogueras. We may share it here on Latina Bloggers Weekly Round-up next week!

Sigan logrando!

Tracy López is a writer living outside the D.C. Metro area. Her blog, Latinaish.com, examines cultural differences she discovers as she navigates life in a bicultural, bilingual family. She can also be reached via Twitter @Latinaish.

Tracy López is a writer living outside the D.C. Metro area. Her blog, Latinaish.com, examines cultural differences she discovers as she navigates life in a bicultural, bilingual family. She can also be reached via Twitter @Latinaish.

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