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The Chalupa Rules: A Latino Guide to Gringolandia Kindle Edition

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The Host of Martha Stewart's "Living Today" on Martha Stewart Living Radio (Sirius 112/XM 157)brings you this insightful look at how a colorful Mexican game of chance inspired him to succeed in life. "The Chalupa Rules" combines his family's timeless proverbs,traditional Spanish sayings, and powerful imagery to create a blueprint for success. Mario grew up facing tremendous challenges that included poverty and living in a government-sponsored home. With his handcrafted rules-of-life Mario went on to become the first full-time, Mexican-American news anchor in New York City's English television. An award-winning playwright and Emmy-Nominated news anchor/reporter, Mario shares his insights into how your own cultural background can provide the inspiration to reach the American Dream.

Part autobiography, part instructional manual, The Chalupa Rules offers readers of diverse cultural backgrounds a universal message of success and fulfillment in the career of your choice.

Mario Bosquez, nominated for a James Beard Award for Excellent in Broadcasting, lived the Chalupa Rules and shows us all how we can do the same.

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With over thirty-years experience in the broadcast industry, Mario Bosquez hosts "Living Today" on Martha Stewart Living Radio on Sirius 112/XM 157 Satellite Radio.

Nominated this year for a James Beard Award for Broadcast Excellence, Mario brings to the Living Today table his life-long love affair with cooking and baking; including dishes from his Tex-Mex and Native American heritage to Indian, Italian, and traditional classic American cuisine. Mario has years of experience in home decorating, gardening, and pet care; always spotlighted topics on Living Today.

Mario was born in Alice, Texas and lives in New York City where he shares his home with his three adopted pets: Forrest, a wonderful dog who loves broccoli..and Dusty and Becky; two African Grey Parrots who call him Baby and share a passion for almonds, grapes, and pistachios.

A former anchor and reporter at New York's WNYW-TV and WCBS-TV, Mario was recognized by the City of New York for his contributions to the media. He was also honored by former President George W. Bush and Americares for his field reporting in Colombia.

In addition, Mario is the author of "The Chalupa Rules," a collection of insights inspired by traditional Spanish proverbs. He is also a playwright. His award-winning play, Los Duendes/The Restless Spirits, was the featured production at Teatro-Fest in San Antonio, Texas.

He was also a featured, guest performer in "Latinologues" on Broadway where he handled his first time on a Broadway stage in a true, professional manner. When the stage manager called out, "Five Minutes"... Mario started crying in terror.

Mario recovered enough to bake his famous Mexican Chocolate Cake for Martha Stewart and thus began his favorite association in his thirty-years of broadcast experience... the honor of working with and learning from Martha Stewart; daily finding inspiration and wonderful ideas in Martha's timeless, innovative approach to good living.

Mario Bósquez co-anchors CBS 2 News This Morning in New York City. Previously, he was an anchor at Fox 5 in New York and held a variety of positions, as anchor of Fox Five News at 11:30AM, co-anchor of Good Day Wake Up and Good Day New York First Edition. Prior to joining FOX 5, Bosquez worked for KSAT-TV San Antonio. Bósquez has won numerous awards for his work, including an "Americares" award, presented by President Bush, and the Si Se Puede! Award from the National Puerto Rican Forum. Also a playwright and novelist, Bósquez was born in Alice, Texas, and resides in New York City.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001QL5M9G
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Plume (April 26, 2005)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 26, 2005
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 982 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 276 pages

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- #1,899 in Hispanic & Latin Biographies
- #3,097 in Hispanic American Demographic Studies

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With over thirty-three years experience in the broadcast industry, Mario Bosquez most recently was a writer for Season Four of "Mexican Made Easy" on the Food Network.

He was also nominated for a James Beard Award for Excellence in Broadcasting

Mario is also a playwright. His award-winning play, Los Duendes/The Restless Spirits, was the featured production at TeatroFest in San Antonio, Texas.

He was also a featured, guest performer in "Latinologues" on Broadway where he handled his first time on a Broadway stage in a true, professional manner. When the stage manager called out, "Five Minutes"... Mario started crying in terror.

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Maria Muniz

Mario Bosquez tells it like it IS!

Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2013

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The Chalupa Rules illustrates our Mexican culture so very well. It reminds me of idioms my parents had. It reminds me of family. It vividly demonstrates the meaning of each saying. I had read the book, but misplaced it and ordered it for my granddaughter, who is taking Spanish in high school and who has become curious and interested in the culture. IT IS AN EASY READ! Once I started reading it, I could not/did not put it down until I read it all!!!

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2013

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Mario cleverly uses the old Mexican board game to trace his growth and development. Interesting for it's highlighting of cultural values.

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yolanda C. Perez

Hello, Yes the Chalupa Rules DID meet my expectations ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2015

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Hello,
Yes the Chalupa Rules DID meet my expectations!!! I had been looking for this book for some time.
And wha-la I find it on Amazon!!!

Muchas Gracias Amazon!!
Yolanda

Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2014

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This book remind me of my childhood. The chalupa game has been discontinued I remember my aunts talking I've coffee and pan dulce and the that were discus

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2014

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I received this book as a suggestion from a friend. I didnt really care for it. I didn't find much useful info and I didn't really get all the references.

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Vincent Bosquez

Dichos From Yesterday Still Ring True

Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2005

Growing up "Chicano" in the west side of San Antonio in the 1960s and 70s, my whole life seemed to be shaped by dichos, curanderas, and public assistance.

In my barrio, inundated with brothers and sisters, friends and primos, tios y tias, and of course, Uncle Sam--representing governmental authority at the city, state and national level--I was never alone, yet I always managed to get into trouble to the delight of everyone around me.

At night, if I didn't fall asleep quickly enough, my mom would remind me that "el cucuy se lleva a los que no duermen (the bogeyman takes away those who don't sleep)" foolishly expecting me to fall asleep after filling my head with visions of a terrifying end to my life. If I had a fever or a pain I couldn't explain, the curandera (who I'm sure didn't have a license-medical, drivers, ministry, or otherwise) would be summoned. Upon arrival, she would rub a whole raw egg all over my body, crack it open, pour it in a bowl, and place it under my bed. If I felt better in the morning, it meant the magic worked; if I didn't, it was because I was a bad boy who was suffering for his sins.

Speaking of eggs, I remember that the 3rd of the month was always a holiday at my house since that was the day the mailman would bring our authorization letter for food stamps! The visit to "la oficina de estampillas" was always followed by a trip to the grocery store, where mom would give me my monthly allowance of $5 in the form of a purple food stamp note. I would buy all the junk food I could with the government-issued currency and would not eat anything else until the last crumb was gone.

All these images have flooded back into my consciousness after reading Mario Bosquez's (no relation-honest!) "The Chalupa Rules: A Latino Guide to Gringolandia." Even Mario has a place in my memories as I remember watching him live a life I longed for as he co-hosted a popular local television show with an attractive female co-star. Lucky devil! Little did I know then that he and I were living a life more similar than not.

While the TV screen always projected an image of a suave and debonair gentleman explaining the wonders of the Alamo City, the cruel reality was that he was struggling to support his family-mother and siblings--while living in a government sponsored FHA 235 home. Bosquez has taken his life experiences and has crafted what he calls "The Chalupa Rules," using dichos (proverbs) as inspiration to overcome poverty and a childhood surrounded by domestic violence and alcoholism.

For those of you unfamiliar with a "chalupa" (and no, I don't mean the tasty food concoction made with a fried corn tortilla coated on one side with refried beans and topped with grated cheese and chopped lettuce and tomatoes), it's a Mexican version of bingo, more commonly known as loteria. A caller pulls a card from a deck which contains a colorful imagery-a rooster, a hand or a man holding the world, among others-and calls the names of these items in Spanish--el gallo, la mano, el mundo. Players use pinto beans to mark the squares on their playing card and the first one to cover all the images on their card wins.

The book contains 30 homespun rules for success that still ring true in today's world of the all-knowing internet. Among other things, Bosquez will gently remind you that the devil never sleeps, that it's okay to sleep on important decisions, and that there's no harm in proudly waving the banner of your identity.

"The Chalupa Rules" is witty, entertaining and prevalent in today's world, regardless of race, creed or religion. It's written as if your favorite uncle has decided to devote a whole afternoon to you and only you, in order to tell you about the mistakes he's made so that they won't happen to you.

Bosquez is now an anchor in the number one television market in the world, no doubt by following his collection of dichos. Pick up a copy of the book and try on some dichos for size-see how they transcend cultures, and have helped others to survive and thrive in a society where everything old is new again.

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carolyn spencer

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Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2017

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LOVE THIS BOOK, insightful for everyone

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Guelie

Useful For Anybody Really

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2012

As a young Chicano growing up in "Gringolandia", I too grew up knowing the game "La Loteria"(The Lottery), or Chalupa as Mario refers to it, very well. While we all have our cultural sayings our parents instill or nag us with our whole lives, I never knew alot of the sayings I heard growing up could be directly referenced from this popular Mexican game. Mario has an in depth and useful analysis of many of the recognizable characters in the game of Chalupa, and brings his own life stories into each of them. While this book is titled as "A Latino Guide to Gringolandia", I think all cultures will benefit from this unique perspective on the popular Mexican game and everybody will take something useful out of it. I know many of these rules resonated with me, and I hope they do the same for you.

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