Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido’s wife, Laura Saari, is an accomplished freelance writer, and her latest article should be of interest to our readers. Saari has written an article about Dia de los Muertos, in Orange Coast Magazine. Here are a few excerpts from her article:
Halloween in Orange County is all about the drama: too much Disney with cleavage, too many Glinda the Good Witches, too much rented imagination. Needing respite—and recovering from a party that found me dancing with three gay guys in burqas—I headed to the Santa Ana Artists Village.
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TMI dude! – no desire to “Click here.”
#1,
That’s OK – apparently others do. It is our top story over on our sister blog, New Santa Ana.
Must be quite a conflict in the Pulido family, what with Miguel wanting to de-mexicanize Santa Ana and his wife celebrating Mexican culture.
#3,
I think folks are starting to realize that we all nees to work together to improve Santa Ana.
That means the Latino businesses on 4th Street and the Artists Village galleries and restaurants need to get on the same page.
Bravo to Ms. Saari for embracing this new attitude!
There’s nothing “accomplished” about the liberal, commie wife of Miguel Pulido. Give us a break…
“.. recovering from a party that found me dancing with three gay guys in burqas ..”
THAT is TMI.
PS: In order to comment on “the other blog” – will I need to get my KA papers in order and validated?
I couldn’t agree more…it’s time to bury old grudges and resentments and work together.
Junior,
I am not sure if you have the proper decorum to participate in the discussion on our sister blog.
“New Santa Ana” is a place where we encourage folks to promote positive change in Santa Ana and to promote events happening in our community.
It is clear to me that once you get behind a keyboard you lose all sense of decency and lash out in a hateful and angry manner.
I would say your blogging demeanor is akin to those that get road rage as soon as they get behind the wheel of a vehicle.
That ugly behavior is permitted here on the OJ, however it has no place on the “New Santa Ana” blog.
P.S. Junior,
Your homophobia is showing again with that comment.
The image for this blog post gives more props to the organizational bodies that make this amazing event happen every year than the article in the OCM by Pulido’s wife. Why not say “El Centro Cultural de Mexico” instead of write “social services group?” And Calacas? Where are they mentioned? …especially since in the later years the event has only grown in size and scope…
All the things wrong with this article:
– the first paragraph has nothing to do with Dia de Muertos. It’s the writer’s ignorance to couple Halloween with Dia de Muertos and gives her a chance to include the words Disney, cleavage, and gay guys.
– Nov. 1st and 2nd were dates forced upon the indigenous people of Mexico by Spanish Catholics as a way to convert them and rid them of their “savage” beliefs. Dia de Muertos was first a month long traditional celebration in August.
– Dia de Muertos doesn’t “coax” departed ones from the other world. It is believed that our ancestors return to us and therefore we must prepare for their return. So we build an altar in their honor; we light candles to help illuminate the way; we put their favorite things on the altar for them eat, play with, and drink.
– Noche de Altares is a traditional, family oriented event FIRST organized and established by El Centro Cultural de Mexico (i.e. the “social services group”?) and soon after co-hosted by Calacas and supported by Fiesta Marketplace. It did not “become” this, it WAS and ALWAYS will be a traditional, family oriented community event organized by Centro volunteers.
– Noche de Altares was HELD in Artist Village for 3 years, but NEVER an Artist Village event. It was a battle from the beginning to have the event there, but it wasn’t until the 3rd year when it was made EXTREMELY clear that we were not welcome and we were not the kind of Artist Village art. Fiesta Marketplace welcomed us with open arms AND became a very generous sponsor of Noche de Altares. With the complete upgrade in venue, Noche de Altares exploded in size in just the firt year and attracts 6,000 – 8,000 attendees.
– That last sentence is awful!!! I don’t know what you’re talking about!
Do your homework Laura, and don’t ever exploit Noche de Altares to write a puff piece defending the validity of Artist Village.