Moda Urbana 7.21.09: Fun with scarves

A scarf in the dead of summer is a very bold fashion statement. Kudos to Cynthia the intern who chose to wear her grandmother’s scarf as an accent to an otherwise inappropriate office dress, the tube top dress. See how Cynthia drapes the scarf in a long circular way, blocking the eye from cleavage while dressing up a very casual outfit. This girl has fashion sense and elegance.-Lisa Degliantoni

Yummy find: Flemish Desem Bread

Count on El Paso Farmers’ Markets to introduce you to new and unique food. This week Jim Tolbert discovers Flemish Desem Bread at Ardovino’s Desert Crossing’s Farmers’ Market.

Flemish Desem Bread is baked by Bread of Life, a small family bakery run by Anne Landry. Click here to learn more.

Big Fat Lie: Rep. Quintana Shaves Head for Locks of Love

Big fat truth: Rep. Quintana and her daughter Chandra get very stylish cuts at Foliage and donate the hair to Locks of Love.

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Click here to find out how you can donate your locks.

El Paso makes pages of Saveur magazine

El Paso has made it into the pages of Saveur magazine (in the travel section) and that means we look gorgeous, El Paso! Here’s a snippet, “For lunch they are making salpicón, a salad of shredded meat eaten throughout Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America. In some places it’s made with chicken; in others, with fish. In El Paso and Chihuahua, it features beef brisket lightly dressed with lime and chipotle.”

Click here to read the full article. Of course we didn’t stumble upon this info by accident, we heard it from our friendly blogger Patty G. from Soy de El Paso.

My El Paso Garden Facebook Group

This week a new Facebook group was born: My El Paso Garden. The function of the group is to work as an online food coop, where users list harvest items they are willing to swap and then meet in physical locales to trade food. Also listed on the group page is photos from El Paso gardens that will inspire just about anyone to plant some seeds in some dirt! Pictured below is a recent harvest from my garden, lettuce.-Lisa Degliantoni

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El Paso Media Group has recently chosen food/food agriculture/edible gardens as a beat and it’s been so rewarding. Check out Elizabeth Ruiz’s “go local” challenge on www.newspapertree.com and the Dining section on www.epmediagroup.com for food news and content about El Paso.

Moda Urbana 6.8.09: Interview Attire

One of our political contributors at Newspaper Tree, Jaime Abeytia, had a job interview today and we’re posting his photo so all the other boys in the world know what to wear to a job interview. Interview attire; simple black shoes with black socks, white shirt (that has been ironed properly), solid red tie and navy suit with white stripes. Good job looking chic, Jaime, we hope your interview went well.

Best of El Paso Winners 2009

For those of you that have been waiting, here is the list for the Best of El Paso Magazine Reader Survey for 2009. Every part of this survey is done online, thanks to surveymonkey.com and the staff at El Paso Media Group. Thank you EVERYONE for voting and winning, your plaques will be delivered this summer in July!

Best of El Paso 2009 Winners List

Moda Urbana 5.29.09: Hairdos Plural

These two were NOT on their way to Alfresco Fridays, but were caught in the vicinity. Not only does he have a hairdo, so does she. Not all couples can hit the streets looking chic simultaneously; These two did. Photograph by Cassandra Davisson.

Moda Urbana photographers search the El Paso streets, armed only with a camera, to photograph smartly-dressed citizens and post the photos on this blog.

Moda Urbana 5.29.09: Pant Suits

So at a recent funder, I stumbled upon this jewel of a pant suit! Check out that blue and check out that blonde! Ladies, don’t be jealous!

Moda Urbana photographers search the El Paso streets, armed only with a camera, to photograph smartly-dressed citizens and post the photos on this blog.

Moda Urbana 5.26.09: Aerosol Fashion

You people have no idea how hard it is to track down chic people on the streets of El Paso! This time our intrepid reporters had to visit a silo to find the chicly dressed couple below. Look at his hair, look at her bracelets. This couple totally spent time on their hair and clothes before leaving for this art opening and for this we say THANK YOU! To see more photos like this one, click here.

Moda Urbana photographers search the El Paso streets, armed only with a camera, to photograph smartly-dressed citizens and post the photos on this blog.