While us plebes wait for healthcare reform and survive on cheap fatty food, Mary Rambin has gone where the health is:
With a fresh pineapple margarita. Case and point: Mexico is healthier than the States.
I get that she loves Mexico, but has she seen any part of it beyond Rich White Guy’s House And Town? I mean, the WHO website doesn’t make Mexico sound like a total third world, but it’s not exactly a nation full of organic vegans who walk 5 miles a day because they are concerned about their health.
Case and Point: Mexico supports my food disorder.
She IS fucking with us right? Case and point? You have got to be fucking with us. Also, I think the tequila negates the health benefits of fresh fruit es verdad?
OMG. Username love.
Fucking wid us? Nope ~ For All Intensive Purposes, that was MareMare BeachHair at her true bestest.
Ab Fab advice, Patsy.
Yeah. Case and point: Juarez. Between the dirt and black crud constantly fowling the air, the bone-grinding poverty, the constant ebb and flow of those white buses to the maquiladoras, the rape and murder of multiple hundreds of women a year, the blood splattered sidewalks, cartel death houses and army on police killings, it’s a real health spa alright.
Perhaps MMBH should go there to “take the waters” and write a review for her fabulous website.
Juarez is a shithole. If you are driving through El Paso Through-o and need to pee, double fucking check the exit you take or you’ll be sitting on a bridge into Scarytown for an hour.
Case and point: Almost the entire US/Mexico border area.
Also, I was going to email Maremare and clue her in that Mexico’s relationship with fruit is long and atrocious, but then I decided that I don’t really care that much.
The shame is, it didn’t used to be that way.
Before NAFTA, WalMart, drug runners and thepeople-smuggling coyotes, the border used to be a downright romantic place. What seems like eons ago, on sleepy Saturdays we used to wander over to Palomas just across the border from…I believe the name of the little place was Columbus NM…and sit and drink tequila in the shade of the Pancho Villa statue they have in the square. They made the tequila right there. Called it “Hijos de Villa.” Friendly people, mostly ranchers. Would hoist a few with you. Now I hear it’s a burned out hole pretty much like the rest of the border towns down there.
Shame of it is, I fear all this is prophetic for what the Southwest is becoming….it truly is no country for old men here.
True, I’m in AZ and I remember when walking across the border for lunch and shopping was a regular weekend activity that you’d do with your family.
I was born 10 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, and some of my earliest memories are of going across to Reynosa with my parents for shopping and lunch and such. Apparently not so much anymore.
Only 5 years ago, my husband and I enjoyed a night at a bullfight in Tijuana. We met some fun locals in the stands who insisted that we accompany them to a tapas restaurant in town and introduced us to vineyard owners in Baja’s wine region whom we visited a few days later.
Ours was a vacation to San Diego spent almost entirely south of the border…wineries, lobster, fish tacos, fireworks, outlet shopping, the original Ceasar salad.
Those were the days….
OMG, The Convenient Feminist: I’m also from a border town very close to Reynosa. Where are you from?
OT: Had damned good Margaritas last Sat’ afternoon in the hill country, at a new place called Sandra’s ~ something like $3 all day long ~ worth checking out, if you’re in the area tubing on the Guadalupe or whatever.
Good grief there are lots of Texas in these parts.
Yeah, they are healthier, obviously, because they have to serve stupid gringo drinks wtih fresh fruit or the tight-assed white morons get pissed. God, fuck her to kingdom come, she’s an idiot.
unbelievable
Case and point: if Julia really does have skin cancer, Mary is going to be full of cancer very soon. None of these bitches lays out more than Mary.
That’s why she has forehead wrinkles at 28 that require botox. Not hot.
I emailed her to tell her case AND point was incorrect last night, but it looks like she ignored me.
Mary can’t find her ass with both hands: http://maryrambin.tumblr.com/post/908658140
Easy on the pineapple margaritas, girl!
C’mon. You know I’m being sarcastic.
But since we’re on the topic, the less money you have, the more fresh food you eat because it’s cheaper.
And, Julie The Actress, I didn’t get your email….huh.
Back to the beach!
Right, I think that’s why there are all those articles about lack of fresh fruits and veggies and healthy dining options in inner city neighborhoods. Because those people are all eating it anyway and not telling anyone.
You are just so tragically dumb. Also, get an ass.
WOW! I don’t care about MareMar one way or another but whatever shade of an idiot or not she is there is simply no need to hit below the belt with comments like “get an ass”.
We can be far more intelligent with our comments without resorting to name calling.
Actually, overly processed food is much cheaper. Fresh food costs a lot. Hence why a lot of people eat McDonald’s and frozen meals from the store.
Don’t even bother. She’s an idiot. She probably talked to one Mexican at whatever resort she’s at, so she “knows things” now. Let’s just all point and laugh at the moron.
or “case and point”
Stick to what you know Mary, orthorexia and Botox.
Processed food nowadays is much cheaper than fresh food. Case IN point: the lack of organic food stores in inner city neighborhoods, not that you would go to one.
I hope someone tells Alice Waters that her work is done. Pave over those Edible Schoolyards! Mary Rambin has spoken.
Jesus. Every time I think one of these bitches says the dumbest possible thing, they surprise me and find new lows of idiocy.
In Mexico produce is cheaper. Venture away from the computer and discover new cultures.
Oh honey, really. Don’t flatter yourself. You go to white people’s Mexico, you are not a world traveler.
As long as we’re giving each other advice: Read some good books. You are really ignorant and it comes across in your terrible writing. I can’t believe you went to a reputable university.
Why don’t you go and tell my cousin who actually teaches and lives in Mexico City how cheap the fresh produce is? Most of the kids in her school live on chips and other crap food from the USA because that is what their families can afford. Again, you won’t because you wouldn’t dare leave your resort city.
And incomes are far far lower.
Mary, malnutrition is a huge problem in Mexico. Inform yourself a little about that.
Because you’re obviously too lazy to do the research for yourself Mary, here: http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3466-%EF%BB%BFmexico-faces-an-uphill-fight-against-malnutrition
Relevant excerpt:
Mexico has passed rapidly through a “nutrition transition”. The traditional Mexican diet was based on corn and beans, supplemented by fruits and vegetables, with relatively little meat and dairy products. Over a 15-year period, the average Mexican ate 29% less fruits and vegetables and 6% more carbohydrates, while consuming 37% more soft drinks. In fact, Mexicans enjoy the dubious distinction of being the world’s second greatest consumers of soft drinks (after USA), downing 150 liters a year on average. White bread is replacing tortillas, fast food is replacing home cooking.
This nutrition transition, together with a more sedentary lifestyle, has fuelled a “disease transition”, characterized by a shift from high mortality due to infectious diseases to high mortality from non-communicable chronic diseases. Mexico has the highest rate of diabetes in the world, more than 11%.[v] The total number with diabetes has risen seven fold since 1990. Diabetes is now the leading cause of death, and costs the country more than $300 million annually, one-third of the total public health care budget.
Took me all of 5 minutes internet research. Sorry I didn’t tear myself away from the computer and pull a chair up to the poolside bar to do some research over a margarita.
Dumb ass.
Let me do your work for you Mary.
http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/3466-%EF%BB%BFmexico-faces-an-uphill-fight-against-malnutrition
Relevant part:
Mexico has passed rapidly through a “nutrition transition”. The traditional Mexican diet was based on corn and beans, supplemented by fruits and vegetables, with relatively little meat and dairy products. Over a 15-year period, the average Mexican ate 29% less fruits and vegetables and 6% more carbohydrates, while consuming 37% more soft drinks. In fact, Mexicans enjoy the dubious distinction of being the world’s second greatest consumers of soft drinks (after USA), downing 150 liters a year on average. White bread is replacing tortillas, fast food is replacing home cooking.
This nutrition transition, together with a more sedentary lifestyle, has fuelled a “disease transition”, characterized by a shift from high mortality due to infectious diseases to high mortality from non-communicable chronic diseases. Mexico has the highest rate of diabetes in the world, more than 11%.[v] The total number with diabetes has risen seven fold since 1990. Diabetes is now the leading cause of death, and costs the country more than $300 million annually, one-third of the total public health care budget.
Sorry if I used some research time on the computer instead of getting my information from the swim up bar after guzzling yet another margarita.
Dumb ass.
Sorry Scooby for some reason your ONE link set off the spam thing.
NP
Now I’m a double posting webmonster!
MareMare do yourself a favor. Google “United Fruit Company” sometime and get a clue about how the fresh fruit YOU get never makes it to the tables of the people who you think eat so well.
Also, don’t pick an intellectual fight with this crew. You’ll end up bruised and bloody, metaphorically of course.
You know what else is prevalent in Mexico? Murder and oppression! Pass the fruit!
I always tend to eat more fruit when I’m in Mexico. It is cheaper (than fruit in the US, most of the time) and there are way more street food vendors selling fruit. God, I’d love a cup full of sliced fruit sprinkled with chili powder right and lime juice right now.
Traditional Mexican food can be super healthy, especially along the coast. I don’t know why everyone’s jumping on Mary for this post.
I felt healthiest when I lived in Mexico, partially because I walked so much, but I think also because the food was so fresh. My produce wasn’t flown up from South America, it was local. Avocados were everywhere instead of this 2 for $3 bullshit. I was also in a smaller town, so there wasn’t fast food around and the sodas were real sugar and not sweetened with HFCS. Man. Now I’m homesick.
Oh fuck you Mary. You have lived an incredibly sheltered life. You’ve traveled the world? Please. You’ve gone to resorts and taken trips on yachts. That is not discovering new cultures. And as someone who supposedly makes a living off of posting inane shit on the internet, perhaps you are the one who should step away from the computer. Especially since you aren’t very good at it.
How do we know you’re being sarcastic?
More importantly, how do the people who pay you to consult know you’re being sarcastic?
As it stands, you come off as an entitled douchebag. THAT I get….
This must be the reason barrio kids glow with health, happiness and contentment, shun drugs, score high on college placement tests, enter law school and eventually become senior partner at a prestigious firm. If you’ve got your health…etc.
Oh Mary, Mary, Mary…at one time I thought you had some potential but your definitions of “poverty” and “work” leave me speechless.
Listen, just enjoy the social whirl of Houston, become a trophy wife, throw parties and lunch at the club, ‘kay? You understand that world.
I think what MareMare BeachHare means is this:
If you are not rich enough to own your very own vacation home in Cancun, & therefore can only stay for a mere few weeks out of the year at one of those all-inclusive resorts, you will find plenty of fresh fruit at the all-you-can-eat buffets prepared by people who work cheaply for a living catering to your pretentious ass.
Exactly. Excellent translation. ;-)
“….prepared by people who work cheaply for a living catering to your pretentious ass.”
Love that! Your ass is pretentious, Mary, and so are you!
the browner the people, the lower the wages
“Case and point” just gives me a mental image of Megan pointing with her pumpkin smile at a big empty case.
Oh, this made me happy.
HAHAHAHA Mary Rambin puts the FUN in FAIL!
THIS!