tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post8852603289327694701..comments2024-03-21T00:30:32.509-07:00Comments on From A Left Wing: if you speak spanish, you like your parks for playing soccer & drinking champagneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-34116179160919353752010-01-26T12:50:56.197-08:002010-01-26T12:50:56.197-08:00Looks more like a Martini glass than a Champange f...Looks more like a Martini glass than a Champange flute. Good points though.<br /><br />My pick-up game got kicked off a field recently. We were sharing it with the arm-ball folks and they got mad at us because we they were kicked off too,Kode Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06927434049499743427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-48470455217699063942010-01-18T09:38:35.409-08:002010-01-18T09:38:35.409-08:00if you only spoke spanish, then fútbol, most of th...if you only spoke spanish, then fútbol, most of the time. but lots of people go back and forth, and that shows in how and when people use the words fútbol, football, and soccer. it's pretty fluid. you see that in those signs, even - there's one that says 'no soccer/se permite aqui."Jennifer Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05004554513454749517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-16076920416442789372010-01-18T09:18:10.480-08:002010-01-18T09:18:10.480-08:00If you were Spanish-speaking and lived in Los Ange...If you were Spanish-speaking and lived in Los Angeles, would you refer to it as soccer or fútbol?ejhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01582272075999298935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-42285282320300075762009-05-14T20:28:00.000-07:002009-05-14T20:28:00.000-07:00Having played a pickup game amongst Spaniards in t...Having played a pickup game amongst Spaniards in the Frankfurt airport at 4am waiting for a RyanAir flight, si hablas español claro que bebes hasta las narices!Ryan Knapphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18178616567509423689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-85412308820537210922009-04-28T12:19:00.000-07:002009-04-28T12:19:00.000-07:00In the Pico/Union area:
http://www.flickr.com/pho...In the Pico/Union area:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/evang/137320300/<br /><br />This is in a little triangular park in the middle of three streets. I doubt anyone would actually try to play soccer there, but need to be absolutely sure, I guess.Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07547211277547266241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-92148836012626104322009-04-28T05:01:00.000-07:002009-04-28T05:01:00.000-07:00I'm curious if the park management (or whoever it ...I'm curious if the park management (or whoever it was) would have gone to such lenghts if it was pickup (gridiron-) football games going on.USAFA Bulldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08447066433837225016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6165780438929797577.post-86024529785425565252009-04-27T18:17:00.000-07:002009-04-27T18:17:00.000-07:00I'm surprised they don't have signs for dancing or...I'm surprised they don't have signs for dancing or being loud too...<br /><br />Jennifer, I discovered your blog recently. Sweet! I'm an aspiring soccer/culture writer (yeah, another one) who'll be writing more on the WPS in the future. I hope we can link up on a few things ... Best, <br />-Cyrus Philbrick<br />www.footsmoke.comCyrus Philbrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14257163562619443380noreply@blogger.com