Mexican Singles: Defending champ Moya suffers upset at Mexican Open tennis tourney; Novak, Calleri advance
Defending champion Carlos Moya was upset by 28th-seeded Argentine Mariano Puerta on Wednesday at the Mexican Open. Argentine Puerta lost the first set 6-4, but then came back to beat the Spaniard 6-3, 6-4. Meanwhile, top-seeded Flavia Pennetta opened play on the women's side with a 7-5, 6-1 defeat of Julia Schruff. Fifth-seeded Jiri Novak, the 1998 Mexican singles and doubles champion, beat Oscar Hernandez of Spain 6-3, 6-1 in the second round. After making the...
Mexican Singles: Latin Notes ; Concert to feature Duranguense stars
One of the hottest groups in the pasito Duranguense movement, K-Paz de La Sierra, returns to San Antonio for a daylong Jaripeo Baile and Concert (an event mixing a charreada, or rodeo, with musical entertainment) at Lienso Charro Ranch and arena, near Mission San José at 6126 Padre Drive. Also performing will be Los Reyes del Camino, Marineros del Norte and other local bands. The festivities start at noon Saturday and run until 11 p.m. Advance tickets, $25, are available from El Potosino...
Mexican Singles: Mexican style cheese singles: Ole!
How do you eat your cheese?We gave members of the Times-Union Consumer Panel a package of Kraft Mexican Style Cheese Singles and some flour tortillas and they made quesadillas. After that, they were on their own. How did they eat their cheese? Plain, grilled, as topping for broccoli, in salads, and on sandwiches, crackers and bagels. Each slice of the processed cheese with peppers is individually wrapped and contains 70 calories, 5 grams of fat, 280 milligrams of sodium, 1 gram of sugar...