Resigned, Maria watches a telenovela (soap opera) on Univision while she dresses, and then she heads down to the carniceria (small grocer store) to buy a newspaper-almost 40 different Spanish newspapers are published in her area, and she likes to pick up new ones occasionally. Then Maria buys the grocery items her mother wants. The list is full of well-known brand names that she gets all the time, such as Casera and Goya, so she’s able to finish quickly, with any luck, she’ll have a few minutes to go to the mercado (shopping center) to pick up that new Reggaeton CD by Daddy Yankee. She’ll listen to it in the kitchen while she chops, peels, and stirs.