#piraguero

[whenyourehome]

in the heights au where we get to learn more about piragua guy. my guy doesnt even have a NAME

[mtaartsdesign]

Drawing upon childhood memories, Manny Vega’s “Sábado en la Ciento Diez (Saturday on 110th Street)” (1996) at 110 St (6) station captures the joyous, colorful atmosphere of la ciento diez. The four mosaic panels—“Earth,” “Air,” “Fire,” and “Water”—depict scenes one would expect to find in the East Harlem neighborhood. In “Earth,” a street vendor sells bananas, plantains, papayas, avocados, and coconuts. “Air” illustrates a typical summer-in-the-city activity: children playing under the spray of a fire hydrant while a piraguero shaves a block of ice to make tropical fruit-flavored snow cones of guava, papaya, mango, and tamarindo. Shangó - a deity from the Yoruba pantheon - embodies Harlem's West African roots in “Fire,” dancing to the beat of three bata drummers. In “Water,” an elderly woman represents motherhood as she carries a bouquet of flowers and leads a child by the hand from a neighborhood botánica.

Vega’s work is celebrated in “Byzantine Bembé: New York by Manny Vega” at the Museum of the City of New York. On view through December, the exhibition highlights the artist’s unique style, dubbed “Byzantine Hip-Hop,” as well as his dedication to sharing stories of community and the diasporic experience.

📸: David Lubarsky

[daemondaes]

on this fine munday i would like to confess one of my most shameful secrets

as some of u may know, i have never been the biggest fan of lin manuel miranda. in fact, for a long time, for various reasons, i was a steadfast anti. now, i still don't know if i consider him the genius everyone else seems to, but i recognize he's not a hack, u know? i'll give him that. this isn't what that's about tho. this is about when i watched in the heights (2021).

i was already familiar with some of the music, but had no real interest in it up until the movie came out.

what happened next may shock you...

the instant lmm came on screen as the piraguero, i fell in love LMAO

idk what it is about that damn tio but he is hot girl coded? the way the camera lingers, showing his body before his face, the dance moves with the emphasis on the hips, like his little bend and snap???

i'm so mad, idk how or why it happened but?

like DAMN that LOOK in his EYES what the HELL is this ALLOWED

i fell into hell

[intheheightsblogproject]

The Who's Who: Cast of Characters

Usnavi (Anthony Ramos) → moved to New York City with his parents at the age of 8; has lived with Abuela Claudia since the death of his parents; runs a bodega in Washington Heights, but dreams of moving back to the Dominican Republic to restore his late father’s bar; has a huge crush on Vanessa

Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz) → never had children of her own, but becomes the matriarch of the entire block

Kevin Rosario (Jimmy Smits) → owner of the local cab company, Rosario’s Car Service; everything he does is for the benefit of his daughter, Nina – even if it means selling his business

Nina Rosario (Leslie Grace) → the first of the Rosario family to attend college; feels overwhelming pressure from her family and the community to succeed; her experiences at Stanford leave her questioning whether she wants to continue her education there at all; like a sister to Usnavi

Benny (Corey Hawkins) → runs dispatch at Rosario’s Car Service; broke up with Nina before she left for Stanford because he didn’t want to stand in the way of her success; heads back to work in the middle of the blackout after seeing the way the community is struggling

Vanessa (Melissa Barrera) → works at Daniela’s salon, but dreams of leaving Washington Heights to become a successful fashion designer; despite saving up money to move to a new apartment downtown, she is unable to do so without a cosigner; doesn't make her feelings for Usnavi clear until the day before he's set to leave

Sonny (Gregory Diaz IV) → works at the bodega with his cousin, Usnavi; his undocumented status crushes his dream of attending college one day

Daniela (Daphne Rubin-Vega) → owner of a Washington Heights salon that has been priced out of the neighborhood

Carla and Cuca (Stephanie Beatriz and Dascha Polanco)→ work at Daniela’s salon; always know the local gossip and share it with their clients

Alejandro (Mateo Gómez) → a lawyer who helps Usnavi buy back his father’s bar in the Dominican Republic, as well as begin the application process for Sonny to become a US citizen

Graffiti Pete (Noah Catala) → instrumental in breaking Vanessa’s creative rut and in inspiring Usnavi to stay in Washington Heights

Piraguero (Lin-Manuel Miranda) → sells piragua in Washington Heights, but finds himself in competition with a Mr. Softee vendor

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[kryptic-krab]

sucks ass that we domt have piragueros and paleteros in my city 👎👎👎👎

[come-see-our-show]

Things I Found Noteable in the ITH Movie (ft. spoilers)

Anthony COMPLETELY made Usnavi his own! Ok king I see you!

The pothole being a record?

I was lowkey expecting we'd be queerbaited but thank GOD we weren't

Dani and Carla just,,,, being domestic,,, Carla on Dani's lap at the pool,,, slow dancing in the apartment,,, good for them ❤️

Usnavi and Kevin's shared hand move on "Are we gonna eat!" ....uncle/nephew rights

The camera work! The editing!! The colors!!! The choreography!!!! Everything is so electric!!!!!

"Why is the fandom so obsessed with Sonny?" *watches the movie* "Oh..."

The title cards with the temperatures

Vansnavi being the main couple instead of Benina actually worked really well! I was a bit sad we saw less of Nina, but Vanessa being developed as well as her relationship with Usnavi made up for it.

I'm so glad we know exactly why Vanessa wants to go downtown! Sis has a plan

Nina's hair getting more and more curly

Leslie Grace's take on Nina was very different than the ones I've seen before but I loved it!!!

lol the Hamilton reference

Piraguero JOMPED on that truck

Also... Lin isn't that bad of a singer. Fuckin chill

My brother thinks he was like a Sephardic Tevye and I agree tbh

The dialogue feels so organic and real, especially with Usnavi and Vanessa in the kitchen

My heart kinda broke when Nina revealed she got searched

All of these moments of everyone just being a family,,, Claudia watching them and dying peacefully because she doesn't need to take care of them anymore, not when they all have each other

Paciencia y Fe as Claudia's journey to death

It's such a quick moment but Claudia being robbed in the middle of her solo 😤 sir pls give the lady her purse back

Also she looked so scared when they were yelling at her to clean up 😭

Sonny having a backstory, with his deadbeat dead and being undocumented

It also gives Nina more of a motive to go back to school

Benina dancing on the building gave me a mini heart attack

Vanessa and Usnavi being former classmates

The beach transitioning into the bodega!!

Vanessa and Unsavi and their daughter being the cutest family ever???

This was so fucking good I'm losing my mind

[where-our-stories-start]

[zkyeline]

Milfs and dilfs ships but movie version 😳 and that’s all I have for the first week, now if y’all excuse me I’ll go back to my cave and be dead for another week or so 💕

[nerefle]

Yes FINALLY!!!

IN THE HEIGHTS!!

[feathersandfoxtails]

Masterlist

Hello there! I’m Lyra and I write fic and save a bajillion pictures and gifs onto my desktop. Right now I am only writing Lin-Manuel Miranda characters.

All of my fic is on AO3 under feathersandfoxtails. Some of it is here as well, but I don’t think I’ll be re-posting old fics, so go check me out there!

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PLEASE CHECK THE RATING FOR EACH FIC

MOST of my work is all 18+

MOST fics contain explicit sex scenes.

I do have some with non-explicit ratings; please be a responsible reader. 

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Pass Back Through The Heart

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Lee Scoresby/Reader

Rating: Explicit (18+ ONLY)

A Texan aeronaut comes back into your life when you need him most. 

Total words: 42K

Chapter One, 3K

Chapter Two, 3.6K

Chapter Three, 3.3K

Chapter Four, 3.5K

Chapter Five, 3.5K

Chapter Six, 4K

Chapter Seven, 3.4K

Chapter Eight, 3.8K

Chapter Nine, 3K

Chapter Ten, 3.6K

Chapter Eleven, 3.5K

Chapter Twelve, 3.8K

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The Promise of Tomorrow

Jack/Reader

Rating: PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THIS STORY.

Original Version, rated Explicit (18+ ONLY)

Second version, rated Teen (sex scenes are edited out)

After moving back home to London, you meet a handsome lamplighter. As love blooms, will the differences in your circumstances come between you?

Multi-chapter. Words: 30K

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I’ll Keep You Warm

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Alvie/reader, gender neutral reader

Rating: Teen (swearing, implied sex)

A chance encounter brings Alvie into your life right before Christmas.

One Shot. Words: 5K

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Lost

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Piraguero/Reader

Rating: Explicit (18+ ONLY)

On a sweltering NYC day, a piragua seller offers to cool you down, but things heat up instead.

One shot. Words: 3.6K

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The First Affair

Alexander Hamilton/Angelica Schuyler

Rating: Explicit (18+ ONLY)

What if Maria Reynolds wasn’t the first?

One shot. Words: 3K

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Floating

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Bruno Madrigal/reader

Rating: Teen (sexual innuendo)

Young Bruno spends the afternoon at the river with his best friend, but hides his true feelings for her.

One Shot. Words: 1.9K

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Flicker

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David Santiago/Reader

Rating: Teen

Your relationship with David has been rocky lately. Is this the end? Or can he make it work?

One Shot. Words: 1.8K

[buckaroodaydream]

I might just be overthinking it, but I noticed something about Piraguero from In The Heights. I recently watched a video by The Take on YouTube about the difference between the male gaze and the female gaze. Great channel, highly recommend it. According to the video, one of the many examples of the male gaze can be how a woman character is introduced on screen. Often at times, before the camera shows us her face, it shows us her body. The frame will scroll up her body, beginning either from the waist or feet. At the beginning of the song ‘Piragua,’ the Piraguero is introduced on screen in a very similar way, from his waist up to his face. Not only that, the way he dances in the scene could be considered somewhat sensual, what with the hip motions, particularly the way he bends down next to the Piragua cart. It reminded me of the ‘bend and snap’ from Legally Blonde. He is meant to be attractive. He’s middle aged, wears a polo shirt and cargo shorts, has a softer body type and he’s still presented as attractive to the audience. I find it fantastic, extremely refreshing, and overdue as hell. I personally think he’s hot and I love him. ❤️🔥❤️🔥

[mtaartsdesign]

Thank goodness warm weather is finally here!

Manny Vega’s “Sábado en la Ciento Diez (Saturday on 110th Street),” (1996) at 110 St (6) station puts us in the #perfectsummer frame of mind. The four mosaics – Earth, Air, Fire and Water – represent @mannyvega.nyc’s childhood memories, and the joyous, colorful atmosphere of la ciento diez. Air (seen here) illustrates a typical summer-in-the-city diversion: Children playing under the spray of a fire hydrant, while a #piraguero shaves a block of ice to make tropical fruit-flavored snow cones of guava, papaya, mango, and tamarindo.

Photo: David Lubarsky

[firthycreature]

are you lost, babygirl?

[beecastle]

Piragüero and Usnavi

Collab with the amazing @valmaee

[baura-bear]

took my friends to see In The Heights and when Lin comes on singing Piragua my friend turns to me and says “Is that Lin” (yes) “I didn’t know he spoke spanish” BABY HE WROTE THE SHOW 

[ithcorrect]

piraguero: what is this

mr. softee, hugging him: affection!

piraguero: disgusting

piraguero: do it again