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French Culture: Meet Sebastien

France gave the world great writers and thinkers like Descartes and Satre, painters like Monet and Matisse, and of course wine. Unieros friend Sebastien has been sharing French culture with Chicagoans for years through cultural activities and football. Unieros interviewed Sebastien about his favorite aspects of French culture the music, film, and his upcoming Ethnicity Soccer tournament that will coincide with the FIFA World Cup 2010. Read on. No French required.

Unieros Launch Party Success

The Unieros Launch party celebrating cultural diversity and art showcased Chicago's multicultural friends!! Our diverse friends in Chicago came to support Unieros, the Scorpio birthday friends, and the Body of Art Calendar. This event was attended by many diverse ethnic friends from countries like Albania, Belize, Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea,Italy, Jamaica, Kosovo, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, Senegal, Romania, Russia, Taiwan, United States, Zambia and on and on.

Best of all thanks to Anna and Pedro for sharing the Body of Art Calendar! Anna created beautiful face painting that showcased our friends' multicultural ethnicity. Thank you Anna! Everyone enjoyed your art work. You can purchase the Body of Art calendar online at http://jestpaint.com/

Special thanks to Xochitl for assisting with organizing the multicultural party. Thank you Andrea, Jay, Julie, Gabriela, Pedro and Mamadou for wearing Unieros T-shirts. For those interested in buying a Unieros one love T-shirt, information will come soon on how to buy one.

View photos from the launch party on Unieros.com

Comfort Ethnic Food

With colder weather nothing warms the soul like a good meal washed down with good beverages. Here are some hearty ethnic cuisine you may want to taste. Then find a list of Chicago ethnic restaurants Unieros friends recommend you try. The Chicago restaurant list includes, Cuban, Thai, Jamaican, Vietnamese, Spanish, and Mexican restaurants.

Asian Soups
Pho - Vietnamese soup is prepared with beef broth variety and plenty fresh sprouts, mint leaves, slices of jalepeno peppers and fresh lime seems to clear sinuses.

Chicago Celebrates Diwali

The Indian festival Diwali is Saturday, October 17.
During this four day celebration people put aside differences in religion and celebrate with family, food, friends.

"Every home, be it a hut or a mansion is decorated with illuminating Diyas and candles. The entrance are ornamented with flowers and rangolis."