24-10-2019 22:00 via chron.com

Double quinceanera is new American tradition

WASHINGTON - She remembers seeing the other girls with the poofy pink dresses, the tiaras, all the fuss, and she knew her family - new immigrants to the U.S. - couldn't afford such a luxury. So she shrugged off the idea of a traditional quinceañera.
Until 15 years later.
At 29, Francis Gortaire was buying a condo, crushing it at work and enjoying a vibrant and supportive circle of friends she created for herself in the District of Columbia. So she decided to revisit the idea of that negle
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