Love and marriage…and work
Locura Small Bites: Laura Carrizales and Mel Arizpe These queer couples mix work and life to serve and create with a passion RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com Some people marry their partners.
Others are married to their work. And some just mix it all together. These local couples and families have fused both their personal partnerships and their business lives into a workable situation.
Who else better to have your back than your spouse, partner and/or children? Here are just a few area businesses and services where no love or labor is lost. Locura Small BitesThe couple: Laura Carrizales and Mel Arizpe (above) This couple has long been in the public eye, first as the singing duo Mi Diva Loca and with Arizpe’s karaoke hosting duties at the Round-Up Saloon.
But they pivoted three years ago (pandemic be damned) into the culinary game. The two opened this modest eatery first in West Dallas but now have a home in the new Shindig food park in East Dallas.
