UPDATE 5/4/2022 - WINNER!! Congratulations to Arlene Villarin who won the "Mima" Mother's Day Box from Albisa Candles! Please send me your physical address so I can forward to them and get your fragrant goodies to you! Thanks to all who ...
This post is sponsored by my favorite coffee people, Café La Llave. The opinions contained in this piece are all my very own. 9/21/2022 UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations to Tanya!Tanya says April 12, 2022 at 5:20 pm (Edit)I’ve been drinking coffee since I was about five. I drink about two cups a day. Real all the ...
LoveIt always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. ~1 Corinthians 13:7He surprised me with a picnic on The Lake today. (Catered by @portosbakery) Made my heart happy.A year ago today, I had just regained consciousness.Love. “It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always ...
On this date 1/28/2021 - one year ago - I went into the hospital with Covid19 and because I was having trouble breathing because of that whole pesky pneumonia thing.My family spent the next 36 days feverishly (pun intended) sending my health updates to Facebook and Instagram sending out updates and asking for prayer. Which, by the way, is what ...
The Lily: A Luza Story Years ago when my mom, Luza was still with us, she gifted me a beautiful lily. The same type that she carried in her wedding bouquet. ❤️💕❤️The lily faithfully grows every year and blooms on her birthday at the end of February. That’s just like her to give me a beautiful way to remember her. We put bricks down in this ...
As you may or may not know, I had a severe bout of COVID in January and was hospitalized for 36 days and intubated for 12 of them. I lost all my muscle tone and had to learn to eat, and swallow, and walk again. I was isolated from my family and stayed in touch via FaceTime. It was a difficult and humbling experience. I survived this ordeal ...
I often say, "I'm the luckiest," and I totally feel like that's true. I was in Miami in December of 2019, - before the plague hit - and had the great pleasure of sitting down and talking and eating and hanging (and eating some more) with Chef Mike Beltran at his fabulous restaurant, Ariete, along with Nick Jimenez, the creator of Pan con ...
So here I was happily sharing at the beginning of October how I had been in the blogosphere for 15 years. 15 YEARS! Que barbaridad! I received some beautiful congratulatory videos from Cuban friends from all over and I got so excited I filmed some videos thanking them and it was just going to be one big month long love-fest and celebration. Ya tu ...
I have been wanting to write out my story of how I got Covid-19 and how my hospital stay and recovery happened. Having said that, I also want to write about anything else. It's quite a painful memory, literally resulting in some PTSD flashbacks. But I promised myself I'd soldier through and I do want to share this particular part of the story ...
I have been planning this quinceañera since last year. And boy did I have big plans! October 1st, 2006 was the day I wrote my very first post here on My Big Fat Cuban Famliy which puts me at 15 years in the blogosphere. What a celebration I had planned! To celebrate the 15 Milestone, I was going to host tons of giveaways like I usually do. And ...
Marta Verdes Darby is a Cuban-American food blogger in South Orange County.
