It's going to take me weeks to digest all that happened over this fabulous Cuba Nostalgia weekend. I think I'll just give it to you piece-meal. So I was tearing around Cuba Nostalgia looking at booths and shopping with Claudia and trying to take it all in when I noticed a gorgeous domino table and a nicely groomed man arranging the ...
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Because I (Kikita) am obedient.
After a long day of working at the Babalu Booth and making sure people were signing the petition to free the political prisoners in Cuba, I asked Mami where we were going to have "dinner." (is it really dinner if it's after 11:30pm?) “We’re going to Versailles Amy, are you ready?” And because I’m just so obedient, “Ok, Mami, I’m ...
Cuba Nostalgia, Day 1 – I’m already Nostalgic
I already have so many stories I can't wait to share . . . I am so excited to be here in Miami and to re-connect with my friends from last year. Here I am with my co-bloggers (is that a word?), the amazing Ziva, the wise-cracking Reinier, and the lovely Amanda.It was crazy, everyone was hugging, talking, laughing, and (of course) blogging. Adam ...
Out of the frying pan…
See this feast? It was our fabulous going away breakfast. Chocolate-chip pancakes, scrambled eggs, real bacon, homestyle potatoes, juice and coffee. It was KILLER!Any reason for a party...... And speaking of parties.....picture us coasting through space in our American Airlines plane on our way to MIAMI. The first order of business will be to meet ...
La Gorda y La Flaca
Because my children are obedient in the best possible way, they don't even try to challenge me anymore when I make them take the "Mickey-face" picture. I must have hundreds of these, because I insist we take one EVERY TIME. I know. But one day it will be a very cool thing and they will insist their kids do it too, but that's not ...
Ready Or Not . . .
It hit me last night when a friend asked what I was doing this weekend . . . "Oh. My. Goodness! I'm going to be in Miami!" Then my brother, Adam, called, "Amy [he hasn't gotten used to calling me Kikita yet], what should I pack?" Pack? Oh. My. Goodness!I am not even sure where my suitcase IS. Then I get a text ...
Counting my blessings
Scenes from Mother's Day with...MY....BIG.... FAT.... CUBAN.... FAMILY.... On days like today, I consider myself so incredibly blessed that these are the people that have been given to me to love.... What a gift. ...
The Good Mother
Like every other mother I know and like all those emails that get passed around this time of year, I've done my share.I have wiped my share of runny noses.And changed innumerable diapers.I have had the amazing experience of feeding a hungry baby and rocking them to sleep.I have attended hundreds of rehearsals, productions, and plays.I have starved ...
A Red Carnation
Luza, my mom. She was twenty-five when she got married. She was twenty-six when she became a mother. She was forty-one when she gave birth to me, the youngest of her six children. She was forty-seven when she found herself exiled in a new and foreign country. She was fifty when she became a grandmother. She was eighty-five when she ...
Without the CAT
When I was little, I had exactly ONE person that I wanted to be when I grew up.This still holds true today.Smart, Beautiful, Funny and the best friend you could hope to have.I still aspire to be her.I know what she'll say when she reads this: "Shut up."And because I'm her little sister, I won't. ;-)Happy Birthday to my sister, ...
