Kikita here. Boy, do I have a story today! In my many dancing travels, I have made some Cuban friends. I'm sure I've mentioned them before, but that's not even that important right now. By some fluke, my friends were playing a venue early in the evening at a place close to their home. Being that we've become really close (there ...
Archives for June 2008
dan•ger•ous (adj) – able to inflict injury or harm.
Okay, so now I know just enough to be dangerous. I've been taking some online classes. Specifically, I'm learning how to scrapbook digitally using Photoshop Elements 6. I'm still just doing the assignments from class, but I'm all proud of myself and I wanted to share.... The journaling is from a blog post I did about a year ago. (journaling my ...
Extreme dessert names?
I publicly disclose a private fantasy today over at Babalú. You're curious now, aren't you?Don't get excited. It's just another uber-geeky moment I've taken to the extreme. I made this amazing caramely-coated-flaming-bananas-over-ice-cream-and-pound-cake dessert thing. (kind of like a Bananas Foster, but not....) but I need ...
Tuesdays with the Millers
We have a standing beach date on Tuesdays. Our friends, the Millers have two delightful young men, Josh and Chase, that happen to be the same ages as Lucy and Jonathan. If you're a parent you know that one of the trickiest things about having your kids have friends over, is that you are not sure you will really get along with the parents. I ...
They just don’t make ’em like that anymore
Did I mention that my mom is in Miami again? That's right. My 94 year old mother. In Miami. For the summer. (sheesh!) She's spending the summer with her two brothers - one older, one younger. She'll be staying through July so she can attend my nephew, Michael's wedding. We had a scare about a week ago because her heart rate ...
It smells like a Cuban home
When I was growing up, I remember that each day I woke to a most distinctive blend of aromas.I knew my dad was up and getting ready for work when the mingled scents of Vitalis, Bustelo, and H.Upmann Finos insinuated themselves into my dreams and yanked me out of my sound sleep. To this day, the distinctive aroma of Cuban coffee gives me a sense of ...
They only come out at night…
Onthe 23rd Day of the Month of September in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence, and this terrifying enemy surfaced as such enemies often do in the seemingly most innocent and unlikely of places... Mission Viejo, California. =D I have something to ...
Who’s the Adult here?
Kikita here. I'm older now, so I should behave older, right? And for the most part I do, but every now and then . . . I feel the need to let the kid in me out. So I called my younger sister (Lucy - she's 14) and invited her over for an old fashioned "sleep-over." We had a blast! We made popcorn and drank ...
Yo Ho, Yo Ho….
(Indulge me here while I delight in my grand-nephew, Ben, who is three years old today.) And like most three year old boys he's got his ..... umm....... opinion about things. Take Disneyland for example. If you're a three year old boy and you're going to Disneyland, you must dress up.Preferably like a Pirate. Your costume should ...
Where’s my mojo?
I don't seem to have a creative thought in my head these days.I know. Sad for me. =(I really need to do something to get that creative mojo back. (not to be confused with the Cuban garlic sauce you use to marinate meat, which sounds really tasty, but that's not important right now...) So I have set up a regimen that looks something like ...
