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Archives for August 2008
Following the leader
My mom (back in the day) used to babysit her grandchildren. As long as I can remember, there were always assorted nieces and nephews underfoot. But these three.... Michael, John-Paul and Nicole. The three of them gave her a total run for her money. And Michael, as I recall, had the advantage of being 2 weeks older than Nikki and so he ...
Real jewelry AND expensive perfume? You must be Cuban! ;-)
Imagine a beautiful young lady emerging from a giant clam shell a la Botticelli's The Birth of Venus - tastefully dressed, of course, but maybe she could actually get the full-body hair extensions... (never mind.) Ormaybe the young lovely could be lowered hydraulically on a flower-covered swing, dropping rose petals from a wicker basket as ...
PSYCH-out
My darling blog-friend, Chantel has tapped me for the following meme:Choose a favorite book or movie or television program (wait! Stop right there..... I have too many favorite books and movies and I only watch tv when someone I know and love and trust recommends something that I then have to go out and rent because we don't get any channels ...
Every picture tells a story
I'm the youngest of six. Six kids. Nice, big, old-school Catholic family. By the time I was born my two oldest sisters were teenagers. I've got a pretty good handle on how odd it is having toddlers and teenagers in the house at once. And how it might pose a bit of a dilemma getting them all together in front of a camera. We had a ...
Surreality bites.
So we had a wonderful weekend in Mexico celebrating our anniversary. I didn't have my camera with me, so all I had was my phone for picture taking, and I was so glad because, seriously, you wouldn't believe half of the stuff we saw. Baja is like another planet. With the exception of the Rosarito Bed and Breakfast - emphasis on ...
Coming of age – the Cuban way
Okay. So you know that when it comes to my kids, I'm going to gush.Yes. There's going to be gushing. Just accept it. ("But why is she gushing today?")Well, because it's Lucy's birthday. Her 15th.Say it in Spanish now....quince...as in quinceañera. Her now-she-is-a-genuine-Cuban-woman age.Her ...
08.08.08
Sixteen years ago today, I said that I would.... take him to be my lawfully wedded husband, tohave and to hold, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from that day forwarduntil death did us part. Of course, those vows were easy to say, not knowing what was life had in store for us... But ...
Going south.
About 30 years ago (or... in another life) I was vacationing in Mexico and stumbled onto a lovely resort near Monterey, Mexico. The food was your high-end resort fare and with one exception, mostly forgettable. The exception? Avocado Cocktail.Like shrimp in cocktail sauce, but instead it was made with fresh Haas avocados. Genius! It remains, ...
Some Perks that come with being the First-born
Kikita here. You know, "La Hija de Marta La Cocinera de Babalú." (but only in the blog world)Otherwise, it's just Kikita. In case you didn't know, I live with my abuela (yes, Luza). In her house, above the mantel, there is this AWESOME picture of her (and my abuelo, Papi) with all of my tias and my tio. There are two factors to ...