WARNING: I'm going to get all sappy and sentimental here and I'm going to be all nostalgic and even post old pictures. Read on at your peril. ;-) I've been scrapbooking since I was a sophmore in high school. (which shows you that I was way ahead of my time, but that's not important right now.)I had the time of my ...
Archives for September 2008
The Man of My Dreams!
Posted by KikitaSo after posting my cry for help, I took some of your advice. I was at the local mercado, shopping for some basic cooking supplies when I found myself in the aisle where they carry the "velitas." (Apparently they call them "veladoras" in Mexico.)I tried to remember who it was I should pray to and ...
There’s always a ringleader…
I'm pretty sure it was my idea. (I say this because I have A LOT of pictures from that era of people stacked on top of each other in various formations, but that's not important right now.) "Hey, let's make a human pyramid! You guys get down on the ground like this and ....."They did it.That's me up on the right - we ...
Right Brain Dominance in Happy Wives
My husband is pretty brilliant. You could argue that that's a given since he was obviously smart enough to marry me, but that goes without saying. ;-) The official title for what he does is "Internet Marketing" which is cyberspace code for "He works to get his clients onto the first page of the search engines, such as ...
Kikita la Latina
This post has been brought to you by: Kikita la Latina. Now that I'm a traveling cook, my friends are putting in requests. For example, my certified Cuban friends argue over my picadillo, my dear friends Ashli and Sheila go bananas for arroz con pollo, and the boys from Milele love my Cuban-style black beans. I remember ...
From my “Is that really for reals?” files
This morning I found this blocking the way to our side gate... Admittedly it's an amazing thing of beauty, if you can detach from the thoughts of the size of the spider that probably made it, (which I cannot because we were all in Lord of the Rings mode from earlier this week and I couldn't help but think of Shelob when I saw the ...
Bilbo? Quien es Bilbo?
The following post has been brought to you by the fabulous Kikita: Every year I go through the same thing. Every year it cracks me up. Every year I am reminded of what an Uber-geek I am when it comes to this Lord of the Rings stuff. Ever since we've been throwing these parties for Bilbo's (and Frodo's) birthday, we have to get a ...
Celebrating birthdays in Middle-earth
NOTE: If you know what I mean when I refer to Middle-earth, and you consider yourself a Tolkien uber-geek, then read on.... (If not, then come back in a few days when I will be posting a delicious recipe for a Cuban Pudín de Pan or Cuban bread pudding). ;-) You would think that for all the fuss we go through that it's a family ...
Cuban Voodoo in Suburbia or Mami suggests a “cocimiento”
This flu thing is really doing a number on me. I was even tempted to try an over-the-counter remedy like Thera-Flu or some such thing. But I did what any smart Cuban woman would do... I called my mom instead. My 94-year-old mother is the original Old (Cuban) Wife from whence come the tales. =D Her solution: "Dos aspirinas y un ...
I feel bad.
I've been complaining for the past few days that I'm tired. So I start rationalizing... Four Tried and True Rationalizations as To Why I Might Feel Tired:I've been running around way too much. I have been working way too hard. I've had a lot on my mind. I've spent too much time out in the night air.(I totally ...
