So, Adam had a few of his buddies over the other night to play Rock Band. The big selling point (besides "My mom will feed everyone") was.... "My mom will sooo kick butt er...do well... on vocals!" And so they came and we played and took turns drumming and playing guitars and vocalizing. Out in the backyard, of course, with the ...
Archives for January 2009
Fat Tuesday
Another fabulous post by Kikita A few days ago, a box arrived at my home. And abuela was instantly excited. From the outside of the box, she and I both knew the glorious heaven that lay inside. And she reminded me about the game. About how there is a baby Jesus somewhere in the cake and whoever gets the piece with him in it has to buy the next ...
I *heart* Willy
My son, Jonathan will be playing the title character in his school play, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Opening night is two weeks away which means it's crunch time for us and everyone here at Chez Darby has been working tirelessly behind the scenes to make the boy look good. Which is how I found myself in the humiliating and ...
Celebrate TODAY.
Disneyland. The Mandatory Mickey Face Picture. March 2007: Disneyland. The Mandatory Mickey Face Picture. May 2008: Disneyland. The Mandatory Mickey Face Picture. January 2009: (I guess most people use a calendar to mark the passing of time. =D) This is exactly why I am totally loving Disneyland's tag line for this year: *HEAVY SIGH* ...
Foodie patootie
I cook.And I like to eat.But I don't consider myself a "foodie." (In fact, I'm not really sure what a foodie is, but it sounds too much like "roadie" or "groupie" for it to have a positive connotation, but that's not important right now.) Okay, so I admit I sometimes (okay, well.... a lot of ...
Guess who’s coming to dinner?
There I was, minding my own business, when I received an email with the subject line reading: British TV Programme. My spam filter did not strain it, and even though I didn't recognize the name of the sender, I was intrigued and opened it anyway. It was from the producer of a TV Series for a Celebrity Chef from the UK who is looking to visit 8 ...
Words with the Older and Wiser
Kikita here. I didn’t watch the inauguration yesterday. I was in bed with a migraine.My abuela, on the other hand, watched the whole thing. So this morning she started to tell me all about it. All about the people cheering, and the beautiful speeches, and how the word “change” was in every other sentence . . . and how it reminded her so much ...
O Christmas Tree?
The following post has been written for your reading pleasure by none other than Kikita. At this point, I expect you all know of my dear friend Sheila and have figured out that I spend a whole lot of time with her, which is why she is always in my blog stories, but that's not important right now. All through our many adventures in the month of ...
Cuban guys can COOK – part 2
My very first post, which I wrote on October 1st, 2006 was titled Life on the Hyphen. That also happens to be the title of a wonderful book by one of my very favorite authors: Gustavo Pérez Firmat. In fact, if you look over to the right you'll find a couple of his books under Smart Cuban Authors. Seriously. He's just ...
The Walking Legend
I know you've missed me . . . so I'm taking time out of my busy schedule to share with you.Hi Everyone! It's Kikita! Sometime in November I was trying to come up with a great Christmas song for the video and stumbled across a John Legend song. This reminded me of how much I liked him, so I jumped on ticketmaster and (Jesus must ...
You look MAHVELOUS!
I have spent the last few months in drama. (And I'm not even talking about my real life here.) I've been in high school, working with the Midsummer Night's Dream set crew. Lucy's classes are all online, except for drama, which requires she be on campus for 3 hours a week. And okay, so my daughter was playing a lead, ...
Drum roll, please….
Main Entry: win·ner Pronunciation: ˈwi-nər Function: noun Date: 14th century 1) one that wins.2) one that is successful especially through praiseworthy ability and hard work. The winner of the Cafe Cubano Mug: i'm forgiving you (and kikita, ) only because i want that mug. .... and the apron too. my dear child your sins are ...
Guilt-free blogging
Okay, so I'm feeling a little bit guilty because I haven't been blogging lately. (shut up. I know.) But frankly, I haven't been near a computer and I'm still up to my (Royal Shakespearean!) eyeballs in costumes and sets. And there are still two more performances before I can breathe again (at least for a moment before I have to ...
Ay me! for aught that I could ever read – or – How Shakespeare is affecting my life today
Okay, boys and girls, for today's Lesson in Theatre Arts, I offer you a synopsis of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare: Lysander loves Hermia, and Hermia loves Lysander. Helena lovesDemetrius; Demetrius used to love Helena but now loves Hermia. Egeus, Hermia's father, prefers Demetrius as a suitor, and enlists the aid ...
The Consolation Prize
There are places that I remember in the Havana of my childhood that continue to fascinate me to this day. One of those is the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.I remember driving by it as a little girl and thinking it was a magical place. Built in 1930, it played host to the rich and famous who visited our island home until our world imploded on January ...
Original thinking
As this new year begins I am coming back here to my blog thinking: "my God! I don't have one original thought left in my brain." Yes, I say it in a voice 12 octaves higher than my own tinged with panic. (And of course, being the good Cuban woman I am, I feel a high sense of responsibility and guilt, but that's not ...
