Do you love fall? I truly do. Although, here in Southern California, Fall is a little schizophrenic. We have very cool and blustery days and then the sun will come out and suddenly it's just a regular beach day. It even rained one day in September. We didn't know how to act, of course. We just don't know how to "do" weather. However, the calendar ...
Archives for October 2013
My 7 Favorite Blog Posts
Wrapping up my month-long Happy 7th Blogiversary Celebration and I thought it would be a good time to reflect on what I've managed to put up here for the past 7 years. It's funny. I sit down to a blank page (so to speak) and I have some idea of what I'd like to write about. Usually, because I tend to be very visual, I start with a ...
Habana Brand Clothing – A Winner
First of all, I'd like to thank Habana Brand Clothing for being so supportive of My Big, Fat, Cuban Family in everything I do here. Secondly, I'm so grateful to all of you who faithfully read, and follow along with my blogging adventures and enter my fun giveaways. I'm grateful that you're the ones who have made this little ...
Habana Brand Clothing (MBFCF Giveaway #7)
There's still a whole lot of celebrating going on around here. I'm the kind of person who likes to celebrate birthdays for the entire month, so celebrating my 7 years in the blogosphere really does deserve a month-long celebration, but that's not important right now. Also, I've been busy lining up the very best the Cuban ...
Cuco and Yayo
My mom, Luza, is 99 (and a half) years old. That's me & Luza. She's 99 in this photo. She's always been a very curious person and to this day, she loves learning. So a few years ago she was asking about how the internet search engines work. I tried explaining it in the simplest terms. What was awesome is that I then heard her regurgitate ...
3:05 Miami Cafecito Break (A Winner)
Wow, people! We are some seriously serious coffee drinkers. According to your answers from the 3:05 Miami Cafecito Break giveaway, our attitude is "hey, it's 3:05 somewhere..." Thanks to all of you who entered and of course, to JennyLee Molina for generously providing such a cool giveaway. For those of you who are wondering just ...
3:05 Miami Cafecito Break (MBFCF Giveaway #6)
Because I have had such a great response from my sponsors, I'm proud to announce that I have a few more 7th Blogiversary giveaways for you. Isn't that awesome? I have to say right here how much I love my people. Last year when I was in Miami I stumbled upon a wonderfully clever idea that has since become a movement. There are a few things ...
MBFCF Giveaway Week Winners
I want to thank you all for celebrating with me this week. Also, to my very generous sponsors for providing the cool Cuban giveaways I've been priviledged to share. Thank you all. I'm blessed and humbled by your constant love and support. MBFCF Giveaway #1 - My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Cookbook goes ...
My Big, Fat, FROZEN, Cuban Family
The invitation read as follows: "Come experience some cool things heating up at the long lead Press Day for Disney's FROZEN." In other words, how would I like to spend a day at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and meet the producer, directors, animation team, art directors, and tech geniuses behind the upcoming Disney ...
“Mas café por favor!” (MBFCF Giveaway #5)
I hope you're enjoying the week long celebration of My Big, Fat, Cuban Family being here on the web for 7 years now. I'm so seriously delighted with the generosity of my sponsors and I'm grateful to all my Cuban cubiches who are helping me celebrate by offering such fun prizes. This summer, Eric and I had the wonderful opportunity to ...
The Azabache. (MBFCF Giveaway #4)
Today's lesson in Cuban culture comes to you directly from Miami from my friend, Elena Santayana. Last year Elena was kind enough to share her family's "coming to America" story here on My Big, Fat, Cuban Family. Her family owns the beautiful jewelry store of the same name. Santayana Jewelers in Miami. Santayana Jewelers • 917 ...
Cubamerican, the Movie (MBFCF Giveaway #3)
I'm always happy when the Cuban community steps up when asked and they have not dissapointed so far. There's a beautiful documentary called Cubamerican. There will be two screenings next week here in Los Angeles: Friday October 11th at 7pm and 9pm • Gene Autry Museum, Los Angeles From the Cubamerican site: CUBAMERICAN is the stirring ...
Here’s Wassup. (MBFCF Giveaway #2)
Back in March, I was privileged to be an eyewitness when television history was being made. The pilot for Wassup En LA? was filmed before a live audience that included me and Eric. I originally got involved with the project after seeing an online pitch for a Kickstarter to fund it, which didn't work out, but technically, it did, because the ...
Seven Years. (MBFCF Giveaway WEEK!)
You know that I'm all about celebrating. Big events. Birthdays. Anniversaries. Summer. Dinner. I believe in celebrating. Often. And well. Today marks my 7th anniversary here in this space. SEVEN. My big, fat, Cuban family is 7 years old today. And so I'm celebrating. *fires off the confetti canon* But first you have to sit ...
