Kikita here. Today is a very special day. It is the 23rd anniversary of the day I became a big sister.(Of course, that means I had someone else I could dress - and make them dress like me.) Yes, this is the day all hopes of being an only child were stolen from me and the word "SHARE" entered my life.I was the one who wanted a cat. It ...
A summer story in three acts
Self-Portrait Tuesday again. (See the category cloud for more information. And you know what? I really need to create a logo for this to make it more official, but that's not important right now.)Act one:She gets a Killer Pedicure.Act two:She goes down to Crescent Bay in Laguna Beach.Act three:She photographs her toes for Self-Portrait ...
WARNING: Cuteness overload!
I love when the four of them are all together. I especially love when they are just interacting and I have a camera trained on them. I swear it's pure comedy. (Ask me if I care if the pictures are blurry and out of focus.) I love when they speak that special sibling language that's foreign to the rest of the outside world (including me ...
The Star-Spangled Banner
Today's History Lesson for Your Edification: There was a young and deeply religious lawyer by the name of Francis Scott Key, who had a well-established law practice in Georgetown, near Washington, D.C. Although he was opposed to the War of 1812, he had a deep love for his country and served in the Georgetown Field Artillery in 1813. He ...
Intensive Train-ing. ;-)
I'm a collector. I have that bone in my brain that says that if a thing is good, more of it would be better! And of course, you know I'm all about documenting my life and my kids and my family and my friends. I'm the one who agonizes over which photos to frame and put in albums and which to store. I have drawers full of video tapes ...
“Great taste!” “Less filling!”
Cooking and blogging over at Babalú today. You are sooo going to want to get involved with this recipe for Beer Can Chicken! It was a comedy of errors that finally turned out to be a good thing. Here's what I made: If you like, we can play the write-a-caption-for-this-photo game... =D ...
SmART Cuban
I have times when I feel inadequate to homeschool my kids. Not that I can't do stuff, I totally know I can. It's just that I've never been much of an academic.I'm more of the right brain, emotionally driven, wow-what-a-great-color artistic type. And I can do a lot of stuff, except maybe algebra and seriously, name five people ...
Self-Portrait Tuesdays. The Real Thing.
What happened to Self-Portrait Tuesdays, you're asking? Well, I've been Self-Portraiting on Tuesdays over on Facebook. (So, if you're on Facebook, look up and join Self-Portrait Tuesdays.) I know. Sorry. I'm a little A.D.D. and I get easily distracted, but that's not important right now. The Self-Portrait thing started a ...
Como Su Ritmo No Hay Dos or What Cuban Music Heaven Looks Like
We live about an hour south of Los Angeles. (That's how you calculate distances here in Southern California; by how long it takes you in traffic to get from one place to another.) This is a wonderful thing because that means that we can go see shows in L.A. but not have to live there. See what I mean? Win-win. ;-) And when summer begins the ...
Teenagers in the 70’s. Your thoughts?
Amy and I were in L.A. last week. I took her to see Dirty Dancing at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Yes. A totally chick flick umm... I mean stage show night and we had a fantastic time. ("Nobody puts Baby in a corner!") Of course, being in L.A. a week after the Lakers' Championship win was interesting and I made a few ...
