The high school kids performed the musical, Bye Bye Birdie last weekend. And okay, I know I’m totally partial, but they were wonderful! Rosie was delightful in her irritation at Albert for his inability to commit, and so grudgingly she makes an inspired decision to have Conrad (Albert’s client) kiss a girl from the small town of Sweet Apple, Ohio: ...
Birthday Musings from a Golden goddess
Obviously, I, Kikita is the Golden goddess (little "g"), wrote this post. My birthday is two weeks away. I'm going to be 26. TWENTY-SIX!! I am a HUGE fan of birthdays. I am the midnight caller singing a cheesy song (because the traditional "Happy Birthday" just wouldn't be enough). My philosophy is that a birthday is ...
Miami Rules.
The following are words to the wise from Kikita. Mami has certain rules when it comes to being in Miami.1. Eat ONLY Cuban food.2. Little or (preferably) NO black amongst your wardrobe - White & Bright Colors ONLY3. Red Lipstick is a MUST. These are in no particular order and all are considered a sin if broken. If you will remember my trip last ...
To my little Drama Queen…
(This is the ad that's going in the Bye Bye Birdie program. I crack myself up. =D) ...
It’s my blog and I’ll whine if I want to
List of stuff that's stressing me out right now:We returned from our trip to Washington D.C. and New York a week ago and I'm still catching up on laundry. Lucy has a performance this coming weekend for which I am painting backdrops and overseeing costumes. Our first technical rehearsal was today and I'm pretty exhausted. Jonathan ...
Memorial Day
Eric and I just recently returned from taking our teenage kids, Lucy and Jonathan on a trip to Washington D.C. We saw and learned so much that we were at times overwhelmed with the amount of information coming our way. We’re still working on writing about and documenting our trip, but the events of one particular day have been difficult to ...
Today My Mom is Twenty-One . . .
. . . with thirty-three years of experience. 33!Obviously, this is Kikita and I'm here to write a properly effusive post about my Mom for her birthday.The problem is, I am in no mood to talk about her. I just got back from Miami and am feeling the need to talk about me. The morning that I left for my 5 day trip, my friend giving me a ride to ...
Ya viene llegando…
My mom gave me a piece of Cuban history recently. It's a list of names from 1960. The list was of a group of unaccompanied minors who were sent here to the U.S. by their desperate parents to protect them from Castro's plans for the youth of Cuba. The exodus of 14,000 minors was dubbed Operacíon Pedro Pan. (Operation Peter Pan.)1960. ...
Tiki Tiki – stories with cultura, color and sabor
I'm involved in a lot of projects.But I'm particularly proud of this one: It's a new magazine-style site called the Tiki Tiki. (I'm soooo excited about this!) The best part of this project is that I have had the privilege and pleasure to collaborate with three amazingly talented and passionate Latinas: Carrie, Carla and ...
Getting Connected
I, Kikita, am standing here FLOORED. I was walking by a Verizon Wireless booth and I see people laughing and others crying. Everybody is on the phone. Obviously, Verizon is here to promote themselves, but what are they doing to these people?? As it turns out, Verizon was letting them make free 15 minute phone calls to anywhere . . . Mostly, Cuba. ...
