This is Kikita. For the past few weeks it seems I haven't been about to get through one day without being asked: "Do you facebook?""Are you a facebooker?""Are you on facebook?" And every now and then there is the snide (ok, they never go so far as snide, but there is a definite tone going on) comment, "Oh, ...
On top of the world
Back in February of this year Eric and I went to Hawaii. While we were there, he gave me his wedding ring to hold while he went swimming and I held on to it for the rest of that day. I'm embarrassed to tell you what happened next, but obviously not embarrassed enough, because I'm going to tell you that story now: I was wearing his ...
Beverly Hills Cuban
You know I live in a bubble, right? A sweet little suburban bubble called Mission Viejo. We are located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego and our fair city is only about 20 years old. Which isn't even old in dog years. Eric and I spent the weekend in L.A. - our primary objective was to see Jim Gaffigan, the comedian, ...
Let them eat CAKE. =D
There's nothing Eric and I love more than going to a comedy club. And there's nothing better than enjoying a comedian who is smart. (Sorry. I have a low tolerance for dozens of f* bombs in comedy routines that get cheap laughs, but that's not important right now.) So I'm always delighted when we go see a ...
WARNING: Cubanism can strike at any moment!
My friend Pam lives in the town (hamlet? community?) of Hanford in Central California. She and her husband, Gene, go for walks in the evening and this is what they see: It's a toad. A TOAD, people. Can you say, "Gross me out in twelve different ways???" Eeeww! Eric and I go on a nightly walk and this is what we see here ...
Cucufate Explained
The following interactive explanation has been brought to you by the lovely Kikita =D First, click here (then come back): CUCUFATE "Abuela, de donde salio cucufate?" "Cucufate es un santo." WHAT?!?! I asked Señor Google. It's True. Cucufate is the Spanish version of Saint Cucuphas. Who knew that Saints could be ...
It all depends on your point of view
We have a hill across the street from where we live. Ours is what you would call a "single-loaded" street - which is real estate code for "no houses across the street." So, no houses, but a big ole hill. There's actually a water tower up at the top of the hill. And the road to get up there is ...
It’s Election Day . . .
Kikita here. Today I woke up with a heavy heart. I felt like the weight of the world was on my shoulders . . . or at least it was on my mind. My thoughts were somewhere along these lines:I have to vote today. ALONE.The people in Cuba can't vote.Whatever happens today will affect them.Being a Cuban-American version 2.0, I don't think I can ...
Decisions, decisions.
As I told you before, we've already voted. And we don't take that lightly.We read and study and debate and question. And not having a tv means that we will pretty much be glued to the internet tomorrow for election coverage, but that's not important right now. The ballot in California is looong too. Lots of decisions to ...
Falling back
We had no big plans for the weekend after our Halloween party on Friday. Like I said yesterday, we were feeling pretty zombie-like and didn't have energy for much. Honestly, I like weekends where we are all just puttering around the house, reading or watching movies, or working on projects without the "tyranny of the ...
