I promised, didn't I? Here's Lucy and Daisy with the Elvis impersonator - excuse me - Elvis Tribute Specialist. He looks pretty good, doesn't he? Daisy, the seven year old, kept asking, "is that REALLY Elvis?" He looked really authentic (in spite of being dead and all) and I hated to burst her bubble, but seriously, it was the ...
Pop Quiz
What do Elvis impersonators, white tigers, volcanoes, and the Beatles have to do with my life today? If you guessed "nothing" that would generally be true. =D But today, Lucy and I, along with my niece, Helen & her daughter Daisy, are driving to Las Vegas - woohoo! Road Trip! (home of all the best Elvis impersonators) to the Mirage Hotel (home ...
Lucy. Version 1.4
Today is Lucy's 14th birthday. Today my hard drive crashed. A fitting metaphor. Because as I'm looking at this amazing person with all her potential, my memory seems to have completely failed me. The original version was quiet and maybe a little shy. The upgrade is FEARLESS and seems capable of handling any task thrown her way. I'm a little bit ...
The genetic betrayal that is their legacy
So much for the romantic anniversary dinner... All four of the kids were excited to celebrate our anniversary with us.Lucy and Jonathan conspired to set a beautiful table. Amy and Adam showed up shortly after getting off work. They got us a fabulous Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker - which we will definitely love and use a lot - Thanks, guys! But, I'm ...
The Tails That Bring Us Together
Amy here. Mom cooked a gourmet dinner for Dad last night and is also making Fricasé de Pollo over at Babalú today so I figured I could take over the blog for a day.But what to write about?My Mom's (& Dad's) Anniversary yesterday? My sister's birthday party tomorrow? Man, what were my parents thinking having my sister just ...
So is this like our “quinceañera?”
Established in 1992. That's what it says on the wall of our stairwell. August 8, 1992, to be exact.That was fifteen years ago today. That's right. Today is our Happy Anniversary. Fifteen years. Or one hundred eighty months.Or five thousand, four hundred seventy-five days. In that time: We have warmed countless seats at football games, high school ...
Miss Scarlet in the Conservatory with the Lead Pipe
I remember one of the most fun things about summer in Varadero was playing Clue late into the night (Yes, the very same Parker Brothers game played here in the U.S.) and we LOVED it. Adults as well as children got to play. Our family is full of SERIOUS game players. (Is that a Cuban thing?) Card games, dominoes, board games, trivia ...
Compassion or codependence?
It's cooler today and a little overcast. The perfect morning for sleeping in.We really don't have anything planned for today. So I didn't wake the kids.I just couldn't bring myself to do it.In fact, I am letting them sleep in.Then suddenly and without warning, the internal codependent voices jump in to the debate: ~"They have to learn to be ...
They were made to be broken…
I have rules. Serious unbreakable rules. Rule #1 - I only eat ice cream if the temperature goes over 95°. Rule #2 - I will not be photographed eating food, particularly ice-cream. Rule #3 - I will not post pictures of myself eating food, particularly ice-cream, online. So, umm... here is a picture of me eating ice-cream when it was only 85° ...
Getting to the Heart of the matter…
That's pork (spiced with garlic, rum and brown sugar) on the left. And white rice on the right. And just when you think you've got the makings of a typical Cuban dinner - bammo! you notice the big, scaly green thing taking up a third of the dinner plate. At our house, this is cause for celebration: "Artichokes? Yay!!" And phone ...
