It's been 13 years since Disney/Pixar released the animated classic, "Finding Nemo." I remember watching it along with my kids and being delighted with the story (as always) and falling in love with the characters, particularly Dory, the friendly, but forgetful regal blue tang fish voiced by the funny and talented Ellen DeGeneres. ...
Win Tickets To Zootopia at AMC Prime Century City 15 – Giveaway
This is a sponsored post by Disney Pictures and AMC Prime. The opinions are my own.Is there anything more fun than seeing a movie? Actually I can think of at least TWO things: Seeing a movie that happens to be Disney's 'Zootopia.'Seeing Disney's 'Zootopia' in Dolby Cinema at AMC Prime Century City 15.Do you know what else ...
Welcome to The Jungle – Disney’s Jungle Book Comes to Life
The invitation read something like this:Come to a super secret, double-probation, if-you-tell-you're-in-trouble location at this time, on this day. You will get to hear Director Jon Favreau (!) and Visual Effects Supervisor Rob Legato as they talk about the making of their latest film, Disney's The Jungle Book. Also we will give you a sneak preview ...
A Cuban Cure for All That Ails You
I know that there are lots of things we Cubans do that are dancing on that fine line between tradition and superstition. This gets dialed way up when we get sick. We have quite the plethora of Old Wives Tales to choose from when it comes to remedies. And we Cubans don't just have plain Old Wives, our Old Cuban Wives (read: 'Abuelas') not only ...
Disney’s ‘The Finest Hours’ Review
As I sat down to write this review for the new Disney Pictures film, 'The Finest Hours,' I found myself struggling. I didn't want to write another boilerplate "the film is like this and you should see it for reasons" review. Nonetheless, here are my Big Thoughts about 'The Finest Hours.'The film tells the true story of the most ...
The Finest Hours Press Day
"Seen any good movies lately?" As a matter of fact...I recently went to a screening of the latest Disney film, 'The Finest Hours' which chronicles the true story of the most courageous small boat rescue in Coast Guard history. In February of 1952, one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England, damaging an oil tanker off the ...
My Big Fat Cuban Love Song Playlist
Valentine's Day, 1961 was our very first day in America. Read about that here and here. It's always a bittersweet date for me because I remember those difficult early days, but it's also a sweet holiday to celebrate with my husband. As you can imagine, Valentine's Day stirs up all kinds of crazy roller-coaster type emotions in me. In honor of my ...
My Visit to Zootopia
I love a good 'making of' story. (This post may or may not be one of those, but that's not important right now.) And when it involves the Disney studios, I always begin by wondering, "would this production make Walt Disney himself proud?" This post attempts to answer that question.A few months ago, as I wrote about here, I had the privilege of ...
Cubanity in Your Mailbox – Every Month!
I live in Southern California. Not South Florida. And sometimes it's hard to be Cuban here. There are lots of Cubans in lots of places and we manage to find each other in whatever corner of the globe we inhabit. I have often shared here on my blog that it's weird being Cuban and living in south Orange County - Go South on The 5. We're ...
The Highlights of 2015
It's the beginning of the new year and I'm still trying to get used to writing the 16 at the end of my checks. (Does anybody else still write checks?) Like everyone does, I am compelled to take a backwards peek at 2015 and see the things that went right and wrong. I think it's good to review the things that were worth celebrating and the ...
