My son, Jonathan, graduated from high school a few weeks ago. As I've done with each one of my four kids, I asked what type of celebration he'd enjoy. The four of them have asked for completely different types of parties and I have tried my best to comply. in 2001, Amy wanted an All-Cuban theme, with all the family and her friends, ...
Tearing Down Fences
The fence separating our property from our next door neighbors was falling down. Too many years of watering and the daily wear and tear of life was making it wobble and it had started taking on a slight I've-had-one-drink-too-many look. Looking down at the wobbly fence from my screened bedroom window.But you know how you look at ...
The End of an Era
I've been struggling to find words to capture this day. Jonathan is graduating from high school tomorrow. And as you may or may not know, he's been homeschooled all these years. Starting from first grade, he's been home with me and Eric and truthfully, we did a whole lot of un-schooling. That is, we let the kids find the ...
A Bright Summer With Pier 1 – Gift Card Winner
From the day we set up our new patio furniture from Pier 1, I swear we have been out there enjoying it Every. Single. Day. We find any excuse to get ourselves out to go sit on the comfy cushions and watch the world go by. I feel ridiculously proud of this. I thought we spent a lot of time out on our porch, but now it's become A ...
Hello, Summer. – A Pier 1 Giveaway
Today's the day for the Big Reveal and a cool Pier 1 Giveaway. My patio is seriously so bright and inviting now. I'm so excited to share. To see where I started, read my original post here: Making My Summer Bright With Pier 1. My vision was to create a new, brighter and much more inviting space in the front of our home on our porch. Like ...
59 Wonderful Truths About Getting Older
I'm 59 today. There's so much I want to tell you about how this feels. And because this is all about me, here are My 59 Wonderful Truths: 1. I feel the same inside as I did when I was 17. (Nobody tells you this.) 2. I still have moments of insecurity about: my hair, my hips, my gut (pick a feature). I just don't care enough to ...
A One-of-a-Kind Gift
It's been so exciting and busy around here! I've been creating custom subway posters for some really fun people and today I've asked one of them to share their experience and how the poster was received. First, this is the poster I created for her husband's 50th birthday. Very cool, no? I'll let Liliana Romero describe ...
Million Dollar Arm – A Review
I realize that any movie review is completely subjective to the reviewers taste. My view on this, however, is that if you've been reading my blog long enough, you know the type of person I am and so you'll get a better perspective of where I'm coming from when I talk about the movies I have seen. Today I'm going to tell you ...
Making My Summer Bright with Pier 1
It's 90 degrees here in our little corner of Southern California and I know it's only May, but this weather is making me sooo ready for summer. As I mentioned before, we have been in serious remodel mode around here. Read about that here: Where There Is Life, There Will Be a Mess And now that the painting is complete, everything ...
It’s the Real Thing
You know that we Cubans love baseball and have embraced it as part of our national identity. A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to attend a press junket for the upcoming Disney film, 'Million Dollar Arm,' which is about a sports agent named JB Bernstein, played by the handsome and talented Jon Hamm of Mad Men ...
