Every year we look forward to our week down in the beach town of Del Mar, California. It's about an hour south of where we live. What a difference that hour south makes. We've been coming here to this same beach house in Del Mar for the past 4 years and it always manages to feel both fresh and familiar. Unpacking and cooking is easy. I ...
We’re Off To See the Wizard
I'm glad I have a forced rest right now. (See the post about the whole stupid foot-in-an-inflatable-cast thing.) I'm happy to be able to catch up on some photo organization and scrapbooking. In going over my stuff I realized I had never printed the photos from the Spring Musical that my son, Jonathan was in. (Working on the scrapbook ...
It started with the meltdown in Tribeca…
[WARNING: Brutally honest sharing ahead. Proceed at your own risk. You've been warned.] I so didn't want to blog about this. I over-share enough as it is. But in the interest of "keeping it real," I'm going to go ahead and tell you what happened... Remember when I told you I that Plantar Fasciitis is a Big Jerk? Well, I ...
The Birthday Adventure
Lucy's been in Hollywood for the past month. She's doing an Improv Intensive at Improv Olympics West and has been living up there during the week and coming home (briefly!) to do laundry, regroup for a day before she goes back on Sunday afternoon to prepare for the next week. Yesterday, (Sunday) was her twentieth birthday. (I know. It ...
From this day forward…
We took our wedding vows on August 8th, 1992. Into this new covenant I brought my two beautiful children (Amy and Adam), and tremendously high hopes for the future. I often tell my kids that the biggest decision they'll ever make in their lives will be who they choose to marry. That one decision will, for the most part, decide their ...
Cuban Bruschetta. Believe it.
I know what you're thinking. You saw the title of this post and you said out loud, "There's no such thing as Cuban Bruschetta." That's also what my mom said. (But then she's a Cuban Mother and it's part of her job description to argue recreationally, but that's not important right now.) Lucy (who is the Bruschetta Expert of the family) asked, ...
“Which one is the Cuban boy?”
We live about an hour south of Los Angeles, which is nice for us because it's close enough that we can get there if we want to see concerts or shows or even just shop, but we're still far enough away that we're not impacted by LA traffic (or LA crazy, but that's not important right now). So it's a win-win. Some of ...
Cuban Style Black Bean Dip Recipe
I love summer. I love that the days are so long and that everyone I know seems to be wanting to eat outdoors. We were invited to a barbecue last week. "Can you bring some kind of Cuban-style appetizer?" I usually get asked to bring some kind of Cuban-style dessert and then I usually make pastelitos for a crowd (See Pastelitos for ...
Aging Gracefully
It's one of those things that has to be done. And, for the most part, it's out of our control. Unless something catastrophic happens, we are all going to age. Some of us will look better doing it. Some of us will just handle it better. Some things about aging are liberating for me. I seriously don't have to worry anymore about how ...
The Great Cronut Hunt
If you're not up on your foodie news or have not been privy to any media for the last couple of months, or maybe you've been hiding in a cave, you may have missed the Cronut Craze. Started in New York at Dominique Ansel Bakery, the cronut is a delicacy designed by the aforementioned pastry chef in his self-named bakery. The best way to ...
