A few months back, Amy and I got the chance to preview the film, Gnomeo and Juliet from Disney Pictures. It's about Garden Gnomes in an ill-fated romance. Yes. Garden Gnomes. In love. I just love the wonderful absurdity of the entire premise. Amy Kikita and I actually got to see it in theaters a few months back and while we were a bit tense ...
Voices from Mariel – a Giveaway
I'm often amazed at how little people here seem to know about the waves of Cuban immigrants refugees to this country. The older folks seem to remember that in the early 60's there were some displaced Cuban children that needed homes. This they only know if one of the children ended up in their neighborhood. I'm referring, of course, ...
100
As you know, my mom, Luza, is 97 years old. She has four siblings who are all in their 90's, except for one... Her big brother just celebrated his 100th birthday in Miami this past weekend.Tio Fernando is one hundred years old. (I know. Shut up!) I don't know what genetic material these people are made of, I just hope I have a tenth of ...
Pirate Booty – (did I really just use “booty” in a post title?) And the winner is…
Thanks for those of you who entered the giveaway and shared those cool quotes for a chance to win some Pirate Booty (did I just use the word, "booty" in a sentence?). I put the names (single entries) into the True Random Number Generator at Random.org and the winner is: *******************************************************Brandon ...
A Pirate’s Life for….you? – A Cool Giveaway
You know how much I love All-things-Disney. And can I just tell you how ready I am for summer? Not just because I'll have lots of down time (yay!), but also because summer is Blockbuster Movie Season. Am I right? First movie on my List of Blockbuster Movies I'm Looking Forward To: PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES which will ...
Southern California Cuban Festival 2011 in San Dimas
The following post was written by Kikita. It's that time of year again! Time for the Cuban Festival! It's been a few years since I've been, but I'll definitely be there this year! So... COME AND DANCE WITH ME!(Seriously, if you're a blog reader and you decide to go to the festival and you do see me, please come up and say ...
Always Right
Blog hijacking shall commence in 3... 2... 1... Hi. This is Lucy. My mom doesn’t know that I’m posting this. But she does know that I love to tell stories. I got that from her. And there’s a beautiful story I know about my mom that I would like to share. But because ...
Celebrating Abuela
I never knew my grandparents. We left Cuba when I was so very young that I barely remember my grandmothers. I think my dad's parents had already passed away by the time I was born. And I have just the few mental snapshots that a five year old can retain of my mom's mother. Here's a beautiful old photo of her, my maternal grandmother, ...
May the 4th Be With You
In 1977 when I was young and adorable (This is NOT a lie), a film was released that changed my personal perseption of movie making forever. (This is NOT a lie, either.) It was only playing on a few screens and there was no advertising for it. It was completely word of mouth. We had friends who dragged us to this screening. Apparently everyone was ...
The First Born
The experience of having a child is possibly the most traumatic, amazing, delightful and life-changing event of any woman's life. If you have more than one child, you are a little bit better prepared for child #2 or #3 or #4 (or #6 or #8...). Having that first one, however, is so incredibly new and so incredibly different from anything ...
