I've been blogging here at MBFCF for almost four years (Wow! That's like high school!) now. I love blogging as an a creative outlet. Not only because it's my blog and I can write pretty much whatever I want, but also because I get feedback. And for the most part, that feedback is positive, which makes me happy. I enjoy blogging ...
Seventeen
She is completely present when she speaks to you. That is, unless she's spacing out. She has lots of great ideas. But isn't always willing to share them. She is beautifully feminine. And yet, she holds her own with the big boys. She wants to do everything, go everywhere, experience it all! Except for when she just wants to be left alone, ...
Mrs. Eric Darby
I have had the happy privilege of being Mrs. Eric Darby for the past 18 years now. We got married on August 8th, 1992. Some of our anniversary celebrations have been simple. I cook, the kids toast us, we kiss. A good time was had by all. On a few of our anniversaries we've managed to escape for a weekend. This year, we planned our vacation to ...
Cafecito print – a winner.
Wow. I had no idea so many of you MBFCF readers were such coffee snobs! (I mean that in the best way possible, of course.) Seriously, go back and read the comments on the Of Jedi and Cafecitos post. You'll be blown away by the many ways there are to "do" coffee. You know I could only choose one winner which always makes me a ...
Of Jedi and Cafecitos – a Giveaway
So, a few weeks ago I'm cruising through my Facebook page and I left a comment on one of my daughter's (Amy Kikita) posts. I think she was complaining that she needed a late afternoon cafecito. (I think that's what it was, because she's always saying that in the late afternoon, but that's not important right now.) My ...
Blog Talk
As far back as I can remember I have kept a journal or a diary of some sort. In the years before blogging, I would faithfully recap the mundane events of my uneventful life, my hopes, my fears, and maybe a little wishful thinking. Because my personal journals were never intended for public consumption, I felt free to write whatever I felt without ...
Someone in Miami Loves Me UNCONDITIONALLY
I often receive things in the mail from people who know me via the blogosphere. I guess it's the nature of the way that I write that people feel like they know me and are a part of my big, fat, Cuban family. (This pleases me.) If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know about my love for anything that involves guava and cream ...
The Winner of Sabor!
Well done, people! Reading all your answers about your favorite breakfast foods has made me HUNGRY. The added benefit to reading through all of them is that now I have lots of ideas for mixing it up for breakfast. And although I can only choose one winner, I think the entire exercise of having you share your favorites was a total WIN. Of course, I ...
Stuffed French Toast, Cuban Style – A Love Story and A Giveaway
Breakfast is my very favorite meal. There. I said it. I love eggs and bacon and toast and orange juice and anything with maple syrup on it. I love my hot coffee. And I love crispy sausage. Dutch babies? Love them. And don't even get me started on my love for hash browns and homestyle potatoes! In fact, if left to my own devices, I would find ...
14,048
Thank you all for your wonderful response to the post about Christina Diaz Gonzalez's book, The Red Umbrella. I received lots of emails and Facebook and Twitter comments. I was struck by a couple of things, which I had already suspected:Most Cubans knew about the Pedro Pans, but unless they had read Yvonne Conde's excellent book, ...
