Kikita here. It all started with Adam and a random text message: "What's the name of the kid in The NeverEnding Story?" "Bastian," I replied automatically. "Why the nostalgia?" (Note: I didn't quite put it that way, but hey, I'm using poetic license here.) Adam was at the video store and he had seen the ...
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Chronological dis-order
My mom (94) has a giant stack of scrapbooks. When I say giant, I mean, if you were to stack them all one on top of the other, they would measure at least 20 feet! Giant stack. In them she keeps greeting cards she's received over the years, matchbooks, letters, newspaper clippings, birth and wedding announcements, artwork done by the kids, voters ...
What I have in common with royalty
Background for the following:My mom's been reading a book on French, English, and Spanish monarchs. The other day she gave me this card with some apparently random information that she had painstakingly copied:Written inside in her own curly scroll is the following:It reads: "Kings who were sincerely loved by their people:Luis IX - ...
Gratuitous picture of my beautiful sisters
L to R: Me, Miriam, Ofie, Alina, & Helen. These are the women with whom I have shared rooms, clothes, makeup, and secrets.They are all who I wanted to be when I grew up. In this configuration, no matter how old I get, I will always be The Baby. (sigh) ...
The Double-Double deserves a standing ovation.
You know I love to cook. And you know I love my Cuban food. But you have to realize that I'm also just a Suburban Mom most days. And sometimes I do get supremely tired of schlepping (in Spanish, I think "arrastrando" would be the comparable word) my kids to classes and practices and friend-outings and all that. For someone who ...
Crunch time
We voted today. Yep, we are mail-in voters. At least we are now. Based on the long lines and the hours it took two years ago, even though my daughter and I had an absolute blast waiting in line, it's not an experience I'm anxious to revisit. This is a new thing for us so we sat down reverently and filled out our ballots ...
Celebrating Summer
We So Cal people don't really "do" weather. We just don't know how. When the weather cools a bit, (which it really hasn't considering we are about a month into Fall, but that's not important right now) we pull out socks to wear with our flip-flops and exclaim "Fall is here!" (you think I'm kidding, ...
So much to do…
I have a big, long list of things to do.And I have been so busy all week that I thought I'd just wait for Saturday to tackle all the things left undone. Yes, but am I actually doing any of the tasks on my list?Although, I have to say, that being Cuban, I'm not really sure I know how to lollygag, but that's not important right now. ...
A colorful birthday riddle
If your name is NANCY and you are my sweet, WONDERFUL and caring Mother-in-Law, and this October day is your Happy Birthday, then this message is for YOU! =D A special GIFT is on its way too: My Big, Fat, C... A celebration of C... By Marta M. DarbyBook Preview ...
The “cowbell” of my Cuban American Kitchen
If there is one thing I can never get enough of when I'm baking something, it's guava paste. (You were going to guess that too, weren't you?) Gotta have more GUAVA! ** If you're not Cuban, you're probably not feeling it and that's O-KAY. I really don't get Jell-O, so we're probably even there. ;-) But I ...
