Today....Mountains (not kidding here!) of post-vacation laundry are done, folded, and put away.The kids are at the movies with friends, which means that the house is blissfully quiet.My to-do list has all tasks neatly and very satisfyingly crossed off. (Ahhh!)I do have two more weeks of final school stuff coming up plus plans for a recipe I'll ...
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And the number one reason why I could never live in Miami…
I admit it.I have no willpower.This place is open until all hours of the night.And they serve Cuban food, people.Fabulous Cuban food!And pastries.Amazing Cuban pastries!And I have no willpower.It's like the Cuban Mecca.And I am a faithful pilgrim.To go to Miami is to go to Versailles.And seriously, if I lived in Miami, well....you can ...
First things first
Because I'm an avid scrapbooker, family historian and documenter of all things in my family's life, you can be sure that I have recorded all of my kids' firsts:first smile first tooth first Christmas first days of school first time on stage first dance first (fill in the blank)I could go on and on (oh, you know that I ...
Gracias.
Okay, people. You did it. I am officially overwhelmed. Thank you all for the birthday love and especially to my first-born who wrote that beautiful tribute. Thanks, Amy Kikita! (I can't get used to calling her that, but that's not important right now.) And yes, I'm twenty-one... with thirty-two years of experience. ;-) So, I've ...
A Happy Birthday Post
Kikita here. I am hijacking the blog in order to write a properly effusive "Happy Birthday" post for this particular birthday. Yes, birthday. When I was growing up, this person (the one who's birthday it is) used to tell me how she always thought her birthday was May 20th because there were always big celebrations and ...
Cuban Independence Day
There's so much I want to tell you about Cuba Nostalgia.But right now, let me tell you about the maps.There were three and they were larger than life. One of the city of Havana. One of the city of Santiago de Cuba. One of the entire island.The last one was placed just to the right of the Babalu booth, and so we had the privilege of witnessing ...
Who IS this guy???
It's going to take me weeks to digest all that happened over this fabulous Cuba Nostalgia weekend. I think I'll just give it to you piece-meal. So I was tearing around Cuba Nostalgia looking at booths and shopping with Claudia and trying to take it all in when I noticed a gorgeous domino table and a nicely groomed man arranging the ...
Because I (Kikita) am obedient.
After a long day of working at the Babalu Booth and making sure people were signing the petition to free the political prisoners in Cuba, I asked Mami where we were going to have "dinner." (is it really dinner if it's after 11:30pm?) “We’re going to Versailles Amy, are you ready?” And because I’m just so obedient, “Ok, Mami, I’m ...
Cuba Nostalgia, Day 1 – I’m already Nostalgic
I already have so many stories I can't wait to share . . . I am so excited to be here in Miami and to re-connect with my friends from last year. Here I am with my co-bloggers (is that a word?), the amazing Ziva, the wise-cracking Reinier, and the lovely Amanda.It was crazy, everyone was hugging, talking, laughing, and (of course) blogging. Adam ...
Out of the frying pan…
See this feast? It was our fabulous going away breakfast. Chocolate-chip pancakes, scrambled eggs, real bacon, homestyle potatoes, juice and coffee. It was KILLER!Any reason for a party...... And speaking of parties.....picture us coasting through space in our American Airlines plane on our way to MIAMI. The first order of business will be to meet ...
