There's so much to see and do in Hawaii. Particularly on the island of Oahu. There are people on just about every corner and in every hotel brokering their own "Experience the Aloha" type sightseeing trips. It's very important that you "Experience the Aloha" and there are tons of tours available to see ...
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Language Lessons Five-O
Amy is always gushing about how certain words in Spanish just sound really great - never mind the meaning - it's the sound that counts. She loves words like "maldita" and "vacilon." The same thing happens to me with Hawaiian words and names. It's a lovely melodious language and it's fun to try to say things in ...
The Rest of the Week
Eric is taking me to Hawaii for the rest of the week.... or..... The Rest of the Week. Did you see that? Just a few well-placed highlights and capitals and BWAMMO! our mini-getaway was instantly converted into A MAJOR EVENT. All that to say this: MAHALO and A-LO-HA! Marta (I hope to blog from The Island. Unless we get LOST.) ;-) ...
I’m OKAY. (You’re a cow. =D)
I can tell you now that it's over. I've been smack dab in the throes of a "cancer scare" for the past three weeks. Three weeks! That's a long time to sit in this weirdness of wondering if I am okay. But it turns out that I am OKAY. It's amazing how a few words were able to completely freeze all my thought ...
What’s cooking?
We're at the theater all week for rehearsals. That means that when it comes to dinner, we think simple. We debated the merits of American chili vs. the merits of Cuban Black Bean Soup. NO contest. Black bean soup,wins by a landslide. And we also discovered that if you put last night's leftover picadillo into your thick soup, you have a whole fun ...
We’re all in this together
The show opens this week. The director is working out the final kinks. The kids are READY. The one in the hat, 2nd from the left is my Jonathan, who will be playing Ryan (the theater geek) in their production of High School Musical. They've been rehearsing since September and the curtain goes up on Thursday night. I am doing what I do ...
Lock and Load
It has been pouring here in So Cal. Lots of rain. Heavy-storm kind of rain. Confusing, what-kind-of-shoes-do-we-wear-in-this-stuff kind of rain. It just doesn't rain here often and we southlanders never quite know what to do with ourselves in the rain. In fact, we don't even know how to drive when it rains here, but that's a rant post ...
When life gives you lemons. . . Go to the Happiest Place on Earth!
Completely distracted. Completely. Because I'm in mourning. Or maybe I'm in denial. They say you do crazy things when you're in denial. . . My PC has died an ugly, bloody death. Here is his carcass, sitting impotently on my floor. I did call someone to come and retrieve my documents and memory, but it's still pretty dead. I don't know why I ...
I’m a poet and I don’t even. . . oh wait. . .
My adorable niece, Katie, is 22 today. That means I will go out on a creative limb for her and write a haiku poem. Okay. I don't routinely go around writing haikus, (Well, I confess, sometimes I think of them, but I don't routinely write them down, but that's not important right now.) Katie and I have this tradition: I write a lovely, ...
Mama no habla de nada. . . slacker!
When I was growing up my parents always insisted we speak Spanish at home. I'm grateful to them because I'm fluent in both Spanish and English now and I don't have an accent in either language. (Except, of course, I speak Spanish fast and furiously and drop the s's on the ends of my words, but that's not important right now. =D) The ...
