I like this sign.There's nothing like sage pirate advice to get you thinking.Of course, it's just a warning about a low beam, but I like to consider the existential possibilities.... =D ...
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In her lifetime . . .
1969 was the year in which I graduated from 8th grade and in the fall started high school. Richard Nixon was inaugurated as the 37th president that year. In July, the Apollo 11 astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. walk on the moon. The World Trade Center had not yet been built. August saw more than half a million ...
How many Cubans does it take to change a lightbulb?
I think it's a man-thing. Somewhere in their genetic code is a 6th sense about energy-efficiency. So, Eric gets it into his head that we must replace all the antique incandescents in the house with those cute, curly things that are supposed to save us tons on our electric bill. So, this afternoon he marches on down to Lowe's to buy enough of those ...
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world . . .”
There were only about a dozen or so houses in the tiny port town of Manatí, Cuba in the early 1930's. This one held a family with the last name Perez-Puelles. The father of this household was the customs official of that little town. He was my grandfather. The few residents of the town were all connected because of their service in the shipyards. ...
Not another blonde joke . . .
Completely unapologetic about this - I have been documenting the cute and clever things my kids have been saying for years now. And yes, I totally think my four kids say and do the most adorable stuff. I just thought I would have outgrown some of those moments by now, seeing as Amy is almost 24. (!!)But this happened just one week ago. ...
¿Que Pasa, Jessica Rabbit?
Won't bore you with the details of the chest x-rays and the inhaler and the cortisone shot. The only plus to this whole pneumonia thing is that I sound just like Jessica Rabbit. ;-)("I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.") The fever has finally broken, but I still have to lay low for a while before I'm back to normal.For my ...
57,000 words
If you've been following my blog, you know that Lucy has been busy writing a novel. The original plan was to write it in 30 days, but when the month of April was over, she still had more story in her.So she kept at it and kept at it. I need to just insert here that I was in Miami all last week and that now I have pneumonia, and there are no ...
Be it ever so humble . . .
I thought I was just a little weary from my trip. Perhaps jet-lagged. Or maybe just having caffeine withdrawals after the 12-cafecitos a day habit I developed in Miami. That would explain why I had such low energy, and my joints were aching. But now I"m coughing and the fever is hovering at around 102°. =( I just got out of my bed (with ...
For the love of Bustelo
I don't consider myself a coffee snob. I live in Mission Viejo, California. There are more hip coffee places than police in our fair city. I swear. But I do have friends who would refer to themselves as coffee snobs (you know who you are). But I, am Cuban. And there is nothing (nothing!) like a perfectly made "coladito." I, ...
La Cocinera de Babalú
I have dozens of cookbooks in my kitchen library.Dozens.I have quite a few Cuban cookbooks and countless family recipes on cards. I learned to cook Cuban using Nitza Villapol's book (what self-respecting Cuban woman didn't??) and trying to re-create stuff I had tasted in restaurants.Cooking is just one of my hobbies. And, of course, cooking Cuban ...
