I've been letting my hair go back to its natural curl. That sounds like a really simple thing, right? It's not. I've been going to a specialty hair salon in Laguna Beach. The hair gal, Vickie (who happens to be Puerto Rican, which makes us practically related) runs a cute little shop called Curls on Top. She specializes in curly ...
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Wassup En La? Why you will love this sitcom…
Go and grab yourself a nice, hot cafecito and make yourself comfortable. This post is going to be long and newsy. I'm about to seriously dish about the new TV sitcom, Wassup En LA? with lots of details and tons of photos about the project. (This is why you love me, right?) I promised you a few weeks ago that I would write about the making of ...
Goodbye, Google Reader. Hello, Bloglovin.
Those of you who subscribe to my blog feed and use Google Reader may have already heard that Google Reader is going away. The beauty of using a "reader" is that it delivers the content from your favorite blogs straight into one place where you can then read up on the comings and goings of your favorite blogger-people.I tend to use my ...
99 Red Balloons
My mom, Luza, celebrated her 99th birthday in February. You may recall that she asked if she could have balloons at her party. How fabulous would it be if we could get 99 RED Balloons for the party? (Inspired by the 80's song of the same name, but that's not important right now.) I took it up just a notch and asked everyone to please ...
A Pastelito by any other name…
There are thousands of fantastic restaurants in Southern California. And I'm sure the fair city of Glendale has a bizzillion wonderful eateries. But, if we're going to be in Glendale for any reason, we must always stop at Porto's Bakery and load up on Cuban Provisions. There's no better Cuban bakery in So Cal. Lucy, Jonathan ...
Bee-ing Ourselves
Spring weather here in Southern California is like no other. The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is open all the windows and doors and let the fresh air in. This is how the trouble started... I left the slider in our bedroom open the other morning, and a bee got in the house. I didn't know that that's what had happened. I ...
This is Wassup…
Last summer, I came across a Kickstarter Campaign for a not-yet-produced TV show called "Wassup en LA?" The theme was that a young Cuban American actor from Miami goes to Los Angeles to find fame and fortune. And his Cuban family, abuelos and all, follow and support him. I clicked on the link, read the synopsis and and fell in love. You ...
Keeping Calm
Sometimes I feel like I've said everything I need to say. And sometimes I feel like I have told my same stories a thousand times. Maybe it's because I start to tell a story and my kids stop me in mid-sentence with a resounding, "We know!" I thought about retiring my blogging jersey (metaphorically speaking) and shut down My ...
Life Without Pretending
When I started writing over-sharing on this blog six years ago, I had made the decision that I didn't want to ever complain. (I follow that rule in my real life, too, but that's not important right now.) I seriously have so much to be grateful for, and I swear I do lead a charmed life. But like everyone else, I go through a rough patch ...
Cuban Word of the Day
I have been taking a hiatus to get myself well again from being sick for the first part of this year. (Thank you, Vicks VaPoRub for your constant support.) I'm 100% better and I'm ready to jump back into blog-world. I had a feeling-sorry-for-myself-emotionally-fragile moment of "I wonder if anyone even remembers me?" This ...
