I've spent the last week serving on a jury for a criminal trial at the County Courthouse in Santa Ana, here in California. (If I tell you any more, I'd have to kill you, but that's not important right now.)I'll be honest with you: I'm not enjoying it. I have been sitting through hours of testimony and evidence and ...
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Enigmatically Cuban
When people find out I'm Cuban (which is practically one of the first things I tell them about myself, but that's not important right now) they ask me if I know "so and so" - their only other Cuban friend. They tell me the person's name and look questioningly into my eyes. Surely I must know every other Cuban on the ...
Cachucha? Yes, it’s a pepper. (A winner)
Do you just love this print?? Yes, I do, too. I'm excited that one of you will be hanging this in your kitchen to match the one hanging in mine. =DI inserted the number of entries into the True Random Number Generator at Random.org and it gave me a winner. The winner of Michael Pancier's Peppers ...
Peppers R Us – A Giveaway
I celebrated my 4th blogging anniversary (blogaversary?) at the beginning of this month. I appreciate that so many of you sent congratulatory emails and posted here and wrote happy things on my Facebook wall. It was very cool to receive all the good wishes and all that, but my friend, Cigar Mike took the congratulating up a notch. He sent me ...
Doing My Duty
I got my jury summons a few weeks ago. And as dutifully as ever I called in on the special jury selection hotline, fully expecting to be dismissed from jury duty. It didn't happen. (What?) So I dutifully came to the Superior Court of the Bubble this morning, fully expecting to have them say, "thanks, but no, thanks." Again, ...
El Palacio and me. (It was love at first sight.)
I've been home for a week now and I'm still processing all the wonderful things I got to do and experience in Miami. I'll be writing about the trip little by little as I sort through my stuff and check my mental rolodex to remind myself of the stories I want to tell. This particular one, I videotaped. (I know! Shut up!) I'm ...
“Cubanism can strike at any age.”
Me: "I made 'fanguito.'" (FAHN-GEE-TOH) Amy Kikita: "Fanguito? Really, Mom? Wait! Is that another Cubanism? Isn't 'fango' the Spanish word for 'mud?' Where exactly are you??" She sounds puzzled, and I picture her tilting her head to one side (kind of like a German shepherd). Me: "In the ...
I Parranda and I Do Laundry – Multi-tasking the Cuban Way
I'm still recovering from my The Traumatic Thwarting of My Trip Home by the POTUS. Thank you all for your concern. I'm definitely home now and back to my real life which includes laundry and laundry and more laundry and I have some videos I have to edit - in between loads of laundry. I'll tell you all about Blogalicious Weekend and ...
The POTUS and the Frita – or Why It Took Me 18 Hours to Get Home
As I type this, I'm flying at 38,000 feet. I should technically be waking up in my own bed right now (sleeping-in would be more accurate, but that's not important right now). Instead I am groggy from a difficult night and anxious for the next 2 hours to fly by. (No pun intended.) Yesterday I woke up in my penthouse room at the ...
Taking Some Well-Earned R & R
I have been in Miami all weekend having an amazing time. I've spent time with some fabulous blog friends and eaten Cuban food and even danced in a club in South Beach. (But I'll deny it if you tell anyone.) But now my amazing Blogalicious weekend is coming to an end. Frankly, I'm on overload from people and ideas and even ...
