Our invitations for Noche Buena just went out. I'm quite proud of them. I wish I could invite you all, but I can't. This year we're not hosting this event at our house. We agreed that my nephew's home is more spacious and will accommodate the 40+ people who will be attending. This doesn't mean I'm off the hook, though.As you can see, I still ...
Cuban Christmas
Enjoy these Cuban Christmas traditions, Cuban recipes, and stories from my family to yours. Wishing you and your family a very Merry Cuban Christmas!
Hammer Time
DISCLAIMER: The following post will probably only make sense to Cuban-Americans (and probably only to my immediate family). Read at your own risk. =D I am the youngest of six. Four older sisters and one brother. One of the beauties of being a Cuban exile, is living and growing up around people who are bilingual. It was always a party (it still is)! ...
Language Lesson
Cucufate. n. (koo-koo-fah-teh)1. To confuse things in such a way as to cause confusion all around you. 2. a screw-up. We have been using this term idiomatically in my family as far back as I can remember.We have taken to calling everything we do a Cucufate (big screw-up). This might be one of those things that is very specifically Cuban. A few ...
No more sombreros for Mami, thanks.
There are two kinds of people in this world:Those who look good in hats And the rest of us.I was still massaging my bruised ego from The Trampoline Debacle yesterday. And I had some other problems with orders and customers that put me in a blue funk. So, Amy took me to dinner at Disneyland to cheer me up. We watched fireworks and it ...
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
I have been "tagged" by my friend, Kristen with the "Holiday Edition of: Getting to Know Your Friends." As opposed to other versions, I find this one fascinating. Mostly because the questions are about favorite Christmas traditions. It seems everyone I know is fiercely dedicated to their own traditions and I love that ...
We go together…
Working on that Christmas video and sorting through my pictures gives me a total "Now and Then" perspective. Because I'm a scrapbooker, I write my journaling stories more about relationships, than I do events. Although, I'm all about chronicling events, too. I love seeing relationships evolve in my photos. I love documenting ...
Y 2 Que?
In 1979, after President Jimmy Carter opened up travel between the U.S. & Cuba, I had a cousin go to Cuba to visit family.She brought back the most amazing treasure for us: A suitcase full of our family pictures. This is going to sound odd to some, but I was 24 years old and had never, before that moment, seen baby pictures of myself. ...
Cuban Christmas Math – 12 days plus 3 Kings?
It is the day after Thanksgiving. I know there is a frenzy of activity in many homes already decorating for Christmas. Ours is not one of those. Growing up Cuban means we celebrate Christmas Eve - Noche Buena. In our home, we always waited to put up our tree until December 24th. That was always part of the celebration. We ...
