**The following post was written and brought to you by the one and only Kikita. Marta and the rest of the big, fat, Cuban family are currenty cruising to Puerto Rico** Mami, Marta, has been collecting your Cuando Sali de Cuba stories for quite some time now getting ready for Hispanic Heritage Month. What better way to kick off the month than with a ...
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The Help – And the winners are…
Thank you again for your willingness to share your stories. (And for letting me share mine!) If you must know, my very favorite character, especially in the film, was Celia Foote. I loved how she totally disarmed Minny with her innocence - or was it ignorance?And the winners of the giveaways are: The Dreamworks The Help Gift Pack goes to:A ...
The Help – A Memory and A Giveaway
When I was a small child in Cuba B.C.* my family had "Help." (*Before Castro) Pita (pronounced in Spanish - PEE-TAH) was the family chauffer. He was a beautiful, old mulato that took us everywhere. Well, he took my mom and us kids everywhere. My dad drove himself to work and back. It fell to Pita to take us shopping and to the movies and ...
Fabulous Summer Fun – Disney Style
Last week I was privileged to be a part of the kick-off for some really amazing summer fun at the Disneyland Resort. I feel sooo accidentally cool to be considered part of the "new media." We got to preview the new Little Mermaid ride, Ariel's Undersea Adventure which was as cute and clever as you may imagine.Sitting two ...
Marta’s Birthday Month®
I know. Everyone else celebrates their birthDAY. And some clever folks even celebrate Birthday Week, which I did, too, until I said to myself, "Self, we should try to see if we can drag out this birthday celebration stuff for the entire month of May." No, I don't really talk to myself that way....or maybe I do, but that's not ...
Gnomeo & Juliet and I am Number Four – DVD Winner
Thanks to all of you who entered the giveaway for these fabulous Disney Picture DVDs: Gnomeo & Juliet and I Am Number Four.Congratulations to: ********************************************Andria said...- Candle in the Wind - I already wear glasses and it's a pain to have to wear the 3-D ones on top. So, I don't enjoy the ...
Winner – Voices from Mariel Giveaway
First, I'd like to thank all of you who sent in your "leaving Cuba" stories.The heartbreak and beauty of them is something that I think I'm going to start sharing regularly here on my blog. Thank you, again, my friends.I numbered each entry and plugged the numbers into the True Random Number Generator at Random.org which ...
Giving stuff away – Disney DVDs
A few months back, Amy and I got the chance to preview the film, Gnomeo and Juliet from Disney Pictures. It's about Garden Gnomes in an ill-fated romance. Yes. Garden Gnomes. In love. I just love the wonderful absurdity of the entire premise. Amy Kikita and I actually got to see it in theaters a few months back and while we were a bit tense ...
Voices from Mariel – a Giveaway
I'm often amazed at how little people here seem to know about the waves of Cuban immigrants refugees to this country. The older folks seem to remember that in the early 60's there were some displaced Cuban children that needed homes. This they only know if one of the children ended up in their neighborhood. I'm referring, of course, ...
Pirate Booty – (did I really just use “booty” in a post title?) And the winner is…
Thanks for those of you who entered the giveaway and shared those cool quotes for a chance to win some Pirate Booty (did I just use the word, "booty" in a sentence?). I put the names (single entries) into the True Random Number Generator at Random.org and the winner is: *******************************************************Brandon ...
