There are things I like and there are things I love. (I'm not talking about the obvious, like husband and kids and grandsons.) Right now there are a few things in my life that have I more than love. Truthfully, I'm a little obsessed with them. I know you'll appreciate these as much as I do, because you have excellent ...
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To Live Would Be An Awfully Big Adventure
•We kicked off our Darby Summer Movies last weekend with a delightful offering from my kids’ childhood: “Hook” with Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman. 🏴☠️🧚🏻♀️🧜🏼♀️✨⚔️•Introducing this classic to my grandboys made it fresh all over again. And all the twenty-somethings present did their own version of Time Traveling. They were thrilled to ...
The Desires of My Heart – A Birthday Story
There’s a little park we go to often on weekends. 🪴 It’s hidden in a residential neighborhood in Laguna Beach and overlooks one of our favorite beaches, Crescent Bay. ⛱We’ve been going to Crescent Bay for years. In fact, when I was homeschooling Lucy & Jon, we were there at least once a week. It was always so great. 😊 If the waves were ...
Three Sixty Five
On this date 1/28/2021 - one year ago - I went into the hospital with Covid19 and because I was having trouble breathing because of that whole pesky pneumonia thing.My family spent the next 36 days feverishly (pun intended) sending my health updates to Facebook and Instagram sending out updates and asking for prayer. Which, by the way, is what ...
The Lily – A Luza Story
The Lily: A Luza Story Years ago when my mom, Luza was still with us, she gifted me a beautiful lily. The same type that she carried in her wedding bouquet. ❤️💕❤️The lily faithfully grows every year and blooms on her birthday at the end of February. That’s just like her to give me a beautiful way to remember her. We put bricks down in this ...
15 Years
I have been planning this quinceañera since last year. And boy did I have big plans! October 1st, 2006 was the day I wrote my very first post here on My Big Fat Cuban Famliy which puts me at 15 years in the blogosphere. What a celebration I had planned! To celebrate the 15 Milestone, I was going to host tons of giveaways like I usually do. And ...
Picadillo Pies Recipe
Cuban Picadillo Pies® Recipe I have a recipe today that was kind of a happy accident. Ever since I went up to San Francisco a few months ago to cook my Picadillo, my family has been clamoring for it. Yes, there's been clamoring. For the past few years I've been making my picadillo with ground turkey. It's just become a thing. When I cooked for ...
Pastelitos de Guayaba Recipe (Guava Pastry)
Marta's Homemade Pastelitos de Guayaba Recipe (Guava Pastry) My husband is an Internet Marketing Guy. (He prefers to be called “The Marketing Guru,” but that’s not important right now.) He tells me search engine facts like: “Your site has had X number of hits today.” This information totally makes me feel cool, although I’m a little puzzled by how ...
My Big Fat Cuban Family Cuban Cleaning® Playlist
I love your response to my 8 Rules to Getting Your House Cuban Clean®. You were all right there with me in the ongoing struggle. I totally appreciate that. I also appreciate that as much as we hate (or love) cleaning, it has to be done.Of course, everyone knows that you clean much more effectively when you have great music playing and you can ...
8 Rules to Getting Your House Cuban Clean®
I wrote the following after years of struggle, not with dirt or cleanliness, but with guilt that my house was never clean enough. I hope it proves cathartic for those of you raised in homes where Cuban Clean® was a thing. Also, this is NOT a sponsored post. This is The World According to Marta. This is the time of year when you throw open all the ...
