My real life consists of making meals, doing laundry and dishes, changing sheets and playing with my grandson. During the summer we also entertain quite a bit and do the normal hot weather stuff, like swimming and taking treks to the beach. I still maintain that it's a charmed life, but it's a very typical life in our very typical bedroom ...
Cuban-American Life
I hope you enjoy my posts about my crazy and wonderful Cuban-American life.
Cafe La Llave Espresso Ice Cream
It's after Labor Day, which, if you're old school like me, means "put those white shoes away!" It's also supposed to be a time to ease into fall. Am I right? I'm laboring <-- see what I did there? - to bring you another entry into my "Cooking with Coffee" series. You can see the other recipes here: Espresso Coffee Cake and Espresso ...
Summer Café La Llave Basket Giveaway
UPDATE: AUGUST 2, 2023 - We have a winner! Thank you all for entering this giveaway. There will be a few more this year, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, congratulations to the winner: ****************************************************************************************** Rebekah ...
Cafe La Llave Espresso Coffee Coffee Cake
I should really start calling this series of challenges "Cooking with Coffee," but that's not important right now.Today I made a Coffee Cake, but not just any Coffee Cake. I made an Espresso Coffee Coffee Cake. What does that even mean? Well, there's brewed espresso in the batter and in the icing. It's a delicious and beautifully caffeinated ...
Hispanic Heritage Café La Llave Giveaway
UPDATE:10/24/2022 WE HAVE A WINNER!!WE'RE SO DELIGHTED THAT OUR WINNER IS LEONELLA ALVAREZ! PLEASE SEND ME AN EMAIL WITH "HEY MARTA! I WON STUFF ON YOUR BLOG! IN THE SUBJECT LINE. SEND YOUR MAILING ADDRESS SO I CAN GET IT OUT TO CAFE LA LLAVE TO SEND YOUR COFFEE GOODIES OUT ...
Sweet 16
I started writing this blog 16 years ago and I'm all about celebrating this milestone. It's my Sweet Sixteen, people! And is there anything sweeter than celebrating with Cuban pastries? When I started writing this blog, I wanted to keep a diary of sorts, slightly like a journal, a place where I could document my family’s comings and goings. I ...
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 ...
Celebrating the First – Cafe La Llave Style
UPDATE 6/27/2022: WE HAVE A WINNER!! First, let me explain how I choose the winner. I take all the entries from each of the posts I produce: Blog, Instagram, & Facebook. Then I use the Random Number Generator to give me the number of the winner in each place. Then I narrow down the winners and again randomly choose a winner. It's as fair as ...
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 ...
Cafe La Llave Brings the Brunch Together
This post is sponsored by my favorite coffee people, Café La Llave. The opinions contained in this piece are all my very own. 9/21/2022 UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations to Tanya!Tanya says April 12, 2022 at 5:20 pm (Edit)I’ve been drinking coffee since I was about five. I drink about two cups a day. Real all the ...
Thoughts on Love
LoveIt always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. ~1 Corinthians 13:7He surprised me with a picnic on The Lake today. (Catered by @portosbakery) Made my heart happy.A year ago today, I had just regained consciousness.Love. “It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always ...
