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, ...
Cuban-American Life
I hope you enjoy my posts about my crazy and wonderful Cuban-American life.
Southern California Cuban Festival 2011 in San Dimas
The following post was written by Kikita. It's that time of year again! Time for the Cuban Festival! It's been a few years since I've been, but I'll definitely be there this year! So... COME AND DANCE WITH ME!(Seriously, if you're a blog reader and you decide to go to the festival and you do see me, please come up and say ...
Old Ladies in Hats and Royal Weddings
If I were to write about The Royal Wedding, I’m sure you’d be (rightly) thinking about the wedding that took place just yesterday, April 29, 2011 in England between Prince William and his lovely bride, Kate Middleton. Back in the day.... July 29, 1981, the Royal Wedding was all about the young (19!) and beautiful Diana marrying Prince Charles. ...
“Senk Got Ees Fraidei” (read in Spanglish, please)
My mom, Luza, who is 97 is still constantly reading and learning. She just recently learned that TGIF meant "Thank God it's Friday." She liked that. A lot. So every Friday when she comes over here, she starts the weekend with her version, which sounds more like: "Senk yu, Lort, eet ees Fraidei!" (But that's not ...
El Bix – A Cuban cure for all that ails you
There's a snotty-hacking-coughing-feverish-fluish thing going around here. It's not just a common cold, either. And the cough seems to hang in and stay for weeks. My sister, Helen had it on my mom's birthday a few weeks ago. (She's still coughing.) And then Jonathan got it. (He's still coughing.) [Stylized Cartoon photo of ...
Choices, choices….
I don't usually have trouble making choices. In fact, I'm pretty clear on my personal tastes. For example, given a choice of items in different colors, my eye (and by extension, my hand) will always choose the RED thing. I will (9 out of 10 times) choose shoes for comfort rather than fashion. If I have to choose a movie, it will be a ...
On a clear day, you can see Havana
When I was born, my dad was 44 years old. I am the youngest of his six children. (Still today and forever, I am the baby of the family, but that's not important right now.) On February 13th, 1961, he celebrated the first of many birthdays in the U.S. He was 50 years old. My dad was an extremely quiet person. He was not, as I recall, ...
An Historical Day
According to my friend, Amy Arnaz, the day that her husband was born, the news of his birth knocked the inauguration of President Eisenhower off of the front page of all the newspapers across America. Can you imagine?That was on Monday, January 19, 1953. This same baby who created such a stir on Inauguration Day, 1953, was also on the very first ...
The Best of MBFCF in 2010
I started this tradition last year. I reviewed my posts for the entire year (which was kind of interesting in a wow-is-that-a-train-wreck? kinda way, but that's not important right now) and picked a mix of some of my favorites. These links are a pretty good representation of what it's like Living the Vida Loca, MBFCF-style. If you've ...
Almost 50 years.
My dad passed away on December 11th, 1999. He and my mom would have celebrated their 60th anniversary just 3 weeks later on December 31st. To this day, when asked how long they were married, my mom will always answer, "Casi 60 años." Translation: "Almost 60 years." It's as if she feels like she's lying to just say 60 ...
