The following post has been written for your reading pleasure by none other than Kikita. At this point, I expect you all know of my dear friend Sheila and have figured out that I spend a whole lot of time with her, which is why she is always in my blog stories, but that's not important right now. All through our many adventures in the month of ...
Cuban-American Life
I hope you enjoy my posts about my crazy and wonderful Cuban-American life.
Cuban guys can COOK – part 2
My very first post, which I wrote on October 1st, 2006 was titled Life on the Hyphen. That also happens to be the title of a wonderful book by one of my very favorite authors: Gustavo Pérez Firmat. In fact, if you look over to the right you'll find a couple of his books under Smart Cuban Authors. Seriously. He's just ...
The Walking Legend
I know you've missed me . . . so I'm taking time out of my busy schedule to share with you.Hi Everyone! It's Kikita! Sometime in November I was trying to come up with a great Christmas song for the video and stumbled across a John Legend song. This reminded me of how much I liked him, so I jumped on ticketmaster and (Jesus must ...
Drum roll, please….
Main Entry: win·ner Pronunciation: ˈwi-nər Function: noun Date: 14th century1) one that wins.2) one that is successful especially through praiseworthy ability and hard work. The winner of the Cafe Cubano Mug:i'm forgiving you (and kikita, ) only because i want that mug. .... and the apron too. my dear child your sins are ...
Guilt-free blogging
Okay, so I'm feeling a little bit guilty because I haven't been blogging lately. (shut up. I know.) But frankly, I haven't been near a computer and I'm still up to my (Royal Shakespearean!) eyeballs in costumes and sets. And there are still two more performances before I can breathe again (at least for a moment before I have to ...
The Consolation Prize
There are places that I remember in the Havana of my childhood that continue to fascinate me to this day. One of those is the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.I remember driving by it as a little girl and thinking it was a magical place. Built in 1930, it played host to the rich and famous who visited our island home until our world imploded on January ...
Original thinking
As this new year begins I am coming back here to my blog thinking: "my God! I don't have one original thought left in my brain." Yes, I say it in a voice 12 octaves higher than my own tinged with panic. (And of course, being the good Cuban woman I am, I feel a high sense of responsibility and guilt, but that's not ...
WAY. TOO. LONG.
January 1, 1959. Fifty years ago today.A group of bearded rebels rode into Havana (my hometown) and turned our lives upside-down. My sisters and me. This photo was taken in early 1961 when we were newly arrived in the U.S. after fleeing the communist takeover. The details of our exile include:constant fear difficult decisions separation from ...
Cuban New Year’s Eve Traditions
I'm sooo ready.On New Year's Eve, at the stroke of midnight, we Cubans are BUSY. When the clock strikes 12 we:quickly eat 12 grapes - one for each month of the past year. wash these down with sparkling cider to celebrate the end of the old year. throw a bucket of water out the front door to symbolize getting rid of all the bad juju ...
Hay que lio!
I'm bossy.I won't deny it.But I think I have some good ideas and being bossy helps get my people to cooperate. ;-) And I'm cognizant most of the year that we will eventually be putting together a video to entertain the family at Christmas. So when there's any kind of reunion (like this one in Miami this year), I ...
