Michelle: I'm the Mary and you're the Rhoda.Romy: That's ridiculous. You're the Rhoda. You're the Jewish one. Michelle: Oh my God! I'm talking cuteness-wise, okay? And cuteness-wise, I'm the Mary."When I am with my sisters, we have an instant familiarity and rapport that comes of sharing so much life for so many years. We easily ...
Cuban-American Life
I hope you enjoy my posts about my crazy and wonderful Cuban-American life.
Six degrees of dinner conversation…
The discussions around our dinner table are never dull. We are constantly trying to stump each other with questions. Sometimes we play "Twenty Questions" or "World's Worst." But we always get back to movies. We love movies. We (by choice) don't have cable, so we don't watch tv. (although, I admit we do have some tv on dvds)But ...
A Riddle
Q: What's Cuban and rhymes with "EYE CANDY?" A: Seriously. Do I really need to spell it out? ;-) [sigh] Andy Garcia as Terry Benedict in Ocean's Thirteen. ...
“Hay sol bueno y mar de espuma. . .”
Varadero, Cuba. Summer of 1960.The one on the far left and the tall one are two of my sisters, Alina and Miriam. The other 3 are cousins. During the course of the summer there would be 14 more kids - all of our cousins, from 5 families, sharing that beach house.It even had a name: Villa ObduliaI think Obdulia was the daughter of the lady who ...
She IS the boss of me.
It was a busy weekend for us with all the birthday celebrations and Father's Day. But I took the day off from my real life last Friday to go help out at the CKU convention in Anaheim (scrapbooking event). There was no way I was going to be able to actually attend the entire thing (which made me sad in like 10 different ways) because Lucy had a ...
Cuba Nostalgia montage
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8046357044212722510&hl=en More Cuba Nostalgia. Enjoy the sights & sounds of, IMHO, the most rich and vibrant culture on planet earth. Viva Cuba Libre! ...
Cuban Racing Monkees
Before I jumped into homeschooling, I did tons of research. I researched different types of homeschools, curriculum, schedules, and learning styles. Because I, personally, am primarily a visual learner, I read every book I could get my hands on and then I read everything I could find on the web. I took copious notes and made diagrams and ...
FOUND: A real-live Cuban in the O.C.
I got a call the other day from the mother of a local high school student. It seems her son was assigned to represent Cuba at the school "international day" and he couldn't find a Cuban to interview.So the mom turned to Google and found me. Of course I agreed to be interviewed, but I had to first explain that I was very passionate ...
“I have my reasons”
Hi everyone! It’s me,Amy. You know, the oldest of Marta’s kids. I hijacked mom's blog because I was having a moment today and wanted to share. I have this game I play with my friends (and myself). The game is all about Cuban Appreciation. As you can see, I have inspired my non-Cuban friends to have Cuban Pride. :-) I will have what I like ...
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world . . .”
There were only about a dozen or so houses in the tiny port town of Manatí, Cuba in the early 1930's. This one held a family with the last name Perez-Puelles. The father of this household was the customs official of that little town. He was my grandfather. The few residents of the town were all connected because of their service in the shipyards. ...
