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. ...
My Big, Fat, Cuban Family
Family is everything to me. I love them more than words can describe.
“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 ...
The Hawk Walk
Last Sunday was Eric's birthday. And rather than add more stuff that-he-doesn't-need-or-want to his life, I had asked him if there was anything that he had always wanted to do, but had not taken the time. "I've always wanted to see how hawks are trained," he said. *quickly Googles hawk training* There's a place in Marysville called West Coast ...
(Vicariously) Riding with Reagan
My two high school students, Lucy (17) and Jonathan (15), both had the privilege of attending the Young America's Foundation High School Conference at the Reagan Ranch Center last month. You can read about Lucy's adventures in Washington D.C. (which include a run in with the Capitol police) last year here. This was Jonathan's first ...
I Miss That Face
My son, Adam lives in Northern California and I miss him terribly. But he calls a few times a week and we text each other all the time, which makes me totally happy. (Reason #634 Why I love technology.)Adam is busy working and going to school, and he's also coaching a junior lacrosse team. When he was in junior high middle school he used to ...
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 ...
Ninety-seven.
I have written tributes to my mom here, here, and here. I don't have much I haven't told you about her. Today she celebrates her 97th birthday. Ninety-seven, people!We had a small luncheon to celebrate (actually, she stretches out the celebration thing for the entire month of February, but that's not important right now). We had ...
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, ...
Murder at the Deadwood Saloon
The town of Deadwood, specifically the Deadwood Saloon was the place to be on New Year's Eve. After weeks of play, the biggest poker tournament west of the Mississippi had concluded and it was time to celebrate and the prize money was going to be awarded at a party at the famed Deadwood Saloon.In attendance were all sorts of visitors to ...
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 ...
