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Following my Bliss(dom)

February 21, 2012 By Marta Darby 6 Comments

I'm headed out to Nashville, Tennessee for the Blissdom Blogging Conference 2012. I'm so looking forward to my time there! I'll be staying with my good friend and partner in Tiki Tiki and Blog Crime, Carrie Ferguson Weir.I promise to share all the wonders of Nashville if I can figure out how to blog from my smart phone. (That would ...

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The Circle of Life – Lion King 3D and Eternal Disney Uber-geeks

September 19, 2011 By Marta Darby 4 Comments

Back in 1994, I took Amy and Adam to the premiere of the Disney film, The Lion King at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. This was obviously before Lucy and Jonathan were born. We all loved the film so much that we couldn't wait to own it when it was released on VHS. (Yes, this is waaay back in the day.) A few years later, when we added ...

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Cuando salí de Cuba – Christina’s story

September 15, 2011 By Marta Darby 6 Comments

Marta here: I'm celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month: Cuban-Style with a series of stories about Cuban American families: Cuando Sali de Cuba, stories of courage and hope. This one is from my friend and fellow blogger, Christina Gomez-Pina. Inspired by the book/film Julie & Julia, she has embarked on her own Project: to celebrate ...

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La Mala Letra – my cousin, the dissident Cuban blogger

September 14, 2011 By Marta Darby 4 Comments

As many of you know, I still have family in Cuba. Aunts, uncles, cousins and their offspring.  We used to be thick as thieves back in the day, but time and distance and a repressive dictatorship has managed to destroy what close relations we had.  I have a cousin in Cuba, who is my age. (One of the few photos of us together from ...

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The Summer House

August 19, 2011 By Marta Darby 3 Comments

My friend, Jana blogs over at The Summer House. It's called the Summer House because she loves the simplicity of living in a summer beach rental-type atmosphere where everything is clean, decluttered, and ready for fun. She lives out her philosophy of simple living beautifully. And I'm always impressed and inspired by ...

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Marta Makes Fajitas (I totally sizzled, too.)

August 10, 2011 By Marta Darby 5 Comments

Did I tell you we were on vacation this week? We usually take this week off to celebrate our anniversary and Lucy's birthday (that's tomorrow) and we spend a wonderful week laying around doing nothing but eating and surfing and sunset-watching and eating some more. It just so happens that this week I was due to participate in another ...

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Cuando Sali de Cuba – Anna’s story

August 2, 2011 By Marta Darby 5 Comments

Editor's note: One of the best things I love about blogging is hearing your stories. When I do a comment giveaway, I read each and every one of your comments. A while back I was doing a giveaway for the Mariel DVD and asked you to share your Leaving Cuba stories. I was at once astounded and deeply touched. If you're a Cuban living in the ...

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What do you do with an empty (ORANGE!) caldero? (A recipe and giveaway)

July 24, 2011 By Marta Darby 33 Comments

Let me tell you about the big plans I had for this past week when I got back from Texas:I was going to cook a big, fat pot of arroz con pollo. I was going to cook it in my new big, fat ORANGE (!) caldero from IMUSA USA (which totally matches my Fiesta dishes, but that's not important right now). I was going to do a video and teach you how I ...

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Cooking With the Troops or Meet Team Cubanaso

July 21, 2011 By Marta Darby 31 Comments

I have spent the last three days thinking about what I want to say about our experience in San Antonio and Cooking With the Troops. My family has talked and talked and rehashed almost every detail of our weekend, multiple times. And I'm still at a loss for words to describe all that we experienced. I'm just going to post lots of photos ...

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Chimichurri Recipe of Awesomeness® – Rising to the challenge

June 28, 2011 By Marta Darby 8 Comments

I'm pleased to tell you that I've been included to take part in a series of Cooking Challenges by Holland House® and Mizkan® along with several other Latina bloggers. The first challenge was to use one of many Holland House products to create A Latino 4th of July on the Grill. To be honest, Eric is the Grill-meister around here. I am just ...

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