Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I sometimes find myself in various corners of the world-wide-web. Today I have the distinct pleasure of being a Guest Contributor (<--doesn't that make me sound taller?) over at the wonderful Mommy Maestra site. Monica is doing a phenomenal job of not only homeschooling her own children bilingually, ...
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Link Love
I've been blogging here at MBFCF for almost four years (Wow! That's like high school!) now. I love blogging as an a creative outlet. Not only because it's my blog and I can write pretty much whatever I want, but also because I get feedback. And for the most part, that feedback is positive, which makes me happy. I enjoy blogging ...
Cafecito print – a winner.
Wow. I had no idea so many of you MBFCF readers were such coffee snobs! (I mean that in the best way possible, of course.) Seriously, go back and read the comments on the Of Jedi and Cafecitos post. You'll be blown away by the many ways there are to "do" coffee. You know I could only choose one winner which always makes me a ...
Of Jedi and Cafecitos – a Giveaway
So, a few weeks ago I'm cruising through my Facebook page and I left a comment on one of my daughter's (Amy Kikita) posts. I think she was complaining that she needed a late afternoon cafecito. (I think that's what it was, because she's always saying that in the late afternoon, but that's not important right now.) My ...
Someone in Miami Loves Me UNCONDITIONALLY
I often receive things in the mail from people who know me via the blogosphere. I guess it's the nature of the way that I write that people feel like they know me and are a part of my big, fat, Cuban family. (This pleases me.) If you've been reading my blog for a while, you know about my love for anything that involves guava and cream ...
MY Que Rica Vida – or Orange is the New Black
So, Marta, what were you doing in Miami, anyway? I was visiting family and meeting blog-friends and working the Babalú booth at Cuba Nostalgia and of course, celebrating my birthday. (If you follow me on Twitter or Facebook, you would know exactly what I was up to moment by moment.) But the real reason I was able to go, was because of the ...
A Big, Fat, Cuban Family Mother’s Day
My big, fat, Cuban family is made up of dozens of amazing women that I am blessed to be related to. I know many of you feel the same. And because I consider (our readers) as family, I thought Mother's Day would be a great day to pay tribute to your special moms right here. Thank you for the privilege of including us as you celebrate the lives ...
Birth of an Heirloom
There are things that I treasure, not because they have monetary value, but because they are special to me. That's the way I decorate my home. I ask: Do I love it? Does it have meaning to me? If I waffle on the answer, it just doesn't make the cut. I have a similar process with my jewelry. I confess that I own stuff that may not be ...
The Best of MBFCF in 2009
Everywhere you hear about and see the flashbacks, the nostalgia, the reminiscing about the past year. Well, today I look back on this blogging year and some of my favorite posts. (Yes, I do have favorite posts and lots of others that make me wring my hands and wonder why I do this in the first place, but that's not important right ...
Whole lotta latte
Kikita here! Last week, Mami and I stumbled into a weird and wonderful world.(Ok, we didn't really stumble, we were invited and we took Lucy & Katie with us, but that's not important right now.) A land of milk and honey. (Ok, mostly milk and I don't think there was any honey at all, but that is not important right now ...
