It's December the 24th and my Christmas tree is finally up. But there are no ornaments on it. My friends tease me because I don't like to decorate my home for Christmas very early in the month of December. In the Christmases of my youth, we would always wait until Christmas eve to decorate the tree. There's nothing like feeling the ...
Creme de vie
Let the Noche Buena Preparations Begin!
It's time to get ready for Noche Buena at the Darbys! I wish you could all come. It's going to be such a fabulous event! We've been up to our eyeballs in party preparations and I'm totally excited. This year we are hosting my big, fat, Cuban family. And our house is small. Freakishly small when I think of the logistics ...
Salud!
I don't know anyone who truly likes egg nog.And then they try our Cuban Egg Nog and all perception changes. We call it Creme de Vie. ("creme" rhymes with Auntie M. and "vie" rhymes with More For Me! =D) Rather than making cookies for gifts, we make and "package" the Creme de Vie. (we also keep a whole lot for ...
