I'm kicking off my Celebration of 13 Big Fat Cuban BloggyWonderful Years with the most fun giveaway ever! People, I have hats! No, no. Correction. I have Cuban. Vintage. Baseball. Caps. Oh, the Cubanity! (Take a moment to breathe that in.) The sponsor of this giveaway is Habana Brand Clothing and they're giving away 3 of these ridiculously ...
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CUBA NIGHT at Dodger Stadium – Ahora Sí!
As you well know, it's my great pleasure to be a part of the Cuban Heritage Day at Dodger Stadium Committee. For one, we get to have our meetings at Porto's, but that's not important right now. What's so very cool this year is that the Dodgers love our Cubanity (<--that's a word, rightr?) so much that they've ...
The Quinceañera Story and A Homemade Mayonnaise Recipe
My mom just recently celebrated her 101st birthday. (It's still weird to say that.) As people do when they get older, she repeats stories that she particularly likes or maybe it's that the memory gets fresher as time passes. Either way, as her birthday approached, she would tell the story of her 15th birthday. In Cuba, as in other ...
Cuban Opposition Leader Atuñez to Speak in LA on February 16th
To be Cuban is to be invested in the political outcomes of the island. Whether we live there or not. We are all such crazy opinionated, and vocal people. I don't know if it was always this way, or if it's just what has happened in the last 56 years as the Castros destroyed our beloved homeland. People often ask me why the Cuban ...
Cuban Food Poster – Winners
Seriously, people. I read every single one of your comments and I swear that your love for Cuban food shows right through. Thank you all for participating and sharing your favorite foods and your stories behind them. I'm grateful that you are enjoying my poster. Thank you for that. I love mine. And I figured you'd love it, ...
The Thing About Being Cuban Right Now
I don't usually post political opinion here on my blog. I have on occasion written about politics regarding Cuba because it's not just politics to me. It falls more under the umbrella of home town gossip. Cuban politics in particular aren't just things that are happening 3,000 miles away. They affect real people in my life. ...
The Cuban Table – A Winner
Do you know what I love most about running a comment giveaway on my site? Well...your comments. Seriously, I love hearing about who the best cook in your house is and about your favorite foods to cook. That, and I have some cool things to give away. I wish all of you could win because this is such a beautiful cookbook. Or as we say in ...
The Cuban Table – A Giveaway
Last year I had the good fortune to participate in the Cuban Cultural Center of New York's (Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York) 12th Annual Congress. You can read about that right here. It was there that I met another one of the chefs involved in the event. Ana Sofia Peláez is the author of the very delicious food blog, hungry ...
Cubamerican the Movie on DVD – Winners
I know that all of us Cubans who left our homeland because of the communist revolution have a story. Many of the stories sound pretty much the same, but of course, the details are slightly different and oh-so-very personal. As I read over your comments on the last post, I could almost tangibly feel the pain and loss of each individual. It ...
Cuando Sali de Cuba – Stories of Courage and Hope
My family moved to the U.S. reluctantly. When we left Cuba, we didn't know we were coming here for good. I think that's a part of our story as Cuban refugees that doesn't get much play. When we left our beloved homeland, we (when I say "we," I mean, my parents) thought it was only a temporary stay until that whole pesky revolution thing blew ...
Cuban Poster – Comida Cubana Subway Art – The Winners
Reading through all of your responses to my last post and Cuban poster giveaway, I was blown away by your tender and loving descriptions of the Cuban food we've all been raised on. Remember that time I made a giant vat of picadillo? This is the language that we speak, isn't it? The language of sofrito and abuelas and cumin and ...
Los Angeles Cuban Festival – A Winner
Me and Amy with Pitbull I love doing giveaways here on my blog. I seriously love hearing from you folks and I appreciate that you take the time to write out some thoughtful responses to my questions. Thanks for all your input. I'm delighted that I can now add to my growing list of "Best Cuban Restaurants in the LA Area." Thanks, ...
Celebrating Kids and Books (Día Blog Hop) Featuring Margarita Engle
It is my great pleasure to announce that I'm participating in a fabulous celebration of children and books called Día Blog Hop, organized by Latinas for Latino Lit. The Blog Hop has been happening for the entire month of April and it features the very best of Latino children's book artists and authors. The Día Blog Hop will be ...
Guayaberas and Cubanity
{Disclosure: I received the shirts as described below in order to review them. I did not otherwise receive any compensation for writing this post.} A "guayabera," for the uninformed, is a beautiful linen shirt with two stripes of tiny pin-tucks and four large pockets. It has decorative buttons and a straight bottom as it was designed to ...
“Next Year in Cuba”
Every year we make a large batch of Cremé de Vie or Cuban Egg Nog, if you will. Photo: Jae C. Hong, AP And every year we toast, "El año que viene estamos en Cuba." "Next year in Cuba." This started in December of 1961. We had been in this country for a little less than a year and it was obvious that the whole silly revolution ...
