Sunday, September 6, 1970. My very first concert. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Their opening act was Little Stevie Wonder who had just had a big hit with "Signed, Sealed, Delivered." This was my very first concert. I found the ticket tucked away in my high school photo album. Thirty-nine years ago ...
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My Redemption Song
This post was written by Kikita. A few months ago I received an email in my inbox and all it had was a picture attached.This picture: Did I notice "El Gran Combo" (a group that, as a salsera, I have grown to love)? Of course not.I only had eyes for Willy.Immediately, I send Mami an email. There was no question as to whether we were ...
Monday Blog Hijackery or “I’ve known Marti for longer than I haven’t”
It's Monday. Which means it's time for another Blog Hijackery. (Yay!!) Because you know that I am all about documenting my life, and I have such great friends, I thought this would be a fun way to do both. So Monday Blog Hijackery was born. This one courtesy of my BFF, Pam. Her blog is called It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple ...
Monday Blog Hijackery or Parrots, El Puma, y el Cubaneo
Today's Monday Blog Hijackery is brought to you by my friend, Chantel Acevedo. You'll find her linked in a few places here on my blog. She is part of the blogroll titled Smart Cuban Women and Friends. Her personal blog is called Yuca Baby. (Go there. Right now. Tell her Marta sent you. =D) You'll also find her listed in the Smart ...
Indy and Daisy
My grandniece, Daisy, loves Indiana Jones. (Seriously, what's NOT to like??) Not just the movies that have his name, but the ride at Disneyland - The Temple of the Forbidden Eye. (Which is on the top five list of attractions to see there for us, but that's not important right now.) My (ever-resourceful) son, Jonathan is also a lover of ...
Miles of Smiles.
Self-portrait Tuesday once again... Some things ALWAYS make me smile (in no particular order)... 1) Cuban food.2) Disneyland.3) Clean sheets.4) When my kids love on each other.5) Telling a really great story.6) Cuban music.7) Connecting with old friends.8) My mom telling me she loves me.9) Lucy's laugh.10) A box from Amazon on my doorstep. ...
It’s my blog and I’ll whine if I want to
List of stuff that's stressing me out right now:We returned from our trip to Washington D.C. and New York a week ago and I'm still catching up on laundry. Lucy has a performance this coming weekend for which I am painting backdrops and overseeing costumes. Our first technical rehearsal was today and I'm pretty exhausted. Jonathan ...
Today My Mom is Twenty-One . . .
. . . with thirty-three years of experience. 33!Obviously, this is Kikita and I'm here to write a properly effusive post about my Mom for her birthday.The problem is, I am in no mood to talk about her. I just got back from Miami and am feeling the need to talk about me. The morning that I left for my 5 day trip, my friend giving me a ride to ...
Best of Both Worlds
WARNING: A little bit of a homeschool rant coming up.... I'm always a surprised that when people discover that we homeschool our children they ask two primary questions.You would think the questions would have to do with the actual mechanics of doing school at home, but they don't. (I know. It's shocking to me, too.) If you ...
It’s a beautiful morning
I sometimes feel like I do a lot.(and I do, but that's not important right now.) I set out the other day to document a regular school/work day around here. (okay, I'm not going to give you all the graphic and gory details. Just the broad strokes.) Here's how it usually goes.... Every Morningby MartaI get up. (Okay, so ...
