Disclaimer: This post contains an inordinate amount of selfie-type photos of me. Forgive me. I was so over-the-top excited about this night and being where I was and meeting who I met. It's a Cuban thing. Imagine a stadium full of Cubans, all noisy and celebrating and munching on Dodger dogs. Picture them stopping to do the mandatory ...
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For the Love of Blue
Yesterday, as many of you know, was Baseball Opening Day. Can you just smell the freshly mown grass and the chatter of happy and excited fans? Can you picture the dramatic unfurling of the US shaped flag?And of course, the fireworks?And are you now celebrating the Dodgers' Opening Day (1-0) win over the Padres?And are you now so ...
Viva Los Dodgers – A Giveaway
{Disclosure: This post is not compensated by any organization, nor affiliated in any way with the Los Angeles Dodgers. I, personally, just have some extra tickets that I'd love to give away.} Cubans and Baseball. A Love Affair. The Cuban love of the game of baseball is legendary. From the late 1800's when the Almendares began ...
Why Kikita thinks Spain Will Win the World Cup
Kikita here.At some point I'm sure Mami has mentioned that we don't have TV. If you didn't know that, well, now you know. We live in a valley, so we can't even get basic channels without basic cable. We watch movies and are big Netflix fans, but that is not important right now. Not having cable has made watching the World ...
Teenagers in the 70’s. Your thoughts?
Amy and I were in L.A. last week. I took her to see Dirty Dancing at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. Yes. A totally chick flick umm... I mean stage show night and we had a fantastic time. ("Nobody puts Baby in a corner!") Of course, being in L.A. a week after the Lakers' Championship win was interesting and I made a few ...
Angels in the Outfield
I love baseball. Duh, I'm Cuban. Of course, I love baseball.Correction. I love live baseball games. Eric says that's quirky. (I think he means it in a good way...) So tonight we went to our first Angel game this season. Sadly, the Angels really stunk and the Colorado Rockies wiped the field with them 11-1, but that's not important ...
Luza & the Baseball Player
One of my nephews, Raphael (aka "Rafa") was celebrating his 40th birthday this weekend. (Hi Rafa! Happy Birthday!!) His beautiful wife, Lisa threw him an absolutely fabulous birthday bash. Of course, all his friends were in attendance, as well as his big, fat, Cuban family and his big, fat, Jewish family. (I should probably ...
“If everybody had an ocean…” or How I spent my summer vacation.
"If everybody had an ocean...across the U.S.A...." Crystal Cove, Laguna Beach. "...then everybody'd be surfin'....." The Montage Hotel, Laguna Beach. "...like Ca-li-for-ni-aaa..." San Clemente Pier, North Side."You'll see them wearing their baggies. Huarache sandals too..." ...
Our motto? Laugh. Eat. Play.
The kids are out of school and in this part of the country it's like a feeding frenzy trying to get kids signed up for "camps." Yes. That's the hip thing to do. (of course, I am anything but hip - sigh)If you don't know how to just be with and enjoy your child or help them entertain themselves for the summer, you sign them ...
