So, we're on our Beach Vacation. That's code for Marta-is-doing-nothing-but-eating-and-sitting-in-the-sun-thankyouverymuch. ;-) Our home away from home is exactly 238 steps from the sand and we've been enjoying every minute of sunshine and surf and major do-nothingness. But the beach here at Del Mar is a bit quirky. First of ...
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Mrs. Eric Darby
I have had the happy privilege of being Mrs. Eric Darby for the past 18 years now. We got married on August 8th, 1992. Some of our anniversary celebrations have been simple. I cook, the kids toast us, we kiss. A good time was had by all. On a few of our anniversaries we've managed to escape for a weekend. This year, we planned our vacation to ...
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 ...
How to Turn 55 While in Miami
The following post has been brought to you courtesy of Kikita. Greetings from Miami! Yesterday was Mami's 55th birthday (it's ok, she told me I could tell you) and the celebrating started early in the morning and went late into the night. (Ok, technically I think she will be stretching her birthday out through the weekend, but that's not important ...
A Big, Fat, Cuban Family Birthday Party Invitation
Kikita (la hija de Marta) here and I have a happy announcement: Mami will be turning...*ahem*... 21 on Friday, May 21st, 2010.We will be in Miami for this momentous occasion and I've decided there is only one thing we can do. We must have a Big, Fat, Cuban Birthday party and EVERYONE is invited!Where is the party, you ask?Habana Vieja ...
Brace yourself, South Florida!
On May 20th, 1902, a small island in the Caribbean known as Cubadeclared her independence from Spain. La Republica de Cuba was officially born on the 20th of May. In fact, for years as I was growing up, I thought the celebrations were all about ME, but that's not important right now. (I know. It explains so much...) 20 de Mayo, is Cuba's ...
Kikita and La Casa de la Loma
Kikita wrote this post about her recent trip to Cuba; depending on the kind of person you are you may or may not need tissues.Have you ever had one of those moments where you thought, "Dang it! I should have taken more pictures!"? I am having one of those moments. At the time, I was worried about running out of battery power or ...
Kikita and The Most Beautiful Beach in the World
The following post was written by Kikita. My trip to Cuba was many things and I saw all kinds of things. I guess it was sort of magical. Some of the things I saw were as legendary to me as the Sphinx or Stonehenge or the Eiffel Tower. I knew the video of my mother being dragged into the water of Varadero by heart. I knew the games they used to ...
The Most Beautiful Beach in the World
Most of the decor in my home is bright and colorful and Cuban-esque. My "theme"? I was originally going for Cuban Beach Cottage. (Our home is small.) And so, I have collected posters and art and maps and things that are a throwback to the simple days of my Cuban childhood. These three framed postcards, for example, are of 3 places that ...
Kikita and The Unseen Cuba
The following post was written by Kikita; who has recently returned from a trip to Cuba with her 96 year old grandmother.Every day that I was in Cuba, I would get home to Tio Timbiriche's after a long day of adventuring and the question "Los Viejos" would ask me was always the same, "What did you see?" And every day I ...
