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The Treasured Memory
April 30, 2012 – 7:08 am | 21 Comments

A Favorite Bedtime Story
I often wonder about what my children will remember from their childhood.
Any sweet memories I have of being little all involve my abuela. My grandmother is the one who raised me and …

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It Wasn’t the Accent That Gave Me Away
July 10, 2009 – 5:12 am | 12 Comments
It Wasn’t the Accent That Gave Me Away

My aunt was talking to my nephew — a 19-year-old who just moved to Miami from Havana — about accents. The fast talk of the Cuban, the elegant Venezuelan, the sing-song of Mexico. To make …

La Leyenda Del Chiti
June 19, 2009 – 5:00 am | 3 Comments
La Leyenda Del Chiti

So remember when I wrote that one of the things I love about my telenovelas is that I can recognize some of my seres queridos in the crazy characters?
It turns out, I have a …

Tiki Tiki video: Mi Mama invento el Cappuccino
May 22, 2009 – 11:20 am | 8 Comments

Carrie’s Tia — the Cuban Marilyn Monroe — insists her mother invented cappucchino