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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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William Levy, Salma and Me
May 7, 2012 – 9:32 am | 2 Comments
William Levy, Salma and Me

Baby Morphing with William Levy

So, a couple weeks ago, I was in the grocery store line and saw the gloriously beautiful Salma Hayek on the cover of Lucky magazine.
My first thought was: “Salma and William …

Oye, Are You Really Bilingual?
April 3, 2012 – 1:00 am | 27 Comments
Oye, Are You Really Bilingual?

¿Donde va el Acento?
So, listen.
I’ve got a new day job. I’m hanging at a Latino nonprofit in Nashville. Doing PR and communications. My new role calls on me to write in Spanish. For native Spanish-speakers.
Me …

Longing: New Photos of Cuba Today
April 2, 2012 – 6:55 am | No Comment
Longing: New Photos of Cuba Today

My Sunday paper alerted me to an upcoming photo exhibit in Nashville of images from the new photography book, Old Havana: Spirit of the Living City by Chip Cooper and Nestor Marti.
Published by the University …

Baporu: Make Your Own Vapor Rub
March 1, 2012 – 7:23 am | 18 Comments
Baporu: Make Your Own Vapor Rub

‘Bic Baporu’ Fixes All
Memories of childhood winter colds: The Vicks rub down, followed by a tissue placed on my chest.
Vicks Vaporub– or bic baporu  – and colds — they just go together, si? I just …

French Parents Do It Better? (Video)
February 19, 2012 – 9:01 am | 12 Comments
French Parents Do It Better? (Video)

French Parenting Advice
I first heard about the book, Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting by Pamela Druckerman from a journalist friend, Liz, who recently moved with her husband and …

Stuff Guys Say to Cuban Girls (Video)
January 16, 2012 – 9:14 pm | 8 Comments

click the headline link to see the videos.
OK, we are a little bit addicted to these Things People Say videos on YouTube, and watching them has brought up stuff people have said to me and …

Latinos, Hispanics and Racial Identity
January 15, 2012 – 8:55 am | 10 Comments
Latinos, Hispanics and Racial Identity

Questions of Race and Ethnicity
There are more people living in the one Miami subdivision where my parents live than in the whole of my little town outside of Nashville, Tennessee.
And except for the nice family …

Michael Jordan: Welcome to La Familia Cubana
January 10, 2012 – 5:20 pm | 16 Comments
Michael Jordan: Welcome to La Familia Cubana

 
So, NBA star Michael Jordan announced an engagement to Yvette Prieto, a pretty Cubanita model from Miami he’s been dating for three years
My first thought was, “Welcome to la Familia, Michael.”
My second was: “Ay, madre. Cubans! …

Mi Burrito Sabanero and Songs of the Season
December 9, 2011 – 1:43 pm | 13 Comments
Mi Burrito Sabanero and Songs of the Season

Click the headline link to see the YouTube video of Mi Burrito Sabanero and hear the lyrics.
By Bohemian Babushka
“Si-i-lent Night, Ho-o-ly Night. All is calm, All is bright…”
As a child I remember being enchanted and entranced …

Studies to Prove Bilingualism is Good? Ay!
October 25, 2011 – 10:24 am | 15 Comments
Studies to Prove Bilingualism is Good? Ay!

Sometimes, hearing stories and studies about bilingualism and bilingual education make me want to bang my big fat cabeza against a wall. A thick wall. Even when the stories and studies are praising the value …