Betty Crocker Kitchens – Dulce de Leche, por favor
August 30, 2010 – 4:32 am | 7 Comments

ShareI was privileged to attend an event in Minneapolis last week called Baking With Betty. As in Betty Crocker. (Yes, I know!) I was out-of-my-skin excited to get to visit and cook in the famed …

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Capturing the Moment
August 9, 2010 – 11:25 am | One Comment
Capturing the Moment

ShareMy family of origin consisted of Papi, Mami and six of us kids. I was am the youngest of this brood.
Here I am celebrating my 4th birthday. New dress, clean curls, birthday cake and a …

Maybe That’s Why They Call it Vanity
August 2, 2010 – 4:15 am | 3 Comments
Maybe That’s Why They Call it Vanity

ShareI drive around my suburban neighborhood in a minivan. 
It’s actually a KIA Sedona. It’s not trendy. It’s not cutesy. It’s just a utilitarian minivan.
But, I like it. A lot.
We just call it The KIA. …

No Regrets.
July 26, 2010 – 4:20 am | 3 Comments
No Regrets.

ShareI don’t know how many posts I’ve started with….“I have my mom for the weekend,” but I know there are many.
My mom, Luz, is in good health. She doesn’t suffer from any disease other than …

The Red Umbrella – a giveaway.
July 26, 2010 – 4:18 am | 4 Comments
The Red Umbrella – a giveaway.

Share[NOTE – 7/28/2010 – Congratulations to the winner of The Red Umbrella giveaway: Tracy. Thanks for sharing your story about the Kindertransport, too. Send me your snail mail address and I will get the book …

A Year of Habla Habla
July 22, 2010 – 3:59 am | One Comment
A Year of Habla Habla

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I love writing essays for the habla habla. It gives me a chance to tell the cuentos I love to tell about my loving and loco Cuban family, not to mention, what it is like …

Just Keep Swimming.
July 15, 2010 – 4:32 am | 4 Comments
Just Keep Swimming.

ShareI wonder sometimes how I survived my childhood. Seriously.

When I was very young, my family spent the summers at Varadero Beach. The entire summer. (I know. So cool, right?) You see, it was …

A Red Carnation
May 5, 2010 – 4:15 am | 7 Comments
A Red Carnation

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She was twenty-five when she got married.
She was twenty-six when she became a mother.
She was forty-one when she gave birth to me, the youngest of her six children.
She was forty-seven when she found …

Today. April 26th, 2010
April 26, 2010 – 10:58 am | No Comment
Today. April 26th, 2010

Share(Inspired by The Simple Woman’s Daybook.)
I usually do this every six months or so, just to kind of “take the temperature” of where my life is at the time. I encourage you to do …

Eu de Papi
February 8, 2010 – 6:31 am | One Comment
Eu de Papi

ShareWhen I was growing up, I remember that each day I woke to a most distinctive blend of aromas.
I knew my dad was up and getting ready for work when the mingled scents of Vitalis, …

Happy New Year!
December 30, 2009 – 11:52 am | 5 Comments
Happy New Year!

ShareOn New Year’s Eve, at the stroke of midnight, we Cubans are BUSY.

When the clock strikes 12 we:

Quickly eat 12 grapes – one for each month of the past year.
Wash these down with sparkling cider …