I am not sure how many times the following has happened when my mother — better known as Abuelita — is around. But, it has been more than I can count. Maria: “I want more milk.” Me: “You’ve had enough milk. Want water?” Abuelita: “Ay, Cary, pobrecita la niña. Dale mas leche. Cuando tu eras [...]

Happy Monday. I hope the sun is shining and the birds singing wherever you are. It is bright and beautiful in the Boonies — a lovely reward for the gray season we have endured. The only negative I’ve got going on: The floor in my office is covered with folders for unfinished business taxes. The  mess [...]

Happy Monday. I hope the sun is shining and the birds singing wherever you are. It is bright and beautiful in the Boonies — a lovely reward for the gray season we have endured. The only negative I’ve got going on: The floor in my office is covered with folders for unfinished business taxes. The  mess [...]

The New York Post has featured our Chichi&Flaco “Oro Parece” t-shirt in a hilarious blog item today: Ten most creative uses for a platano.  Platano bling, platano carvings and platano removal surgery! The Post blog is called Tempo Espresso and it is Latin-flavored and focused.  The tag is “We speak Spanish so you don’t have [...]

The New York Post has featured our Chichi&Flaco “Oro Parece” t-shirt in a hilarious blog item today: Ten most creative uses for a platano.  Platano bling, platano carvings and platano removal surgery! The Post blog is called Tempo Espresso and it is Latin-flavored and focused.  The tag is “We speak Spanish so you don’t have [...]

We woke up here Sunday morning to powdery snow. It was beautiful, but I covered my head with the blankets again. I long for Spring, warm breezes and nesting baby birds.  Aye. The snow has mostly melted, but it’s still freezing here in the Boonies. And, I am beginning to think of myself as Jack Nicholson [...]

The other morning, I got a note from Annette Alvarez. She said her toston smasher and my plantain t-shirt should meet. I thought it was a great suggestion. So, here they are together — a fabulous pair who would make a great gift for some platano, plantain chip, tostones fan.  You can read more about [...]

The other morning, I got a note from Annette Alvarez. She said her toston smasher and my plantain t-shirt should meet. I thought it was a great suggestion. So, here they are together — a fabulous pair who would make a great gift for some platano, plantain chip, tostones fan.  You can read more about [...]

The Latina blogger link list up, down there to the right. You’ll notice my Cubana friends have their own separate category and so some of them are blog linked twice. Cubanitas,  I may edit you out of the Latina list and leave you in your own little space. Not sure. But anyway, it has been [...]

The Latina blogger link list up, down there to the right. You’ll notice my Cubana friends have their own separate category and so some of them are blog linked twice. Cubanitas,  I may edit you out of the Latina list and leave you in your own little space. Not sure.  But anyway, it has been [...]