Mommy Needs a Cocktail
Sometimes the workplace is too wacky. Sometimes the commute home is filled with grunting seatmates. Sometimes you just need a moment of zen. Cheers
Happy Mother’s Day: Let’s Hear it for the Pork
Winston Churchill once said, “I’m fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals”. Puerto Ricans tend to like pigs, particularly as a slow-roasted pork dish. I am Puerto Rican. Therefore, I love pork. See, I aced my LSATs […]
Per Puerto Rican Folklore, I Twisted off my Apple Stem and Now I Must Effervesce
An apple a day can keep the doctor away? Who hasn’t heard that piece of advice before? Supposedly such sage advice came into vogue back in 1866 originally as a Pembrokeshire proverb that stated: “Eat an apple on going to bed, And you’ll keep the doctor from earning […]
Tell me Your Pet Peeves and I will Tell You Who You Are
While I often subscribe to the notion that “it is, what it is”, I do have pet peeves that drive me beyond batty. What is a pet peeve? It is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others […]
Through the Time Warp I Made it Back From Puerto Rico, But My Shoes Didn’t
The sun was shining brightly this Sunday morning and I could not help but murmur to myself “and let there be light.” Just last night I changed time zones, returning to East Coast time, gaining an hour to just end up losing it again at 2am this Sunday. Why […]
The Ecstasy of Cheese: To Dream, To Eat, To Worship, To Experience God
How can you govern a country in which there are 246 kinds of cheese? Charles de Gaulle Oh, Cheese How I love thee! Besides its varied and great taste, cheese is valued for its portability, long life, and high content of fat, protein, calcium, and phosphorus. Ok. I […]
Waiting In Line: Being Subject to “Queue Management”- For A Bacon Sundae
Its labor day Weekend. Woohoo! wait, Im actually not that excited by that. Are there labor day sales, anymore? If there, do I even want to bother shopping in environments of madness? Back in the mid-1990s we used to wait on line for what seemed like hours, to […]
Hurricane Isaac Still Blocking My Path Home-Leading me to Reflect on Caribbean Travels
I have a funny relationship with the Caribbean. My family is from there. I go there for work often. I love love love the stews (goat stew, poll guisado, oxtail stew) and pina coladas are a guilty pleasure of which I’m currently partaking. But I far prefer traveling […]
Innocent Toddler’s Abroad: A Three Year Old Boy’s “Mayoral” Perspective on Travel to Japan
Travelling is tough for a toddler like me. Foreign countries rarely have my favorite foods, like mac ‘n cheese or pancakes. Sometimes they don’t even have milk. I find this incomprehensible, since warm milk is one of life’s greatest pleasures. When Mom and Dad told me we were […]
Tonight I dream of New Orleans (“N’awlins”)
The second I landed for the first time there was no denying it: I was in love with New Orleans. It was a bit grimy, yet charming, sad but vibrant and somehow chaotic at a slow pace. The multiculturalism of the city, embodied in its food, music and […]
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