When I was younger I loved the move The Princess Bride. Who wouldn’t love it when your soulmate constantly states “as you wish”? It was a romantic comedy in the vein of a fairy tale, of sorts. Although, honestly what I really liked the most was […]
They had been waiting for this moment for over twenty years. They woke up with a renewed vigor and sense of purpose that they had not felt in a rather long time. They had the “early bird” tickets and they were the first ones in line that […]
Well, my cereal bowl was actually not remarkable in any conventional sense of the word. I had cereal today. That’s a rarity for me. I also had it for lunch as opposed to breakfast. I hate conventional breakfasts. I had a version of corned beef and rice […]
All he wanted to do was chomp He was born to chomp And a good chomp he had Everyone told him so growing up He could chomp, chomp, chomp with the best of them He was boxed up Ready to serve the world or at least a […]
Ok. This may come off as a bit silly to many. And you shall shortly see why. Ok. My son is nine years old. Right as he turned nine, we got him a cell phone. I was getting an upgrade and felt that he could finally use one […]
I did not have more fun as a blonde. Flat out truth. Of course, it is a stereotype that blondes have more fun. But when I dyed my hair blonde I wanted to embody that stereotype for a bit. But it didn’t happen. Boo on me. It actually […]
It is a brand new day and a brand new year. It has got to be better than the previous one. It just has to. Plus it is the year of the dog and we all know dogs rule. The Year of the Dog is supposedly a good time […]
It’s the end of the year and lists and retrospectives abound. One can imagine that Donald Trump made many lists-regardless of what they cover. Frankly, I am a bit tired of these news story lists. I am intrigued by the lists that outline great discoveries from the […]
When I lived and worked in New York, I was quite fortunate to work with a lot of other Puerto Ricans. Why do I consider that fortunate? For Christmas, so many of them would make my favorite pork dishes and Puerto Rican eggnog. Our version of eggnog, called […]
A hard night A hard day The throbbing headaches The circular fears The salted jeers The false cheers Underestimated Overwhelmed Tempted by fate Standby for the alarm Sound the alarms Water the dry mouth Find a cure Blow the candles A new frosting for the cake that has […]