I know you’re all waiting on me to post all about our trip to Puerto Rico and post pictures. I know. I know. I’ve been slacking this week on getting our pictures onto the computer and all that good stuff. Mainly, I’ve been trying to catch up here and there on email and social networking, […]
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A Taste of Home
If you haven’t heard, in a few days, we’re going on vacation to Puerto Rico. Of course, we’ve planned several must-do activities and sightseeing. But, is it wrong that I’m planning visits to specific areas of the island just so I can grab up certain foods? Foods that I’m Looking Forward to Eating in Puerto […]
Playground Music & Arts Festival at Lake Eola
Yesterday we headed out to the Playground Music and Arts Festival at Lake Eola in downtown Orlando. We heard about the event on PBS while watching Pocoyo one morning. Guess TV advertising still works sometimes, huh? It was sponsored by the Orange County Arts Education Center and Playground magazine. After 20 minutes of searching for […]
5 Must-Have Ingredients for Cooking Puerto Rican Food
There are some very essential ingredients when it comes to cooking Puerto Rican food. They make up what’s called sofrito. Now…the term sofrito is used a bit interchangeably because it refers to both the overall mixture of these ingredients as well as a specific item. Either way, we use sofrito (the overall mixture) for just […]
Feliz Dia de Reyes!
Last year, I explained what Three King’s Day is all about and how our family celebrated this occasion back in Puerto Rico. Since we moved to the states, the tradition slowly got lost. This is partly due to the fact that it’s not a recognized holiday here (we still have to work) and partly to […]
