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 […]
Puerto Rico
A Little of This y Un Poco de Todo
Today’s post is a hodgepodge (who thinks up these words anyway?) of updates. Hence, the title. By the way, “un poco de todo” means “a little bit of everything.” 5 Resources for Raising Bilingual Children First off, it’s another Wednesday where you’ll find me at the Family Eden blog. Today’s post – 5 Resources 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 […]
7 modernmami Facts
l’ve been tagged twice this week! Chris Marsden (@cruciformity) of ChrisMarsden.com and Melissa (@WebBetty) of The Web-Betty Blog have both tagged me to tell you 7 things about me. It’s actually the same meme I did back in April. But, let’s give it another go-round and see if I can come up with 7 new […]
