Part of me feels like it hasn’t been that long since I graduated high school and another part of me feels like it was ages ago, but at has actually been fifteen years. I was reminded of this in my high school reunion earlier this week. It was great seeing a lot of people I … Continue reading High school reunion and Christmas 2023
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As our vacation started to come to an end, we still had a few things to see, so on our last day started walking again. First on the list was a place called Little Island. I had no idea what it was, except that is was small island, but it’s the cutest park with a … Continue reading New York City Day 10: Little Island, High Line, Chelsea Market, The Vessel, Little Spain, Hudson Yards
I know what everyone is thinking, but I have family in New Jersey so on day six of our vacation we went to Penn Station and got on the train to New Jersey for the weekend. It was a quiet trip, there weren’t a lot of people on it when we got on, and pretty … Continue reading New York City Days 6-8: New Jersey
On our second day in New York City, we had reservations at 11:00 am that the Museum of Natural History. It was a long walk to the museum and we didn’t know if we would be there in time for our reservation. We didn’t know if there would be any penalty or anything if we … Continue reading New York City Day Two: Museum of Natural History, Central Park
I just got home from a two week vacation in New York City, where I had the best time. I didn’t relax, because I don’t think it’s possible to relax in the city that never sleeps, but I had so much fun. I saw so much of the city, places I had never seen the … Continue reading New York City Day One: Brooklyn
Yesterday I got back from a short trip to Chicago. This was my first trip there and I had no idea what to expect, I mean I had heard great things about it but every city I have been to is very different. I was surprised by how clean and easy to get around it … Continue reading My first visit to Chicago
Today is my 33rd birthday! I spent my birthday at work but got to celebrate at work with my coworkers, and boss and I saw my family for dinner. I got a couple of surprises, like chocolate cake at home and chocolate cake at work. I have a lot of chocolate cake that I’m probably … Continue reading Birthday #33
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there. Mom’s to be, new moms and every mom because they are all special, they all deserve love from their children, grand children, sons, daughters and everyone in the family. My mom was there for me during the most difficult time in my life, and she still … Continue reading Happy Mother’s Day!
On March 29, 2015 I decided to share the journey I had been on for three years. I was scared and a little insecure, but today, nine years later I’m proud to say I have lost some of that fear and insecurity. It’s still difficult putting myself out there and waiting to see if people … Continue reading Nine years later
I thought my recent Christmas vacation had been everything I wanted, great weather, lots of sight seeing, spending time with family and friends and a lot of good memories. I didn’t know until a few days after I got back that I also got Covid on this trip. I had been extremely careful and managed … Continue reading I got Covid
On December 26th, my parents and I went to New York City. This was my third time in NYC but I had wanted to go for years and I finally got the chance. We spent three days in the city and walked so much that it felt like six days. The most impressive thing wasn’t … Continue reading Christmas in New York City
This Thanksgiving, was not like any other. Instead of watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, I spent the day watching football (soccer) games, because for the first time the FIFA World Cup is happening in November. This year, it is being held in winter, not summer because of the soaring temperatures in the summer in … Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving!
I tried to make my grandma’s famous arroz con salchichas or rice and sausages. It’s always been famous to me because it’s my favorite, but Her famous dish is actually her flan. I don’t like flan but from what I hear, she makes a really good one. My grandma is a great cook and almost … Continue reading Trying to imitate grandma’s cooking
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