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What if everything you’d been taught about home was not enough? What if it were not just the ciudad or pais you were born in, grew up in? Where you buried your treasures, your dead? Your present...
View ArticleThe Legend of Sylvia
We’ve got a dear family friend whom we’ll call “Sylvia.” We’ll call her Sylvia because, well… that’s her name. =D Sylvia is and has always been the representation of perfect Cuban womanhood to me....
View ArticleSalvador y Coca-Cola
This was how we celebrated birthdays back in Cuba. These are my sisters and me at different ages. (If you’re really curious, just count the candles on the cakes) There was always a big, beautiful,...
View ArticleAnd now for something completely different
I don’t dare post pictures of what I have been up to in the kitchen anymore without posting the recipe. (I get emails…) I know I usually post about Cuban food, but I wanted to share one of my family’s...
View ArticleRunning on Cuban time
These clocks are in my kitchen. They read from left to right like this: ~ Hanalei, Hawaii – our favorite place in the islands. ~ Mission Viejo, California – where we live. ~ Habana, Cuba – where I’m...
View ArticleWe Are Not the Ricky Ricardos, or Embracing Each Other’s Culture.
By Laura Feo-Fernandez Being a gringa married to a Cuban, I am often met with comments like, “Oh, like Lucy and Ricky!” or “I bet your life is like ‘I Love Lucy.’” or the most annoying, “Lucy…you got...
View ArticleDefining: “Latina”
I just read a column titled “When is a Latina not a Latina?’‘ The author, part Puerto Rican and non-Spanish-speaking, details frustrating moments when she was neither white enough nor Latina enough....
View ArticleThe Best and The Worst
We, here at Tiki Tiki would really like to get to know you better. Please answer the following questions about yourselves. So, come on, let’s start the Tiki Tiki today with a quiz. (I so love this...
View ArticleTwo by Two
We here at the Tiki really want to get to know you. So, tell us about yourselves. Here are some questions to help you. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and put on your thinking caps. Okay, fine…...
View ArticleTiki Tiki con Marta
Kikita (la hija de Marta) here and I have a happy announcement: Mami will be turning…*ahem*… 21 on Friday, May 21st, 2010. We will be in Miami for this momentous occasion and I’ve decided there is only...
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