La Habana, Part 1

So.... for my 30th birthday my baby really outdid himself. We went to Cuba. Whereas I am usually researching the places to stay and things to do, Boricua took care...

Visita de Culimba

En Octubre, vino la hermanita de Boricua, nuestra querida. NUNCA la llegamos a recibir en Londres, pero cómo hubo concierto de Chris Brown en Anaheim... :| Así que, disfrutamos por...

The Big 30

My sister's visit overlapped with Boricua's 30th birthday!!You know how some people love to be surprised and made a big deal of on their birthday? That is not my husband....

CERN

Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire Happy birthday to me!

Journey to Mürren

My sweetheart and I visited Switzerland over my birthday - a bucket list item for me was to try snowboarding in the alps. It was heart-stoppingly beautiful. The map below...

Birthday Trip to Dover

Ah, little old me... I wanted to surprise Boricua for his birthday with a trip to Cornwall. My friend from work is from there and I heard how beautiful it...

Charles' Birthday

Twenty-seven

Never looked so good! Celebrations started a week early with a night at the theatre - we saw Romeo and Juliet because a few friends had tickets that they couldn't...

Birthdays in London

January both our roommate R and I had our 26th birthday. We were eating a lot of cake. A made a beautiful chocolate cake and we took a family photo...

Saliendo de la peseta

Nací un 25 de Julio, casualmente el día en que "celebramos" el Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Al menos siempre es feriado, así que lo puedo celebrar. Nuestra amiga...

Happy Birthday Dad!

Balneario. Birthday. Bananas.

Another weekend. C turned 7 and had a party at a water park next to the beach. San Juan. Those bananas (guineos) come from my in-laws’ property. That’s why they’re...

Apartment #2

A few weeks ago, Boricua´and I moved to our second apartment, in Caguas! The days have been long as I continue my job search. Together, we’ve been waiting patiently for...

My Aunt.

My Aunt. I can’t imagine my life without her. She’s been there through thick and thin. It’s so hard to put into words, but she just gets it. She’s my...

Happy Birthday tía!

My Auntie K has a birthday today. And do I love her. She taught me how to dive when I was still a baby, took me on her dates, instilled...

Grandma's 74th!

We celebrated starting on Saturday with some early-morning zumba (how awesome is that - zumba with my grandma?! she did an excellent job, I might add), and ate cake two...

Happy Birthday S!

Life’s an adventure, and I wouldn’t have gone through the first quarter of a century with anyone else. To my role model, accomplice, and irish twin. Happy 25th! “It’s a...

A Birthday Tribute

to “The nicest, sweetest, coolest girl at the pageant..…and this year’s Miss Congeniality!” I love you Boo. 

My Birthday

It’s been a swell birthday. After Spanish linguistics was over J and I headed up the mountain for our snowboarding/ski class. The weather was gorgeous, slightly making up for the...

Happy Birthday Mom!

Mom, I won’t ever forget you. Thank you for teaching me how to be myself and how to love unconditionally. Thank you for the time that we had - it...

At last

We’ve had such a wonderful week! Yesterday was Boricua's birthday so we went to El Adobo (Caribbean restaurant) with a couple of friends and family, ate cake, and went salsa dancing!...