A Century of Life

My mom, Luza, of Cuco and Yayo fame, will be celebrating her 100th birthday in a few weeks.

100.

A century.

If you've been reading my blog for a while you know that she gives me some of my best material. She's still pretty funny and with it. And I appreciate that you've all come to know and love her.

We're going to be celebrating, of course. That's what we do best. She's very excited about her party, too.

I'd love it if you would join us in wishing Luza a Happy 100th Birthday.

Please leave a comment here on this post with your good wishes. I'm going to be compiling all the greetings into a book to be presented to her on the actual day, Sunday, February 23rd. 

She reads in both English and Spanish, so send your greeting in the language that is most comfortable for you.

Also, she loves stuff like this.

Gracias.

In case you haven't seen this already, please enjoy my mom (back when she was only 96!) explaining how the internet search engines work.

I give you.....Cuco and Yayo.

My 7 Favorite Blog Posts

Wrapping up my month-long Happy 7th Blogiversary Celebration and I thought it would be a good time to reflect on what I've managed to put up here for the past 7 years.

It's funny. I sit down to a blank page (so to speak) and I have some idea of what I'd like to write about. Usually, because I tend to be very visual, I start with a photo that I feel illustrates a story that I'd like to tell. Sometimes I have a story and I feel compelled to search for the photo to illustrate it. Either way, I must have the photo.

Many times when I sit down to write, I don't feel like I've got one creative thought left in my brain, but that's not important right now.

That's my process.

So, in honor of my Seven Years in the Blogosphere, here are 7 of my favorite stories posts from the MBFCF archives over these past seven years. I tried to take a random sampling so you get a good idea as to how my brain works. (You've been warned.)

1. ABC...easy as...1,2,3...

In 2006, I wrote about our Cuban superstition fascination with lucky and unlucky numbers.

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2. El Cocotaso - or how a blow to the head forever altered my identity

In 2007, I told the elaborate story of how I came to be called Marta.

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3. Out of the Shadows

In 2008, I wrote about my kids and their baby shoes. Get tissues.

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4. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

In 2009, I got an email from a British TV producer who was interested in maybe having their cooking celebrity (rhymes with Ramie Toliver) visit a Cuban family in Southern California.

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5. How Google Works - A very Cuban explanation

There was that time in 2010 that I got my mom (she was only 96 then) to explain how the internet search engines work and she became an overnight YouTube sensation. Get popcorn.

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6. Cooking With the Troops or Meet Team Cubanaso

In July of 2011, my family and I got the chance of a lifetime to feed 300 of our troops a big, fat, very, Cuban lunch. In cooperation with Babalú Blog and Dos Cubanos Pig Roasts in Texas.

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7. Everyone Should Have a Giant Chalkboard

Showing a little of my creative side with a step-by-step on how I do my party planning. Also, I have a giant chalkboard. And it makes me happy.

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Those are just a few of the highlights of my blogging life for the past 7 years. If you're interested in reading more, you can always peruse my Categories and Archives or check out my Cuban Recipes.

Or feel free to join the big, fat, Cuban relajo on Facebook.

You can also click on the link below if you'd like to follow me on Instagram. I'm Smrtqbn.

Thanks for reading my stories for all these years. I will seriously take up the challenge of entertaining you for at least 7 more.

Cuco and Yayo

My mom, Luza, is 99 (and a half) years old.

That's me & Luza. She's 99 in this photo.

She's always been a very curious person and to this day, she loves learning. So a few years ago she was asking about how the internet search engines work. I tried explaining it in the simplest terms.

What was awesome is that I then heard her regurgitate this information on the phone to her older brother. This happened a few years ago. I asked her to please tell me again what she had told him.

The resulting explanation about Cuco (Google) and Yayo (Yahoo) will go down in Youtube history.

Get popcorn.

Also, if you have not yet subscribed to my Youtube channel. You totally should.

Here's the link:

Marta Darby (Smrtqbn) on Youtube.