By now, you probably know that your diet should resemble a rainbow. The color in your diet should come from plants, not food coloring or additives. So no, a bag of brightly-colored candy orbs, although sweet and delicious, does not count as you eating your colors. Colorful fruits and vegetables are full of phytonutrients which […]
Sundays In My City
Christmas tree at Union Square in San Francisco, CA. Feliz Navidad! I showed you mine, now show me yours. Share your city/town/suburb/you name it!If you link up, please link back or post the Sundays In My City button either in your post or sidebar to let people know that other bloggers are […]
Fragmented Fridays
Is it bad that I love giving and receiving equally? I do and I’m shameless about it. Whenever possible, for every gift I give, I get one for myself as well. I’m just so good at getting myself gifts that I love. For example, I bought myself the least expensive Canon lens (EF 50mm f/1.8 […]
An Everyday Occurrence
Have a Chicano Christmas
It has become a yearly tradition that around Christmas I re-post 12 Days of Christmas Chicano Style. This was written about 3 years ago by Meeko Fabulous and myself. On the twelfth day of Christmas my Nana gave to me doce pork tamales, eleven full piñatas, ten chiles rellenos, nine Padre Nuestros, (Our Fathers) ocho […]
Sundays In My City
There goes the neighborhood! The Gingerburbs are taking over. Ticky tacky to say the least. San Francisco, CA. I showed you mine, now show me yours. Share your city/town/suburb/you name it!If you link up, please link back or post the Sundays In My City button either in your post or […]
Fragmented Fridays
Sometimes I wish that I talked the way Nezzy from Cow Patty Surprise writes because then I would say things like, “Do ya feel as confused as a hungry baby in a topless bar dropped smack in the middle of a social settin’?” Tell me that wouldn’t make me more than a little interesting. I […]
Amaryllis Overload
When in grouch, I focus on the beauty that surrounds me.
I Pity the Tree
I pity the tree that doesn’t have Mr. T.
Memory Cryogenics
We are all going to die. It’s true, none of us is getting out of this journey alive and that’s okay. Part of what makes life so beautiful is its finiteness. But what I do find sad is that when someone passes, they sometimes take all of their stories with them and future generations don’t […]