I don’t know about you, but I spent a lot of time playing outdoors when I was a kid and I mean year-round, not just during summer breaks. During the school year I’d come home, have a snack, do my homework and then head outside to find other neighborhood kids to play with until it […]
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Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in the Fall (Sundays In My City)
A couple of weeks ago, we headed to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for our last visit of the year. We went with our friends and had a blast like we always do. It was a great time to visit because the lines weren’t long and the weather was temperate. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk ALSO READ: Arata […]
The Flying Chancla Report: Join the Safety Pin Army and Stick It to Hate
Holy caca, gente! Normally I start The Flying Chancla Report with “hola Chulas y Chulos,” but this week I have got to start with “holy caca” because this week has been a caca storm. Mierda has really hit the fan. The elections have shown us just how divided we are as a country and I don’t […]
A Family That Votes Together Hopes Together
My chest is aching as I write this. Aching from the tension and anxiety that I feel about the election. It’s November 8 and finally this nightmare before Thanksgiving will come to an end, but who knows what we’re in for afterward. I care VERY much about this election, but I haven’t voted yet. Why? […]
My Multicultural Love Story
Thank you to Jarritos and Dime Media for sponsoring this post and encouraging me to share why I think that we are #BetterTogether I want to tell you about my multicultural love story that started WAY before my husband and I were even born. Yes, it’s your typical story of boy meets girl, but it’s also a […]
Discovery Day (Sundays In My City)
We went to the 6th annual Discovery Day hosted at AT&T Park. The place was filled with over 150 interactive exhibits to help kids get exited about science hands on. It’s such a great event to help encourage a new generation to fall in love with science, technology, engineering and math. The best part is […]
Wednesday Wishes
Wonderful wishers of the world join me in manifesting abundance by making some Wednesday wishes. Why not spend a few moments focusing on what it is that we want? It feels good and lets the Universe know what it is that we’d like sent our way. Here’s what I’m wishing for this week… For myself: […]
How to Make Day of the Dead Paper Hats
My daughters go to an awesome school that hosts a Day of the Dead festival every year. One of the fun activity stations at this event is a sombreros de papel/ paper hats station where you get to have a Calavera Catrina style paper hat tailor made for you. Calavera Catrinas are dapper skeletons […]
Arata Pumpkin Farm (Sundays In My City)
Arata Farm, San Mateo’s oldest working pumpkin farm, is about an hour away from our home in San Francisco. The farm has been growing pumpkins since 1932. I was checking out their website and found out that it all came about because in the 1930s brothers John and Clarence Arata planted pumpkin seeds to feed […]
The Flying Chancla Report: Mazapan Wins Halloween and CholoFit Keeps You Trim
Hola Chulos y Chulas! This week my chancla and I are looking forward to grubbin’ on all the candy we are planning on stealing from my kids after they go trick or treating or “triko tri” as some of my relatives say, so we thought we’d dedicate this week’s The Flying Chancla Report to Halloween. We […]