Happy National Coffee Day to you! As you can see from my mug pictured above, I am in a dedicated relationship with coffee. We’ve been going strong for quite some time. I don’t need a holiday to celebrate it because I celebrate it, rely on it and am thankful for it all year long. Still, […]
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Inspire Orgullo: This is Where My Orgullo Comes From
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, I want to share with you why I am Orgullosa and where my orgullo comes from, excuse me while I wax poetic in the hopes that it will #InspireOrgullo in others… My orgullo comes from flour tortillas made with love by my tía, from bowls of steaming hot sopa […]
Rotisserie Chicken Instant Pozole Cheat (Recipe)
This is a sponsored post in collaboration with TEASDALE Foods. All opinions are mine. Guess who made pozole for the first time EVER?! (Raising hand enthusiastically) Me!!! As a matter of fact I threw a last minute pozole party and thanks to Teasdale Easy Prep Spicy Red Pozole, a store-bought rotisserie chicken and a little […]
Fútbol Soccer (Sundays In My City)
I’ll give you one guess as to who is embracing having become a soccer mom? Yup, it would be me. That’s me eldest playing and I have to say it’s fun watching her and her teammates give it their all every Saturday for their game. The games are on Saturday, but I’m sharing for Sundays […]
The Flying Chancla Report
Hola Chulas y Chulos! Hope you are wearing clean chonies because it’s time for another edition of The Flying Chancla Report. Every week I let my chancla roam the internet to finds things that will be of interest to you and here’s what my chancla found for you this week: As I’m sure you’ve noticed, […]
Wednesday Wishes
Hello, my fellow strivers and wishers! I hope life is treating you well and that you’ve seen some of your wishes come true. It’s time to make some Wednesday Wishes to let the Universe know what we would like it to send our way. Here’s what I’m wishing for this week: 1. Can I get […]
Time to Declare: ‘We’re All Mexican’
Lately, there has been a lot of publicly accepted and even celebrated Mexican-bashing going on (yes, Donald Trump I’m lookin’ at you and your BOCOTA). It’s not a beautiful thing, it’s not a unifying thing, and it’s not to be ignored or tolerated. We could all respond with anger or hate, but I think that […]
Olympic Birthday Celebration (Sundays In My City)
A friend of ours recently celebrated her 7th birthday with an Olympics-themed party. I have to say that as far as birthday themes go this one is pretty brilliant because it lends itself to incorporating lots of fun physical competitions with the bonus for parents being that their kids go home tired. This shindig had […]
The Flying Chancla Report
Hola Chulas y Chulos! It’s time for your weekly dose of The Flying Chancla Report. It’s been quite the week for my chancla. I mean so much has been going on that my chancla doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Personally, I’d rather laugh, but you know how chanclas and crying go together. Here’s […]
This Just In: Superhero Granola Bars Perfect for Goodie Bags
I have been compensated for this shop by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine. #MARVELSnackBar #CollectiveBias My daughter has a thing for MARVEL superheroes in general, but Spider-Man is definitely her favorite. So much so that as you can see, she owns a Spider-Man costume that she slips into when she […]