Last week my nephew [seemingly] innocently asked me, “Titi,do you know how it to make soup?” It was such a random question that it threw meoff a bit. “Soup? Like from a can soup?” I asked, confused. “No, real soup,” he said.Oh, I thought. He must have had soup at his abuela’s recently. “No, … Continue reading War of the cookers
The lost art of…dating
It's been a while since I was on a real date and it's for a very good reason. No one asks anymore. I used to think that was a reflection on me but after speaking with many friends and acquaintances, I've realized it's almost an obsolete practice. I wonder if it has to do with the sexual … Continue reading The lost art of…dating
Nostalgia: 5-8
My dad owned a tire shop in Cayey, PR, when I was young.Some of my earliest memories are of my sisters and me running around the shop,hiding inside the stacks of tires. During our childhood games of hide and seek in the tireshop, I never once stopped to think about what everything around merepresented. The … Continue reading Nostalgia: 5-8
To dye for
As I may have mentioned a couple of thousand times, I am turning 40 soon! In just a little over a month. One month and 14 days, but who's counting. As part of my attempts at accepting 40—not an easy task—I decided that I was going to let my natural hair color grow out. I … Continue reading To dye for
Me and the emperor
When things are going wrong it's easy to get muddled in the thick of negativity. I know that lately that has been my story. My normal happy-go-lucky self has been more of a cynic-at-a-pity-party self and I've discovered something: No one knows how to act or what to say. I liken it to the Emperor's … Continue reading Me and the emperor
Nostalgia: 21
At 21 I fell in love—so I thought at the time—and when Ilearned that the object of my affections would be moving elsewhere, I quit my job, packed my bags and followed, sort of— I ended up about five hours north ofwhere he lived. Disregarding the distance between us and what it meant, I began … Continue reading Nostalgia: 21
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