SPACE.com -- Biggest and Brightest Full Moon of 2010 Tonight

SPACE.com -- Biggest and Brightest Full Moon of 2010 Tonight
Last time I saw a full lunar eclipse was in my ocean front balcony in warm, beautiful Puerto Rico. Tonight I am back in NY, freezing my ass off and recovering from surgery. What's wrong with this picture???...

Chicken a la Carte by Ferdinand Dimadura

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn5PdFbmT9A

Sent from my iPhone

I'm going on vacation

The countdown for vacation is on! I'm going back home in May for 10 days, I can't wait. This time I want to spend a few days in Bogota, I want to visit my old school, walk through the city and visit a couple of meaningful places. I also want to go party a little, I'm looking forward to a couple of nights of dancing and fun!! woohooo!!

I have to get some shopping done and lose a few pounds before vacation. Got my work cut out for me. ::sigh::

Ustedes viven en el despecho

While I was on vacation in Colombia last fall, I was touring the country with my dad. It was a wonderful experience to be alone with him in the car driving through my beautiful country, talking about anything and everything. While in one of our conversations I made some statements about the internal struggle I have lived all my life; as a Colombian immigrant child who grew up missing her home, her family, her culture and so much more in a strange land, and at the same time having grown a New Yorker full of energy and passion for all that is American (and now global). I don't belong neither here nor there, I don't feel complete in either place. His reply was "ustedes viven en el despecho". I broke into tears, for he was so right.

And so I sit here today, surfing the net and listening to Colombian music. Until a song plays that hits me in the heart and transports me to my childhood and memories of my family and life as it was, and I break into tears.

I wish there was some way I could change things, find fulfillment. But as I imagine many or perhaps any immigrant can understand, this is the high price we pay for wanting more. For wanting something better. Sometimes I wonder if it's all worth it.

Atlantic City, here I come!!

That's right! I am going to Atlantic City for 3 days next week. I am so excited to have that mini get away. I am going with Anna and her daughter and we are planning on having lots of fun at the roulette tables and eating plenty at the buffets. I hope it won't be too terribly cold so we can walk around town a bit, and maybe enjoy the boardwalk as well. Ofcourse I am also hoping that Lady Luck will be on our side; it would be great to come home with a couple of extra bucks in my pocket. - Wish me luck!