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The casual marathoner and occasional foodie and fashionista.

June 11, 2012June 30, 2024 Blog disneyland half marathon, Latina, Lifestyle, Reviews, tinkerbell half marathon, tinkerbell half marathon goes on sale today, women's half marathon

Tinkerbell Half Marathon

Tinkerbell Half Marathon

This past January, I was lucky enough to see Tinkerbell fly, run several miles through Disneyland at night after the park was

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June 7, 2012July 1, 2024 Blog Featured, Latina, Lifestyle

Instagram

Instagram

There are certain things I try to avoid because I know I will love them so much they will become a distraction.

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March 28, 2012July 19, 2024 Los Angeles Featured, Latina, Lifestyle, los angeles union station, train station in los angeles. downtown los angeles landmarks

Wordless Wednesday: Downtown LA's Union Station

Wordless Wednesday: Downtown LA's Union Station

When I told my husband that I went to Union Station in Downtown LA for the first time yesterday, he couldn’t believe

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March 20, 2012July 19, 2024 Los Angeles beverly hills bakeries, beverly hills cupcake shop, Featured, Lifestyle, sprinkles cupcakes atm

Sprinkles Cupcakes 24-Hour ATM

Sprinkles Cupcakes 24-Hour ATM

I had only 10 minutes yesterday and I wanted to get a little something for a friend’s birthday. I went to Sprinkles

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March 7, 2012July 19, 2024 Blog Latina, Lifestyle

Dear Husband, Who Needs Jennifer Lopez?

Dear Husband, Who Needs Jennifer Lopez?

Dear Husband, Today is your birthday and I want you to know how much I love you.  As I sit and watch

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February 26, 2012August 17, 2024 Blog danny devito, Got Milk?, Latina, Lifestyle, ps vita, salmy hayek, the lorax premiere

Story Pirates, The Lorax, and Salma Hayek

Story Pirates, The Lorax, and Salma Hayek

So many things happened last week, including the PS Vita MomsLA event, but the most exciting was seeing my son’s story acted

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February 21, 2012July 19, 2024 Blog boy birthday parties, cook apps, Featured, Lifestyle, Parenting, rock climbing gym in los angeles, Rockreation, wikets

Latest Wikets Rec: Rockreation Rock Climbing Gym in West Los Angeles

Latest Wikets Rec: Rockreation Rock Climbing Gym in West Los Angeles

I posted recently about my latest obsession, the Wikets app for iPad and iPhone. It’s not just because I’m working with Wikets,

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February 13, 2012 Uncategorized babies, birth, giving birth, Lifestyle, Parenting

Baby

Baby

All of the sudden there were 20 people in the room. I was in labor about to deliver. This should not have

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February 12, 2012 Uncategorized aging, birthdays, Lifestyle, mom birthday

41 Years

41 Years

That’s how old I am. I can’t believe it. Last year I turned 40 and had a big bash of birthday. But

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February 9, 2012 Uncategorized cbs los angeles, discover the arts, Featured, Latina, Lifestyle, Miramonte Elementary, MomsLA, ozomatli, Parenting

KPCC, Discover the Arts LA, and Ozomatli

KPCC, Discover the Arts LA, and Ozomatli

While I haven’t been very good about posting on my blog, I have been writing for other places. I wrote on MomsLA.com

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February 8, 2012 Uncategorized Gluten Free, Latina, Lifestyle, Parenting

Blogging. What's That Again?

Blogging. What's That Again?

After years of talking about it, I’ve finally switched over from Blogger to WordPress. I finally have category pages so I can

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Instead of staying up last night reading about all Instead of staying up last night reading about all the f-d up things going on in the world, I listened to podcasts about all the f-d up things in the world while I made For Goodness Cakes 🎂 🧁s.  It was my first attempt at cookies and cream and glad I researched what to do before I made it. I used boxed cake mix and subbed whipped egg whites for whole eggs to counter the denseness of the cookie crumbs and milk for water (I don’t remember why). For the strawberry frosting, I used cream cheese and whipping cream along with the butter, powdered sugar and dehydrated strawberries so the frosting wouldn’t be too sweet with the cookie crumbs. At first I thought this kid’s request for strawberry cake with Oreos cookies and cream and strawberry cream frosting was 🤮 but now I think she’s a culinary genius. It’s was so good I’m going to make it again but gluten free.
Did you know that the Minneapolis shooting that ki Did you know that the Minneapolis shooting that killed two children, injured 17 and traumatized countless others wasn’t the first school shooting this year?

“There have already been four shootings at K-12 schools this school year — not including today’s shooting in Minneapolis. So far in 2025, there have been at least 57 shootings at K-12 schools,” according to Everytown for Gun Safety.

It wasn’t the first Mass Shooting either. There’s been 286. As of today, 833 kids 17 and under were shot and killed, 2,236 were injured. Total number of gun deaths is 9,801 and that doesn’t include suicide. Source: Gun Violence Archive.

I’m sharing this because I don’t know what else to do. We talk and talk about making America safer but America will never be safe when about 1/3 of the country owns a gun (PEW Research). Today’s news will be added to a long list of terrible things that happened this week, this month, this year.
Vegan, vanilla tie dye cake! #losangeles #vegancak Vegan, vanilla tie dye cake! #losangeles #vegancake
I know worse things are happening in Los Angeles, I know worse things are happening in Los Angeles, but kids and young people are going without birthday cakes. I’m an occasional volunteer for the nonprofit For Goodness Cakes, where volunteers bake homemade birthday cakes for kids in foster care and children and young adults overcoming adversity. Since the ICE raids started, one of the participating organizations I’ve baked for has stopped requesting cakes because it’s not safe for their community to pick them up. So kids who are already going through a scary time won’t get the simple pleasure of having birthday cake on their very special day. It’s not the worst thing, but it really sucks.
I wrote about L.A. Taco this week for the Washingt I wrote about L.A. Taco this week for the Washington Post.
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