Do you have an inner Fiesta?
Posted on Jul 21, 2010 05:41:18 PM
I’ve been having so much fun lately. Between watching America’s Got Talent, painting my house, drinking coffee everyday and participating in the new Ford Fiesta Movement, I am smiling all day long between stupid arguments with my cats, grandmother and husband.
On another note, do you speak Spanish? If you don’t, it’s O.K. anyway. You can try to decipher my ancient dialect while thinking: “What’s up with that hair?”
This hair…
For the next couple of weeks, until August 6th to be precise, I’ll be competing as a top 25th semi-finalist for a chance to win the new Ford Fiesta.
Look at this baby!
The Ford Fiesta Movement is happening Nationwide! Thanks Ford, Puerto Rico has been included <3
If you want to follow my crazy hair and help me become a Ford Fiesta Agent or "Embajadora de Ford Fiesta" as they say here in Puerto Rico, follow this link and vote for Limari Colon once inside the Top 25 video gallery. You may also “Like” it on Youtube.
MY BLOG HAS AWOKEN FROM ITS COMA! YAY! *Special thanks to Amysan who gave me the idea and the motivation*
Much love from Puerto Rico ^_^
-Li
Delicious Chocolate Puff Pastry Croissants!
Posted on Jun 5, 2010 07:56:28 PM
OK. This recipe gives me out completely. I watched “It’s Complicated” yesterday with my husband and mother-in-law, and I couldn’t get those delicious croissants filled with chocolate out of my mind. We looked up the recipe and found this incredibly easy one from Recipezaar. The results?
Ingredients:
2 puff pastry sheets, thawed (use one 17-ounce box)
1-1 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips
2 ounces semisweet chocolate, broken into pieces
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
2 tablespoons hot water (more or less as needed)
confectioners’ sugar, for sprinkling
Directions:
1- Set oven to 350°F.
2- Grease 2 baking sheets.
3- Unfold one sheet of puff pastry onto a lightly floured surface, then roll out to make a 10-inch square.
4- Cut into even triangles.
5- Place 2-3 tablespoons milk chocolate baking chips in the center of each triangle (as shown in picture).
6- Brush the edges lightly with the beaten egg.
7- Roll each triangle, pressing the edges to seal like this:
8- Place on the baking sheets 2-inches.
9- Bake for about 15-17 minutes or until puffed and golden brown.
10- Cool on baking sheets for about 3 minutes, then remove to wire racks to cool completely.
11- In a small microwave-safe bowl melt the 2 ounces semisweet chocolate with 2 tablespoons butter on HIGH for about 25-30 seconds, stirring once and until smooth.
Before:
13- Stir/whisk in the confectioners’ sugar until combined.
14- Add in water until the icing is smooth and desired consistency for drizzling is achieved.
After:
15- Drizzle over the pastries.
Enjoy! The Nutrition Facts are available on Recipezaar.
Easy Cheesy Turnovers!
Posted on Jun 4, 2010 05:30:31 PM
Hello! Welcome to my Cooking Friday. Today I baked, which probably means the end of the world is near. Nevertheless, for you quesito lovers, here is a super easy cheesy recipe.
Things you’ll need:
1/2 Cup of Sugar.
8 oz. of Cream Cheese.
Vanilla Extract (a few drops)
1 Lime (a few drops too…)
1 Egg
1 Pastry Dough Sheet (hojaldre in Spanish)
Honey Glaze (as much as you want!)
A Pizza Cutter
Step 1:
Preheat oven at 350 degrees.
Step 2:
Cut pastry dough sheet (must be at room temperature) in nearly perfect squares.
Step 3:
In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, lime, vanilla and sugar until everything is silky smooth.
Step 4:
Stretch every other corner of each square as shown in picture:
Step 5:
Place a spoonful or forkful of filling in the center of each square. You can add other fillings too like Guava or Strawberry.
Step 6:
Brush a small amount of egg (you can mix it with a little water) in the two stretched tips of each square. After placing the filling in the center, wrap each corner to look like this:
…and brush a little egg on top of each pre-baked quesito.
Step 7:
Bake! Stare at your oven’s door like an idiot until the turnovers are golden. I did it!
Step 8:
Drip a delicious amount of Honey Glaze on top of each quesiiiiiito!
Step 9:
Pig out! ^_^ As we say in Puerto Rico: Buen proveho y a lechonear se ha dicho!
Instrument for Unsent Letters by artist Rebecca Adorno
Posted on Jun 2, 2010 09:36:30 AM
For those of you who yearn to write a letter, but are afraid to do so… You can still submit it here, and it will be completely anonymous.
Bless this incredible Puerto Rican artist. Enjoy the video!
Instrument for Unsent Letters from Rebecca Adorno on Vimeo.
“Changing the world…”
Posted on May 31, 2010 09:22:25 AM
“…one blog post at a time.”
That is going to be my new motto.
These months (for me) have been an accelerated course on life.
I helped a teenager pass his 7th grade, even when everyone else said: “You will fail!” I helped him study, gave him unsolicited advice, cried with him, and intervened when his tutor was ready to hang the gloves and give up. This wonderful kid is part of the hundreds, if not thousands of kids that belong to the state here in Puerto Rico. A kid that cannot get his driver’s license, (even the apprentice one) until he turns 18. A kid who’s dad died and mom neglects. Who has been raised in foster care for over six years with a complete stranger. A kid that stiffens when you hug him, and answered: “No.” when I asked him: “Do you know what love means?” I told him I loved him that day, and I meant it. This kid is thirteen years old.
I have also learned that the US alone puts to sleep (nice wording for euthanasia), at least 5 million animals each year. I became aware of this truth when I found two puppies in the middle of the night, trying to cross a highly transited road. I took them in without knowing what would I do with them, since I couldn’t keep them. I bathed them, removing their ticks and fleas (which was pretty nasty). I dewormed them, fed them, and gave them as much love as I could. I started looking for no-kill shelters in Puerto Rico, to find out that even if we have 78 municipalities that by LAW are required to have a shelter each one, there are only 5 or 6 in the whole island including Vieques. Oh, and those do NOT guarantee the animals will be killed the next day.
What broke my heart about this matter is that those kind souls who did have no-kill shelters, or sanctuaries, are in the verge of filing for bankruptcy because they lack the funding. I found around 3 or 4 of those, and only one was willing to take the dogs immediately. All of them were overbooked.
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
–Ghandi
I guess Puerto Rican’s can’t get mad when people call us a “Third World” country. Stray cats and dogs are part of our daily bread.
I did find them a home after two weeks of intensive searching and pleading for help. I thank the kind souls that helped these two babies change the lives of two families for the better. I also thank my husband for being such a rare specimen in this world, and having the courage to support my decisions with understanding.
Aside from children in need of love and care, and animals in need of love and compassion, I also learned that I can’t change the world if I don’t start by changing myself. Not only my actions, but my thinking.
I want to be the person that changes your day when you talk to her or meet her. I yearn to be the one infecting the world with just one smile. I pray to God everyday, to give me the strength to carry out my life in the best way possible.
I used to be a selfish, careless person. I did wake up from that trance a couple of years ago, and now, close to my 25th birthday, I truly know that a life without purpose, is a life not worth living at all.
Turista Clothing @ Comic-Con 2010
Posted on Apr 25, 2010 11:44:54 PM
Exhausted, but incredibly happy, I bring you… Pictures!
Click on any of the two photos for the full set or go here.
Turista’s greatest accomplishment this weekend = Selling lots of shirts.
Personal accomplishment at a much smaller/trivial scale = Being asked by a random dude the following:
“Excuse me. May I take a picture with you? You just look like a 50s pin-up girl.
My husband: “Did that guy just call you a porn star?”
Me: “No honey. He said pin-up.”
My husband: “Oh.”
Cheers!
In case you missed it ——->Flickr Link.
Please, Become a Bone Marrow Donor.
Posted on Apr 21, 2010 12:53:49 PM
This is Maruja and her brother…
Maruja is a 32 year old woman, a fantastic artist, an incredible human being, and was diagnosed with Leukemia some time ago.
When I first heard the news, I couldn’t believe someone as upbeat and positive as Maruja could get sick with cancer. I learned quickly cancer does not discriminate against anyone.
I started researching information on the web, and found out 3,000 people search the National Bone Marrow Donors list every DAY, looking for a compatible donor who may save their lives. The odds of two individuals matching range from 1 in 20,000 to 1 in 50,000 depending on such factors as ethnic background. Yes, it is that hard to find a compatible donor. Even after you find someone that could be your perfect match, many tests have to be performed before approving the transplant.
According to Be The Match, “If you do not have a donor in your family, your doctor can search the Be The Match Registry®, operated by the National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP), which provides access to more than 13 million potential donors on the global donor listing. This includes more than 8 million potential donors and more than 100,000 cord blood units on the registry as well as donors available through agreements with international cooperative registries.“.
A lack of minority ethnic groups registered as donors, such as (but not limited to) Hispanic, African-American, Asian and other races/ethnic groups, prevent thousands of patients from receiving a single transplant that may grant them the gift of life.
You only need to visit http://www.marrow.org and register. They send you a FREE kit, consisting on 4 swabs and a returning envelope. You then follow a couple of easy steps, which mostly consist of rubbing the swabs against certain parts of your inner cheeks and that’s it. If you get selected as a potential donor, they fly you to the States, test you and if you donate, the risks involved with the surgery are very minor (mostly those for general anesthesia).
Maruja’s beautiful hair is gone.
Her knees have given up on her because of the chemotherapy, and she is now unable to walk. My husband and I already sent our kits back and it did not cost us a cent. You too can become part of a worldwide cause to save millions of life. Next year it can be someone you know… Or perhaps, you will be the one who will save my friend’s life.
Thank you.
Glee auditions… You! I need your help!
Posted on Apr 7, 2010 06:53:46 PM
Hello to everyone out there in cyberspace. I need your help. I don’t know if you know, but my dreams pretty much can be summed up in one sentence: pay my bills with my creativity.
The best opportunity of my life is here. I just auditioned for Glee and need tons of votes to be part of the awesome show. Will you help me? Spread the word. Help me go viral! Retweet, resend, post, go nuts!
Here is the link for my performance. If that doesn’t work, go here and search Limari on the Gleeks section.Thank you and may God guide you to your dreams as well.
Much love and gratitude,
Limari
P.S.
You can also find my performance here.
Four words: “And, we are live!”
Posted on Mar 22, 2010 11:20:09 AM
Being on TV is a little nerve wrecking, especially if you’re about to sing and play live. One thing my mom and mother-in-law kept repeating: “Just have fun.”
My husband and I leaving for the show.
Getting ready…
Going live!
The end result:
This was an amazing experience. I thank every one involved in the creation of the program, and my successful performance. My dream quest continues… Does yours?
Freelance Writing and, The Dream Quest
Posted on Mar 19, 2010 11:59:59 AM
Good morning world. I have the intention of writing daily on this blog, but evil forces lure me into other tasks, and I end up succumbing into not writing here.
This post is meant to be a light at the end of the tunnel for aspiring writers.
I used to have the notion that having a conventional job (meaning five days a week, eight+ hours shifts), was mandatory. Fortunately, I matured enough to realize, no one can force me into doing something I don’t want to.
If you have been following this blog, you know I quit my extremely, annoying, conventional job, two weeks ago. At first, I was terrified. Psyched, yes. But also, very scared. As a result of quitting that job, I have landed in the course of two weeks, two steady freelance writing jobs! I also have one more possible project, the ability to write on this blog as I please, and the upcoming rewriting of my first novel. It does not end there.
I had forgotten the passion that ignites inside my soul every time I play, and sing. I used to be this incredibly passionate musician, always with my guitar, or piano, singing my heart out. What happened?
I thought having a $7.50 per hour job was all I needed. I hated it…
I constantly felt lost, drained, breathless — I know now I was depriving myself of my endless capabilities as a human being. The capability of going after a dream.
My aunt recently sent me a message via Facebook. It was a casting for a local TV show here in Puerto Rico. I went. I got it. Come Sunday, I’ll be singing one of my songs in front of a camera thousands of people will be watching. You can even watch it if you live in Florida, New York, or any other state that has Univision. All because I said: “To hell with the world. I’m doing my own thing.”
Deciding to live life in my own terms has been liberating. I have trusted, I am trusting the God of my understanding to guide me every step of the way. People come along to help me from Africa, Australia, China, Canada, Kansas City…
Somehow, following my desires, and rooting for myself has brought opportunities I would have never imagined. Seizing those opportunities takes a lot of courage, but after I’m done, the second I realize I trusted myself and God completely… I feel the most joy, the hope, the love, the happiness, the peace, and the certainty that God is doing for me, what I couldn’t do for myself. Every day I drift further from the past, I become closer to my freedom. Not only because I am doing what I want, and not what is expected of me, but because I feel grateful, and happy by doing so.