Who was the last person you hugged?
My plumber. Don’t ask.
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Share a beauty or grooming trick or tip with us.
Hmmm…I don’t have a beauty secret. The embedded video has beauty tips from around the world, including China, Brazil, Norway, India, and Puerto Rico.
Salad
What does the color yellow make you think of?
Arroz amarillo con gondules (yellow rice with black-eyed peas).
Main Course
If you were to make your living as a photographer, what subject would your pictures revolve around?
Old buildings and architectures all around the world.
Dessert
What was the longest book you ever read?
Longest? I’m not sure, but I’m currently reading Lucia Lucia.
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Have you ever played a practical joke on anyone? If so, what did you do and who was your victim?
This is exactly how it went down. One night Bunny and I were bored. To alleviate the boredom, I suggested we drive through town and collect furniture that people outside of their homes. Once the furniture was collected, we dumped it all on our friend Debbie’s driveway. We then created signs that read “Garage Sale at (and we included her address).”The next morning, Debbie finds the furniture in her driveway and is obviously not very happy. While she was talking with her husband about who could have done this, people from the neighborhood began to arrive for the garage sale.
Because the joke was so perfectly planned, she knew I had something to do with it. So she took it all in stride. She sold what she could and left the rest for garbage pick up.
Soup
What do your salt and peppershakers look like?
My salt and pepper shakers come in little packets. Each are found at the bottom of my takeout bag.
Salad
Where is the next place you plan to visit (on vacation or business)?
Depends. California for business, unless my friend my Philly decides to get married on that weekend.
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What kind of lotion or cream do you use to keep your hands from getting too dry?
I don’t use lotion on my hands.
Dessert
Make up a dessert, tell us its ingredients, and give it a name.
Instead of making one up, here’s a real dessert recipe.
Coconut Spice Ice cream
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups coconut cream
1 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 1/2cup heavy cream
1/2 cup coconut (finely shredded)
1/4 cup coconut flavor Puerto Rican Rum (Capt. Morgan Parrot Bay)
1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Mix sugar, 2 cups of coconut cream, add the sweetened condensed milk, heavy cream, shredded coconut, coconut flavor Puerto Rican rum add in the nutmeg and vanilla and cinnamon. Transfer the mixture to an ice cream maker. Freeze garnish with sprinkle of almonds mint leaf and stick of cinnamon.
Happy New Year! Tonight at the stroke of midnight, be sure to eat twelve grapes. Each grape represents a month for the New Year. The first grape represents January, the second grape represents February, and so on. If you eat a sour grape that means that month will be troublesome for you. To bring good luck for the upcoming year, sprinkle sugar outside. A pinch will do. Also, be sure to throw a bucket of water out of your window to drive out the old and bring in the New Year with a fresh start.
I’m hosting New Year’s. I bought my home a few months ago and don’t have enough seating. In fact, I have zero furniture. So I’m starting another Puerto Rican tradition, a BYOC party.BYOC = Bring your own chair.
Tonight my brother is coming into town with his family. Though he’s staying with his in-laws, not me, I am required by Puerto Rican law to go to the airport for a meet-and-greet.
I’m not sure how this tradition evolved. All I know is if you go to the airport when a flight from Puerto Rico is due to arrive, you will find the nuclear family as well as the extended family in tow to welcome the person arriving to town. My brother is from Florida, but this tradition still applies.
The round trip drive to the airport will be an hour and a half. The wait at the airport around thirty minutes. The meet-and-greet five minutes.
