Harry Potter and How to Save a Life

by Denise // 2 November, 2009 // Comments off

My oldest daughter, Allana, loves the Harry Potter series and even dressed as Hermoine for her school literacy parade. At her request, we celebrated her birthday yesterday in true Hogwarts fashion, but I’ll post more on that later. To feed... Continue reading →

Guavaween Then and Now

by Denise // 29 October, 2009 // Comments off

On the last Saturday in October, we celebrate Guavaween which is Tampa’s (actually Ybor City’s) Latin version of a Halloween Mardi Gras. Throughout the night, young and old parade the streets in slutty creepy outlandish costumes. Year after year (many moons ago before... Continue reading →

There’s No Place Like Home for Halloween

by Denise // 26 October, 2009 // Comments off

When I saw this week’s I ♥ Faces Contest Halloween photo challenge, I instantly knew which picture to pick. When Allana was five years old, she was obsessed with The Wizard of Oz and wanted to dress as Dorothy for Halloween. We borrowed... Continue reading →

It’s Magic, You Know

by Denise // 26 October, 2009 // Comments off

Every year to get into the Halloween spirit, I produce a playlist of our favorite spine tingling tunes. I posted some of our top picks already here, here and here. However, I realized the other day that I need to... Continue reading →