A.A - Necesidad o amor

Mi hija explicandome a sus casi tres añitos la diferencia entre necesidad y amor: Mami quiero mi chupón (que hace ya un mes no lo tiene)... Bueno, no lo quiero, si lo quiero pero no de "lo quiro" de que lo quiero para chuparlo, para meterlo en mi boca, así, lo quiero...

@ AICM

Anécdotas de mi visita mañanera aeropuerto:

Voy llegando al mostrador de Aeroméxico y me pregunta alguien del personal: "vuelo internacional?"
Yo: "sí"
Sr. AM: " a mano izquierda, por favor."
Inmediatamente in señor que viene detrás mío pregunta: "y para vuelos nacionales?"
Sr. AM: "a la izquierda también."
(... ok, se la pasamos... pero igual se me hizo chistoso)

Ya registrando mi maleta...
Srita. de AM: "A dónde viaja?"
Yo: " A San José vía Los Ángeles."
La srita. hace el papeleo correspondiente (medio lenta y con una cara de duda y sueño de temer para cualquier viajero adverso al riesgo). Me hace preguntas de rutina como mi dirección destino en EEUU y cuántas maletas voy a registrar. Sólo me da un pase de abordar. Pregunto: "el otro pase me lo dan en L.A.?"
Srita: "Va a San José del Cabo, verdad?"
Yo: "NO, a San José, California" (!!!)
Srita: "Ah, entonces déjeme cambio la etiqueta de su maleta."
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Sólo me quedó darle la bendición a mi maleta y esperar que mi pase de abordar para L.A. sea válido. *sigh*

Para aliviar el estrés y curar parcialmente mi desvelada me dí una vuelta por la tienda del fonart :-)

Update: el rencor bajó aún más después del rico desayuno que sirvieron en el avión :D

Update 2: Mi maleta llegó a salvo. El problema fue que la señorita sólo le puso etiqueta para L.A. y tuve que llevarla conmigo a otra terminal para hacer el check-in otra vez. Si no es porque tenía mucho tiempo entre trasbordos, habría sido un problema. LAX es bastante grande. Queridos Delta y Aeroméxico: si van a vender vuelos que son operados por otras aerolíneas, mejoren sus sistemas operativos y permitan al menos que me dejen hacer el check-in desde mi primer vuelo. Atte. any frequent flyer.

Última nota: Es la primera vez que logro poner un post con el app que tengo de blogger en mi teléfono y no me gustó... no puedo escoger dónde poner las fotos y  me tardé mucho para que aceptara subir mi post (mandó muchos errores) para luego darme cuenta que se había subido el post 2 veces. Y aparte llena mi teléfono de publicidad barata. Esa app tiene sentencia de muerte.

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A.A - Rey de reyes

Rezando con mi hija: 

YO:Papito Dios tu que estás en el cielo y me cuidas... 

ELLA: Y el Rey...cómo se llama el rey, mamá? 

YO: Cuál rey? 

ELLA: El rey, el que está con papito Dios... Cómo se llama? 

YO: Cuál, tu? 

ELLA: El rey del rock and roll!!!! 

YO: AH Elvis!!!! Jejejejejejej!! Así o más rockera?

:D

 

Where Children Sleep

James Mollison put together a book with pictures of kids (teens) and the "rooms" where they sleep from all over the world. The selection you can see from the website may be a bit biased not be very uniform geographically speaking, but the variety is still stunning - read I wanted to see a Mexican kid or more Latin Americans-.

Worth good 5 minutes of procrastination... here are a couple to hook you up:

(via kottke)

A summary of online tools for organizing your life

For all of us late-adapters, catching up with technology can be both exciting and overwhelming (I can't believe I am writing this at 27!!). You really want to be on top of things, but you are so busy with other stuff to do. It will let you be cool and help you organize your things better, but just finding out about the tools is a mess itself.

Biz-Ladies from Design*Sponge came with this very nice post today:

How to organize your life with online tools

I am downloading Tweetdeck and Evernote. I have high expectations for both. Will keep you posted.

Glasses with mustache

I just bumped into this on Design * Sponge:

Aren't they rad? They would make excellent material for parties. It seems like I will have to go all the way to St Louis to get them :P. 

Disfrutar la ciudad con niños

Quiero ir al Museo de la Caricatura. Tantos lugares que no conozco de mi ciudad.... (via Jorge Pedro)

Disfrutar la ciudad con niños: "

Parque Tezozómoc. Hacienda del Rosario esq. Hacienda Sotelo, Azcapotzalco. Las estaciones de metro más cercanas son El Rosario y Tezozómoc. Esta zona verde de 28 hectáreas fue diseñada en 1982 por el arquitecto y paisajista Mario Schjetnan. Al centro hay una emulación del Lago de Texcoco como lo encontraron los españoles en el siglo XVI. El trenecito, los juegos mecánicos, la pista de patinaje y las canchas son algunos atractivos de este parque que abre de martes a domingo de 6 a 18 horas. La entrada es gratuita. A un lado está el Museo de la Tecnología, del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, que divulga conocimiento científico y tecnológico de manera divertida.

Liga Olmeca. Av. 5 de Mayo 100, Merced Gómez. Aquí enseñan béisbol a los niños. Las clases pueden pagarse por día o por semana.

Parque Ecológico Xochitla. Carretera Circunvalación s/n, Tepotzotlán. Famoso en el Norte, particularmente en Satélite y alrededores. Es un parque con lugares para acampar, restaurante, pistas para andar en bicicleta y patines, cursos ambientales y viajes en globo los domingos. Abren de lunes a domingo de 9 a 17 horas, y los fines de semana hasta las 19 horas. Para acampar hay que llegar antes de las 17 horas. De las estaciones de metro El Rosario y Cuatro Caminos salen camiones hasta Huehuetoca, y de ahí un taxi.

Museo Nacional de San Carlos. Puente de Alvarado 50, Tabacalera. El departamento de Servicios Educativos ofrece de manera continua actividades lúdicas como visitas guiadas caracterizadas, cursos para acercar a los niños al arte, actividades teatrales, talleres de dibujo y pintura, etcétera. La Sala Táctil es un lugar muy atractivo, pues aquí se tiene la oportunidad de 'ver' cuadros como lo hacen los invidentes y débiles visuales. Los domingos la entrada es gratuita.

Zoológico de San Juan de Aragón. Av. Loreto Fabela s/n, San Juan de Aragón. Una de las atracciones más interesantes de la delegación Gustavo A. Madero. Tiene un elefantario, así como un albergue de rinocerontes. Este zoológico fue inaugurado en 1964, cerró sus puertas en 1999 y reabrió en 2002 con nuevas instalaciones. Los sábados y domingos hay talleres infantiles de 10 a 15 horas.

Parque Ecológico Loreto y Peña Pobre. Insurgentes esq. San Fernando, Tlalpan. Abre de martes a domingo de 8 a 18 horas. En sus 21,000 metros cuadrados se lleva a cabo un programa educativo permanente orientado a la ecología. Hay una librería especializada en temas ecológicos, una granja, un invernadero y talleres para niños.

Museo del Carmen. Revolución esq. Monasterio, San Ángel. Ideal para niños curiosos. No hay que perderse la sala de las momias, y luego al patio a jugar entre los árboles. Abren de martes a domingo de 10 a 17 horas.

Parque Lira. Parque Lira esq. Benjamín Franklin, Tacubaya. Un jardín del siglo XIX con vegetación exhuberante, área de juegos y canchas. Originalmente pertenecía a la Casa de la Bola, que está a un lado y que también vale la pena visitar. Desde aquí hay una vista muy bonita de la ciudad.

Museo de la Caricatura. Donceles 99, Centro. La historia de la caricatura en nuestro país a lo largo de diversas salas alrededor de un patio en el que suelen venderse historietas, retratos caricaturizados, artículos de colección, etcétera.

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How to Hail a Cab {in New York City}

This is hilarious... I still remember when a friend from California came to visit NYC a couple (or was it three?) years ago. After his couple of first days in the city, he came to me and said very proudly: "I hailed my first cab today". I thought: "and I washed my dishes this morning.. (?)". I never really understood how people outside cities like New York, Boston, and maybe San Francisco are totally taxi-deprived. They are always driving their own cars and, if needed, they will call some taxi company on the phone to pick them up. There is no need to risk your life to try to get one on the streets...

Evidence of this amusing attitude is reinforced with this post I found. Enjoy! (via {kensington blue})

How to Hail a Cab {in New York City}: "

I'm finding that most tourists, and even some locals don't know how to properly hail a cab. Although I do gain a great deal of pleasure when I am able to magically procure a cab at my side while tourists and newbies gasp and wonder HOW I did it, I also feel bad for them. Why? Because they, like me, will have to learn from experience. You, on the other hand, have my three handy tips for hailing a cab to refer to when you visit or move to the city:

1. Stand IN the street (step off the curb so cabbies can see you. If there are cars parked on the street, step up so that you're in line with them, giving yourself a better chance to be seen.)

2. Stick your arm out, and keep it out (You don't have to wave it, just stick it out. Cabbies will find you this way. It's the universal sign for "I NEED A CAB!" Even if there are no cabs around, keep your arm out and a cab will eventually see you and come straight for you)

3. Know what to look for- The trick is to look at the sign on top of the cab (often hard to see midday when the light is harsh):

• Number lights on: cab is available for hire
• Number lights off: cab is not available for hire
• 'OFF DUTY' signs illuminated: cab is off duty.

• When a cab is off duty, the number lights can be either on or off, but look for the OFF DUTY lights to be illuminated. That being said, a cabbie may stop for you, and if you are on their way home/to the garage, they might agree to give you a ride. However, they are not obligated to do so :)

Easy, right?

My sister Stacey reminded me that my sister Erin took a picture of me exhibiting proper cab-hailing technique (after church while carrying a diaper bag and some screens my friend gave me. I'm super classy). See, I'm in the street, and I have my arm up and out, and I keeping it out until I found success...

Pop quiz: Why is the cab in the picture not stopping for me?

Other things to consider:

• If you need a cab at a specific time on a specific day for a specific purpose (airport, public speaking, important meeting), order car service. There's no guarantee you will be able to hail a cab when you need it, and car service doesn't cost much more. Honestly.
• 'Once you are in the cab, you need to be prepared with the address AND the cross street. If you say "1384 Madison Avenue, please" the cab driver can take five minutes and look up the cross street for you (while the meter runs), or you can say "1384 Park Avenue at 77th."
• They may also ask 'near or far side' (side of the block to stop on) and if it's a one-way, they will ask which side of the street it's on. If you don't know where you're going, you won't know either answer, but if you DO know where you're going you can take a cab like a seasoned New Yorker and say '1384 Madison Avenue, near side, on the left, please' and they'll take you right there. Too much information? For most of you, yes. But someday you might find it useful.

• If you are having trouble catching a cab going downtown and you are in a hurry, see if there are any available cabs going uptown. You may have to cross the street and pay $0.50 cents more while they flip around, but it will be worth it.

• If you are trying to catch a cab during rush hour or in the rain, good luck. Everyone else is trying to hail one too.

• Cabbies work 8-12 hour shifts, and many go off duty somewhere in the time-frame of 3-6pm. They are all trying to get the heck out of Manhattan while the fresh cabbies are on their way in. If all the cabs have their OFF DUTY signs illuminated, you are going to have a hard time getting a cab. Consider another method of transport or settle for a gypsy cab (if you can get one)

• Gypsy cabs (black Lincoln town cars, usually) might try to pick you up if they don't have a paying client (car service). It's not legal for them to do it, but they do it anyway. You can choose to ride in the cab, but be sure to have cash with you, and haggle with them about the price BEFORE you get in the cab. We will often take them when there are no yellow cabs and we know approximately how much we should pay for the ride we are about to take.

Any questions?

p.s. Have you ever read a more random blog than mine? That's why I'll never be a rich and famous blogger- too scatterbrained. Such is my life. Sigh.

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A.A. - con mi vida

Chequen el grado de intensidad de mi sobrina:

Jugando, me dice mi hija de dos años: "Mamá díle a mi bebé que yo lo voy a cuidar" YO: "Bebé (a su muñeco) tu mamita te va a cuidar con amor" ELLA: "NOOO, con MI VIDA Mamá, con MI VIDA!!!!".....

Osea que ella ya tiene una idea de lo importante y preciado que es la vida per se. Considerando que tiene 2 años, ¿cómo y cuándo aprenden tan rápido los niños estos conceptos tan abstractos? ¿¿Qué le dan de comer??

DIY: Chalkboard Banner

It's been a while since I added "party material"-related blogs to my Google Reader. I always found it a bit amusing how popular banners are. I think I did it not more than 5 times when I was really young ('cause now I am still young, right?), and I have never thought of doing it anytime soon again. That is: I never payed much attention... until now.

Once again, Liz Stanley does a fantastic job on momtastic, posting very detailed instructions on how to do chalkboard banners.... yes, you read it well... Every letter is written on a little chalkboard (shape of your election) and then put together as a banner. It is not only easy, aesthetic, and original; it's green as well! Oh, and for all of us lazy sloths, you can use it over and over!  It's just genius.

By the way, that site is amazing. If you are into crafts and/or if you have kids, you HAVE TO check it out if you haven't done so by now. I am continuously thinking that if I decided to work as a babysitter one day, I would live out of that webpage to entertain my clients :-).

Notes in the sky

I think it's beautiful. Those cables can really spoil a view of the sky.

Artist: Bradi Wells

(via kirtsy)

Mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania rides in tank and runs over illegally parked cars

Mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania rides in tank and runs over illegally parked cars: "

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I love the face of the owner of the car at the end of the video. (via BoingBoing)

Studio tickets for SNL, Daily Show, Letterman and more

NewYorkology posts about studio tickets for shows taped in NYC:

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Among the shows that tape in New York City, “Saturday Night Live” remains the toughest ticket to acquire.


SNL tickets are free if you happen to win the long-shot lottery in August. To enter the lottery, send an email during August to snltickets@nbcuni.com with all your contact details, but don’t wait until the last minute as last year’s lottery closed early. (The ticketing website hasn’t update for 2011, but an NBC spokeswoman confirmed to NewYorkology the lottery procedure is the same for this year.)


“Saturday Night Live” tickets are sometimes available through fundraisers, such as the current Charity Buzz auction with a current bid of $8,500 for four tickets.


“Saturday Night Live” also does stand-by tickets though the line can start days earlier. SNL stand-by tickets are handed out at 7 a.m. the morning of the show on the 49th Street side of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Even then, you’re not guaranteed a seat at the dress rehearsal or live show.


Tickets to other shows taped in NYC are easier to snag and usually for free. Here’s an updated list of shows that tape with a live audience in NYC:


The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Colbert Report

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Show with David Letterman

Good Morning America

The Early Show

The View

Live! with Regis and Kelly

The Martha Stewart Show

The Rachel Ray Show

The Dr. Oz Show

The Wendy Williams Show

MTV studio audience

Who Wants to be a Millionaire

The Marriage Ref

The Tyra Banks Show

Comedy Central Presents


Other resources:


On Friday mornings during the summer both Today Show and Good Morning America offer free outdoor concerts. Usually no tickets are required.


The automated Twitter feed @DailyTix tweets when new tickets are available for the John Stewart or Stephen Colbert shows.

1iota and On Camera Audiences sometimes have free tickets to special events taping with a live audience.


NBC Studio Tour offers tours of 30 Rockefeller Center.


On Location Tours offers guided bus trips to scenes from “Gossip Girl,” “The Sopranos” and other TV shows and movies filmed in New York City.


The Paley Center for Media, the Museum of the Moving Image and NYC independent cinemas sometimes host panels or Q&As with moviemakers.


The On Location Vacations and Before the Trailer websites compile daily filming locations for New York City.


Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting list of current NYC productions .


Food Network tickets are not currently available.


Earlier:

‘Saturday Night Live’ ticket lottery open through August (2010)

Food Network chops and crushes plans for public tours (2009)

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Punchfork

Just when I think that I should post more things other than kottke-curated, he comes up today with this link: Punchfork. It's a website that gathers recipes from popular cooking websites like Serious Eats, Epicurious, and 101 Cookbooks (which I follow, of course, but never read or cook any of their recipes :P). I like the layout and the feel of the webpage.... I hope it motivates me to restart my cooking.

A.A. - Pintura

Pintando con pintura dactilar, me dice mi hija: A qué huele Mami? Yo: A Pintura... ELLa: NOOOO!!! A Diversión!!!!!!

Esta chamaca... a tan corta edad y ¡ya lleva ese hilo de pensamiento!