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Mom Violy and Carmina’s dining experience at Dean & DeLuca

  Mom Violy told me she wanted to order the Paella Negra from Dean & Deluca. Carmina suggested we dine in since we’d never really tried their main courses, always just getting takeout with the cream puffs . Mom Violy agreed, and we arrived about thirty minutes before the lunch rush began. The service was very slow, even though we had ordered ahead of time. They mistakenly brought out the Paella Valenciana , despite Mom Violy repeating the order three times to the person who took it. It turned out the cook on duty made the error, even though it was written down clearly. We know Paella Negra takes a long time to prepare, which is why Mom Violy had requested it to be cooked beforehand. She wanted it as her main meal, but because of the mix-up and feeling hungry, she took a piece of Carmina’s Turkey Club Sandwich and asked for the bacon on the side. I didn’t expect the turkey to be just one piece, and the bread was toasted so hard that it removed one layer of the sandwich. Since ...

Memories Kept in a Scrap book or Slide show

When I was single I loved making scrap books for my friends and give it to them for their graduation, birthday or just appreciation of our friendship. In those days that was the in thing making scrap book and combining photo and cutting pictures from the magazine.

Scrap book is not the trend. People no longer develop pictures and put in a photo album. All pictures are combined into a CD.

We share our pictures in social media or make it into a slide show through our computer or phone.

Even though that seems to be the trend I still find time to make a video of my family or close friends in celebration of their birthday, wedding or just the appreciation of what our friendship means to me. I want the people I give too cherish the memories we had shared with each other. 

Now, we don't need to keep it in a DVD we can keep it in our phones and keep playing it over again.

I love taking the time combining pictures together and finding the right song that seems to be apart what I feel toward them.

Here is a sample video of what I had made for my mom when she had turned 75 years old.

These pictures are taken of my mom when she was young and single at that time with her family.


My mom was in high school prom queen at her school, college, dating and she than had kids of her own.


Pictures of my mom with my sister and I with her grand kids.


Pictures of my mom with her daughter, grand kids, her siblings and their family.


My mom with her best friends who are now in heaven and her solo pictures.

















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