June 2006 Archives
Jun13

Still a Winner

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Savvy Mommy made it to the semi-finals but not the final round of the IdeaCafe grant contest for business owners.

I was going to take the grant and create a really fun program for moms across the country. Still thinking about doing it. I’ll get back to you.

All this talk about grants got me thinking… about a grant I was going to provide for moms in business last April. I thought about providing a grant to a mom who needed a little push for her business but then I had Luke and eventhough I was back to work 20 minutes after I got home from the hospital, I still didn’t have time to put that grant plan into action.

Maybe now. We’ll see. I’ll have to find my old notes first. And then find my sanity… so many things are in the works, it’s insane to add another thing to the list.

Jun12

Hell’s Kitchen

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Clearly I watch too much tv due to TiVo taping everything under the sun which remotely resembles junk reality television — Blow Out, My Life on the D List… (Of course it won’t tape House of Boateng for me but that’s just my luck.)

In early April when I went out to LA, I passed by the Hell’s Kitchen production studio and now tonight the first episode of the second season aired. Wow, totally different set of chefs than the first season. Horrible to watch. If it wasn’t for Gordon Ramsay making me laugh, I would have turned off the show five minutes into it.

I wonder what the winner of last season is doing. I think he was going to name his restaurant Lola Pop after his wife. Cute. And Elsie. She seemed cool. Nice down to earth mom who liked to make turkey tacos for her kids.

Anyway, Hell’s Kitchen season three is currently being casted. There’s no way I’m trying out. I’ve already said the only reality show I would have tried out for was The Apprentice Martha Stewart. But if you think you’re hot stuff, just email HK3casting@granadaprod.com and tell them the usual info (your name, address, phone numbers, e-mail address, gender, current occupation & title and employer) and then tell them about yourself – Why do you want to be on Hell’s Kitchen? Any culinary training? If so, what culinary school did you attend? When? Any experience in a professional kitchen? Where and when? What did you do? And most importantly, what makes you think you, more than anyone else, can measure up to Chef Ramsay’s standard?

But you should also know “by submitting an email, you irrevocably agree that Fox Broadcasting Company, its licensors and affiliated companies, and their successors and licensees have the unlimited right, without charge and for no consideration, to modify, edit or otherwise use any portion of your email, including your first name if submitted, in all media now known or hereafter created in perpetuity and thoughout the universe.”

I wonder how hot your kitchen will be after they publish your email ranting about your current job and how you want to leave it so badly to become a chef with Gordon Ramsay.

Jun11

Yo Soy Boricua, Pa’que Tu Lo Sepas!

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“Se exhorta a los puertorriqueños para que hondeen la bandera puertorriqueña libre de símbolos.”

Yea ok.. that’s so not going to happen. If I had a penny for every flag with a frog on it waving at the parade, I’d be able to send Natalie and Luke to pre-school through college without a problem. But for those of you who are wondering, I’ll proudly wave a Coqui-free flag this year.

Jun10

Target Children’s Day and Fireworks

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Standing on line for anything unnecessary stopped when my days at Great Adventure ended. Of course now that I’m “Mama Victoria Pericon” (as Natalie calls me) I have to wait online with her to meet her favorite characters at today’s Children’s Day event at the South Street Seaport sponsored by Target.

The day started out pretty good… found a 3 hour parking spot (two blocks away!) and that was beyond exciting since I was determined to not pay the $20 an hour “special event” parking rate all of the nearby lots were offering.. Nat went in the Volo (armed with her Dora backpack) and Lukie in the Sidekick and we were off to find Dora. The schedule said Dora wouldn’t be there for a few hours so we stood on line to meet Bert and Ernie. And then to take photos with Zee and Moose A. Moose from Noggin. Only Luke has a photo with the Noggin scene because after waiting a half hour to take her Noggin scene photo, Natalie decided she didn’t want to take that photo. Yeah. I know. Life as a two year old.

Everywhere Luke and Natalie turned they were handed some sort of promotional giveaway — Target kites, Noggin crayons and CDs, Bob the Builder and Barney VHS tapes, coloring books and all these other random items.

Saw a few celebrity moms with their kids ….

It got to be overwhelmingly crowded so we left … wasn’t really planning to see Teddy Geiger and the fireworks because it would have ended way past their bedtime.

So we got back in the car, picked up my mother and headed to City Island for some seafood… a little tradition we’ve had for close to 10 years.

Totally not expecting to find one on City Island, I spotted an Alice’s Tea Cup. It looks like they are getting ready to open it sometime soon. I love Alice’s Tea Cup, I just really hope they don’t turn into Duane Reade. Every other corner. It’d really take away from it’s charm.