What’s New At Have Baby Will Travel…Summer 2010
"Hi Boat!"
I cannot believe that summer is practically over! And, for a summer where we had pretty much nothing planned, we sure managed to do a lot. It will take a while to get everything posted, but in the meantime I wanted to share a quick synopsis of what we did, and give you a sneak peek at what’s to come on Have Baby Will Travel in the fall.
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Puerto Rico Baby Travel Guide: Eating
Deep Fried Goodness at Raices, Old San Juan
As our dinner party agreed one night, there’s not much that doesn’t benefit from being deep fried. Case in point: the plantain. Delicious on its own, but mashed and deep fried into a crispy tostone turns this banana cousin into culinary goodness that appreciated by even the pickiest toddler.
Puerto Rican fare is hearty, stick-to-your-ribs kinda food – savoury meats served with rice & beans, the aformentioned tostones, and our favourite: mofongo. Mofongo is mashed green plaintains filled with veggies and either seasoned beef, chicken, or shrimp. Yes, it is as good as it sounds.
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Puerto Rico, Who Knew?
I Left My Heart In Old San Juan...
I was pretty excited – The San Juan Marriott in Puerto Rico invited my daughter and me down for a visit. While I always thought myself to be a pretty knowledgeable person, I truthfully knew very little about the destination for our mother-daughter working vacation, inclusive of 7 meagre tidbits:
-Ricky Martin is from Puerto Rico.
-Jennifer Lopez’s parents are from Puerto Rico.
-The characters in West Side Story are Puerto Rican.
-Nuyorican Soul (Nuyorican is a slang term for Puerto Ricans living in New York) was a collective with some pretty classic House Music tracks (I had a brief club phase in the mid-’90s, don’t judge!)
-Bacardi Rum is Puerto Rican
-Puerto Rico is not an official US state, but Puerto Ricans get a US passport (Ricky Martin told me this. Seriously!)
