Florida

Greetings and salutations from Florida! This is the first time I have ever been to Florida and I’m having a blast. I’m in Miami as a media guest of General Mills for the re-launch of the new and improved Que Rica Vida website.

A little complaining that I’ll get out of the way and then it’s all about fun. We’re staying at the Hyatt in downtown Miami. The place is great, I love the way the room is set-up but I’m bummed that they do not offer free wi-fi. Perhaps I’m being a brat, but COME ON, give a blogger some free wi-fi. They do offer wi-fi for $9.99 for a day, but this Mami is on a budget. **(see end of post for note)

Speaking of bloggers, I got to meet some great bloggers in person! They are real live beautiful people with no warts or anything. I am a bit of a recluse and have some difficulties approaching people at social gatherings. I’m so lucky that not everyone is like me. I walked into the hotel lobby to meet up with other attendees and felt over-whelmed. I sat down, pulled out my phone to look busy, and was promptly approached by wonderful gregarious Latina bloggers. It was awesome! Some of them even knew who I was. How cool is that? I heard, “You’re Unknown Mami!” I shook hands, gave some hugs, and felt like I’d died and gone to a Latina blogging heaven and that was before I even got to the event and started drinking.

Here’s a picture taken from one of the windows on the hotel floor I’m staying on:

( Photo taken with phone)

I’m not the only one having fun in Florida. Put Pie, my daughter, did a little shopping.

(Photo taken with phone)

I have much more to share about my trip, but I have to keep this brief as I’m using the internet at a cafe while Unknown Papi and Put Pie walk around.

**As soon as I finished typing the paragraph about being bummed that there was no free wi-fi at the hotel, the phone in my hotel rang, I picked it up and had the following conversation:

Hotel Employee: Ms. Mami?

Unknown Mami: Yes.

HE: Is everything alright?

UM: Yeah…

HE: Is everything in your room working appropriately?

UM: Yes.

HE: Is there anything we can help you with?

UM: No. (thinking: Yeah, you could give me free internet.)
HE: Okay, Ms. Mami, enjoy your stay.

I don’t mean to be paranoid, but I got all freaked out, like they new I was writing about them. I felt like Big Brother was watching. I’m sure it’s just me, but I got up and went to finish the post at a cafe.

And that’s all she wrote!

Have a great weekend!