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Lala Castro

Gear and Gadgets Technology

Create AR Personalized Holiday Cards with Polaroid Lab

Polaroid Lab

For those who are obsessed with the look of Polaroids, the new Polaroid Lab is the perfect gadget for you. Just in time for the holidays too! Imagine all the photos you’ll be taking during the holidays. Not to mention the creative crafts that will be keeping you busy this season. This holiday season, transform your digital photos into real Polaroid pictures with the all-new Polaroid Lab. Not a printer, not a scanner, just an instant formula for timeless images. The Polaroid…

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Food & Drink Wine & Cocktails

Lavender French 75 Cocktail with Empress 1908 Gin

Class up your celebrations with this Lavender French 75 πŸ₯‚ Cocktail. I’m getting ready for our annual Friendsgiving dinner with close friends and I can’t wait to serve them one of my favorite cocktails, the French 75. I love my French 75’s just how it’s prepared, but it’s the holidays and I wanted to add a little something, something. Good thing I recently discovered Empress 1908 Gin because it gave it that pizazz I was looking for!​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ What is a French…

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Food & Drink Recipes & Chefs

Habanero Deviled Eggs with Chicharron – Brunch Appetizer

This post is sponsored by Happy Egg Co, and all opinions are my own. If you’re on the Keto kick, then you probably already tried many versions of Deviled Eggs. It’s guaranteed that someone brought a traditional version of their own Deviled Egg recipe to Easter Brunch. Snooze, how boring. Which is why I’m excited to rock your Keto world with my version of a spicy Deviled Eggs. When I say spicy, I mean spicy, because I am talking about…

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Food & Drink Restaurants

Plan the Perfect Valentine’s Date Night in Downtown Disney

Valentine’s Day is next week and it falls on a Thursday. Sure, you could stay home with a Netflix movie and takeout, if you’re into that sort of night. But for Frank and I, this night is a little extra special since he proposed to me over a romantic dinner at Catal Restaurant in Downtown Disney last year. You could hate on this day if you want to, but for some us, we like to go that extra mile to…

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Food & Drink Recipes & Chefs

Stuffed Mushrooms with Bacon and Sausage Appetizer

Stuffed Mushrooms with Bacon and Sausage Appetizer

This is a sponsored post on behalf of Farmer John. The following opinions, recipe, and text are all mine. The holidays are here, which means there will be plenty of cooking in our home. Every year our family gets together on Christmas Eve. Noche Buena is what we celebrate in our culture, which falls on the 24th of December. That pretty much includes lots of food, music, and laughter as we wait for the strike of midnight to open our…

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Culture Parks and Gardens

How to Chop Your Own Christmas Tree in Los Angeles

Christmas is a few days away and for those who love fresh trees, it’s time to go Christmas tree-shopping. In the past few years we’ve used an artificial tree, but recently we’ve learned that we could chop our own Christmas tree in Los Angeles. That’s right, you don’t have to drive out to the mountains to grab a fresh cut tree.   There’s actually a few places in the Los Angeles area that allows you to cut down your own tree.…

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Food & Drink Recipes & Chefs

A Charcuterie Board + 4 More Affordable Holiday Meal Ideas From ALDI

The holidays are here and that means our familia is ready to start cooking and baking. In our culture, we don’t celebrate only on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, we celebrate all month long. As you can imagine, we have to set budget aside for food and gifts. Which is why I’m excited to share that I’ve recently partnered with ALDI grocery store to share all the amazing holiday meal ideas and even affordable gift ideas that can be purchased…

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