A short description about your blog http://miapogeo.com/main Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:33:35 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://miapogeo.com/main/component/option,com_myblog/show,Meditation-Weekend-a-lo-Nueva-York.html/Itemid,680/ <p>Konichiwa,&nbsp; </p><p>Ever since arriving in New York at the tender age of nine, I have been totally in love with this city.&nbsp;&nbsp; I love the fast-paced energy, the spectrum of lives and lifestyles, the subways, art, grime, beauty, mayhem, all of it.&nbsp;&nbsp; But, like in most relationships, it&#39;s good to break out of the rut now and then.<br /><br />Not having had a vacation this year and feeling very stressed, I raised my hand to go to a Buddhist zendo for a weekend, knowing l [...] Kenia Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://miapogeo.com/main/component/option,com_myblog/show,Yemaya-Festival-at-Rockaway-Beach.html/Itemid,680/ <p>Recently, we attended the 20th Annual Yemoja Festival at Rockaway Beach, hosted by the Egbe Omo Yemoja.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="images/68/IMG_0048.jpg" border="0" alt="Odun Yemoja - akpon" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="400" height="300" align="absmiddle" /> </p><p>Yemoja (also Yemaya, Iemanja), the deity of the oceans, the primordial Mother, is a major deity in orisa religion, the traditional religion of many West Africans from which the slave populations were taken.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="imag [...] Kenia Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://miapogeo.com/main/component/option,com_myblog/show,When-In-Brooklyn-Its-Cheryls.html/Itemid,680/ <p>The Brooklyn Museum is my favorite museum in New York City. I go there often. I also love the Botanical Gardens next door, and the summer concerts at the Prospect Park Bandshell. A gourmand friend who lives in the area turned me on to another of Brooklyn&#39;s gems, Cheryl&#39;s Global Soul Cafe.&nbsp;</p><p>The quality of the ingredients is superb, and the preparation is consistently tasty and creative. This should be no surprise to those who know Chef Cheryl Smith, who starred in her own [...] Kenia Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://miapogeo.com/main/component/option,com_myblog/show,-Felicidades-Rosita!.html/Itemid,680/ <p><img src="images/68/RosaBdayCake.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p><p>Mi Apogeo&#39;s Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rosa Alonso, recently celebrated her birthday with a cohort of friends and family at Calle Ocho, a Nuevo Latino restaurant on the Upper West Side in Manhattan.</p><p>&nbsp;This writer has celebrated several dozen birthdays with Rosa, as friend, neighbor, classmate, and collaborator in this wonderful project.&nbsp; Like fine wine, Rosa just gets better with age. </p><p>&nbsp;&i [...] Kenia Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:00:00 +0100 http://miapogeo.com/main/component/option,com_myblog/show,Hola-a-todos.html/Itemid,680/ <p><br/>Welcome to Mi Apogeo! <br/></p><br/><p><br/>I got involved with this project last year, when it was still just a twinkle in Rosa's eye. It's taken an incredible amount of work, most of it behind the scenes, to bring this project to you. We are pleased and proud of what we have so far, and looking forward to much, much more. As Walter Mercado would say, todo <b><i>&quot;</i><i>con mucho amorrrrrrr!</i></b>&quot; <br/></p><br/><p><br/>We are still in beta, which means that your feedback and suggestions [...] Kenia Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:00:00 +0100