Keeping Up With Cristobal

Christmas is just around the corner, and so is Christmas Eve. I've been preparing for Christmas Eve, on Nochebuena in Spanish, all year....

Over the weekend before Thanksgiving, I went on a mother-daughter-son trip to the Orland Square mall. One of the stops was of course Bath ...

I want to share with you guys the recurring dreams I have about my former high school, or the distorted version of my former high school. To...

On November 20th, snow began to fall in my hometown of Chicago. Specifically when night began. I saw through the window in front, it was rat...

Target is one of those retail stores we, and I, can't get enough of. That's common knowledge. If that's new knowledge to some of...

EDIT: I created a separate newsletter for Keeping Up With Cristobal, so my username for my profile is @cristobalmartinez, while the site for...

What is the purpose of having imaginary friends? Coming from someone who has an overactive imagination that has issues with actual people, I...