" ...walking gets too boring when you learn how to fly..." I LOVE these lyrics from Shakira's song Gypsy. They describe how I feel about my Life journey since 2014. I feel like I have learned how to fly! I am not soaring yet and actually I probably am still learning to fly but I am definitely not walking anymore. And let me tell you, walking IS boring when you learn how to fly. Let me explain and by the way, WELCOME to my blog and my website Vida805.com My name is Maria Guadalupe Hernandez (I know double/triple whammy with the name...I'll share the story about my name on another post someday) but I prefer to go by my nickname Mari . I like Mari better and it helps to differentiate myself from the thousands, if not millions, of Maria Hernandez's out there. I bought the domain ( Vida805.com ) in 2016 knowing that one day I would get around to sharing with others, especially Latinos in the 805 area code (Santa Barbara and Ventura peeps), about the "sec