Cuban singer Amaury Gutierrez has been nominated to the 2011 Latin Grammys in the category of Best Singer – Songwriter Album for his work “Sesiones Intimas”. He recorded his first CD in Mexico and then became famous in Cuba. This last CD from 2010 was recorded in Mexico as well.

Two newbies have arrived to a nice Victorian house in the North of the Panhandle. We are very content with this location which has the park a block away and a lot to see. Besides, the area is closer to downtown so it will be easier for us weird people who do not drive… We […]

  I should probably define my afternoon with one word. I will not use adjectives like stunning, charming or lovely. Too lame and touristic. 🙂 It is hard for me to accept I am a tourist in San Fran. I would rather think I am a lost soul in the “diagonal city”. Today I visited […]

I had some unusual fun this weekend. On Saturday morning we crossed the Bay bridge and went to Oakland to try a funky exercise place called The Athletic Playground. They have a variety of classes (Acroyoga, Handstands, Hooping) but we registered for their famous “Monkey Conditioning” session. I had to laugh and googled this Monkey […]

  Sí, se te pone un nudo en la garganta y no sabes que hacer para soltarlo. Tal vez llorar es bueno, pero tal vez eso no basta. Porque si lloras te saldrán los llantos con un gusto de amargo sentimiento. Y, además, que llorando no te calmas. No se te calma el nudo ni […]

Cubanos, He encontrado este documental donde músicos y actores cubanos hablan de sus experiencias al llegar a Madrid, tanto en el sentido profesional como en el sentimental. Nos hacen llegar sus opiniones, nostalgia por La Habana y sus emociones al regresar a la isla de visita. Si aun no lo han visto se puede encontrar […]

Last few days I’ve been going around the Inner Richmond (or should I say up and down) buying groceries, doing my dirty Burning Man laundry and spending sometime with friends. First, I entered a market with Russian products, Russian workers and customers speaking to me in Russian. Great! Even the tea boxes I got are […]

Los cubanos se visten hoy de azul por la Virgen de Regla y mañana de amarillo, por la Caridad del Cobre, patrona de Cuba. Los isleños celebran estos días con muchas flores, velas y cantos, ya sea en la casa o en la iglesia. Ambos días son celebrados tanto por los católicos como por los […]

Second Burning Man and back! I still believe that this festival is something out of this world. The Playa and the whole city seemed so familiar after a year that it almost felt that we never left. It was weird not to see the same faces, the camps not set up the same way or […]