De este día este día no se si saldré con vida! Solo mi cerebro y corazón funcionan. De la mañana a la tarde debatiendo por la patria, no le dan aire a mis pulmones ni fuerza a mis vértebras para andar en paz y equilibrio. Se pelean por lo que pudo haber sido, por lo […]

Cuban talent, say no more! 🙂

“CHIRIBOGA” Suelta mi trenza para que dance en el mojado viento… Vuela, bailotea, con asustadas alas y al revolotear revela su origen africano. Mi cabellera crespa trae un furor, un oleaje, un ancestro que viene desde lejos. Aquel brillo tan negro arrastra códigos milenarios. Detrás de estos rizos con su voz quebradiza asoman mis abuelos. […]

Today I wished I was in Tokyo. After three months in SF we visited Little Japan, or Japan Center to be more precise. Our plan was to walk around and see how Japanese this hood really is but we got lost among the libraries and little shops at the mall. I was impressed with all […]

Rumba buena y guaguanco!

No los reduzcas al espacio demasiado estrecho de tu verso (tu árbol es un árbol alzado en mitad de la sabana contra la que se cierne la apretada soledad de la noche) No los encierres en tu casa (tu casa es un refugio y sólido pero en su hondura persistentes resuenan ecos de pasos y […]

Last night we got two unexpected free tickets to go to Yoshi’s on Filmore St. Our neighbours’ friend had won two tickets on the radio and could not make it to the show of the Texan flautist Bobbi Humphrey. We had never heard of  this artist before but we rapidly changed our gym plans to […]

Today, the American Thanksgiving is celebrated and all the ovens are working hard cooking the family’s turkey. The owner of the house where we have been staying in SF for the last two months is born and raised in the city and I enjoy having all kind of little chats with him about Cuba and […]

The visit to San Diego was only 24 hours. We got into the city ten minutes before the sunset and without drooping our packs off at the AirB&B room we went straight Ocean Beach (O.B). We watched an absolutely gorgeous sun setting, the beach was almost empty, perhaps due to the slighty lower temperature but […]

On our fast road trip to Los Angeles and San Diego we have been pretty relaxed and amused, discovering and comparing different things among SF, LA and SD. The only inconvenient for this Cuban who writes has been the gray days. No sun in LA or SD welcomed us so it has been a sunscreen […]

Con tantos palos que te dio la vida y aún sigues dándole a la vida sueños. Eres un loco que jamás se cansa de abrir ventanas y sembrar luceros. Con tantos palos que te dio la noche, tanta crueldad, frío y tanto miedo. Eres un loco de mirada triste que sólo sabe amar con todo […]

We are on the road again. Isn’t that the best feeling ever? This is day 1 of a slow road driving to Los Angeles and San Diego for 5 days. I am the person with the map realizing that if I like the road this much I should get that damn license and give my […]