The more I see of California the more I agree with its nickname. We are almost back from our camping trip. I say almost because now we are at a Cafe in Carmel-by-the-Sea. We’ll be back in San Fran tonight. The camping trip has been unpredictable, eventful and unfortunately a bit physically painful. Further details […]

I am sitting at Central Cafe on Hayes St. listening to Yerba Buena’s tribute to Los Van Van and trying not to stand up and start dancing right here, alone, like a bit insane person. 🙂 San Francisco has special powers. The city seems to know what you need and you find, without searching, what […]

A classic of Cuban music composed by the creator of Cha Cha Cha, Enrique Jorrin.

There are certain tunes that I am sure we listen to and make our blood circulates our bodies and quickly put us to dance; or simply reminds us that we are from a particular part of the globe, no matter how far or how long we have been away. Benny More is a true example […]

Un poco de nuestra historia habanera tomada del libro de Alberto Boix “Así es Cuba”. Mas relatos pueden ser leídos aqui. “Pocas son las ciudades del mundo en que se sigue la tradición de lo que el amurallamiento de las plazas fuertes imponía y que era de una importancia capital para los habitantes que, por […]

Today the weather has been incredible in San Fran! I left the house early to go for a class of Monkey Conditioning in Oakland. Knowing that the East Bay is warmer I was not surprised of the nice weather but when I came back to the city it was not only sunny but hot like […]

I am sitting at Coffee to the People Cafe located on Masonic and Haight St. The place is full of people looking at their laptops, not me though. 😉 It is warm and sunny outside and there is a garage sale across the street, right where the bus stop is and one of the sellers […]

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 […]