De vez en cuando tecleo en Youtube “munequitos rusos” para sentirme niña otra vez. Ver 5 minutos de “Lolek y Bolek” o del perrito Reksio ( que no son rusos, sino polacos) de alguna manera me transporta a una infancia cubana de los ochenta, repleta de animados de la Europa del Este. De pequeña le […]

En La Habana Vieja los nombres de las calles están indicados en las paredes de los edificios o casona de cada esquina pero si te desplazas a la zona del Vedado, Nuevo Vedado o Playa los números y letras de las calles te los enseña el famoso “mojón”. El mojón se encuentra en cada esquina, […]

El video no es bueno pero el sonido es bien cubano.

For almost a month the theaters in Havana have been playing the Cuban film “Boleto al Paraiso” (Ticket to Paradise) a drama based on a true story, from director Gerardo Chijona. Even though all the characters are fictional the story is based on a group of young people who decide to infect themselves with AIDS to try […]

Not too many people know how much I have  disliked the construction of the “Tribuna Antimperialista Jose Martí” in Havana. One morning I woke to the noise of cranes, big trucks and ground diggers to find that my childhood park was getting completely destroyed to build “I don’t know what”! All I was able to […]

Not another fool’s day joke! I just found out that the Cuban hip hop band Ogguere will be at Lilly’s Lounge next Thursday at 9:30 pm ( 656 College St.) I expect to see lots of Torontonian Cubans there. Ogguere is a duo from Havana that became really successful after recording the video for their song: […]

Démosle gracias a la madre patria por muchas cosas pero no por la burocracia.  Desde que se aprobó la Ley de Memoria Histórica, en el Consulado General Español de la Habana Vieja, miles de cubanos, nietos de españoles, están actualmente iniciando o ya han terminado los trámites para obtener la ciudadanía española. Algunos quieren irse […]

The polymita picta is an endemic land snail from the most Eastern part of Cuba. I have never visited the east of the island but I have been in love with polymitas since I was little. The large variety of  vibrant colours and designs makes the polymita one of the most beautiful snails you could […]