It is said that one of the fathers of Reggaeton is the Panamanian “El General”, quite famous in Havana in the early 90’s.  We used to dance in 1991 to the sound of “Muévelo” , “Tu Pum Pum”,“No me trates de engañar”. Also around that time Vico C from Puerto Rico became really popular but […]

The  Zunzún or bee hummingbird lives only in Cuba and is the smallest bird in the world (approximately 6 cm long and 2 grames of weight). The little bird can flap its wings around eighty times per second and could fly up to twenty hours nonstop. Zunzún belongs to the Colibri family which has more […]

Cuban music sounds even better when I am far from home… 🙂 Ernesto Lecuona, was one of the greatest pianist and composers of the Cuba of beginning of the 20th century. If you never heard the name of Lecuona you probably have listened to themes like Malagueña or Andalucía. The video below shows piano master […]

Joaquín Sabina sigue de gira sudamericana y yo sigo las noticias como si lo estuviera esperando con el ticket en la mano. El tour también incluye  los Estados Unidos, visitará distintas ciudades, pero lo más que sube El Flaco por ahora es Nueva York. Considerando que no lo veo en concierto desde el año 2000, […]

So everybody, pack up your snowmobile and dust off your bike! Today it is the first day of Spring! Walking around this afternoon I did not see a first sign of the beginning season, it was cold and windy, but the end of the month is giving me hope. 🙂 Yes, I say it again, […]

Grandma’s recipe for Cuban Dulce de Leche Prepare buttermilk by adding juice from half a lime to two litres of milk and letting it sit for a few minutes so that it curdles. Once you have buttermilk, put it on the stove at low heat with a bit of salt, stick cinnamon, star anise and a […]

Pictures of some of the works of Cuban painter Harold Lopez can be seen on Flickr  

  Hay veces en que somos tan pequeños , tan pequeños, que quisiéramos habitar una casa diminuta, volver a la cuna y agitar la maruga, nos calienten la leche y nos arropen de las corrientes de aire, del frío de los huesos, y toda la familia esté a nuestro servicio. Hay veces que anhelamos vivir […]

I visited Japan three months ago and came back full of mixed emotions. Good emotions. I had the chance to visit Tokyo for a week and Kyoto for only a couple of days but enough to be convinced that I want to return during a spring or summer to travel by train and get lost […]

At the south coast of Cuba and about 211 km from Havana there is  wonderful place called Caleta Buena (Good Cove). Passing Playa Larga and  Playa Giron Caleta Buena was almost a wild and unknown spot when I was 8 years old. For two or three summers in a row I went with my parents […]

Grandson of the renowned Cuban poet Raul Ferrer, PLF is a self – taught master of the guitar, composer and also a poet. Since 1969 he has performed professionally and experimented with traditional Cuban music like changui and guaracha but also has composed pieces por piano. He is an authentic Cuban musician and artist, conserving and renewing […]