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El Morro in my heart…

August 1, 2007 By Marta Darby 6 Comments

El_morro_beach_1930This is a postcard of El Morro Beach in Laguna from the 1930’s.

This is El Morro Beach in Laguna today.
As in… where we were literally swimming earlier TODAY.

P7126751 I love Laguna, not just because of the beautiful coves, white sand and picture perfect surf.

I love that the city of Laguna Beach has a certain nostalgic charm. It feels like a throwback to another era.

I love that it is still an art colony.

I love that it has a Mediterranean feel that seems familiar to me.

I love that this spot is still an inspiration for artists and sun worshipers alike.

I love that this beach is a straight (eleven mile) shot from my house. =D

And I love that this cove is named El Morro.

If you know your Cuban history, you know that El Morro is the name of the fort that guards the entrance to the harbor in Havana. Built by the Spanish in 1589 to protect the city from buccaneers, it also served as a prison. The fort at the entrance to the harbor in Santiago de Cuba is also called El Morro. Apparently there were lots of pirates and buccaneers that the island needed protection from back then. Very romantic in a Pirates-of-the-Caribbean-Johny-Depp way.

P5174264Here we are. Amy and me.

In front of the El Morro at Havana harbor – okay, so it was really at Cuba Nostalgia in Miami, but my point (and I do have one) is that we are standing in front of (a facade of) El Morro.

(wearing our matching Candela shirts from Los Pollitos – that was a shameless plug for Carrie’s fabulous business which reminds me that today also happens to be her 40th birthday, so please stop by here and give her a cyber-hug. =D)

What have we learned from this today?

(Besides that we Cubans LOVE our El Morros and that Carrie turns forty today??)

That not ONE DAY goes by that I don’t think about Cuba.

Not. One.

"Oculto en mi pecho bravo
la pena que me lo hiere:
el hijo de un pueblo esclavo
vive por él, calla y muere."
                            ~ José Martí


 

 

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  1. Carrie says

    August 1, 2007 at 4:34 am

    Forty and Fabulous, by the way! Oye, Candela…what a lovely place you live in. I’ve never been to your part of Cali…hmmm…wonder what I should do with my freebie airline ticket? hmmm?

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  2. Pandora L Pensiero says

    August 1, 2007 at 8:44 am

    Laguna was my favorite beach to go to when I was a teen. There use to be a little hidden cove around a corner and you could get the greatest shells there. I use to collect them and then make necklaces out of them. I wonder who I was with because I only remember being alone there. I wonder if it is still there? Thanks for the pictures! (you are obviously not watching Shark week!) 😀

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  3. Marta says

    August 1, 2007 at 10:21 am

    Carrie -No argument that you are forty and FABULOUS.
    Now about that free ticket…. what could be better than you here in So Cal?? And we have an empty extra bedroom (you can thank Adam for that).
    Is this tempting you at all?

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  4. Marta says

    August 1, 2007 at 10:26 am

    Pam -It might be Diver’s Cove, Crystal Cove or Crescent Bay. Or even Thousand Steps (remember that long stairway?).
    Sorry. Not watching Shark Week. As you can see there are still too many coves in Laguna to explore before the end of the summer. =D

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  5. Amy says

    August 1, 2007 at 6:23 pm

    Ah! We look adorable! My lunch today was yummy, thanks mom!

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  6. Ivis Suarez says

    July 2, 2009 at 4:52 pm

    An hour ago I was trying to remember the name of the beach where my Grandfather owned a Bar and fried fish all day and then I come upon this post… El Morrillo!! My grandma says she had to walk all the way to the end of a pier there when she was pregnant with my dad because the smell of the Bar nauseated her. Thanks for jogging my memory.

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