There are places that I remember in the Havana of my childhood that continue to fascinate me to this day. One of those is the Hotel Nacional de Cuba.I remember driving by it as a little girl and thinking it was a magical place. Built in 1930, it played host to the rich and famous who visited our island home until our world imploded on January ...
Archives for January 5, 2009
Original thinking
As this new year begins I am coming back here to my blog thinking: "my God! I don't have one original thought left in my brain." Yes, I say it in a voice 12 octaves higher than my own tinged with panic. (And of course, being the good Cuban woman I am, I feel a high sense of responsibility and guilt, but that's not ...