Every year we make a large batch of Cremé de Vie or Cuban Egg Nog, if you will.Photo: Jae C. Hong, AP And every year we toast, "El año que viene estamos en Cuba." "Next year in Cuba." This started in December of 1961. We had been in this country for a little less than a year and it was obvious that the whole silly revolution ...
Gustavo Perez-Firmat
Cuando Sali de Cuba – Gustavo’s Story
Marta here: Through my blog I've been privileged to meet so many wonderful Cubans, who represent the very best of our Cuban exile community. One author in particular has been an inspiration to me since my very first blog post right here on My Big, Fat, Cuban Family titled, like his book, Life on the hyphen... His name is Gustavo ...
Five. (A giveaway)
I sat down at my computer on October 1st, 2006 and wrote out my very first blog post with the title, "Life on the hyphen..." You're welcome to click over and read it. I lifted that post title from a book written by my friend, Gustavo Perez-Firmat, called Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way. In that book, he brilliantly ...