Visiting the remains of San Lázaro quarries, where a hero was born/ Visita a los restos de las canteras de San Lázaro, donde nació un héroe
ENG: I visited the Fragua Martiana, a site built on the only remaining ruins of the San Lázaro quarries, where José Martí endured political imprisonment with forced labor when he was barely a young man.
Coffee at Bigote Gato, a place with a tremendous history whose existence I was unaware of/ Café en el Bigote Gato, un lugar con tremenda historia cuya existencia desconocía (ENG/ESP)
Coffee at Bigote Gato, a place with a tremendous history whose existence I was unaware of. After finishing an errand in Old Havana, we got a craving for coffee. Since we were newly made friends (an interesting
Jesús del Monte: A Piece of Havana's History, Far from the Tourist Trail/ Jesús del Monte: un pedazo de Historia habanera lejos del foco turístico (ENG/ESP)
23.10262, -82.36317Jesús del Monte: A Piece of Havana's History, Far from the Tourist Trail/ Jesús del Monte: un pedazo de Historia habanera lejos del foco turístico (ENG/ESP) From my Havana apartment, two landmarks are
"Voices from Chernobyl": A Book About The Everyday Life of Horror/ "Voces de Chernóbil": un libro sobre la cotidianidad del horror (Eng/Esp)
Today I'm going to review a book that I can only describe as essential but difficult. Not because it's bad, quite the opposite, nor because it's complex (which it is, but not in the way one might imagine),
Hogwarts: A Magical Café in the Heart of Las Tunas ✨☕/ Hogwarts: un café mágico en el corazón de Las Tunas ✨☕ (ENG/ESP)
The other day, I was in the city of Las Tunas for a literary event and I got to visit this café with such an interesting theme again. Let me introduce you to Hogwarts, a tiny Harry Potter-themed space
Havana's Chinatown: Pain, Culture, and Resistance/ El Barrio Chino de La Habana: dolor, cultura y resistencia (ENG/ ESP)
23.13369, -82.36092Havana's Chinatown was the largest in Latin America and came to be considered the second most important in the world after San Francisco's (USA). It is located very close to the Capitol, right in the heart
Work, traditional Cuban lunch, writers, coffee/ Trabajo, almuerzo tradicional cubano, escritores, café (ENG/ESP)
On Wednesday, leaving a meeting at my third job, I ran into my friend Milho, another writer. We decided to have a coffee, which turned into lunch, and today I'll tell you more about the place. It's a
“Cafecito and Gossip” in Vedado, Havana, Cuba/ “Cafecito y chisme” en el Vedado, Habana, Cuba (ENG/ESP)
Walking down Calle G in Vedado, a sign immediately caught my attention. The café is called “Cafecito and Gossip.” And of course, I had to go in and bring you, just as the name suggests, the gossip. It's
41 Paula Street: The Birthplace of the Most Important Man in Cuban History/ Calle Paula #41: La Casa Natal del hombre más importante de la Historia de Cuba (ENG/ESP)
23.12996, -82.35373One of the first things any Cuban child learns is that the Apostle, the National Hero, José Martí, was born on January 28, 1853, in a humble little house on Paula Street, in Havana. Not long ago, I had
Time as an Excuse and a Character: Hyperion, by Dan Simmons/ El tiempo como excusa y personaje: Hyperion, de Dan Simmons (ENG/ ESP)
Today, I bring you a fascinating book, a cult classic of science fiction, winner of a Hugo Award, full of literary references and intertextuality of all kinds. We're talking about Hyperion, by Dan Simmons.
Pieces of History: The Remains of Havana's Wall/ Trozos de Historia: Los restos de la muralla de La Habana (ENG/ESP)
23.12913, -82.35358I confess I went to this place with full intention. City walls are one of those structures one directly associates with specific eras. Santiago de Cuba, my city, never had one (that I know of). But it