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• Cuba: The Eternal Education

  Some of you may remember my catharsis about know-it-all Cubans, a semi-measured rant dissecting the Cuban ardor for being right – even when they’re talking out... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Birth of a Biker Bitch

  

  Fifteen or so years ago I was living above a taquería and across the street from one of San Francisco’s largest thrift stores. Community Thrift wasn’t the... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Backstage at Carlos Varela (& Other Religious Experiences)

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  Posted on 07 February 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Adventures of the Cuban Virgins: Part II

  

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  Posted on 20 January 2013 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Adventures of The Cuban Virgins: Part I

  

  Honeyed, late-afternoon rays streak down Línea illuminating two men, each with a conga in one hand, a cajón in the other. An old Dodge, Ford, then Buick rumble... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2012 SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• Queer Cuba

  

  I’m what’s known in the vernacular as a ‘fag hag.’ It was not choice, calling or custom that threw me into the gay orbit at an early age, but rather a fortuitou... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 DESTINATIONS, SOCIETY, TRAVEL

• La Bola En La Calle: Crime in Cuba

  

  “He killed it! And I love this venue,” the young Cuban American says leaving the Jardines de la Tropical where Carlos Varela has just played a rare Havana... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Apretando Mi Corazón: Cuban Emigration

  

  All my friends are talkin’ about leavin’, about leavin’ So goes the little pop ditty in heavy rotation on one of the satellite radio stations I favor. Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Do You Have the Cojones?

  

  If I had a peso for every email I get from someone saying they want to live in Cuba, I could take the six month sabbatical I need to finish my book. Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Crystal Balling Cuba

  

  Get your mind out of the gutter: this isn’t a pornographic post – which I know will be a great disappointment to some of you (I see every naughty and downright... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Loco Libs: The Cuban Party Game

  

  When I was a kid (and later, when boredom and the bobería of teenage existence gave rise to silly drinking games), we used to play something called Mad Libs. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Calling the Cuban Fashion Police, Urgente!

  

  Along with the fidelity conundrum, questionable Cuban fashion has proven rich and popular fodder at Here is Havana. Lamentably, the fury of dubious style has... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• The Cuban Love Doctor Is In

  

  Why do Cuban men cheat? Are Cuban women faithful? Steer clear of Cuban men? Someone save me from my Cuban husband! People look to me as some kind of authority... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2012 DATING, LOVE & SEX, RELATIONSHIPS

• Havana Bad Time (see Note 1)

  

  Times are exceedingly complex and anxiety-ridden on this side of the Straits. This is part of the reason I’ve chosen to accentuate the positive lately – both... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL

• Havana Es Un Pañuelo

  

  Have you heard of a postage stamp yard? Well Havana is a postage stamp city – a pañuelo as we say here. Don’t misunderstand: this place has always felt like a... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2012 DESTINATIONS, TRAVEL