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Hopes and Expectations
I’ve heard, read, and watched quite a few things about Cuba in the past few weeks as I’ve prepared for my departure. Helpful hints from the few who have traveled there and shock and awe from those who...
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Burritos in Havana
There’s a new restaurant in town. It’s called El Habanero Burrito, and it’s one of those hole-in-the-wall places that spills out onto the sidewalk of Calle 23, one of the busiest streets in Havana’s...
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Los Roqueros
I didn’t expect much before coming to Cuba, but I was quite surprised to find myself jumping up and down shouting Green Day lyrics while a live band played twenty feet in front of me last Saturday...
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Publicly Healthy
I’ve been delaying writing a post about health care in Cuba. I feel that putting words down on paper about what I’ve seen would prove, to myself and others, that I was wrong from the very beginning. In...
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Habana’s Reality is Brooklyn Chic
“The city is falling apart and nobody cares!” cries Diego in Cuba’s breakthrough film Fresa y Chocolate. Though that film came out in 1993 at the height of the Special Period in Cuba, the same could be...
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The Quest
The smell of Cuban cheese is the worst part. Like an all-consuming Yarborough that’s been left in the back of the fridge for too long, it follows you around until you sweat off the scent under the hot...
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Looking Back
It’s hard to remember how I thought about the world before going to Cuba, because right now it all seems different. I return to my global health classes more eager and with a story to tell, giving...
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