Author: Irina Pino

It’s 7:30 AM, I have breakfast & get ready to go to the sea. It’s right in front of my house, so I often go for a swim depending on the waves

My knee still isn’t back to normal, but it’s the delay the whole process has taken me that’s driven me to write this article.

I have to admit that I like Adrian Lyne’s movies, especially Fatal Attraction with Glenn Close and Michael Douglas.

I miss the lines and packed-out movie theaters of yesteryear. Movie theaters were practically empty, sometimes with less than 20 people even.

“For what is your friend that you should seek them with hours to kill? Seek them always with hours to live.” Kahlil Gibran.

A city’s nature changes, it isn’t static, it reacts to external phenomena, if we can call it that. This is what is happening in Havana of late

It’s a mystery how certain people can influence lives. They weave themselves into peoples’ stories, leaving a never-ending legacy.

It became so popular that you had to get there two hours in advance in order to get in on the weekend, because it opened its doors at 9 PM.

One good thing that’s come out of this is that you no longer see cans or plastic bottles on the street, they are all collected to be recycled

My friends & I were thirsty for culture, & we were always busy soaking it all in, going to theaters, museums, galleries, the National Library