Irina Pino’s Diary

It’s like we’re living inside a western movie, where only the fastest gunslinger survives. In this case, the gun is the fattest wallet.

Here in Havana, the floods have been considerable in dissimilar places, such as El Vedado and other neighborhoods, however in my area…

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.