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Category Archives: Music
Danay, Wichy and the new Cuban generation …
I have not had as much opportunity as I would have liked to dip into the underground music scene in Havana but sometimes I find, the good people in life, just come your way …. I am realising that I … Continue reading
Posted in Cuba, culture, Film, Music
Tagged cuba, Danay Suarez, Havana, Havana CuDJ, Hip Hop, La Habana, new generatoin, Rap, rapper, singer, WIchy de Vedado
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Myths and Reality ….. in Cuba
I had an adventure last week. I escaped from my domestic life as a mother and wife of the director of the film school and became a student again. And reading over my last few posts. I think I really … Continue reading
Posted in Cuba, culture, Film, Music
Tagged academic life, cuba, EICTV, Freud and Jung, Havana, heroes, Joseph Campbell, Myths, Ruth Goldberg, scriptwriting, Wichy
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A life less ordinary …..
I have been back just over a week from the UK and feeling as though I am just getting back into my routine, but also at the same time realising that there is no routine. That is the best thing … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Fashion, Film, Music, UK
Tagged AUtumn, Bisto, Cuban DJs, Deja Vu, DJ, Jamainitas, lots of people, margerita, motherland, Musicians of Bremen, no routine, party, second hand shops, SPitalfields market, Uniqlo, Virgin, WIchy de Vedado
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1950′s wife in Havana
1950s woman I don’t know what it is about my life right now but I feel like a 1950’s wife. Is it Cuba or is it being the wife of the director of the film school or a bit of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Music
Tagged 1950´s, bicultural, bilingual, career, cuba, don draper, film school, Habana, high heels, intellectual life, Lucky strikes, lustful, Madmen, psychologists, reggaeton, sociologists, suffocating, the swing, tight dresses
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Feeling hot hot hot!
Summer has hit Havana big time. It is steaming and I have now totally submitted myself to the world of air con, seeking shade and ventilation whenever I can. The air is heavy and I feel a weight pressing down … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, Family, Film, Music
Tagged beautiful residences, British Embassy, Doug Liman, explaining menstruation, hot hot hot, looking for new nanny, no breeze, NOrwegian Embassy, potty training the dog and the daugher, sacking the nanny, sea like a tepid soup, Stephen Bayley, Thai dress designer
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E for Entertainment Cuba style
Cultural life in Havana is very good and there is always enough things going on to please anybody. Beyond that there is always spontaneity and good music and parties to be joined. Cubans are an educated bunch and they put … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Music
Tagged Baseball CUban, Childrens TV, Cuban TV, CUbs, Film, Havaana, Mesa redonda, Music, Pope in Cuba, Sport, TV
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Finally Los Van Van get to play
Due to the rain at the Film School’s 25th Birthday party in December, Los Van Van did not get to play. The students put on some great tunes and we still danced until breakfast, however Los Van Van honoured their … Continue reading
Posted in Cuba, culture, Music
Tagged cuba, EICTV Film School, Havana, Juan Formell, La Habana, Los Van Van, San Antonio de Los Baños
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New Latin American Cinema ……… and me.
The dust is settling on yet another Latin American Film Festival. I am becoming a veteran of these events, which is rather strange for a person who has never made a film in her life, Latin or otherwise. I am … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Fashion, Film, Guatemala, Music, UK
Tagged British Guatemalan Co productionsFundacion del neuvo cine latin americano, British Mum in Cuba, EICTV, EL Nacional HOtel, Guadalajara film festival, Habana, Havana, Havana Film Festival, Icaro Film Festival, James Bone, serendipity or madness
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Converted to la Rumba in just one night!
As I have had a good friend in town I have had lots of excuses to be a tourist and party a little bit more than usual! Also the reason for my absence from the blogosphere. Last Friday we had … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cuba, culture, Music
Tagged Babalu, Central Havana, cuba, dance, Dancing; Santeria, FLores, Havana, La Habana, Palacio de la Rumba, rhythm, Santeria
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Birthdays, Americans in Havana and no knickers!
Yesterday was Rafa’s 51st Birthday. We made a cake and the boys made him a very sweet card to be kept and treasured. Saskia still doesn’t really know what is going on but she loved the singing and the animals … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Children, Cuba, culture, Family, Film, Music, UK
Tagged Birthday cake, Birthday party welcome to new house, Blockade not Embargo, British AMbassador, broken families, cards, CIA backed terrorists, Coppola, Cuban terrorists, cultural cocktail, demonstrations, drugs companies, electronic billboard, FItflops, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Happy Birthday in 3 languages, Health issues, Helen Mirren, London riots, LUcas, material man, Naval Base, NOrthcote road, presents, propaganda, Redford, Spielberg, the Swiss, United States INterest Section in Havana, USINT, Vedado House
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