The State of the Arts in Cuba
The Cubans we’ve spoken with so far have been quite unreserved about their feelings on the fruits of the revolution. “We’ve been figuring it out as we go along,” is […]
Habana Vieja
“Solo bebemos, por favor.” Our waiter on the rooftop bar at Ambos Mundos thinks for a moment before deciding to rescue me from Bad Spanish and suggests an alternative […]
Ambos Mundos
Group travel has always been a bit of a challenge for me. No matter how wonderful one’s traveling companions, how comforting the safety in numbers, there always feel to be […]
A Change In the Air
“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome aboard World Atlantic, Flight 426 to Havana….” The closest I’ve ever been to Cuba was just over eleven years ago, southbound to over the Caribbean on our […]
Who would have guessed?
That’s kind a running theme of the Roadtrip Blog, and my life in general, isn’t it? Who would have guessed that I’d find myself in Miami for the third time […]
Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Ice…Oh, and Panic
I guess the way people normally do things is that, when they finish a big project, they kick back and catch their breath for a while. I guess I’ve never […]
Whew.
So, a little over four years from when I set the first words down, five and a half months after I threw out my third draft and started again from […]
It’s One A.M. – Do You Know Where Your Hat Is?
It feels like Bright Lights, Big City with a Latin twist: the clock has turned somewhere past midnight and the most pressing and insoluble question in my mind is whether […]
And Sometimes it All Comes Together
It’s a wonderful feeling to spend days out on the ramp with the Collings folks, talking with kids, talking with veterans, helping guide people through the planes and sharing that […]
Once More, With Feeling
We’re sitting around the bar at the Best Western, and I’m trying to ignore the ever-present TVs blaring overhead. They seem to be everywhere here, in the lobbies and hallways […]
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