Tag Archives: Cuba
Keeping perspective on perspectives
There’s a great expression in American English: “Where you stand depends on where you sit.” It means: your point of view is probably highly correlated with what you think your place in the world is. It’s a simple idea, but I have found it extremely powerful to keep it in mind when working on place [...]
Cuban origin
People usually tease me when I ask for three sugars in my coffee. “It works better that way,” I insist. There’s no sweeter coffee than a café Cubano, and although obviously the beans don’t come from Cuba (I bet I could write a separate article on the lure of forbidden provenance), the espressos at the [...]
Jeremy Hildreth



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