Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Forget the Mañana and Come to Havana With Me


They called him Cuban Pete, and I predict there will be a small Desi Arnaz revival once we normalize relations with Cuba.

That normalization will start tomorrow, according to AP's Matt Lee:

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will announce Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba have finalized an agreement to reopen embassies in each other's capitals, a major step in ending hostilities between the Cold War foes, a senior administration official said.

The U.S. and Cuba have been negotiating the reestablishment of embassies following the historic December announcement that they would move to restore ties after a half-century of animosity. The U.S. embassy in Havana is expected to open in July.

Havana is a place I have always wanted to visit but, somehow, in TDYs to 70+ posts, I've never gotten there. This might be my chance at last.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great Post TSB: Send pictures!! I'm here
at Bremerton,Wa waiting for big weed drop.
For medical use of course. Gonna need a
bigger truck. Give my best to Bella! gwb

James said...

Luuucy, you got some splainin to do!

TSB said...

GWB: Medicinal weed? I don't have that option, but if you do, have at it.

James: Watching that show as a kid, I always liked the character of Desi, which I think had to do with him being bilingual.

James said...

Fred was my hero.

Anonymous said...

TSB: I was just being delusional while looking across from Port Orchard to Bremerton with a mocha at hand. I'm a big Lucy fan too... especially FRED! Weed is a huge cash crop around here now that they have opened up the market to everyone. Somebody has to handle the logistics, Federal employees at Bangor Sub base and Bremerton have been big customers for years and years. gwb

Anonymous said...

James: I liked Desi for the Coooba. Is that bilingual? I thought Fred was great
... sort of a 50's Archie Bunker. gwb

TSB said...

So many Fred fans! He was supposed to be the apartment building landlord, I think. I see the early Archie Bunker traits.

James said...

GWB: A couple of tunes for your enterprise:
https://youtu.be/vGsq1K7f_yc
https://youtu.be/eKgB-3aANe0

TSB said...

James: Thanks. Such a sad ballad, that 'Down to Seeds and Stems Again.' Between those and 'Don't Bogart That Joint' GWB is all set.