Carlos Frías
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Cuba: Then...
Cuba today: Havana province and La Cabaña
Mariano: My father's city in Havana
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The second floor of La Plaza, where my family's businesses were |
Then: the Oriental restaurant. Now: La Plaza's trash room |
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My uncle Rafael's house in Marianao |
Papi's house in Marianao |
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Meat butchered in the open air at La Plaza |
What remains of Mi Buchito, the family's first cafe |
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Buried treasure nearby |
Squint, many locals say, and you can still see La Plaza of old |
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Life-giving meal at Alina's; sorry I cannot show you her face |
Cousin Ricardo's daughter, Magaly, who now lives in the U.S.! |
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My mother's cities: Cárdenas and Varadero
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Mami's school in Cardenas, las Escolapias |
The street where she grew up |
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Mami (second from the left) in a Cardenas church with friends |
Tío Julio (bottom left) and Carlín (left), the boy Mami liked |
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The symbol of Las Madres Escolapias |
Varadero, the sun setting... |
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setting... |
... set. |
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Un cafecito after a long, emotional day at the beach |
Mami with her graduation godmother |
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Cuba's sacred cows, which no national, but any tourist, can eat |
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