Word: habana
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...Habana Village 1834 Columbia Road...
...heart of internationally-influenced Adams Morgan, savor Latino flavors here at Habana Village and salsa through the night. No clue how to dance? Take a lesson. Sample their signature mojito, made with what seems like an island's worth of crushed spearmint leaves and real sugarcane, a yummy, juicy product of the tropics. Sitting amid painted murals on stucco walls and brightly lit palm trees, it's cake to forget the winter and be whisked away to a white, sandy beach under the beaming sun. In the event of one too many mojitos, return for brunch...
...fated career as a saxophone player, I was one of a wave of American musicians who made the pilgrimage to Havana. I was a worse player than most, but luck was with me--I quickly fell in with Oscar and a traditional band called El Septeto Tipico de la Habana. I played out the summer at their regular gigs in the mansion district called Vedado, west of the old city...
...tastes, and this song is no different, a lament about a teenage hooker who's dismal in "a land where the future jumped the wall and swam away." But Zenia was worried about none of that. There's a particularly sweet chorus at the end of the song: "Oh Habana, oh Habana." Zenia started singing along, in the same pure voice her father has. Let the adults sweat their fevers; for her, this was a simple love letter to her city. She doesn't need a music video; her Havana already has a sound track...
...levels of premier and national competition, and many of these will soon make it into the highest level. Your article says that race should be the reason for selection and omits the simple requirement of merit. But selecting players based on race only serves to demean them. Brian Habana is regarded here as a rugby player - not as a "black" rugby player. Fred Levy, CAPE TOWN