Monthly Archives: March 2009

Life On–and Off– the Screen

Posted on March 9, 2009 by julie

Text & Photos: Francisco Collazo [vease abajo para la version en espanol] * Since I was little, going to movies has been one of my favorite past-times. There, in the theatre, I’d fight powerful enemies and conquer strange, far-off lands. It’s where I learned the art of the conquest, the secrets that were still off-limits … Continue reading »

Categories: Cuba, Francisco's Photos, Francisco's Writing, Uncategorized | Tags: cine, cinema, Cuba, film, films, Havana, La Habana, movie, movie house, movies, Scarlett Johansson, theater, theatre, United States, US | 1 Comment

Spanish Harlem: A Photographic Tour/El Barrio: Un Recorrido Fotografico

Posted on March 8, 2009 by julie

Text & Photos: Francisco Collazo [vease abajo para la version en espanol] * Headed north of 96th Street on Manhattan’s East Side you enter the heart of Latin life in New York. Bordered on the east by a river of the same name and by Fifth Avenue on the west side, this neighborhood was originally … Continue reading »

Categories: Francisco's Photos, Francisco's Writing, New York, Uncategorized | Tags: Big Apple, Cubanos, Cubans, Dominicanos, Dominicans, East Side, El Barrio, Harlem, Hispanics, Latinos, Mejicanos, Mejico, Mexicanos, Mexicans, New York, New York City, New York neighborhoods, Newyorkinos, NYC, Puerto Ricans, Puertoriquenos, Puertorriquenos, SpaHa, Spanish, Spanish Harlem, Spanish-speaking, Upper East Side | 4 Comments

The Yoani Sanchez Phenomenon

Posted on March 7, 2009 by julie

A few years ago, I was reading the Sunday Times when I saw it: the full page ad in the Arts and Leisure section announcing that Sean Combs (you know, the man who’s variously gone by the monikers Puff, Puff Daddy, Puffy, P-Diddy, and Diddy) was now starring in “Chicago” on Broadway. Huh? Photo: nycarthur … Continue reading »

Categories: Cuba, Julie's Writing | Tags: blog, bloggers, blogging, blogs about Cuba, CNN, Cuba, Cuban, Cuban bloggers, Generacion Y, Havana, Huffington Post, La Habana, Miami Herald, New York Times, NPR, Time, token, tokenism, Yoani Sanchez | 5 Comments

Reading Between the Lines/Leyendo Entre Lineas

Posted on March 5, 2009 by julie

Text: Francisco Collazo Washington, D.C. & New York photos: Francisco Collazo Havana Photos: Brayan Collazo [vease abajo para la version en espanol] * There are certain political events that continue to preoccupy me, though I don’t really know why. The letter sent to US Senator Daschle with Anthrax. The Oliver North scandal and the Nicaraguan … Continue reading »

Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Barack Obama, changes in Cuba, CIA, Cuba, dismissed, Fidel Castro, government, Havana, La Habana, ministers, Raul Castro, United States, US | Leave a comment

What Aruba’s Doing Right

Posted on March 5, 2009 by julie

Text: Julie Schwietert Collazo …and what other PR firms and tourism boards should learn from them. I don’t have an MBA and I’ve never studied public relations or marketing formally, but I spend a good bit of time talking with tourism boards and the PR firms that work with them. Through these conversations, I’ve learned … Continue reading »

Categories: Julie's Writing, Travel & Travel Tips, Uncategorized | Tags: Aruba, Caribbean, effective ad campaigns, island, New York, New York City, NYC, PR firms, Public relations, tourism, tourism boards, travel, vacation | 7 Comments