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Random shot of my favorite book sitting on my couch... mainly took it to use in a post on my blog. nothing special.
Our regular lunchtime spot - the Noisy Oyster. Wooden replica of a sailfish caught by Ernest Hemingway (the actual rod that he used is above the fish)
"La muerte de cualquier hombre me disminuye porque estoy ligado a la humanidad; por consiguiente nunca hagas preguntar por quién doblan las campanas: doblan por ti. John Donne"
I don't consider myself an accomplished drinker. In fact I am pretty much a light weight compared to my wife, or most of the British people I have met. But I do enjoy creating drinks. A few months ago I had an excellent rum cocktail called the "Old Cuban". At the time I had the drink I was reading Ernest Hemingway's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Old Man and the Sea.
The novella tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who catches the fish of his life only to see most of it eaten by sharks before returning to shore.
I have had a lifelong fascination with Cuba. At one point I worked in the U.S. Senate for a senator on the Foreign Affairs Committee. He gave me several assignments dealing with Cuba and Radio Marti in particular. Radio Marti was a U.S. government funded news program that we broadcast into Cuba, aimed at providing uncensored information and promoting democracy on the island.
I decided the Keys deserve a drink inspired by Hemingway's main character in his classic book. Thus I present to you "The Santiago". So far I have made it for six people and they have loved it. Drinking more than two will probably do you in.
A band plays at the hotel top patio restaurant. This is the hotel that Hemingway is famous for staying in during his stay in Cuba.
On July 8, 1918 Hemingway was seriously wounded by mortar fire, at Fossalta di Piave, having just returned from the canteen bringing chocolate and cigarettes for the men at the front line. He was decorated with the Italian War Merit Cross, the Croce al Merito di Guerra (He was still only 18 at the time). He sustained severe shrapnel wounds to both legs, underwent an immediate operation at a distribution center, and spent five days at a field hospital before he was transferred for recuperation to the Red Cross hospital in Milan (He spent six months at the hospital). While recuperating he fell in love with Agnes von Kurowsky, a Red Cross nurse seven years his senior. The events inspired him to write A Farewell to Arms (1929)
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