Menopausal Monday #16

#everybodyhurts

And while the world is grieving with the consequences of wars and unprecedented corruption, life still goes on. It’s again a case of letting things take its course. As the REM used to sing: “Everybody hurts”.

Around Notts this weekend to spend some time with our Uni-bound child (or as much bound as possible, to keep the adulting going). Things are starting to look up for her and we really don’t want to disturb that.

Instead we paid the visit and she took us on a tour around the city and reserved a table at the Revolución de Cuba. So we can scratch it off our Notts restaurant list. The food was a little bit more plain than I’d like but the classic decadent atmosphere compensated. It sure did bring me teenager memories of when I used to attend the annual communist fest in Portugal. Everybody was welcome, we didn’t need to be communist to join. If you want to get a taste for what the countries linked to this political ideology have to offer, that’s the place to go.

Among several stages in the area, we could also get a taste of the iconic Cuban music like Compay Segundo. At the time, we were regularly listening to Manu Chao and the Orishas, more modern Castillan/Cuban music with that El General never got to hear. Memories help washing over the grief, as does the reassurance and gratitude that we are all safe, alive and well. Have a listen 👌