Flaca – la Flaca – My dear friend Dady is often lovingly called, “Flaca” by her friends.
Ivo Uquillos greets lovely Dady at the inauguration of his retrospective show in Portoviejo, Manabi Ecuador.
Through the wonders of editing the ‘Publish” options, this post should reach you while I am traveling through the country via minibus! When pondering Spanish words that start with F, I selected Flaca because of Jarabe de Palo’s song by that name! He sings about a woman in Cuba who was “100 pounds of skin and bones – 40 kilos of salsa,” and she loved to dance! The song has a great beat, great pauses between beats, funky sounds and oh, how he’d like to kiss that woman that’s driving him crazy! Continue reading »
