Happy Birthday Yasef!

So on the westcoast it's still Yasef's birthday. Perhaps he is still celebrating. He wrote to me that he had dinner plans with friends after a full day of working on our project. Vegetarian dinner plans. Sounds birthday sexy, right?
Food. It was a big relief when I learned before I even arrived that Yasef primarily eats vegetarian food too. (Agnieska not a big fan of vegetables-Agnieska and I differ often in our taste in food, although ice cream...)
In the past few years I've begun to eat fish and fish was a big staple in my diet in Cuba. Day 1, Laura had arranged for a delicious lobster dinner for her, Yasef, Agnieska and I. First time I ate lobster in my life. And, yes, I liked it. Oh, and I'll just say now, I love plantains! (And I have for a while, not the first time I ate those but had to give a little !!)
I took this photo of Yasef that first night, before dinner, just after Agnieska arrived at Laura's, a few hours after I landed. I love the colors of Laura's living room, she decorated it to compliment an enchanting painting that hangs on the wall, just to the right-a soft facial profile of a woman adorned with a few flowers, petals. This photo touches on the "magic hour" time of day. A time that we hope to figure prominently in the story and filming. During the magic hour everything in the world glows with a liquid radiance, like it could melt and fly at the same time. A truer skin, than what is exposed, worn on objects and living things during most of the rest of the day. The magic hour highlights a rich, stirring beauty; a welcomed path to mingle curiosity, passion and dreamy hope.
Many more stories to be shared, still only a beginning in the land of blog and CFA/EL and on and on. Happy 32 Yasef!