Nov 15, 2018
PREPARING FOR HANUKKAH HAVANA STYLE
HANUKKAH HAVANA STYLE WINE BOTTLES MOSTLY FROM SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ARGENTINA CHILE AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND HAPPY HANUKKAH
Stories
Field notes from the road
Medicine, culture, travel, food, healing, and human stories from my archive. Start with a trail, search for a memory, or move by year.
Roads, meals, clinics, and human encounters.Archive into inquiry
These field notes are not only memory. They are the ground from which my new field inquiries begin.
The current inquiry follows one trail through the archive: food culture, metabolic health, Indigenous knowledge, and Suriname.
Nov 15, 2018
PEACEFUL DAYS IN HAVANA…EN MI BARRIO VEDADO
Original Blogger URL: https://medicoanthropologist.blogspot.com/2018/11/peaceful-days-in-havanaen-mi-barrio.html
Nov 15, 2018
COMING HOME TO HAVANA
0 0 1 475 2712 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 22 6 3181 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Coming Home to Havana The flight from…
Oct 15, 2018
HAPPINESS IN HAVANA FOOD OR FRIENDS OR FAVOURITES
Normally my friend and taxista, Yodel, picks me up in a 1958 Chevrolet. This time he surprised me on this very well kempt 1949 Oldsmobile.. remainders/reminders of a glory past..…
Oct 15, 2018
FALLING IN LOVE WITH CUBA
People fall in love with Cubans, Cubanas or Cubanos, pero, but you have fallen in love with Cuba! said my Cuban mother many years ago. Occasionally in the olden days,…
Oct 15, 2018
MIAMI IS A BILINGUAL CITY ENJOY IT TWICE AS MUCH
If you are monolingual and harping about it at supermarkets and cafes in Miami, you are halving the pleasure of living in Miami. If you can communicate in Spanish, the…
Oct 15, 2018
EAT LIKE AN ISRAELI IT IS POSSIBLE EVEN IN MIAMI
When it comes to Food Technology and Food Chemistry and innovations in Nutrition at the Molecular level, the tiny country of ISRAEL (the size of the state of New Jersey)…
Oct 15, 2018
JAPANESE ARE LUCKY, THEIR PASSPORT IS BEST FOR TRAVEL VISA FREE, SINGAPORE IS A CLOSE SECOND
Japanese nationals seem to be the luckiest ones, having far more countries to visit without bothering with VISA.. The second one is also no surprise, Singapore, which allows almost every…
Oct 15, 2018
A VISIT TO KEY LARGO SO CLOSE TO MIAMI AND SO FAR AWAY FROM ITS UGLINESS
My visits to Miami are very short, and the places that I visit are usually the same, without taking time to visit other parts in Miami or near Miami. I…
Oct 15, 2018
THE ROLE OF VITAMINS AND SUPPLEMENTS : THE PAST AND THE FUTURE
0 0 1 1594 9086 Carl T. Curtis Health and Education 75 21 10659 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE I am an Endocrinologist, a medical doctor…
Oct 15, 2018
BEST PLACES CITIES FOR FOODIES AND THE WORST AS WELL USA
Source: WalletHub I am not a great believer in LISTS of any types.. Lists of places to visit, Lists of restaurants.. to each his own. Today I went to eat…
Oct 15, 2018
PHOTOS OF LIFE IN HAVANA: A PHOTO ESSAY
I am spending a few hours in MIAMI, after having arrived from Havana (left the island with a heavy heart, as usual) and then beginning an exciting Journey to the…
Oct 15, 2018
CAN AMERICA COMBAT OBESITY? LOOK AT THIS AIRPORT FOOD ..LEAVING MIAMI
I am an Endocrinologist, a person who studies why people put on weight, among other metabolic dysfunctions of the body. I am also an Anthropologist, interested in the influences of…
Oct 15, 2018
QATAR AIRWAYS: THE BEST ALL AROUND SERVICE AND MY FAVOURITE AIRLINE
When I left my home in La Habana, Cuba for Miami, the day before I was to take QR 778 to Doha, I was already full of anticipation, as is…
Oct 15, 2018
FOR A TRAVELLER LOYALTY MATTERS, A TWO WAY STREET: BRISTOW BUNGALOW BY THE SEA IN FORT COCHIN
I am a Frequent Traveller and my world is Latin America, North America, Europe, Israel and Asia. Whenever I find a hotel or staff, I become attached to them, and…
Oct 15, 2018
IN THIS LAND OF SPIRITUALITY A SPECIAL SPIRITUAL VISITOR AT BRISTOWS BUNGALOW AT FORT COCHIN
INDIA is the source of both Patanjali and Buddha; of Yoga and Ayurveda.. an immense resource for your soul. In a place like Fort Cochin, one can feel the spiritual…
Oct 15, 2018
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUR VISIT TO COCHIN? ASKED THE IMMIGRATION AGENT
After a very pleasant two days in Fort Cochin, I was about to leave Cochin, Kerala in India for Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. I handed my passport to the middle…
Oct 15, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR DOUBLE TREE HOTEL BY HILTON: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST HERE MEANS CUISINE FROM VARIOUS CONTINENTS
Average traveller in the USA has become accustomed to accepting poor service (American Airlines staffed by Grandmas, as described by HE Al-Bakr CEO of Qatar Airways, my favoured airline) or…