I have been getting alumni emails from my socialist summer camp (I completely filtered out the zionism, but did seriously drink the socialist kool-aid) which just makes me wistful for an idyllic socialist nation. However, the pragmatic side of my brain keeps loudly reminding me that socialism sounds great on paper, but has some serious flaws when implemented. And eating Cuban food is a tasty way to remind myself of the issues*inherent in socialism?
If I haven’t already convinced you that I am a socialist, then I will let my library addiction speak for itself.
Havana West is a Cuban restaurant that is located in what used to be Hal’s Tavern (next door to Zell’s). They are still relatively new and somewhat untested, but #PDXBreakfast will help remedy that.
If you look at a calendar, you might (or might not, depending on how much attention you are paying) notice that the next #PDXBreakfast is scheduled for Thanksgiving (aka Exploit the Natives Day, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Day, T(of)urkey Day or other moniker of your choice). That didn’t seem like such a good idea, so we have elected to bump it back a week.
That puts the next #PDXBreakfast on Thursday, (gulp!) December 1st at 8:30am. Havana West 1308 SE Morrison Ave.
*However, for all of it’s political and economic issues, Cuba has a 99.8% literacy rate,[3][13] an infant death rate lower than some developed countries,[14] and an average life expectancy of 77.64.[3] In 2006, Cuba was the only nation in the world which met the WWF‘s definition of sustainable development; having an ecological footprint of less than 1.8 hectares per capita and a Human Development Index of over 0.8 for 2007. –Wikipedia
