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I Will See You in C-U-B-A

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Saturday 9: I Will See You in C-U-B-A (2010)

 

 Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

This song was chosen in honor of Father's Day.

 

1) In this week's song, Lucie Arnaz encourages us to hop a ship and join her in Cuba. Is your passport up to date?  Yes, it is.

2) She sings that Cuba is a great place to enjoy wine and Panatelas. Do you like the smell of a good cigar? 

Actually, I don't mind it in small doses because it reminds me of my grandpa.  He smoked cigars.

 

3) Lucie said her Latin Roots CD represents "the rhythms of my soul" and is a tribute to her father, Desi Arnaz. Cuban-born Desi starred on Broadway and in nightclubs but was best known for co-starring in and producing the 1950s sitcom, I Love Lucy. When you think of I Love Lucy, what's the first thing that comes to mind?  Vitameatavegimen

 

4) While Lucie's parents – Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball – are famous for their TV work, Tony-nominated Lucie has found her greatest success on the stage. She inherited their love of performing, saying, “My parents were always happiest when they were working.” What have you inherited from one or both of your parents? (It could be anything from your work ethic to your eye color.)  I have more traits from my dad than from my mom.  I definitely look like him, and I have his arthritis and his lack of patience (working on it!).  I also say I have his flat chest, since my mom and my two sisters are better "endowed" than I am! LOL

5) Though "Ricky Riccardo" often mangled English on I Love Lucy, Desi's English was very good. Lucille Ball admired his facility with languages and encouraged him to speak Spanish to their children so that they would be bilingual. When you were growing up, did your family speak any language other than English?  Nope. 

 

6) Desi Arnaz often performed "I Will See You in C-U-B-A." Is there a song that reminds you of your father?  I mentioned in a previous blog that we sang in the car when I was a kid.  Dad loved this one, and he got faster with each addition to make us all laugh...

 

7) After Lucie's parents divorced, Lucille Ball remarried and Lucie got a stepfather, Gary Morton. Lucie appreciated how positive Gary always was about Desi. Decades later, when she married a man who already had children, Lucie said she better understood what a tough role a stepparent can be. Did you have a stepparent? Are you a stepparent?  I had step-grandparents, and I am a stepmom to Joe's two "boys", Joey and Jeff.

8) As a single dad, Desi lived south of Los Angeles in Del Mar. Lucie and her brother, Desi Jr., spent school vacations there, going to the race track, bowling, and fishing with their dad. Share a happy memory from one of your school vacations (Christmas, Spring Break, or Summer).  Our family summer vacations for four years or so were in Canada, at a fishing "camp" on Rice Lake, in Ontario.  Dad loved to fish, and we loved eating the fish!  They were great times.  My grandparents always came, and one year, BFF Elaine and her family came!!  We rented a cabin, so we did not live in tents.  That is an outhouse behind us below. No bathroom in the cabin.  Showers were across the street where the "office" was located. There was running water in the kitchen, though.

Elaine and I...

Mom and my sister, Tammy

 

9) Father's Day began in Washington state. In the early 1900s, Spokane resident Sonora Smart Dodd listened to her minister deliver a sermon celebrating Mother's Day and devoted herself to similarly honoring fathers. A century later, more money is still spent annually on Mother's Day. Why do you suppose that nationally we still make more of a fuss over Mother's Day than Father's Day?  Maybe because moms are easier to buy presents for?  I really have no idea because dads should be celebrated equally!!

Peace and Hugs!

This is my Father’s world, and to my list’ning ears,

All nature sings, and round me rings

The music of the spheres.

This is my Father’s world: I rest me in the thought

Of rocks and trees, of skies and seas;

His hand the wonders wrought.