Topic: La Carreta


   I am thinking of writing about La Carreta, which is a Cuban restaurant near 8th street where the Marlin's shop used to be. La Carreta is very important to Cubans given that it's been there for 40 years, and it's one of the few restaurants in Miami with a Cuban stamp or flair. There's so many interesting people there, Cubans smoking cigars, talking about politics, baseball and snitching about their friends that the whole place becomes a spectacle. These interactions or lack of interactions ( human-object superficial behavior) is quite important in the Cuban community.

 I could further elaborate on their dialogues, since they are quite funny and have hilarious things to say at times. They talk with their hands. They drink coffee all day and they always carry around their kids to public places, alongside the biggest family in the whole world. Then they stay in the restaurant to talk. They also wear "balsero" clothing with loose shirts and pants bought from el Pulgera, wich is a Flee Market and from Balsan, the most stereotypical Cuban "ghetto" store.

Overall, I think the analysis could be quite interesting because even the employees have things to say and to divulge in regards to their boss and the poeple that go there. My father also knows someone who works there, so we could talk to him and try to figure more things out.