Last night he sat down at a table where I was talking with Rene and Dora. After playing a song for them, Rene invited him to work a couple of nights a week in the Hotel Victoria where Rene is the manager. I left them to their business discussion, drifting off to the other side of the Z calo and later caught up with him. I told him I wanted to go to La Luna y Sol, an upscale student cafe, to hear music. He agreed and we went there, only to find it was closed.
Candela is an expensive bar with live music, linen tablecloths and a dance floor.
It holds about 100 people and the crowd is tourists and dressed up locals. I met the new doormen, waiters and owner and received a warm welcome. The band was playing salsa with a fusion of jazz and we searched out dance partners. After a while, a guy came up and asked if I were North American. It turned out he lived for a short time in San Francisco about eight blocks from my flat.