One day when they were having lunch with Martín and Ofelia at La Bodeguita del Medio, a hole-in-the-wall Old Havana bar and restaurant that was one of Ernest Hemingway’s regular haunts (and where, according to Ofelia, Nat Cole loved to order the avocado salad with onions and olive oil), they asked their hosts what part of town would be best for them to buy their own apartment.
