Danys Baez, got a minute?
By MARC TOPKIN
Published May 23, 2004
QUESTION: What were the first English words you learned when you came from Cuba?
BAEZ: I can't tell you the first words. But second was, "What's up?"
QUESTION: What foods do you like the most, and least?
BAEZ: My favorite American food is steak. Least favorite? I've tried Mexican food, it's too spicy.
QUESTION: What was your first car?
BAEZ: My first car was a Mercedes, after I came over. My car in Cuba was a bike, two horsepower each side.
QUESTION: Favorite late-night snack?
BAEZ: Ice cream. I love ice cream, vanilla and chocolate.
QUESTION: How did you meet your wife, Mireya?
BAEZ: She's my best friend's cousin, and she came back to Cuba to visit her family, I went over to their house and she was there.
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