<p style="text-align: justify;">By Jennifer Graue. Correspondent.04/16/2011 12:00:00 AM PDT.During spring's soggy start, the gloom got to me, and -- apologies, Jimmy Buffett -- I needed a change in latitude. That's why I was looking forward to Palo Alto's La Bodeguita del Medio. There's something about Cuban cuisine and cocktails that conjures white-hot sunshine and a languid, tropical breeze. Stepping off California Avenue into the bar at La Bodeguita del Medio (literally, the bar in the middle), you're likely to find a boisterous, cocktail-sipping crowd on any given evening, one that grows in size and decibels as the night wears on.
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