my 33rd sevilla anniversary!

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So I was feeling a bit bad that I hadn’t planned anything special for this year’s Sevilla anniversary, other than I knew Paul was going to be here this week and we’d probably at least go out for a tapita. Then I remembered that Evan still hadn’t had a pringá at Bodeguita Romero (and as such has not actually been to Sevilla even though he’s lived here since April) and so a plan began to come together. I thought a nice casual tapeo would be nice and that way I could visit a few of my favourite places. Done!

First stop was Casa Moreno for a quick Beer O’clock and Emilio made me one of his trademark pen drawings to commemorate the day. Then it was on to Bodeguita Romero just around the corner and when Alejandro saw my gift from Emilio he decided he wanted to give me something too, so he popped over to the office and came back with a poster by Alfredo of the Barrios of Sevilla. We’d had a snack at Moreno but now it was time for a serious lunch – with pringás of course. For the penúltima we stopped in at Casa Morales and Javi not only found us a table (quite a trick at that late hour) he also located a super-chilled bottle of Juvé y Camps cava for us.

A fabulous day. I always love it when Paul is in town. And I liked that Even got to join us and also enjoy his first ever pringá at Bodeguita Romero.

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I’m not sure if this will even matter to anyone, but today my WordPress.com Personal Plan expires and goes back to the regular free version, which means I will lose my azahar.me domain and you guys are now going to see stupid random automated ads throughout all the posts here. I don’t remember when they started charging to have an “ad-free” version, but I decided to pay for it because, frankly, the ads are ugly and distracting. But that was before I started up Sevilla Tapas and all the other blogs and websites I now self-host. And to be honest, I need to start trimming expenses wherever I can.

50€ a year (+ 25€ for the domain) may not seem like much, but added to all the other “small fees” I pay for various other domains, and the actually quite hefty annual fee I pay for hosting, and streaming stuff, music, and and and… yes, it all adds up. Anyhow, I am now saving 75€ a year and you are now going to see ugly ads. Sorry!