Hey Death! You took the wrong 79 year old.
Diane Keaton January 1946 – October 2025
19 Sunday Oct 2025
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Hey Death! You took the wrong 79 year old.
Diane Keaton January 1946 – October 2025
18 Saturday Oct 2025
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What a girl. Morcilla is getting soooo demanding Normally she has her little table next to my office chair, in front of the balcony doors (closed winter and summer) but now that it’s cooler and I have the doors open, her table is behind me. Obviously this will not stand! For days she’s been howling at me and I couldn’t figure out the “problem”, then I move her table over to the other side of my chair and… fine. That’s all she wanted. To be sitting closer. Gotta say she has the gift of being equal parts annoying and adorable at the same time.
17 Friday Oct 2025
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The latest on Bitesize Sevilla … Hermanos Taberneros – a tale of two brothers (and two of my favourite people). Have a look and if you like it you can give it a “like”. And if you really like it please consider becoming a subscriber (free or paid). Thanks!
16 Thursday Oct 2025
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10 years ago today I became a Certified Sherry Educator! 🥂 It was a very proud moment and it’s been a long and delicious journey ever since. Always learning and sharing, recruiting new sherry converts along the way. Many thanks to the Sherry Council for always being so supportive. And of course to all the amazing sherry bodegas 💛 ¡Salud!
(wine: La Gitana Manzanilla en Rama, copas: Lama La Uva)
15 Wednesday Oct 2025
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So I finally got to spend time with Debbie Love Love! We’ve known each other online for years, and have briefly met up twice at two of our mutual friend Jeanine’s (then) bars, but we never really had a chance to sit down and talk until now. A lunch date was set and it HAD to be at Barra Baja in “our corner” at the bar – by chance both Debbie and I have adopted the end of the bar at BB as “ours”, so this time we shared.
Debbie’s is in the process of ending one chapter of her life and beginning a new one, closing her business Cookie Love Love after 11 years. She is still unsure about what lies ahead but I am sure she’s going to find her new passion before too long. We had a great time talking non-stop for ages and it was great getting to know each other a bit.
Anyhow… lunch. You guessed it…

It went on a while, ending with a penúlitima at another favourite place, Bar Rioja La Esquina, where we were joined by Jeanine. A good day.