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accidental tapas tour

01 Thursday Jul 2021

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This is Steven and Beatrice. We met via Kirby, a lovely young woman I’d met here a few years ago, and who now manages Steven’s organic food shop in Salt Lake City. They had come to Sevilla for a few days and I set them up with the fabulous José for a cultural walking tour (they said they didn’t want a food tour!) and so that was fine. Then on their last evening they asked if I wanted to meet them for a quick drink. A quick drink. Three hours later…

Yep, one drink at Casa Morales led to eating a plate of jamón, and more drinks, and then they told me that, although they had followed my tapas bar recommendations and had gone to Bodeguita Romero THEY DIDN’T HAVE A PRINGÁ! And so of course we had to remedy that situation and they were happy I did so. A fun and totally unexpected night out.

a sherry fan for a sherry fan

30 Wednesday Jun 2021

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So, remember Tania? My neighbour and  – as it turns out – very artistic friend. Well awhile back she said she wanted to make me a hand painted tile and asked which image I would like. Of course the first thing that occurred to me were the sherry symbols (because if I ever get a tatoo THAT is what it will be) so I mentioned an abanico that was given to me at the last Vinoble in Jerez and sent her a photo. And I mean, just look what she did!

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I love the cobalt blue, the addition of the carnations, and all the beautiful detailing. Thanks Tania!

buch + deichmann

29 Tuesday Jun 2021

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Behold the Buch + Deichmann Infinite hair slide. Back in Toronto I had quite a selection of B + D hair accessories. They were cute and colourful and they lasted forever. Well, almost. About a month ago I noticed I was down to my last one. Or so I thought, until a rummage through some old boxes turned up a used-to-be-black one (my favourite, the red one, broke a few years ago). I used to have a white one too.

Anyhow, this got me thinking about where I might find them again since B + D is no longer making them (they’re now into sunglasses). So after googling without any luck I asked on Twitter, and later Instagram, and finally found a supplier of vintage B + D stuff on Etsy. In Canada!

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However, there were no Infinite hair slides to be found. Anywhere. At all. Instead I opted for a dark red slide the same size as the infinity ones, and three smaller ones. In fact the smaller ones will be more practical now that I HARDLY HAVE ANY HAIR ANYMORE. Anyhow, they arrived today, as you can see, and I’m way out-of-all-proportion happy with them. Will not say how much I paid for this happiness, but I’ve had so few treats this past year or so that I decided FUCK IT.  And since my Infinite hair slides have lasted more than 35 years, I reckon these new ones are going to outlive me. So… worth it.  🙂

fully vaxxed!

28 Monday Jun 2021

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This is me… fully vaxxed! Had my second jab of Astrazeneca today (so far so good). There was a bit of a mix up with the dates. I had thought it was scheduled for July 1st, and indeed said as much on a post here. But the other day I checked my calendar and I had it down for today, June 28th. So I thought best to go down to my health centre today just in case as I didn’t want to miss my appointment. Sure enough, I wasn’t on today’s list, but they let me in anyhow, since I was already there. It’s actually better timing this way as two weeks tomorrow I have my first tapas tour in over 16 months (!!!) and this way I’ll feel safer doing it.

And so now I am back at home waiting to see if I get any icky side effects. Hope not!