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lockdown beer o’clock

12 Friday Jun 2020

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beer oclock

So exactly three months since my last Beer O’clock I finally ventured into a bar for a caña. I had to go out and pick up my blood test results so decided to turn that outing into a 10,000 step walk. It felt so good to just stand at a bar again, the beer itself was almost beside the point. Still wouldn’t eat out anywhere, waiting to see how things go after we’ve been in Phase 3 for two weeks (ten days from now), which will then be the official end of lockdown. Experts are saying we’re headed for a second wave. Hope not!

lockdown takeaway lunch

10 Wednesday Jun 2020

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So remember Dan & Deb? They are home in London wishing they were here, and cooking up a storm on Dan’s Instagram @dan.jamon. We’ve been staying in touch, and looking forward to meeting up again some day at Las Teresas. THEN, I got a surprise voice message from Jeanine (La Azotea) the other day saying that those two lovelies had purchased a voucher for me to get some home delivery. So nice of them! As you know, I am still mostly keeping myself in Phase 1 of the de-escalation process, while the rest of the country has moved on to Phase 3. Which means I still haven’t dared to go out to a bar or restaurant, even for a Cold Beer O’clock. And as much as cooking lunch has been one of the things saving me from going completely bonkers from boredom at home, this was a total treat. Really my dream La Azotea meal.

lunch (1)

I got one of the saquitas (crispy pastry filled with prawns, cheese and leeks), my favourite battered prawn salad with kimchi sauce, THOSE rabbit ribs and a bottle of Chan de Rosas albariño. Heaven.

Gotta say that La Azotea was the first restaurant in Sevilla (that I know of) to start offering pick up and delivery services. They were on it just like that, up and running four days after Lockdown. Impressive. Jeanine and Juan along with their amazing team have been keeping Sevilla fed and happy all this time, and now it was my turn thanks to Dan & Deb.

lunch (2)Jeanine with my delivery
it was SO hard not to give her a big hug

azotea teamTeam Azotea

Now La Azotea is open for restaurant service (at their Conde de Barajas location) and they have everything perfectly set up for proper social distancing, and are also continuing with take-away and delivery service. Whatever it takes, these guys are there for you. xx

banksy – blm

09 Tuesday Jun 2020

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banksy blm

Nope, not jumping on the BLM bandwagon, as I have long known that the Black Experience will never be mine, so there is no way I can truly feel what they are feeling and I won’t pretend to (though I stand with them and empathise as much as I can). My own deeper feelings about systemic racism have been with me since I was quite young, as I grew up with both racists and victims of racism. But right now all we can do is give support however we can, and understand that the protesters, rioters and looters are for the most part three quite different groups of people. Amazing that the protesters are out there in a middle of a global pandemic. It’s both magnificent and terrifying. I’m sure George Floyd could never have imagined this would be his legacy.

Anyhow, just posting this pic of the Banksy tribute to George Floyd. I found it very moving.

At first I thought I should just shut up and listen to black people about this issue. But why would I do that? It’s not their problem, it’s mine.

People of colour are being failed by the system. The white system. Like a broken pipe flooding the apartment of the people living downstairs. The faulty system is making their life a misery, but it’s not their job to fix it. They can’t, no one will let them in the apartment upstairs. This is a white problem. And if white people don’t fix it, someone will have to come upstairs and kick the door in.

~ Banksy

luna is 9!

08 Monday Jun 2020

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baby luna

Who’da thunk that this scrawny little thing would turn into such a beauty? The pic on top was from a poster I saw in the street one day saying this tiny kitten needed a home. Luna’s age is approximate of course. At first I thought she was only about 6 weeks old when I took her home (September 2011) but the vet said she was more like 3-4 months, just small from being malnourished and living in the street.

Happy birthday my beautiful blue-eyed girl! 💙

luna grows up