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the studebaker

11 Friday May 2018

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The newly restored tile Studebaker ad in Calle Tetuán, created in 1924 by Fábrica Viuda e Hijos de Manuel Ramos Rejano (Triana). Back then the building housed a private English-style club, but long ago it was bought by Chico Jewellers. The Garcia family restored the tiles in 1978 and wanted to move the ad up to the first floor, to prevent further damage, but permission was denied by local heritage authorities.

Once again the Garcias were told that they were not allowed to move the tiles, but they went ahead with a second restoration anyhow. I’m so glad they did.

van gogh alive

04 Wednesday Apr 2018

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It’s not every day we get to have Beer O’clock in Van Gogh’s bedroom. Thanks to Pilar – who went ahead and booked tickets to Van Gogh Alive – we (Pilar, her mother, Peter and I) met up at the Pabillón de Navigación to take in the multi-media exhibit. Then it was off for a fab lunch at La Azotea Zaragoza. What a lovely day! 🙂

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more rats!

19 Monday Feb 2018

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Casa Monardes

The plague of rats first spotted in Sevilla in January is coming to an end. Over the past couple of weeks Peter and I have hunted down all the locations of La Ruta Dorada de la Peste (the Golden Route of the Plague) billed as an interactive street art tour, though in fact we never did come across any of the promised QR codes that would give us an audio guide of the location. The rats were mostly found on lamp posts and balconies, with the Alameda having the largest number and Plaza Molviedro with just two. Anyhow, here they are…

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rats!

29 Monday Jan 2018

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A plague of golden rats has invaded Sevilla! This unusual street art is part of the promotion for a MoviStar television series set in Sevilla during the second half of the 16th century, when the city was in the grips of the Black Plague.

La Ruta Dorada de la Peste (the Golden Route of the Plague) is an interactive tour that takes you to eleven locations throughout Sevilla that have some relationship with the series and its characters, a mix of fact and fiction. The places to find the rats are the Royal Prison (shown here), Calle Pureza in Triana, Plaza Molviedro, the Cathedral, the Cromberger printing house in Calle Pajaritos, La Casa de la Moneda, the Alameda de Hércules, the Hospital of the Five Wounds, Castillo de San Jorge, Plaza del Cabildo and Casa Monardes in Calle Sierpes. Next to the sculptures you can find a QR code that you can scan with your mobile phone that will take you to an audio guide and a brief explanation about the history of each location.

La Ruta will continue until the end of February and I intend on visiting all the locations. Watch this space…

delayed gratification

11 Thursday May 2017

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I almost never want STUFF anymore, unless it’s practical stuff like new sheets or something I want/need for the kitchen that will enhance my day-to-day life (like the new oven). But this is totally impractical – a huge white vase with little pig heads all over it. I don’t even know where I’d put it. But I want it. Kind of like when I wanted that massive dragonfly sculpture or the lily chair. Or that new sofa that I will never buy because the cats would rip it to shreds within a week. Likewise I will probably not buy this vase.

But never mind. I am keeping track of all the STUFF I haven’t bought this year because that means when I splash out on a new iPhone 8 this September then it will end up being free. Logic.