Category Archives: food & drink

birthday report

08 Thursday Jan 2009

Posted by in birthdays, food & drink, friends, photos, restaurants, sevilla

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bday-brekkie

Birthdays at casa az traditionally start off with breakfast in bed consisting of lovely hot coffee and these fabulous arabic pastries. And so when I finally re-awoke around 9.30 yesterday morning, Nog brought in the birthday brekkie.  It turned out to be a good thing that I hadn’t gone to yoga because I found out today that the first yoga class after the holidays will be tomorrow … imagine how awful it would have been if I had dragged myself out of my warm bed and walked over to the gym in the dark only to find nobody there!  So that was a lucky start to what turned out to be rather a serendipitous birthday …

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birthday girl

07 Wednesday Jan 2009

Posted by in animals & pets, birthdays, cancer, food & drink, friends, health & happiness, home, hope, life stuff, love

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birthday_cat

Yay! I’m 52 today!

I’ve always loved birthdays and have never understood people who fret about “getting older” because, as I’ve always said, it sure beats the alternative. And of course this year that statement carries a lot more meaning for me after everything that’s happened since last May.

So today I will be quietly celebrating.  Starting off with going back to yoga class! Then I’ll be going out for lunch with Pipocas – haven’t seen her for three weeks because she’s been away on holiday, so I’m really looking forward to that. And at some point during the day I’ll open the cava that Pablo brought over on Christmas eve.  Otherwise and that, I’ll probably just hang out at home with Nog and the cats and play with my iPhone … and just really enjoy being here.

So help yourself to a glass of bubbly and welcome to my birthday!

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sprouts

24 Wednesday Dec 2008

Posted by in blogging, food & drink, friends, games, holidays

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sauted-sprouts

Sautéed sprouts with pancetta & pine nuts.

Don’t these look fabulous? (click on image to enlarge) They were prepared by the lovely and talented Wandering Coyote as part of a sumptuous solstice feast. You can check out the entire dinner menu on  Retorte , WC’s  blog of culinery delights (warning: do not go there when hungry).

For those of you who (like Nog) would rather stick hot pins in your eyes than eat a sprout, knock yourselves out with these…

Attack of the Sprouts

The Sproutifarts