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nicky & luca

30 Thursday Jan 2014

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nicky luca
My English travel writer friend Nicky Swallow and her Italian photo journalist husband Luca are visiting Sevilla this week and yesterday we met for a bit of lunch. I met Nicky in London a few years back when we both were hired to write for SimonSeeks – a job that, at the time, truly saved my financial butt. Last time we met was a couple of years ago when she and Luca were here on holiday. Nicky keeps saying I MUST come to Florence off-season and stay at their holiday rental apartment… she may yet wear me down. 🙂

antonio cid

27 Monday Jan 2014

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antonio cid
I just found out today that my friend Antonio Cid died on January 3rd. Well, we weren’t close friends, but I’ve known him for years and we just kind of “clicked” somehow. We used to see each other more often before I moved away from barrio Santa Cruz, where he worked part time at a bar near my old place. I hadn’t seen him in a couple of months and I think our last “encounter” was a jokey thing said on Twitter. And now I’ll never see him again. How can this be? Antonio was a kind and gentle soul, and also a gifted photographer. Have a look…

Antonio Cid Photography

birthday tapeo

08 Wednesday Jan 2014

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What a great birthday! I met up with Eduardo @differentspain and Saray @saraypineda for a lunchtime tapeo that lasted until very late in the afternoon. We stopped at three different tapas bars and had lovely snacks at each one. Then Saray had to go so Edu and I went off for a bit of birthday cake and rosé cava. After that I (finally) picked up my train tickets and then spent a quiet and cosy evening at home with the cats. Woke up in the wee hours to the Return of the Christmas Cold and tossed and turned for the rest of the night. Today I’m staying in – and staying warm – so that I will hopefully be in good shape to catch that early train to Barcelona mañana! Feeling both nervous and excited…

an extra spicy birthday

07 Tuesday Jan 2014

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57Not that every birthday isn’t special but I kind of like that I am 57 today, born in ’57. On the 7th.

So far I’m having a fab day. Started off with my “traditional” birthday pastries in bed, with coffee and cats. Now it’s off to the gym and then I’m meeting friends for lunch (follow @SevillaTapas for birthday tweets). Oh, and there’s also Barcelona to look forward to.

Thanks to everyone for being here on my 57th saucy birthday.