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tapas galore!

30 Monday May 2011

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It was a very full day, in every sense of the word. First twitter friends @annalibera and @jorgeguitian came over to see the new place and we had a cold Galician beer and a tortilla snack up on the rooftop. As you can see, Loki was being his usual shy self (ha). Then we went out to a neighbourhood favourite – Casa Antonio – for some lunch…


Then after a quick late afternoon meeting with Victoria about her new website and store I was off on another tapas tour. This time we went over the bridge to Triana, which I think is going to become a nice option, especially in the summer as it’s always a bit cooler down by the river. Rick and Michelle were very happy with their tapas …

It was great fun but I’ll have to do a double session at the gym mañana!

progress!

22 Sunday May 2011

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This gorgeous darling boy has certainly been getting a lot of extra attention these days. First Thomas the cat whisperer worked his magic with Azar the other day, getting him to take some asparagus from both himself and Jessica. Then yesterday tried feeding him without me standing beside her – and success! A bit later on Azar got comfy on my footstool and I started giving him a nice snibble and asked Jessica if she wanted to have a go. And to my amazement Azar let her! As my iPhone was handy I grabbed it and filmed her snibbling away and Azar loving it. I’m telling ya, I was so thrilled that there was now a third person in the world who Azar has allowed to touch him.

I was also very disappointed this morning to discover that the video wasn’t on properly and I only actually filmed about three seconds of Azar back over on the sofa with Nog. Damn! Such a momentous occasion and I didn’t even get a photo of it. Well, next time. Meanwhile, check out how Azar is chowing down with reckless abandon and without fear…

binky

15 Sunday May 2011

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Another surprise package!

Extra surprising as it was apparently “missent to India” from the UK before finally arriving in Sevilla – how the UK postal service screwed that one up is a mystery. Anyhow, I picked the package up yesterday about three weeks after it was sent, tore it open straight away and was delighted to find these charming and funny Binky the Space Cat books by Ashley Spires. So fun!

Thank you Steve & Sara (and Murphy & Foley)!

rick stein

11 Wednesday May 2011

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So there I was watching an episode of Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey the other night, and the Sri Lankan curries looked so amazing I just had to tweet about them, which started up a twitter conversation between myself, @WeeRascal and @Seville_Writer, both of whom have met Rick Stein and used words like passionate, honest, charming and genuine to describe him.

I had to admit that I’d never heard of Rick Stein before watching this series, which is a wonderful combination of glorious travelogue images and amazing food porn, along with lots of good information about  the local dishes, geography and history.

So imagine my complete surprise yesterday when the doorbell rang and I received an Amazon delivery of Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes, courtesy of that rascally friend of mine. I shall have to find a way of “getting him back” when he next visits (possibly in June) but meanwhile I have just finished watching the first segment of the first episode, which took place in Corsica. Next up … Sardinia. I am totally loving this!