08 Saturday Aug 2009
Posted in food & drink, health & happiness, photohunt, photos
Today’s Photohunter theme is “low”.
After a rather hedonistic week away in Málaga full of sun, sea and tapas I am about to embark on a new weight loss/antioxident/fitness regimen that will include a low-carb diet (taking a page out of my friend Gaelen’s book). As you can see, low-carb eating doesn’t have to be dull. This is garlicky grilled tuna with broccoli and a bit of rice & veg salad.
more low-carb options below…
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05 Wednesday Aug 2009
Posted in animals & pets, birthdays, family, health & happiness, holidays, home
Sunny was born on August 5th 1993 between 10-11am.
Since I am away at the beach for his birthday – the first one I have ever missed! – I thought I’d show you this photo of Sunny “at the beach”, taken when he was about 10 months old. This was in my first apartment in Sevilla (across the street from where I live now), a very small studio apartment about the size of the living room at casa az. So I didn’t have a lot of storage space and that rascal Sunny used to love scratching open bags of cat litter, spreading it all over the floor, and then rolling around in it.
I just spoke to Chiara and she said that the boys are fine and that Sunny is taking his meds. But she didn’t know about Azar’s bendy paw and at first was worried that something had happened to him! Anyhow, they are both doing fine and I am very happy to hear that, but I do miss them a lot. Somehow it doesn’t feel right to be missing Sunny’s birthday, but I’ll make it up to him with lots of extra snibbles when I get home.
Happy birthday, Sunny bunny!
04 Tuesday Aug 2009
Nice, innit?
Imagine our delight yesterday when Nog & I got to the apartment and saw how lovely it was. First thing we checked out was the view from the terrace and found there were two: one of the port and another partial view of the sea. Very nice. I can listen to the waves as I sit here writing this out on the terrace after a two-hour siesta. Heaven.
The apartment is also BIG. At least, a lot bigger than casa az. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a bright pretty kitchen with a little workroom off it and a huge living/dining room area. We’re on the top (13th) floor of the building so there is tons of light. And we’re about a ten-minute walk to the old town centre. It really doesn’t get much better than this.
And the price is right! 😉
More pics below…
02 Sunday Aug 2009
It’s been just over two weeks since I wrote this post telling you all about my friend Manolo offering me the use of his beachfront apartment in Málaga in August. It’s been like waiting for Christmas but finally today is the day! Nog and I are going to leave just after lunch, catch the train at 3pm and should be at the apartment by 6 o’clock. In time to unpack and get settled in and then hit the streets early evening in search of tapas…
26 Sunday Jul 2009
Posted in health & happiness, home, life stuff
I find Sundays in Seville kind of sad somehow. All the shops are closed and the streets feel less alive. Though this summer I am grateful not to hear jackhammering and buzzsawing at 7am at least one day out of the week (construction on building next door). But I always feel a bit lost on a Sunday, like I don’t know what to do, where to go.
How about you? What do you like doing on Sundays?
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