29 Saturday Nov 2008
Posted in art, cancer, food & drink, friends, health & happiness, photos, restaurants, sevilla
Pipocas dragged me out of the house yesterday afternoon for art and burgers. I wasn’t sure if I was up to it as the op was just over a week ago and I’m still in a fair bit of pain and discomfort. But as the weather forecast was calling for RAIN until next Tuesday, I thought I’d better try and get out. And it really was worth the effort. . .
15 Saturday Nov 2008
Posted in food & drink, friends, restaurants, sevilla
It’s been another pre-op special lunch week. First Pipocas invited me out to a new place (for us) called Oporto and we had a wonderful meal. Then Nog took me out for a tapa snack at one of our favourite places, Enrique Becerra (scroll down to photos 42-44) and the boys there treated us to drinks and a tapa as well as hugging me and saying they’ll see me in December. So I was feeling quite nicely spoiled.
And so yesterday I * decided to spoil Nog a bit and take him to a Mexican place called La Chaparrita that we’ve been wanting to try, ever since my friend Judy recommended it a couple of months ago. Nog had never had Mexican food before (well, other than the stuff I make at home) so we ordered a special menu for two that came with a selection of various dishes. And he loved it. We cycled there and walked back and it was indeed a very pleasant afternoon.
* of course when I say “I” treated Nog I mean “you guys” did (you know who you are) as I had to use donation money to take us out. And so, just wanted to thank you for a fab lunch and a special treat. Especially as it’s going to be broccoli & green tea at home for the next couple of days and for who-knows-how-long after I get home from hospital.
Some lunch pics below.
And more over at Sevilla Tapas.
11 Tuesday Nov 2008
Posted in cancer, friends, health & happiness, life stuff, restaurants, tapas
Next operation is scheduled for Monday, November 17th.
Eep! … that’s less than a week from today!!!
What can I say – it was a helluva morning …
31 Friday Oct 2008
Posted in food & drink, friends, holidays, photos, restaurants, trips
The plan had been to go to Córdoba on Friday…
But then the weather forecast started looking very iffy for the weekend. And so yesterday morning around 9am I was having coffee in bed and playing online scrabble. Looking out the bedroom window I saw a gorgeous sunshiny morning out there, so I half-jokingly sent an email to Pipocas saying it was a shame we couldn’t go to Córdoba now as the weather looked perfect and Nog didn’t have any classes until the evening. She called back and asked – “are you serious?” – then called back five minutes later to say WE WERE GO! Forty minutes later we were all showered, dressed and at our meeting point.
It was a wonderful day.
You can see all the photos (partially edited) below.
11 Saturday Oct 2008
Posted in cancer, food & drink, friends, life stuff, restaurants, sevilla
And long post hangover ramble . . .
When Nog, Pablo and I finally left the hospital on Thursday, after receiving my unhappy updated prognosis, it was well past lunch time. So we decided to look for somewhere to eat and ended up near Pipocas’s house. There were quite a few options but I opted for Manolo León because it looked quite special and I decided – hang the expense! – because I felt like a party. . .
casa azahar 