07 Sunday Dec 2008
Posted in food & drink, friends, health & happiness, restaurants, spain, trips
Had lunch in Sanlúcar de Barrameda yesterday.
It was the first time I’d been out of the house in a week (not including the hospital visit last Wednesday) so I was quite looking forward to getting out and going somewhere nice for lunch with Pipocas. I was also feeling cautious of overdoing it like I did on my first day out after the liver op. And so of course I ended up going on a six-hour trip in order to eat the famous langostinos of Sanlúcar…
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.
casa azahar 