04 Monday Sep 2023
I always find this sight both hilarious and horrifying in equal measure. I mean, there’s no way this can be legal, but as houses aren’t burning down every day due to short-circuit fires… I guess it works and is sorta-kinda safe? Trust me, this isn’t the worst tangle of wires I’ve come across, just the most recent.
01 Friday Sep 2023
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I’m celebrating my 30th Sevilla anniversary (September 1993-2023) with 30years-30bars-30days! Each day in September my social media accounts will feature a different bar from my archives with what I think is/was their “star tapa”, posted in alphabetical order. Check it out!
Instagram: Sevilla Tapas
Twitter: Sevilla Tapas
Facebook: Sevilla Tapas
18 Friday Aug 2023
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The “Ficus Centenario de San Jacinto” in Triana, one year after it was nearly destroyed. Once standing twice as high as the church, after years of the parish being negligent in its maintenance, they used the excuse that the roots were causing damage to the building to have it cut down, which was authorised by the City Council. Thanks to public outcry and citizen mobilisation in the streets and in the courts, the ficus was saved last minute, but not before it looked like it may not actually survive.
The City Council has since decided that the survival of the ficus is in the best interests of the city and its residents and has taken over the responsibility of its care and maintenance. I mean honestly, a year ago I thought it was dead (see pics below) but then it started sprouting leaves again and it’s a joy to see it recovering. I don’t suppose I’ll live long enough to see it grow taller than the church again (it’s 110 years old!) but this will do for now.
17 Thursday Aug 2023
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I will never ever tire of – or take for granted – this simply lovely view I have from my “office” at Caza Azahar. There are three balconies here, two face the building across the street but this one looks down a narrow pedestrian street and this is what I see from my office chair when I take a moment to look away from the computer and look out the window. The view constantly changes at various times of day, from bright and sunny to softly lit twilight to the glow of the street lamps. And I love them all.
15 Tuesday Aug 2023
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We’ve had Big Tobacco, Big Pharma, Big Oil, Big Agriculture and now we have Big Tourism, except we keep calling it “mass tourism” as if it’s something just happening to us rather than something planned, controlled and promoted by… ??? I mean we know the culprits behind the other “Bigs”. But who is leading Big Tourism? Anybody know? Continue reading
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