It was so foggy that planes were diverted to Málaga. My clients for today’s tapas tour didn’t make it here so we are going to do a Christmas Eve lunchtime tour instead. 🎄🥂✨
foggy night
23 Friday Dec 2022
Category Archives: sevilla
time for latkes
22 Thursday Dec 2022
Posted in friends, homecooking, sevilla
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One of the many many many things I love about Twitter is that I have met so many amazing people there, and have ended up meeting several of them in person too. One of those is Edward Schneider, food & travel writer for the NY Times and other top publications, who I met through another friend I’d first met on Twitter. Edward was here a few years ago with his wife and a friend and we met up for drinks… and then they invited me out for dinner! Well, we’ve stayed in touch since then on Twitter and the other day he posted a photo of some latkes he’d just made. So I asked him for his recipe and he very generously posted it. And now I am about to make latkes for the first time! Stay tuned…
happy red earrings
21 Wednesday Dec 2022
Posted in christmas, retail therapy, sevilla, shopping
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I haven’t treated myself to any new jewellery since before Covid, partly because of being broke but also because I was going out so little it didn’t make sense to spend money on anything but essentials re: clothes, shoes, etc. BUT today I was at the local Christmas craft market and these darlings caught my eye. Had a lovely chat with Pere, drove him a bit crazy with finding a pair that was “symmetrical” enough for me (even though, actually, I’m not the one ever looking at them) but he was patient and friendly and I am now wearing these light-as-a-feather happy red earrings. ❤️
vindicated
19 Monday Dec 2022
Posted in sevilla, tapas, tapas bars
I cannot begin to tell you how happy this made me. This place clearly didn’t realise they were dealing with a consumer rights lawyer… hahaha. Love it. So he was not only awarded the 7€ refund, the restaurant also had to pay for his legal fees. Fuck around and find out bitches! I feel so vindicated… Shawn of The Bread. We need more of this.
For the record, in Andalucía it is illegal to charge for any food item brought to the table without it having been ordered first (olives, bread, etc), and all food items have to be listed (with prices) on the menu. It is also illegal to charge for any non-food item ie “service”.
Also for the record… I seldom want bread in a tapas bar because 1) it’s usually not great bread and 2) it’s not necessary and just fills me up so I can’t enjoy other things. BUT when I want bread I am happy to order and pay for it. It’s this sneaky ILLEGAL “admission fee” charge that I refuse to pay.
You can read the article here… Restaurant In Andalucía Taken To Court For Charging For Bread
locked in
16 Friday Dec 2022
Posted in casa azahar, home, sevilla
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Well damn. The lock on my apartment door has given up the ghost. It’s been “sticking” for a while and then today… that was it. It stuck in LOCKED position and Peter couldn’t get in after going upstairs to hang his laundry. Lucky I was home and could open it from the inside. Anyhow, turns out that this isn’t covered under the landlord’s insurance, so we’re going to have to find a hopefully not-too-expensive locksmith to come and replace the lock. Which obviously is a bit more complex than the one in this photo. And since it’s now the weekend gotta wait until Monday or pay exorbitant weekend prices, which means that we are LOCKED IN. Ok, not totally, but only one of us can go out at a time, so there’s someone at home to let them back in. Good times.
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