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my friend jason

28 Friday Oct 2022

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Back in 2013 Jason from Austin Texas joined one of my tapas tours as a solo traveller and had a wonderful time. Then I got an email from him this spring saying “it’s your friend Jason!” telling me he was coming back to Sevilla with his daughter and son-in-law and we started planning a private tapas tour for them, which happened last night. It was a lovely evening and, as they are still here for a few days, I am sure I will be hearing back from them. Love when this happens, seeing people again and knowing they enjoyed their time with me so much they want to meet up again.

An aside, just to make the evening even more special, on my way home two young guys zipped past me on electric scooters and suddenly one yelled out “Viva Sevilla Tapas!”. I didn’t even see their faces, but I assume they were waiters heading home after a bar shift. Anyhow, made me smile.

supporting local art

27 Thursday Oct 2022

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support local art

You may recall that I own a couple of prints by local artist Alfredo Rodriguez (lower right), now well-known for his colourful sketches of Sevilla façades. Well this week the boys behind La Casa del Tigre (upper left) opened a new bar called El Pantera (review coming soon!) and – I love this – chose to feature Alfredo’s work as a kind of permanent exhibit. Every wall is covered with his prints and the effect is fabulous. What a wonderful way of supporting local art and also creating a unique décor and focal point for your bar. Well done guys!

too early!

26 Wednesday Oct 2022

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Spotted in a housewares shop today. I mean, it’s not even November. I’ve heard that they are putting back the lighting of the Christmas street lights to the traditional date of December 6th, though I think that is more to do with saving money on energy rather than upholding Spanish traditions. Could be worse. Someone told me on Twitter they saw Christmas decorations in shops in August.

sevilla en los bares

21 Friday Oct 2022

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sevilla en los bares

If there was ever a book written for me to read it THIS IS IT. Many thanks to Mar @perdeseporsevilla for bringing it to my attention. We met about three weeks ago while I was having some tapas with my friend Lucy at the newly reopened Antigua Casa Diego (Mar was sitting next to us) and we’ve been Insta-Twitter pals ever since. Although the book was out of print, with the help of Twitter I found a vendor in Valencia with a second hand copy, so it is (we hope) winging its way to me as we speak. So very excited about this. Written by a local jouranlist and historian who has written several books about Sevilla, but this one is from the perspective of the bars, their histories, etc. Can’t wait.

today’s grey

20 Thursday Oct 2022

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grey oct 20 22

Yes, we are finally getting some rain – woo hoo! Seriously we need it so bad. But it’s still not nearly enough. This week has been mostly overcast with splashes of rain here and there. Anyhow, I get this lovely albeit somewhat melancholy view from my balcony. It’s now been over a week since I tested positive for Covid. A week marked by some initial AWFUL days, then later mostly grey days of being stuck inside. Just like this one. Hope I can go out again soon. But I also hope it keeps raining.