Vintage Tío Pepe.
Sol de Andalucía embotellado.
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22 Thursday Jul 2021
Category Archives: sevilla
awnings at last!
21 Wednesday Jul 2021
Better late than ever, I suppose. Apparently there was a fuck up between local council and the awning guys. Some contract dispute, blah blah, and so we have found ourselves only now late-July with just a few street awnings being put up. I remember back in September 1993 when I first came to Sevilla to look for an apartment and when I saw the street awnings I just went OMG THESE ARE JUST SO CHARMING and I fell in love with Sevilla immediately. It was like something out of a movie. Anyhow, I’m glad they are going up because they are not only charming they are fucking necessary.
summer in a glass
20 Tuesday Jul 2021
always look up!
19 Monday Jul 2021
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Not only are many balconies here decorated with beautiful tiles on the UNDERSIDE so that we get to enjoy them, but sometimes they also have some interesting information. This building is just down the street from me and I’ve passed it many times without noticing the name of the architect and the year it was built. Always look up.
identity theft
15 Thursday Jul 2021
Posted in history, rants, sevilla, spain, tapas bars
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photo courtesy of Gurmé Sevilla
You may recall when a few months ago I wrote about Bodega San José closing its doors after more than 80 years (the Bueno family took over the location around 1935). This was because the present owners of the building refused to renew the lease this year, presumably because they got a more lucrative offer. And here is the result.
Surely this is identity theft? Taking over a cherished family-run bar, doing a big reno, and then not only keeping the same name but putting “desde 1893” in your logo. This new bar (actually “desde 2021”) has nothing to do with the old one and is nothing like it. I’ve seen photos on their (new) FB page and it looks like your typical gastro bar inside. It’s irksome that they are staking claim to a history that was never theirs, obviously trying to profit from it. Not the first time I’ve seen this happen here, but perhaps the saddest one for me.
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