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friday foto finder – well

01 Friday Jun 2012

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This week’s Friday Foto Finder challenge is “well”.

For eighteen and a half years I was intrigued by this doorway in a small tunnel that joins the Patio Banderas to the old Judería. Well, wouldn’t you be? I called it the hobbit house and always wanted to know who lived there. I especially wanted to go inside and have a look around. And about a month ago I got my chance!

Peter had taken out a group on a Sevilla Tapas Tour – a family of four from Texas and a couple from the UK – and I ended up going to meet them at their final stop for the evening. Final? Ha! Turns out everyone was having such a good time that Paige and Keith invited everyone back to their holiday rental for a nightcap. The hobbit house! And what a curious place it turned out to be. There were four bedrooms haphazardly arranged over three floors, an odd sitting room off what everyone assumed was the living room, and a small terrace overlooking Judería street and the Royal Palace walls. Our guess was that it used to be some sort of guardhouse but now was prettied up with geraniums on the windows and made into a more or less functional living space.

But its most unusual feature was the open well in the living room.
A few more shots below – wish I’d taken more now!

Check out what other Friday Foto Finders have, um, found – over here!

black tie event

31 Thursday May 2012

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I found out this morning that I am invited to a black tie event starting at 8 pm – the official re-opening party of Sevilla’s “Grande Dame”, the Alfoso XIII Hotel.

Although I’d been trying to wrangle an invitation for the past few days it wasn’t looking too likely until my friend Fiona (aka Scribbler in Seville) checked to see if she could bring me as her “plus 1”. She was invited as press and because she’s been sleeping with the general manager. Kidding!

Anyhow, at first I was quite chuffed when I got Fiona’s message but then I suddenly realised that I had nothing to wear. So after a slight panic I decided that there was no way I could afford to put together any sort of super elegant ensemble and opted for “ethnic chic” instead. I have no idea what that means but it will look like a flowy black top with an embroidered bodice over a long black silky pleated skirt. With accessories. Which I also didn’t have.

So I went out and bought a pair of shoes (woven ballerina flats – just like Prada’s except they only cost 24€) and borrowed some chunky “statement jewellery” from Fourat. But I still had no bag! So instead of buying some cheap knock-off clutch that I know I’d never use again I opted for a small red woven bag, in keeping with the ethnic chic thang (a  bit like Gucci’s but it didn’t cost 2200€). And I guess I’m all set. Except I have no make-up and have no idea what to do with my *HAIR*. Ah well, I still have two hours to… TWO HOURS! I better get cracking.

keeping hydrated

16 Wednesday May 2012

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Here is the love of my life (aka Azar) having a nice long drink in the middle of a very hot afternoon … it always tugs at my heart when he asks to have a drink and then takes his time, with his tail doing that lazy contented flicking back and forth, bless him. Yeah, he could always drink out of the communal water bowl, which is changed several times a day in these temps to keep it fresh, but he prefers to drink out of his own glass and with someone paying total attention to him. Spoiled? Well, I do my best.

Meanwhile I am drinking at least three litres of water a day and have taken to putting bottles in the fridge so they’re nice and cold. I remember with a shudder when I was on chemo – both times during the summer – and couldn’t drink, or even touch, anything cold. I had to sip on room temperature (hot!) water, which wasn’t thirst-quenching at all. Strange after all this time that I still think of that every single time I pour myself a glass of nice cold water…

How much water are you drinking these days?

32º

15 Tuesday May 2012

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I couldn’t take it anymore. So at 5 pm on May 15th I put on the air conditioning!!!

Exactly a month earlier than I did last year. But man! It’s been 32º inside my livingroom since the weekend. Needed some relief, and it’s perked up Azar too. I’ve been quite worried about him overheating and dehydrating. He’s barely eaten the past few days, though he’s still drinking a good amount.

So I’ll probably be bankrupt by September at this rate, but it feels so good to be comfortable in my own home.

And Azar has just got up to have a snack, so there, it’s all worth it.

How’s the weather where you are?