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hey, thanks for lunch!

15 Saturday Nov 2008

Posted by azahar in food & drink, friends, restaurants, sevilla

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mejicano

It’s been another pre-op special lunch week.  First Pipocas invited me out to a new place (for us) called Oporto and we had a wonderful meal. Then Nog took me out for a tapa snack at one of our favourite places, Enrique Becerra (scroll down to photos 42-44) and the boys there treated us to drinks and a tapa as well as hugging me and saying they’ll see me in December. So I was feeling quite nicely spoiled.

And so yesterday I * decided to spoil Nog a bit and take him to a Mexican place called La Chaparrita that we’ve been wanting to try, ever since my friend Judy recommended it a couple of months ago.  Nog had never had Mexican food before (well, other than the stuff I make at home) so we ordered a special menu for two that came with a selection of various dishes. And he loved it. We cycled there and walked back and it was indeed a very pleasant afternoon.

* of course when I say “I”  treated Nog I mean “you guys” did (you know who you are) as I had to use donation money to take us out.  And so, just wanted to thank you for a fab lunch and a special treat.  Especially as it’s going to be broccoli & green tea at home for the next couple of days and for who-knows-how-long after I get home from hospital.

Some lunch pics below.

And more over at Sevilla Tapas.

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bear hug

03 Monday Nov 2008

Posted by azahar in food & drink, friends, photos, sevilla

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This photo is for Anneke.  Yes, the bear hugs are wonderful.  🙂

And that was my last one (until next time) taken at 8.45 this morning when the airport bus pulled up.  Luckily Nog was there to hug me after it drove away because I suddenly couldn’t stop crying. I’m really really bad at goodbyes. But we made lots of very happy memories this past week. And tomorrow Craig will be meeting up with Sara & Steve in London for a few beers. They’ve never met before but I’m sure they’ll have plenty of Sevilla stories to swap and, I don’t know, it gives me a nice feeling to think that some of my favourite people will be out enjoying each other’s company tomorrow.

So, it’s back to REALITY. Got to clean up the joint and go out for my daily walk. It just feels a bit sad and empty knowing that I won’t be seeing the zoomster later on today. *sigh*  😦

Here are some ‘last lunch’ memories from Yebra below . . .

(it’s gonna be green tea & broccoli from now on)

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having a wonderful time…

29 Wednesday Oct 2008

Posted by azahar in friends, holidays, life stuff, sevilla

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… just hanging out and doing this and that.

Mostly it’s all about being together, eating good food, drinking nice wine, talking, laughing and feeling good.  Pipocas joined us for lunch at La Estrella on Monday and again at casa az yesterday after having a massage next door (La J is a masseuse).  I mentioned elsewhere that I think the chemistry between the four of us is quite amazing and we’re all really looking forward to the day trip to Córdoba that we have planned for Friday.

It’s so much fun being ‘on holiday’ with zoomer.  There he is during lunch yesterday …  later on in the evening we got together again to watch the premiere of the fifth season of House on tv. With more snacks and wine.  It’s like having extra family around, which is a very comfy feeling.  And I can tell that Nog is also really enjoying having zoomer around again. The only possibly scary bit is that I may be forced to go watch a football match on Sunday … eep!

post prognosis party

11 Saturday Oct 2008

Posted by azahar in cancer, food & drink, friends, life stuff, restaurants, sevilla

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And long post hangover ramble . . .

When Nog, Pablo and I finally left the hospital on Thursday, after receiving my unhappy updated prognosis, it was well past lunch time. So we decided to look for somewhere to eat and ended up near Pipocas’s house. There were quite a few options but I opted for Manolo León because it looked quite special and I decided – hang the expense! – because I felt like a party. . .

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an exquisite snack

06 Monday Oct 2008

Posted by azahar in food & drink, health & happiness, photos, sevilla, tapas

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I mentioned in yesterday’s post that one of the things I’ve been able to enjoy again are daily walks, and yesterday was no exception. Nog and I headed out late in the morning and I told him he was the ‘tour guide’, so for the next couple of hours he led me through the old Jewish quarter, down near the Alfalfa, and then up to the Ronda, all via little side streets, some of which we’d never been on before.

We ended up near Becerríta and I told Nog I had to get an outside photo of the place because I forgot to do so when Pipocas took me there a few weeks ago. So I tried getting a good shot but there was a guy hanging out in front who seemed to be waiting for someone and not likely to leave very soon, and so we decided to go inside for a cold drink. Well … after having been walking around for the past couple of hours we were actually getting hungry so Nog offered to treat us to a snack. We tried a couple of the special tapas del día on the menu and they were simply divine.

Above is a revuelto – basically scrambled eggs with potatoes and melt-in-your-mouth stewed bull’s tail. And below is grilled sea bass topped with slivered potatoes and served with marinated red peppers, onions and tomatoes. Along with a cold beer and chilled glass of white wine it was a truly exquisite snack. Kind of fed more than our appetites, if you know what I mean.

Boy, I love living in Sevilla!  🙂

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