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always look up!
19 Friday Jul 2024
Posted in architecture, sevilla, spain
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how on earth…?
18 Thursday Jul 2024
new towels!
17 Wednesday Jul 2024
Posted in casa azahar, home, sevilla
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I’m on a roll here. After checking how often I should replace pillows (FYI turned out to be every 1-2 years and I was way behind) I decided to check towels and – eep. Same. Well okay, not as bad as the pillow situation as it turns out I last bought new towels in 2021 and google says it should be between 2-5 years so I’m still in the running. You see, there is a reason I keep this fascinating blog going! How else could I check back on this stuff?
Anyhow, found these lovely towels at 50% off at El Corte Inglés and they are now freshly washed, sun dried, plump and soft and hanging in my bathroom as we speak. Goodbye old loofah towels! How’s your summer going, but the way?
the sevillaner
16 Tuesday Jul 2024
The July “summer holiday” cover of The Sevillaner.
Titled Gentrification, it ‘s brilliantly poignant.
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Credit: Tavo Studio
Creative Director: Tavo Ponce
Designer: Juan Linera
It was hard for us to summarise Sevilla, my hometown, with just one illustration, we are used to telling stories through animation and movement. In this case we finally chose to show the worst part of Sevilla, which is the abuse and crushing that tourism is doing to a great city, where everything has been relegated in pursuit of tourism and gentrification.
A city loved and beloved by its inhabitants that has given way to waves of crass tourism, those who prefer a salmon toast with avocado over a serranito. ~ Tavo Ponce
testing testing
12 Friday Jul 2024
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Just picked up a months supply of Combo rapid tests (Covid/FluAB/RSV) for me and Peter. Covid cases are spiking here, friends in the UK have been testing positive (and getting very sick) and so what the heck. In any case I’ve been testing weekly for Covid (every Wednesday morning!) for the past four years. You know, just in case, as I have known several people who tested positive while asymptomatic. Aside from the weekly test I also test if I’m feeling a bit “iffy” or before I travel. Why do I do this? Because if I tested positive with having a highly-infectious Bio Safety Level 3 air-borne virus I would STAY THE FUCK AT HOME so I didn’t infect anyone else. I mean, you would too, right? Oh wait… you wouldn’t want to mess up your travel plans or miss that special event because, hey, your symptoms are “mild”. Or perhaps you’d prefer not to know if your out of season “cold” and “allergy” symptoms, a sudden gastroenteritis episode, that pesky 100 day cough is actually Covid so that you can pretend you’re not infectious and then keep going about your business as usual while not caring about anyone else.
Before I go further… if you happen to be a Covid denier or minimiser you may as well fuck off right now because I don’t want to hear from you. I’ve heard it all before over these past four and a half years and you make me sick. Literally.
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