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evan

20 Thursday Aug 2026

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Meet Evan, someone I first “met” when he became a paid subscriber (!!!) to Bitesize Sevilla a few months ago and then we got to chatting a bit. I found out he’d recently moved to Sevilla from Memphis and had set up home in the Macarena barrio. Anyhow, after chatting a bit we decided to meet up, which we have done a couple of times now (with Peter joining us for tapas) and it’s been great. It’s especially lovely to meet another social introvert because we both “get it”. Also Evan is fun, smart, has a dog I have yet to meet, and we both share a love of El Corte Inglés (it has everything!).

He is also a political analyst and essayist, the managing editor of Wonkette and owner/editor of The Moral High Ground. So if your interests run to excellent political writing, both serious and satirical, go check him out. Nice to have a new neighbour, both online and irl, and a willing “extra stomach” for doing Tapas Research.

mundial del jamón

17 Monday Aug 2026

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So this came across my radar in the wee hours whilst scrolling all over the place instead of sleeping… the first ever World Jamón Championship. It is being organised by a world-wide supplier of Jamón Ibérico de Bellota and will be held in Ronda during their Goyesca celebration at the beginning of September. And while I was thinking, okay it’s another jamón competition, I was struck by the global thing… like why? Jamón Ibérico is only produced here and there are only four designated Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) which are obvs the four participating in this event. So what the hell, I’m calling it. Spain is going to win this!

world cup 2026

16 Thursday Jul 2026

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Remember this?

I sure do. It was the first and (for the moment) last time Spain won the World Cup. And while I don’t actually follow football, I like getting involved in the important matches like this (fair weather fan). So I was looking for a bar to watch the final this Sunday, just like I did in 2010, because it really was a lot of fun to go out and meet up with friends and neighbours, and share the experience. But it turns out nobody is doing it this time. Now that the centre of Sevilla is devoid of neighbours ☹️

Last time bars everywhere were bringing TVs from home and setting them up inside or out in the street. Now it seems there are just a few corporate “sports bar” types showing the games or setting up giant screens somewhere. Shame. Times have changed. My friend Grace kindly invited me over but, while I would have made the effort to go out at 9 pm to be in a cosy neighbourhood bar trying to recapture that last experience, it just hurts too much these days and frankly I can’t remember the last time I went out at that time of night.

So I shall be watching the game from home, comfy in my PJs, some wine and snacks on hand. How about you?