One of my favourite things to listen to while I work…
sunday song – glenn gould | goldberg variations
24 Sunday Nov 2013
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finos palmas 2013
21 Thursday Nov 2013
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What a day. Went to get my chemo port cleaned out this morning and for the second month running they’ve had trouble with “blockage”, which apparently I’m not supposed to worry about. Hmmmm…
This was followed by a midday wine tasting that I was invited to (just 15 guests) for Colonias de Galeón and, after a short rest at home, I am now heading out to taste these babies… limited edition old finos from Gonzalez Byass. You can read more about the tasting on my azahar Sevilla blog: Finos Palmas 2013.
And if you like you can follow it live streaming at 7 pm Spanish time.
pippin III
06 Wednesday Nov 2013
Posted in gadgets, internet, iphone, retail therapy, work
Meet Pippin III … my third iPhone.
After much hemming and hawing and traipsing back and forth between the two main mobile phone/internet stores here, I finally picked up my new iPhone 5S last night. Also named Pippin. And with the most beautiful screen lock photo ever…
Things didn’t go so smoothly with the set-up as the guy helping me with this in the store ran out of time and patience (apparently I had too much stuff for him to transfer) and I was told I could just log into iTunes and transfer all the info from there. Except it turns out I mustn’t have saved things there like I thought I had. So today I’ve been restoring apps one by one and lamenting that I’ve lost ALL my messages. But whatever. The new phone looks and feels great. Very sleek and chic. I’m very interested to find out what I can do with the new improved camera (though the one on my old iPhone 4 was fabulous). Still not sure what to do with my old iPhone. I didn’t turn it in because what with this and that I would’ve only got 39 euros for it, and I could easily sell it for more than that if I wanted to. But I’m not even sure I want to do that. Might just keep it as a back-up. But I should probably lay off the retail therapy for awhile…
What was the last electronic gadget you bought?
…and even more sherry!
31 Thursday Oct 2013
So there is this tapas & sherry pairing event going on in Sevilla, from the 1st – 17th of November, during which 62 bars will offer a select tapa paired with a sherry or manzanilla wine. And I am totally ON THIS. Of course visiting 62 bars in just over two weeks is only slightly impossible so it’s a good thing at least a dozen of the bars on the list aren’t places I’m interested in. And to ease both the wallet and liver, Peter is helping me out. This means that we go to each bar and share both the tapa and the sherry, so – for example – we can visit four places and end up having just 2 drinks and 2 tapas but 4 different experiences and can judge which pairings work best at more places.
You can follow all the action on azahar’s Sevilla blog and also on my Instagram.
la pepona
22 Tuesday Oct 2013
Posted in food & drink, sevilla, tapas, wine, work
casa azahar 