The new poster for the annual Cabalgata was revealed this week.
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what the….
13 Wednesday Feb 2013
Posted in blogging, publishing, tapas, work, wtf?
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I honestly can’t believe this. Came home today after a pleasant afternoon out and about to find a Threatening Email from the lawyers of a tapas bar I reviewed last December on Sevilla Tapas. They cited various laws and infringements before coming out with their DEMAND that I remove all photos and text, and indeed any reference to this bar, from all my blogs, websites and social media accounts. I mean, WTF??
It wasn’t even a scathing review. I basically just said that I’d gone there TWICE and was disappointed both times. And well, they can’t really blame me if their tapas look like crap.
Anyhow, I’ve been threatened with legal action if I don’t comply.
May as well. It’ll save me having to do it later when they close down.
infinitely irritating
29 Tuesday May 2012
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WTF WordPress.com?? What happened to being the coolest free blogging platform in the universe?
First of all there was the annoying addition of unwanted advertising (unless you PAY WordPress to have it removed). And now this crap.
Infinite scroll.
Well, I don’t bloody want infinite scrolling and it seems I can’t get rid of it on this theme (that I know and love) and so will have to switch to some other theme that has a footer widget I can disable – Timethief has written this helpful blog post showing us how. But according to this support forum thread that option will also be removed once all themes have been converted.
Since when did WordPress.com become Facebook, forcing idiotic unwanted changes on its users? Not only is infinite scroll irritating, there is that totally naff pop-up “advertisement” on the bottom, for the theme designer and for WordPress.com, that blocks the blog post.
I want out.
awful afflelou
28 Wednesday Mar 2012
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Exactly a week ago today I came home with my new glasses, something I was quite pleased about because I’d finally found a pair of lightweight frames that were cute and suited me. It’s always difficult finding frames to fit my wide face, mostly these days because shops only tend to stock glasses in “average sizes”. Used to be I could try on a frame and, if I liked it, ask to try it in a larger size. But I digress…
I’d gone out shopping with my friend Fourat because I wanted to get another opinion that I felt I could trust, and our second stop that morning was the Alain Afflelou store near my house. I honestly wish we’d kept going now. Before ordering the lenses for the new glasses I told the salesclerk that the frames were too tight on the right side and he said – no problem! – and that when the glasses came back with the prescription lenses they would do the final adjustments then.
Well, as you know, when I picked up the glasses and got the final adjustments done, I noticed after I got home that the lenses were no longer aligned with the frames. In fact, they were quite wonky. So the next day I went back and was surprised to be told that those particular frames couldn’t be adjusted without warping the frame. Well, not MY problem, right? And so, although I was disappointed that I’d have to keep on looking for glasses I reckoned what the heck and asked for a refund. And that’s when it ALL WENT TO HELL…
red meat kills!
14 Wednesday Mar 2012
Posted in cancer, death & dying, diet & nutrition, food & drink, health & happiness, wtf?
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bbc, cancer, death, red meat, scare mongering, tapas, vineria san telmo
First of all, read this very silly article – supposedly Health NEWS – from the BBC:
Red meat increases death, cancer and heart risk, says study
Now I ask you… who out there with even half a brain doesn’t know that eating a balanced diet is the healthiest option? Who hasn’t heard (all their lives) that it’s best to eat red meat in moderation? Same goes for fried food, rich sauces, bacon, butter, pâté, fatty cheeses … you know, all the good stuff. And so when I read that a study of over 120,000 people over almost 30 years “suggested red meat increased the risk of death from cancer and heart problems” I clutched my head in despair. In all seriousness, there is probably more “risk of death” every time you cross the street. And, although I don’t eat much red meat myself, I still ended up with colon cancer. So go figure. I honestly don’t see how articles like these are beneficial to anyone – must’ve been an especially slow news day at the BBC.
Meanwhile, that tasty looking dish up there is a divinely decadent combination of perfectly fried eggs (with slightly runny yolks), grilled spicy chorizo Ibérico and potatoes, topped with thin slices of gorgeous jamón Ibérico. But as delicious as it is, I wouldn’t dream of eating that every day. Why? Because I’m not stupid.
I still can’t believe that after years and years of going to the Vineria San Telmo I only tried that dish for the first time during my marathon tapas tours the other day. It truly is to die for. So to speak…
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