all-clear cava!

21 Thursday Dec 2023

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all clear cava

After getting booted out of the “cancer club” last week I still had one more hurdle, which was a backup ultrasound after last spring’s mammogram. Which was this afternoon. And the very good news is that I am ALL CLEAR. Phew! So there was a glass of bubbly on the way home and now… well, I just hope that I will be hospital-free at least for a while. There will be the usual GP maintenance check up in a couple of months with a blood test, review of my blood pressure status and – maybe! – some info about my FUCKING KNEES. It’s a bit alarming how they went from being a bit painful to needing a stick in just 3-4 months. But that’s for another day. Today I feel so relieved about this good news that I may even sleep tonight!

avolution lab

19 Tuesday Dec 2023

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My first visit to the Avolution Lab was back in September, a part of my first official event with the Academia Sevillana de Gastronomía y Turismo. This time it was a visit for the Gastro Guías new members and it was a hit! I enjoyed it just as much the second time and our members loved it. We are trying to come up with a different gastronomy-wine related activity each month for them and this was an easy option before Christmas as it was in Sevilla and easy to get to. As many of the activities will involve visiting producers most of our future ones will take place outside the city. Between the Academia and the Gastro Guías it looks like 2024 is going to be a busy year!

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rhinomer update

18 Monday Dec 2023

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So I have been using this stuff FOREVER, or at least for the past 15 years, plagued as I am by sinus issues. More recently I’ve been using it as a covid deterrent since a good sluicing of salt water up your nose and around your nasal cavities after getting home from being OUT THERE creates a less welcoming situation for viruses and bacteria.

Lately I’ve noticed that Rhinomer 3 (the high-powered squirt one) hasn’t been in stock anywhere and I have had to buy the less-squirty (and somewhat cheaper) Rhinomer 2. Which still works but, you know, it doesn’t shoot up there like the full force version. Apparently there is a supply issue. I’ve been offered other brands but I’m kinda hooked on ol’ Rhinomer.

Then the other day a pharmacist said to me… you still have the nozzle from a previous Fuerza 3 bottle? And duh – apparently this is the ONLY difference between the various strengths… the nozzle. So if I use a pink Fuerza 3 nozzle on a blue Fuerza 2 bottle it suddenly turns into Fuerza 3. I am so happy to know this, and you may be too.