lone star

27 Monday Nov 2023

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lonestar

I mean, I absolutely hate it that I can never sleep through the night, that at best I manage five hours of fractured sleep beset with disturbing dreams (to manage even this I spend 9-10 hours in bed). Not ideal. BUT every now and then I go… well hey if I hadn’t been wide awake at 3AM I wouldn’t have seen someone’s Twitter post about Lone Star!

That sent me back a few years and the next day I immediately looked for this film because not only were John Sayles and Jim Jarmusch my fave directors in the 90s I suddenly NEEDED to see Lone Star again. And oh my god it not only didn’t disappoint but I was left feeling both uplifted and bereft… where did all the filmmakers go?

As for Lone Star… fucking stellar cast, honest writing, great story-telling… a character driven film that leaves you caring so much about the “heroes” and just loving the whole experience. I rented it on Amazon Prime, maybe it’s available elsewhere, but SO worth checking out.

it’s time!

24 Friday Nov 2023

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its time

I usually try to hold out until it’s 19º in the house (29º in summer) before turning on the heat/AC. And today was the day. Which, considering the date, is actually well-past time. Finally had to start wearing shoes this past week so winter has officially come to town, though it’s still a bit warmer than usual in the afternoons. How’s the weather where you are?

new gastro guías meeting

23 Thursday Nov 2023

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23 nov 23-001Baptiste, Antonio Castaño, me, María (MIA: Lola)

Today the Gastro Guías had a very pleasant and fruitful meeting with the new managing director of Sevilla City Office, Antonio Castaño. As I mentioned in September, with the new local government we’ve had to establish new contacts in the tourism office, as well as maintaining contact with our original ones, like Javier Torres who was instrumental in helping us get started. Plus we had our first members meeting this week and things are beginning to take shape. Stay tuned!