07 Tuesday Jun 2016
Más o menos. As Luna is a rescue cat the closest the vet could determine was the month she was born in, and so I had to choose a day in June to be her birthday. She was so tiny when I first met her- remember that poster? – that I’d thought she was only a few weeks old, but it turned out she was more like 3-4 months old. And here she is five years old already.
Happy Birthday Luna!
07 Thursday Apr 2016
Morcilla is 3 today! As most of you know she shares a birthday with the most beloved Azar (still cherished and sadly missed), born exactly 18 years after he was. I think they would have been great friends, and in a lot of ways Morcilla “channels” Azar, as she has many of his same habits and personality traits.
But today is HER day, and so happy birthday to my gorgeous girl. 
06 Wednesday Jan 2016
07 Monday Dec 2015
Here is the birthday boy having a post-brekky snooze this morning. He was found starving in a gutter with his two siblings, and now it’s nothing but regular meals, cosy comfort and lots of cuddles. We are both pretty lucky, I reckon.
Happy birthday my big lovable orange galoot!
05 Wednesday Aug 2015
Posted in animals & pets, cats, home
17 Wednesday Jun 2015
Posted in birthdays, food & drink, friends, tapas, twitter
I first met Ana & Teresa of @FlavoursofSpain a year ago when they were doing food & wine research near Sevilla. They really only had a few hours here before catching their plane home to the UK, but that was time enough to meet up for a nice lunch at La Azotea.
This week they are back – on holiday this time – to celebrate Teresa’s sister’s 30th birthday and I was delighted to be invited along to be a part of the festivities. We did an impromptu two-stop tapeo, going first to La Pepona and then finishing the evening at Eslava. As you can see, we ate very well (and this wasn’t even all of it!) including finishing off with Eslava’s amazing MANCHEGO ICECREAM. Wow. But Sixto had a special treat up his sleeve, and came out a bit later with a lovely creamy cake and candle.
As you can see, a wonderful time was had by all, and I hope I’ve convinced the girls that they need to come down to Sevilla more often.
07 Sunday Jun 2015
Posted in animals & pets, birthdays, cats, home
Well, or thereabouts. You may recall that since Luna is a rescue cat I had to choose a day in June to be her birthday and, since both my birthday and Morcilla/Azar’s is on the 7th of the month, this is it. AKA Luna the Loon (or Loonie Tunes), you wouldn’t know at first glance how totally bonkers she is at times. In fact, most of the time she is quite demure and unassuming. Until she goes bonkers. Which I have to admit is quite fun. Weird to think that if I hadn’t gone out for a walk on that September morning I wouldn’t have seen that poster and my pretty blue-eyed Luna wouldn’t be a part of the family. I think we both did very well with that little twist of fate.
Happy Birthday Luna!
07 Tuesday Apr 2015
This little monkey is two years old today! And I’m not there to give her a birthday snibble… well, she’ll just have to get double snibbles tomorrow when I get home. Morcilla also shares a birthday with the love of my life Azar.
Happy Birthday sweetie!
02 Monday Mar 2015
Posted in birthdays, food & drink, friends
10 Tuesday Feb 2015
Posted in birthdays, food & drink, friends, tapas
Yeah, yeah … I know my birthday was over a month ago. But the thing is, when I had my birthday feast at Vineria San Telmo with Ang & Ryan @JetsLikeTaxis, Eduardo @differentspain and Peter @SevilleConcierge, my friend Pilar couldn’t make it due to health reasons. But now she is feeling better and so we arranged to meet up today and CELEBRATE MY BIRTHDAY again.🙂
I’ve known Pili for years and she has been with me through thick and thin – in fact she once gave me a month back when I was too sick on chemo to work. Just because she could. Amazing, right? But Pilar also lives in Los Bermejales… way the fuck far away from the centre of Sevilla, where I live. So it’s always – let’s face it – a pain in the butt to have to go all the way out there. Also, Los Bermejales is not pretty. There’s almost no reason to ever go there except to visit Pilar. Well, almost. There are actually a few very good tapas bars out there. And today we hit up three of them! That hadn’t been the plan, but as we were at our second stop (which was actually kinda mediocre) a tweet from The KilomEATers came through saying we HAD to go to La Doma. And so we did. What a fabulous place. It specialises in MEAT but as Pilar can’t handle meat and cheese these days we opted for some very meaty grilled setas, which were stunning (Sled, you would have loved them). I haven’t put all our tapas in the photo collage, but you can see some of what we enjoyed (the anchovies were sublime). And you can also see my birthday present from Pili… a 30-year-old VORS cream sherry from Gonzalez Byass. OMG.
All in all, quite a fabulous Tuesday. Gonna lie down now…
