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sometimes I despair…

31 Wednesday Oct 2018

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Last week my friend and neighbour Esteban’s fabulous bar Vermutería Yo Soy Tu Padre was broken into in the middle of the night. The bastards made off with thousands of euros worth of wines, computers and other equipment. But Esteban and his family rallied and were up and running again in very short order.

So if you live in, or are visiting, Sevilla, stop by to show your support- and also to have some amazing house made vermouths and delicious tapas.

Esteban

mr & mrs oil

19 Friday Oct 2018

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I have been Twitter pals with @GreatOil (Callum & Anne-Marie) for many years and so it was great to finally meet up in person. We went for lunch at La Azotea and I was given a bottle of their premium evoo, which we sampled with some lovely sourdough bread. It’s unfiltered evoo (40% Picudo 60% Hojiblanca) and has quite a nice peppery kick to it. Very nice.

Lunch was great too!

peter’s new look

27 Thursday Sep 2018

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So obviously the “steam punk” look from the other day weren’t REALLY Peter’s new glasses. 😉 These are! A recent eye exam showed that he not only needed a stronger prescription for reading but, for the first time, he also needed help with distance vision. Hence these new glasses with progressive lenses and a nifty magnetic snap-on sunglasses option, so he only needs one pair. He’s still getting used to them, but it’s already made a big difference, not always having to put-on-take-off reading glasses while out and about (reading menus, looking at iphone, etc). But apparently stairs are still a bit tricky…

that’s a whole lotta lurve

20 Thursday Sep 2018

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Since Tomoko stayed at my place to look after the cats while I was on holiday in the Basque Country last month, she has been missing her favourite boy. And well, I think Loki has missed her too. So while Tomoko was back in town for the day we met up for lunch and then spent some time at Casa Azahar with the beasts before she had to catch her train back to Jerez. Lovely afternoon.