11 Monday Jun 2018
Posted in animals & pets, cats, friends, Malaga, malaga getaway
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Say hola to Gingerbread! No, he’s not mine. He is Victor’s new boy and he is too adorable. I was really happy I got to meet him during my whirlwind trip to Málaga. More on that later. Got back home this evening and now off to bed… CT scan mañana!
05 Tuesday Jun 2018
02 Saturday Jun 2018
Posted in food & drink, friends, gastronomy, sevilla, sherry, spain, tapas, tapas bars, tapas tours, twitter friends
I first met Laura @laurawburgess and Erik @thewhiskykiwi at Bodegas Urium in Jerez in September 2016, and would have met them a few months earlier in Sevilla, but I was hit with a random 24-hour bug and ended up giving them a “remote” tapas tour from bed via my iPhone.
Happily they were in town again yesterday and we were able to meet up for a fabulous lunch at Bodeguita Romero. They also joined me on last night’s Sevilla Tapas Tour with two other couples, and well, the chemistry couldn’t have been better. Right from the start everyone started talking and joking with each other. It was a great evening.
I will be seeing more of Laura & Eric at Vinoble, which starts tomorrow and is actually the reason they are here now. Can’t wait!
24 Thursday May 2018
Posted in andalucia, friends, sherry, throw back thursday
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One of my favourite photos with two of my favourite people… the 3 horsewomen of the aCOPAlypse (geddit?) taken in Jerez after several copas of jerez.
21 Monday May 2018
Posted in friends, gastronomy, tapas
A few years ago I briefly met Andy Hayler @wyahaw at a Foodie Hub event in London. I had already been following him on Twitter because he is a very interesting guy, having eaten at EVERY 3 Michelin star restaurant in the world (as of 2016). The next challenge is to complete that same feat this year. Hence his visit to Andalucía to dine at Ángel León’s Aponiente in El Puerto de Santa María.
Happily he and his wife Stella decided to also spend a few days in Sevilla and we got to meet up a couple of times. First for a spontaneous “tapas tour” and then for a lovely lunch at Cañabota. Both times we ate and drank very well, and it was just so fun spending time with kindred spirits. Hope to see them again, perhaps in London.
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