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13 Thursday Mar 2025

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Another virtual encounter. A while back Erica got in touch saying she was a friend of Rogene & Phil, that she was going to be in town in early March, and that she’d love to meet up and invite me out to dinner. So that’s what we did last Sunday and had a delicious time out at Barra Baja. And as I knew she’d be in town until Friday I invited to her join today’s Sherry & Tapas Tasting. There was another couple with us and, as usual, it was a great afternoon. I’m loving these tastings so much, not only because of much-needed income right now, but also because I really feel in my element being a Sherry Educator.

Erica and Rogene (aka Maribel’s Guides) are both contributors on a food & travel forum called Hungry Onion. I only know about it because Rogene has been singing my praises there for years and recommending my tours, for which I am very grateful. And now Erica is talking me up there too. I still find it quite wonderful how things like forums and social media bring us together. I mean, there’s also someone I cherish and who is for me one of those you-can-count-them-on-one-hand trusted friends, and we’ve never met in person (you know who you are, K). Isn’t it fabulous?

birthday bubbles!

03 Monday Mar 2025

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Yesterday was Peter’s birthday and I asked him what he wanted to do and he said what he wanted to do was stay home. Fair enough. Sundays are always so busy at bars and restaurants and it was off and on rainy, so I opened up this lovely cava left over from my birthday in January and then made a nice comfort food meal (cheesy roasties, little gems with caesar dressing, perfect fried eggs) and that was that. I mean, he is getting OLD. 😉

paul’s back! AGAIN

12 Wednesday Feb 2025

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It’s actually been a while since Paul was here… last August! Usually he doesn’t leave it so long between visits, but you know, life stuff and this and that. Anyhow, he’s here now for almost ten days and yesterday we met up for lunch and – also due to this and that – our Plan A turned into Plan B and then finally Plan C (technically D as we were going to C when I spotted La Casa del Tigre and I remembered they have a new tasting menu). And so we popped our heads in and they had a free table and that’s what we did. Well, we weren’t sure at first if we would do the tasting menu but then went for it and it ended up being quite fabulous (will update the website soon). Lots of wine, chat, catching up, the usual. It’s gonna be a fun week.

paul & marj

21 Tuesday Jan 2025

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Over the years I’ve met many lovely people via Twitter and several I’ve even had the pleasure of meeting in person. Well this is my first Bluesky connection! I came across Paul @macrambles.bsky.social there a few weeks ago noticed his interest in local live music. So after I started up Bitesize Sevilla I got in touch to see if he wanted to write a guest post on the jazz scene in Sevilla and he was happy to contribute. Then on Sunday we met up for lunch with his wife Marj and Peter at ConTenedor (one of venues in his article) and we all had a lovely time.

It’s a great article, please go have a look and give it a “like”. Also sign up for a free subscription if you haven’t already, it all helps me with getting more visibility on the site. Look for other guest articles soon talking about travel, hotels, art, lifestyle and more.

Sevilla Jazz

birthday 2025!

07 Tuesday Jan 2025

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birthday 2025

As everyone who knows me knows… I love birthdays! This Birthday Week started off with a bang by returning to the fabulous Jaylu Restaurante in Triana. My first ever visit there was on my birthday two years ago… it’s not an every day kind of place. Since that visit I’ve been back a couple of times and discovered the joy of sitting at the bar there rather than the posh dining room. I mean, same eye-watering prices, but a much more casual and friendly experience. So this time I called ahead and Ana said she would have my usual spot at the end of the bar ready for me.

Peter very generously invited me out, as on the first visit, but this was his first time at the prized bar location and he agreed it was a lot more fun. Fabulous food, amazing wines and a chupito of orujo blanco to finish us off. There’s more to say about this but I’m playing blog post catch up so will either write more here or do a long Jaylu birthday post on my Substack. Have I mentioned I have a new Substack?

We had…

  • Raventós i Blanc Brut Cava
  • Breaded king prawns
  • Ossian Verdejo
  • Morillo de bacalao
  • Grilled tuna belly with garlic sauce
  • Zamorano cheese
  • Orujo blanco

There’s more coming up this week, stay tuned…

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