So this is what I did last night…
… needless to say I missed my 8.30 yoga class this morning.
too much fun?
02 Friday Jul 2010
Posted in change, food & drink, health & happiness, home, sevilla
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a lovely sunday…
20 Sunday Jun 2010
Posted in food & drink, friends, home, restaurants, sevilla
I’m a bit late with my post today because, well, I’ve actually been too busy enjoying my day. What’s that you say – az enjoying a Sunday??? Truth is, I’m feeling extremely well since my trip to Málaga. I came home last night with the very distinct feeling that … well, that I was happy. Really and truly happy. And so when I got up this morning I enjoyed spending time organising photos and doing some other stuff online. But it was such a gorgeous day that it was a shame to stay indoors, so Nog and I went out for a long walk. On the way home I gave my friend Bizzy a call because we were getting hungry and I remembered that I had been invited to stop by her restaurant L’Oca Giuliva for lunch one day – an invitation that included Nog – so it seemed like a good moment to take her up on her offer. We had a great time and it felt good to give Nog a treat, especially as he’d done such a good job of taking care of the boys while I was away.
So, that is our lunch up there … fabulous. Some spinach and provolone crostone, a fresh & crunchy endive salad with creamy gorgonzola dressing, and even dessert! I almost never eat dessert, but Bizzy insisted, so we shared strawberry “carpaccio” with vanilla icecream and pistachios, and a delicious tiramisu. Bliss.
After lunch we walked over to see if my virtual photographer buddy Antonio Cid was at work. I’ve known him for months now online but had never met him in person. Then I found out that he works weekends at a small bar near my house, so I decided it was time to stop by and say hello face-to-face. And of course it felt like we’d always known each other, very easy chatting, and we had a really nice visit.
And now Nog and I are back home. He’s reading and I’m taking care of some Sevilla Tapas updates and doing a few other things before I stop to make an evening snack. And then maybe watch a film and hit the hay. You know, I could really get the hang of Sundays if they were always this pleasant. Oh, and did I mention I am happy?
More on that tomorrow…
How was your Sunday?
made in sevilla
07 Friday May 2010
Remember when I started shopping for the new azahar sevilla store awhile back? Well, finding merchandise turned out to be more difficult than I’d expected, mostly because people making arts & crafts don’t tend to have much of a markup and so cannot offer a wholesale price. And cold calls (even in person) didn’t seem to go over very well. So, although the store has been ready for a couple of months now (thanks Tal!) the shelves are still empty and I was beginning to despair. And then …
sweet
03 Saturday Apr 2010
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Today’s Photohunt theme is “sweet”.
It is Semana Santa (Holy Week) in Sevilla and the streets are full of processions depicting the Christ and Virgin during the various stages of The Passion … and walking in front of these pasos are the nazarenos (often mistaken for KKK members by visiting USians). But far from being sinister, nazarenos often hand out sweets to the children and help them collect colourful balls of wax from the variously coloured candles carried by the different cofradios.
Above you can see a selection of sweets made in the shape of nazarenos, as well as nazareno-shaped cardboard containers that have sweets inside. Weird you say? Well, you’ll get no argument from me on that one. My favourites are the multi-coloured “gummy-bear” nazarenos. They just seem so delightfully wrong somehow. 🙂
tapas tours
19 Tuesday Jan 2010
Posted in food & drink, restaurants, sevilla, spain, tapas
My latest biz idea (and one that I’ve been kicking around for quite a while now) is to give tapas tours. Relaxed and informal, taking small groups of 2-6 people out “tapearing”, much like I did with Alejna and her mother in September. A typical tour would be about 3 hours long and would include going to three different tapas bars and sampling a couple of tapas at each place. I’ve already announced this on the usual places (azahar sevilla, twitter & facebook) but I was wondering if I could get some feedback from you guys on this question.
Would you prefer an “all inclusive” price and have tapas & drinks chosen for you at each place, or would you prefer to pay a set fee for the tour guide (me!) and then pay for any food & drink you choose yourself on top of that? I’m actually thinking of offering both options, but would like to get an idea of what might be more popular.
You can read Alejna’s excellent post about her tour with me here:
Sevilla Tapas Tour
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