Bling bling! Morena’s alarm starts beeping on the floor next to our bed. She rolls over, hits the off button, and falls back asleep in 10 seconds. I’m
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Death, fasting and public nudity – Random Thoughts #10
Two old people in my building died over the weekend. Both lived on the 6th floor, actually. On Saturday, a note appeared downstairs. Written in Spanish, block capitals,
American Ignorance: How Much do Americans Know about Spain?
How much does your average American know about Spain? Probably very little. So are Americans all ignorant? Well, that’s a longer story, which I’ll tell here. Let me
European Stereotypes Revisited – update from a small peninsula
Hey, y’all! Greetings from the peninsula. It’s a hot weekend here in Iberia. And rather than go out and get sunburned, I figured I’d revisit an old theme
Beat the Heat in Madrid: 9 ways to cool off like a local this summer
Summertime. If there’s one thing nearly everyone in Madrid can agree on these days, it’s this… It’s hot. And in a country where many houses don’t have air
Is the Spanish timetable getting you down? Blame Hitler!
I wrote this article 10 years ago, in 2013. Those were different times. The Partido Popular was in charge, and we were in year five of the Great
Spanish seafood vocabulary: pescado, marisco and much more
Hey y’all! Let’s do some Spanish seafood vocabulary. The other day I wrote a little article about my love for Spanish cuisine. And I described the rather disorienting
The Pathless Path – or, why careers are overrated, and what to do instead
Several years ago I went on a blind date. The girl was Venezuelan, and (stereotypically) quite late for the occasion. I’d selected the venue: a Mexican restaurant off
Revisiting the Great Recession, or: how to waste your youth in a country in crisis
What’s shakin, y’all? I recently got back from about 5 weeks in the US. Funny thing about that: I’d heard from all sides that the US was now
Santander, Cantabria – one of my favorite places in Spain
Hey, y’all! It’s been a while. I’m recently back in Barcelona, after a week or so in Santander, and I’ve got a new video to share. Santander – and
