. . . . Currently in Saratoga, at our friend S's house again, as we often do this week in August. But last year everybody went to Colombia instead, so we're trying to make up for it th...
. . . . Here is still here. I am surprised. So that is established, the place is still here, I still can access it, and I can even do so on this device called a Tablet. who knew? The ...
. . . . EVEN WITHOUT LOOKING, HEARING, WATCHING UPDATES IN THE MEDIA, WE COULD TELL TODAY WAS BETTER THAN YESTERDAY. WE COULD SEE THE SKY MOST OF THE DAY, WHICH WE COULDN'T AT ALL YEST...
. . . . We were at a Los Van Van concert at Lehman College when the son of the founder of this incredible Cuban grupo, Juan Carlos Formell, had a heart attack on stage. And a few minutes...
. . . . I HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK -- IT WASN'T AROUND OUT THERE WHERE I GREW UP. WHETHER THAT CHANGED LATER, I HAVE NO IDEA. HOWEVER, CONSIDERING WHAT OUT THERE IS DOING THESE DAYS AROU...
. . . CHEVALIER WAS A GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT FOR MANY REASONS. ITS FAST AND LOOSE PLAYING WITH THE KNOWN FACTS OF JOSEPH BOLOGNE, CHEVALIER DE SAINT-GEORGES'S BIOGRAPHY, AND OF HIS...
. . . . In advance of Chevalier's opening on the 21st, we've been given the passwords to private streaming next Tuesday. Another wish come true. Ha! comments
THE PLAZA THROUGH WHICH WE WALKED FROM OUR CONVENTO HOTEL, TO ENTER THE TRULY OLD CÁDIZ. THUS WE ENTERED STREETS SUCH AS THIS ON OUR WAY TO THE EXCAVATIONS AND THE...
THE OLDEST CITY, THOUGHT BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS TO HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED BY THE PHOENICIANS ABOUT 800 BC. COURTYARD OF THE CÁDIZ CONVENT TURNED BOUTIQUE HOTEL. THIS IS WHERE WE STA...
. . . . I COULD NOT WRAP MY MIND around the fact that we walked to this place from our hotel in Jerez, that this was in the middle of the 'new' city of Jerez. I WAS PARTICULAR...
. . . . HERE ARE HORSES, HORSES WHOSE COATS LITERALLY GLOWED AND GLEAMED. DEPENDING ON THE COLOR AND TONE OF THE COAT, I COULD SEE MY FACE REFLECTED FROM THEIR SMOOTH FLANKS REFLECT...
. . . . As my personal record of this Viaje IT IS NECESSARY TO INCLUDE MORE FOTO NOTAS FROM MADRID, AS MADRID WAS OUR FIRST CITY ON THE ITINERARY. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT PREPARATION F...
. . . . AT JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA WE ENTERED THE SOUTHERN LAND OF ORANGES, HORSES, FANS, FLAMENCO ... AND SHERRY. AS PER USUAL, I REMAIN FASCINATED WITH THE FINANCIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE MATT...
VIEW FROM OUR ROOM IN THE HOTEL PRADO'S OUT OF OPEN WINDOW; MADRID'S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY PROTEST STARTED HERE. THEIR CHANT, IN ENGLISH, WAS, "MADRID WILL BE THE TOMB OF MACHISMO!" ...
. . . . The anniversary of the arrival of NYC covid lockdown, March 13 - 20, 2020. That was quite a time. Particularly after three whole months of this passed and we had no idea w...
. . . . WE WERE CONDUCTED AROUND THE ARCHIVOS DE INDIAS THIS AM BY COLLEAGUES. CARLOS III IN THE 18TH C ORDERED ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT DEALT WITH SPAIN'S EMPIRE EAST AND WEST TO BE ...
. . . . TODAY WAS PHOENICIANS AND ROMANS, MOSTLY. AFTER WHICH I TOOK FOTOS AND VIDEO OF CATS, CAT HOUSES, AND CAT TOWNS UNDER THE SEAWALL THAT PROTECTS CÁDIZ FROM THE TORMENTAS OF EL...
. . . . We are at the end of the world, or at least the end of Europe, in the oldest, continuously inhabited city in Europe, Gadir, established by the Phoenicans, now, finally, Cádiz....
. . . . More foney-fone fotos of horses in braids, and even, yes, in sparklies, than any sane person can take! Sparklies, though subdued and tastefully minimal, on the riding helmets...
AS THIS IS THE LONGEST STRETCH OF TRAVEL IN SPAIN FOR OUR ITINERARY, WE FLEW FROM MADRID TO JEREZ. HOLY COW IS THIS EVER HORSE COUNTRY! DESCENDING TO THE AIRPORT, TAXI-ING INTO THE (VERY SMALL)...
. . . . MADRID'S TAP WATER MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE FOR RECOVERING FROM DEHYDRATION CAUSED BY JETLAG, ADJUSTING TO THE ALTITUDE, AND THOROUGH UPSET OF USUAL METABOLIC ROUTINES. I D...
. . . . WE ARRIVE IN MADRID TOMORROW MORNING. THIS MORNING WE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL -- > WE KINDLY INFORM YOU THAT ON WEDNESDAY THE 8TH OF MARCH, DUE TO THE > INTE...
. . . . ROAD HOUSE (1989) WHAT A SECURE TIME IT WAS THAT SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD BE A MOVIE. OTOH, I SWEAR TO GD, THIS IS KINDA WHAT THE JACK REACHER NOVELS WEN...
. . . . THE WORD USED IN SPANISH FOR 'DRESSAGE' IS 'DOMA.' ESSENTIALLY, IT IS THE SPANISH WHO GAVE US 'DRESSAGE' , WHICH, YA, WE ALL KNOW, BUT JUST IN CASE WE DIDN'T I THOUGHT I'D MEN...
. . . . Due to amiga who has been doing chemo treatments for almost a year having finally achieved a tablet that she likes, a Lenovo, I fired up my Samsung for the first time since gettin...