DE AGRI CULTURA

Good weekend, went out on friday with some friends and met a far relative from El Viso del Alcor
that has been in my conversations with friends and family since long time. Odd situation:You don´t know a person but you talk a lot about her and this person does the same, she knew all about my life in Dublin without knowing me!.She is Red Haired, rich, flamenco singer, intelligent, single.
Food at Jabalón:
Toasted bread with olive oil, rubbed garlic, cured ham, fried quail eggs, cutted in a way where you had an egg per portion.
Fried marinated anchovies.
Veal,Ham, cheese and egg breaded and fried rolls-Flamenquin-.
Ribera del Duero.
Two gin & tonics, one at Nuevo Subasta-One of my favourite places in Seville- and the other one at Groucho, the trendy-for-posh-people in town.
Then went back home walking La Palmera -30 minutes- listening to my iPod enjoying the smell of spring in a warm night, at four in the morning.

Saturday watched 30 Rock, had a gin & tonic at Jamaica with friends before the Betis-Barcelona match, almost got a ticket but in a trick of destiny it was LOST-a season ticket-...I like the pre-match atmosphere, traffic jam, police sirens, smell of police horse droppings, hashish cigarettes, sweetness of rum and coke-the weapon of choice of a lot of people now in Spain, not 4 years ago, it´s good at least it is Cuban, Venezuelan, Dominican, Colombian even Spanish rum-Todo queda en casa-, the tanned people from the countryside just down from their buses, the tacky people. Afterwards had Jamón cravings so I went to the supermarket and bought Asturian Cider-I really like it-, bread, Jamón and an Olive Oil pack of crisps. Consumed it all at home listening to my iPod, didn´t want to go out.
Sunday went to the country house, collected ripe lemons for breakfast during the week, mint, thyme, bay leaves, rosemary, lemon and orange leaves. Mother gave me strawberries and tomatoes.
Glimpsed: DE RE COQUINARIA, CARTHAGE, DE AGRI CULTURA, CATO , LIBYA, TUNIS,
Found the Google Book search tool, really interesting to find old scanned books.

AENEID

Writing this from work...A busy busy day

Today bought the Aeneid it starts good, the gods against Aeneas, but Zeus has a master-plan that explains at the very biginning, it can be condensed like this: " No matter how bad the Trojan suffer in a few hundred years from them Rome will rise and peace and wealth will reign forever"...Well TEMPUS PULSAVIT REGUM TURRES!!! And Rome fell...

Had the tastiest Big Mac!!!

Now for supper pasta, mushroom, cream and prawns plussss wine.

Now Mono is my choice in music. Post-Rock!!! Decadent!!!

MORBID

Sick after a weekend at the country, cutting the weeds in blossom, the bees will be very happy about it, also have been digging and preparing the orange and lemon trees for the summer, just to make it easier the necessary watering.
I have temperature but not too high because any nonsense has been said ,that is what happens to me when the temp. is over 38ºC, of course i called sick at work.
Had chickpea spinachs among other mom-made delicatessen.
In search of perfect Tika Massala by Heston Blumenthal:

ORANGE BLOSSOM

Now spring is here, to stay until the 5 months summer appears.
Sun, mild temperatures and in the eternal hamlet the indescriptable scent of orange blossom.
Being out of this city for 4 years makes it even more exciting.
Last night met again with the "culture girls" they are astonishing! Exchanged music.
Few beers, one rioja and a malaga raisin wine. Food:Prawn Ceviche with a Sevillian twist, deep fried mushrooms-not very common around here while somewhere it´s the quintessential pub food- and baked provolone cheese. Places: Las Columnas, Álvaro Peregil and Duplex.
Planning a mexican dinner and to create a cineclub.
Remembered this movie: Name:Kowalsky Occupation: Driver

DE ARRHAE

Loong weekend. I was in two weddings, the first one was far better, most of my friends were there. Ended singing football songs after several thousands gin & tonics.
The wedding was celebrated by the Cardinal Archbishop and I was one of the witnesses on the groom´s side.
The party took place in Los Palacios catered by Miguel Ángel:

Ham
Cheese
Chicken Guacamole
Filo pastry with cabrales cheese.
Drink: Manzanilla and beer.

Foie with wild berries and green salad with nuts and balsamic vinegar. White not-too-dry wine from Bodegas Torres.
Rice and Partridge with Beronia red wine.
Rosemary and lemon ice-cream-EXCELLENT!!!!- and two other uber-chocolated cakes with coffee and Cava Codorníu.
Pacharán and Vegafina cigar.
Plus 8942 gin & tonics.

The second one was at the best hotel of town were i had a whisky and coke-by mistake- with few people, an ex-mayor of "This town" and his world famous psychiatrist brother.
Next day an awful pain eased with an unexpected 4-0 victory of my beloved Betis.