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Archive for October, 2008
I’m Over There!
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This Morning
Posted in Scotland on October 28, 2008 | 18 Comments »
BFGs
Posted in dogs on October 25, 2008 | 17 Comments »
We’ve been dog/house-sitting for the last few days. Great fun – especially when the three dogs are Irish Wolfhounds and the views from the house are as spectacular as these:
Kale
Posted in Food, Recipes on October 22, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Earlier this week Molly posted a recipe for boiled kale which had me dashing out to the shop to try and find some of that dark green, crinkly veg. It wasn’t easy to find but, goodness, it was worth the hunt. Molly’s dish was superb and it inspired me to experiment with a brassica that [...]
Dog Blogging
Posted in dogs on October 20, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Patatas Bravas
Posted in Food, Recipes, Travel on October 19, 2008 | 21 Comments »
D and I had a Spanish night earlier in this week. He didn’t come to Madrid with me last weekend and I wanted to share some of the food ideas I had picked up. In particular patatas bravas and clara. The latter is a shandy made from light Spanish lager and cloudy lemonade rather than the standard clear lemonade [...]
My Madrid
Posted in Travel on October 16, 2008 | 9 Comments »
A few people have asked me for recommendations on where to go and what to do in Madrid. Must say, I feel entirely under-qualified to do such a thing for this was my first trip to the city and a short one at that. But is was a wonderful weekend and I did discover some absolute [...]
Madrid
Posted in Travel on October 14, 2008 | 22 Comments »
Adiós
Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2008 | 20 Comments »
Taking off my wellies and hugging Marco goodbye. Off to Madrid to see Sarah, eat tapas and celebrate my birthday. See you all next week!
Whassssat?
Posted in Food, Recipes on October 6, 2008 | 19 Comments »
If you whisper “what’s that?” to Marco very quickly and excitedly, he goes nuts. He bounds up to the livingroom window and looks up and down the street growling and wuffing ready to protect us from those crazy neighbourhood cats or the odd buggy wielding mother. It’s a habit we shouldn’t encourage really but I couldn’t help but [...]


