There is a restaurant in Zahara de los Atunes called Restaurante Pradillo but most people refer to it as “The Geishas” because Rodrigo and Oscar make you feel as if you are being pampered in regal style. Estefa is the bartender and she is solely to blame for hooking us on gin tonics. Her cocktails are made with love and with spices and with flare. Her new technique is to pour the tonic slowly through…
I have a friend in Spain who I met the first year we vacationed in Zahara de los Atunes. I looked forward this year to returning and walking on the beach with her to catch up. There are few people you meet at a certain point in your life who you truly feel connected to – as if they were always there just waiting for you to arrive. We took the ferry to Tangiers together…
The Spanish have a saying – te voy a comer de besos – I will eat you with kisses. And the our friends’ kids are just those types of kids – the ones you want to eat with kisses all day long.
Spain adopted a motto for tourism that said simply Spain Is Different and it is. We are now in Zagreb, in Croatia, in Eastern Europe – difference is everywhere, but I digress. I was with a friend in Spain and we walked into a boutique to look at the new fall line of clothes. The shopkeeper who I knew from before was chatting with us and she asked my Spanish friend, “Do you only have…
At first I was going to say I’ve gone fishing BUT Why is it I finally have the wherewithal to travel and be abroad, and I worry about work, home, bills? Why is it that I finally don’t have to do my hair and I’m upset about it? Why is it that I’m walking through the door to relaxation and it causes anxiety? Then I spoke with my life coach last night with the last…