Monthly Archives: December 2007
Dia de los Santos Inocentes – How Spanish Am I REALLY?
Today, 28 December, is Día de los Santos Inocentes in Spain and Latin America. It’s also Friday. In short, it somewhat historically commemorates a Christian just-after-the-death-of-Christ legend in which King Herodes ordered the deaths of all children younger than 2 … Continue reading
Spain’s Christmas Lottery
(NOTE: also see the entry, “El Gordo 2009: Spain’s Christmas Lottery” as well as the 2008 entry.) It’s not Christmas in Spain until people start lining up to buy their lottery tickets! The “Loteria de Navidad” is Spain’s Christmas Lottery. … Continue reading
Pedro Almodovar and Casa Ananias in Madrid
The following Blog entry includes: CHEAP DVD shopping my brush-with-fame a FANTASTIC restaurant review a relaxing non-alcoholic beer at a famous café Today was a HISTORICAL day. I met my good English buddy Steve at the newsstand kiosk outside the … Continue reading
Pac-Man Christmas Tree in Madrid
Funny how we accidentally find things on the internet which interest us or make us laugh. This is what happened just a couple minutes ago and felt it was an appropriate, relative thing about which to make a posting. I … Continue reading
Cirque du Soleil’s DELIRIUM in Madrid
MadridMan joyfully witnessed yesterday’s (Saturday, 6pm) Cirque du Soleil performance of DELIRIUM – created and directed by Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon – at Madrid’s Palacio de Deportes, near the GOYA metro station in the Barrio de Salamanca. The seats … Continue reading
MadridMan Asks: “Where is the Love?”
MadridMan asks on his 42nd birthday, “Where is the Love?” The following IS NOT a self-centered attempt to garner birthday well-wishes but rather to make all of us think about the world in which we live. If the below video … Continue reading