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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Spain’s General Labor Strike Today
Today is a General Labor Strike in Spain against labor reform. That’s not to say no one is going to work, but enough so you’d notice. Some small shops and restaurants are closed because they don’t have the personnel to … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain, Money
Tagged bus, communists, derechos, España, Huelga General, labor reform, Labor Strike, Madrid, manifestación, march, metro, Plaza de Neptuno, protest, Puerta del Sol, rights, servicios minimos, Spain, transportation, Worker Strike, workers, you gotta fight for your right to party
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Langostinos – FAT Shrimp for Friday Night Dinner in Madrid
Growing up in the rural Ohio, USA, “America’s Heartland“, eating shrimp was a near-luxury, something you only got if you went to the Red Lobster family restaurant in the next town. If you went to “the big city”, however, you … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Health
Tagged cheese, cocktail sauce, dinner, langostinos, local market, market, meals, prawns, Red Lobster, Rueda, rueda wine, salsa rosa, seafood, shrimp, spanish food, Spanish wine, white wine, Wine
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C(H)OEURS Ballet-Opera in Teatro Real Madrid
(pssst! One of the below photos contains full rear male nudity. if you’re sensitive to such things, read no further – but you don’t really see anything apart from their rears. Speaking of rear-ends, this blog entry has an ending … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment
Tagged Alain Platel, Ballet, C(H)OEURS, dance, Madrid, modern, Opera, Opera house, palco, performance, reaction, Royal Theater, Teatro Real, tickets, verdi, wagner
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Spring Sprung Early in Madrid
The almond trees are blooming and buds are sprouting, too. It must have reached 70ºF here today and, surprising to no one, and it was a perfect day. A great day to have all the windows open. I know, I … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged almendros, almond blossoms, buds, floreciendo, heat, hot, laundry, spring, summer, trees, warm
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11 March 2012: Choose Your Cause. Or Don’t!
Today, Sunday March 11, they scheduled a march and demonstration from the Plaza de Neptuno to the Puerta del Sol in Madrid to protest the labor reforms in Spain. Today, Sunday, March 11, is also the 8th year anniversary of … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain
Tagged choice, demonstration, football, holidays, labor reform, Madrid, madrid bombings, manifestación, memorium, politics, reforma laboral, terrorism, train bombings, victims
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Hearing Flamenco Music in my Madrid Neighborhood
I’ve often been criticized for liking, even enjoying Flamenco music by my Spanish peers. “Only our grandmothers listened to flamenco music because that’s all there was!“, they’d say. Thusly, flamenco has been mostly shunned by popular Spanish culture – OUTSIDE … Continue reading
Posted in About Spain, Flamenco
Tagged community, copla, flamenco, flamenco music, gypsies, gypsy, Music, singing, Spanish music
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