Author Archives: Willow

About Willow

Juanjo's wife and co-founder of this site.

Compost in Barcelona

Posted on 2/7/2010 by Willow

Yes compost. Yes Barcelona. In this 5th floor apartment, in the middle of the city, we are composting. I noticed the brown bins in the street a month or so ago, and then when Juanjo went to do some municipal … Continue reading →

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Afternoon at Montserrat

Posted on 1/31/2010 by Willow

People always talk about how one of the great things about San Francisco is how close to nature you are. In less than 20 minutes you can be at the beach, state parks, wetlands, or mountains. Turns out people love … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, The Great Outdoors, Year in Spain | 3 Comments

Kitchen “Garden”

Posted on 1/24/2010 by Willow

On our last visit to Toledo Juanjo’s dad planted these parsley plants for me, and packed them up in the car for the trip back to Barcelona. When I first cooked with them I was worried they wouldn’t make it … Continue reading →

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Saturday Drive Up the Coast

Posted on 1/17/2010 by Willow

One of the things I’d been looking forward to about this year was taking small weekend trips. Until now, we’ve mainly spent the weekends working though, or have done family trips to Toledo. But yesterday we finally took a meandering … Continue reading →

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Super Girls’ New Year’s Visit

Posted on 1/16/2010 by Willow

I missed my family a ton on Christmas this year but luckily a little bit of my family came to visit us here in Barcelona! My beloved niece Mealani and her family friend Melanie came and spent 10 days with … Continue reading →

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