Category Archives: Barcelona

La Barceloneta in Winter

The first week here we rode bikes down to the beach, late one night, and ate takeout pizza on the sand. I’ve been back with visitors, but we hadn’t been back together since September. This Saturday we headed back, taking … Continue reading

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Compost in Barcelona

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

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

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Kitchen “Garden”

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

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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