Cómo ligar en inglés
Una importante empresa internacional de enseñanza de idiomas me ha mandado (en cambio por mi correo electrónico y un número de teléfono—falso por cierto) una guía de cómo desenvolverte en una primera...
View ArticleComo ligar con guiris
Debido al aplastante éxito de mi artículo de ayer “Cómo ligar en inglés” he buscado un poco más información sobre el tema. He encontrado una verdadera abundancia de artículos por hombres españoles que...
View ArticleA lower minimum wage creates jobs?
For those of you wringing your hands over the issue of a minimum-wage increase in the US, perhaps the Spanish situation might teach you a thing or two. Spain has a minimum wage that clocks in at a...
View ArticleProcesión de Semana Santa, Trujillo, España
This procession took place in Trujillo, Extremadura, Spain on Palm Sunday 2013. Christ is depicted on a donkey riding into Jerusalem. Procesión de Semana Santa en Trujillo, en domingo de ramos 2013....
View ArticleLigar con una americana o morir en el intento!
De lo que veo en las estadísticas de tráfico de este humilde blog, mi artículo sobre cómo ligar con guiris está experimentando cierta popularidad en las búsquedas de google. No soy ningún artista del...
View ArticleFrom Málaga to Málagon: Corruption in the Spanish Government
Spain is different! And there’s no better proof than the recent corruption scandals that have hit the government and the monarchy. Many somewhat naive expats from the Anglosphere, upon hearing the news...
View ArticleReceta de Tarta de Santiago
La tarta de Santiago es todo un clásico, y se hace con solo 4 ingredientes! Hecho así, es uno de mis postres favoritos. Con una copa de Porto o licor de café gallego es inmejorable! 250 g azúcar 4...
View ArticleTrujillo, a small town in Extremadura, Spain
I was only in Trujillo for a few hours, but it was great and I’d love to go back. This was also one of the only moments during Holy Week where we had a little bit of sun. Stork on a church tower. The...
View ArticleLa Terapia Definitiva de Fernando Cayo
En el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid hace poco tuve el placer de ver la obra que se titula La Terapia Definitiva de Fernando Cayo, uno de los más prometedores actores españoles de los últimos años....
View ArticleWhat do the Spanish think about foreign people?
Sometimes (well, maybe often would be a better word) Spanish people read what I’ve written here on this blog and get pissed off! They say I’m generalizing about Spanish people and their culture, and...
View ArticleAusterity Chronicles: The Underground Economy
It’s always funny listening to the BBC report on Spain’s economic problems, because the discussion invariably comes back to the underground economy, and the host of the show invariably has to pause to...
View ArticleSupport your local casquería
A lot of people have probably never spent any time at a casquería–the shop where they sell different kinds of organ meat. I think it’s cool just to know how many parts of a pig you could be eating....
View ArticleThe Big 3 Spanish Red Wine Regions: Rioja, Ribera del Duero and Valdepeñas
Today I’m going to talk about a topic which is important for all of us who live in Europe: how to get tipsy at lunchtime. Specifically, the three most important regions in Spain for red wines: La...
View Article4 Things I Wish I Had Known About Life in Madrid
I moved to Spain by accident. Like many people, I had spent my teenage years with no idea what I was doing with my life. And suddenly, during that fatefully hot summer of my 21st year, I ended up being...
View ArticleThe Brain Drain in Spain 2: Flight to London
If your Spanish is up to it, go read the article published in El País Semanal yesterday entitled Fuga a Londres. It’s good reporting, and tells the stories of several Spanish people who are part of the...
View ArticleAre Europeans More Civilized than Americans?
Zio Enzo is possibly not the uncle of anyone I know. In any case, he’s a toothless 70-something Italian man who everybody is calling Uncle. He’s wearing a baggy black suit on a Saturday afternoon, and...
View ArticleLemur at Faunia Wildlife Park, Madrid
I went to Faunia a couple of weeks ago. It was kind of shocking to learn that there are so many different kinds of small primates out there. They let you hang out with some lemurs at one point. And...
View ArticleIs the Spanish timetable getting you down? Blame Hitler!
Things are changing here in Spain. The government is reforming labor laws and the penal code, cracking down on tax cheats (except when those tax cheats are members of government) and, ironically,...
View ArticleIs Madrid going downhill?
Well, it’s over. El País has announced that Madrid is in a downhill slide–that it’s not a cultural reference like it used to be, that Barcelona is attracting more tourists, that it’s dirty and cheap...
View ArticleNew Christmas Lottery Article on ¡Vaya Madrid!
I have a new article up on ¡Vaya Madrid!–the last of the year. It’s about the Christmas lottery and the strange superstitions surrounding it. Check it out here: ¡Aquí toca el Gordo! In the process of...
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