Archives: 'June, 2007'

29
June
2007

No Wine Battle This Year

Upon learning of the Batalla de Vino last year, I decided that we must attend this year. Unfortunately, due to a problem with our car, and that it starts at 7:00 in the morning and is 90 minutes away, we’re going to have to wait until next year, when June 29 falls on a [...]

26
June
2007

Bullfight in León

Two years ago, we went to León in June to see the Summer Solstice San Juan festivities. While there, we decided to see a bullfight. It was my first bullfight. The star of the show was a newcomer named David “El Fandi” Fandila. What I saw back in June 2005 was [...]

26
June
2007

Grandpa Ramón’s 87th Birthday

On Saturday, we got up, packed our bags, and drove to Mondragón to celebrate Grandpa Ramón’s 87th birthday.

25
June
2007

Shaila Dúrcal

We had a long weekend. It was pretty evenly divided into three separate events, so I’m going to write three separate posts. The first event was a concert in Colindres on Friday night by Shaila Dúrcal.

21
June
2007

Guitar Photoshopping

In sort of a combination of my tea cup and guitar posts this week, I have continued to alter reality a bit with Photoshop magic.

20
June
2007

Into a Cactus Flower

Last night, we had five new cactus flowers bloom. Although, due to unfortunate circumstances, no timelapse footage was available, Cactus Cam Productions was on the scene just as the flowers opened. Come with me on a journey….into the cactus flower!

19
June
2007

Sky Guitar

The other day, I was admiring how shiny and reflective the surface of my classical guitar is and, like a good amateur photographer, started thinking of subjects I could reflect it in.

18
June
2007

My Cup of Tea

When I was uploading my frame breaking work to Flickr the other day, and placing it in the appropriate groups, I found this incredibly awesome picture:

17
June
2007

Cocido in the Park

Just like last year, today we had a free town sponsored meal in the park. The dish was cocido montañes, the most typical food here in Cantabria. It’s a stew with beans, cabbage and meat.

15
June
2007

Bedroom Window Panorama

Today at noon, when I was putting on my shoes to go buy bread, I stuck my head out the window and found this fantastic panorama before me.

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