Archive for April, 2007

Saturday, April 21st, 2007

Partidazo de Super Rose en Semifinales

Anoche nuestra crack Rose Superstar hizo un partidazo para igualar la eliminatoria de semifinales de la Liga de Baloncesto Femenino. En el primer partido, el UB Barça cayó al Ros Casals de Valencia (el equipo sin duda más fuerte de la liga) por 84-61. Parecía que le quedaba muy poca esperanza al Barça.
Sin embargo en […]

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Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Vivre d’amour et d’eau fraîche

There is nothing like fresh water.

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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

I Love a Rainy Night and a Sunny Day

As I mentioned on Friday, I had wanted to write a post about Thursday night’s rain. I had wanted to describe the wonderful feeling of getting into bed, under the covers to the sound of rain on my window sill. It is such a welcoming and comforting melody. For about 10 days straight […]

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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Another Country

This past summer I read Another Country by James Baldwin and had wanted to write an in depth analysis of the story. I had totally forgotten about the book until now when I was listening to Louis Armstrong signing “Black and Blue”. Initially, I had purchased the book because I thought is was about an […]

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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

FON: A day in the life

This video interview of Martin Varsavsky, CEO and Founder of FON, is a good introductory tour of our offices in Madrid and to get a glimpse of a day in the life of FON.

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Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Neta and Crespells

Last night when I entered my apartment, I found to my great surprise that there was a gift-wrapped box waiting for me on the table. My friend Manolo happened to be in Madrid just for the day, and, having keys to my apartment, entered and left the box on the table. The timing couldn’t have […]

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Monday, April 16th, 2007

Dorothy y sus cocineras

Dorothy estrenó casa el sábado y para ello contó con la ayuda voluntaria de la ONG “Compañeras sin Foneras” compuesta por Neska y Elena. Ellas pusieron las recetas de la madre de Dorothy a la práctica . Todo lo demás es historia para los que recuerdan. Y para aquellos quienes la noche les confunde todo, […]

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Monday, April 16th, 2007

Berga Wears his Sunglasses At Night

Solo le faltó ponerse el desoderante.

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Saturday, April 14th, 2007

The Bastard of Istanbul

Once there was; once there wasn’t.
God’s creatures were as plentiful as grains
And talking too much was a sin . . .
Last night I finally finished the Bastard of Istanbul by Elif Shafak which was a gift from Neska and Berga. The author attempts to create a hip novel that confronts the Armenians in the diaspora […]

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Friday, April 13th, 2007

Carnet de Routes & Charles Mingus

This evening I was so excited to get home. The weekend was just beginning, but instead of going out for a night on the town, I was prepping to finish The Bastard of Istanbul, to listen to my new CD Carnet de Routes by Romano, Sclavis and Texier, and maybe even write a […]

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