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20 July 2008 at 09 : 22 AM
San Joan de S’Aigo, Palma de Mallorca – The best ice cream in town
If you’re planning a trip to Majorca, try to spend a few days in the main city of Palma, with its old Mediterranean charm and winding streets. Hidden in the old Jewish and Arab quarters, you’ll find many pleasurable surprises, such as the arab baths or beautiful courtyards. And, just by chance (because even with [...]
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7 July 2008 at 15 : 53 PM
La Corralada – the artists’ hangout
I can’t believe I’ve lived in Madrid so long and never eaten here! It had to be another longtime resident, whose husband is an artist, and who belongs to an artistic community, who brought me to this gem of a restaurant. Tucked away on one of the Salamanca neighborhood’s elegant streets, La Corralada is out [...]
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23 June 2008 at 07 : 34 AM
More than just a water source
The source for much of Madrid’s water is the Canal Isabel II, located both at the north end of the city, at Plaza Castilla, and down near the center, on a street called Santa Engracia, right in front of a neighborhood firehouse. However, the Canal is also another valuable source for the city’s population–both educational [...]
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23 June 2008 at 07 : 34 AM
Qué puede hacer para tu empresa el vídeo en internet
No sé si lo habrás notado, pero el vídeo en internet está tomando cada vez más protagonismo. YouTube es sólo el comienzo. Cada vez más negocios se están dando cuenta del valor añadido y la utilidad promocional de ofrecer una experiencia más audiovisual y dinámica para los usuarios de su página web, desde vídeos corporativos [...]
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23 June 2008 at 07 : 01 AM
What can online video do for your company?
In case you weren’t looking, internet video is hot and getting hotter. YouTube is just the beginning. More and more businesses are recognizing the added value of offering a more audiovisual experience to their users; and more and more users are drawn to sites where you can get quick, entertaining information or step-by-step instructions on [...]
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9 June 2008 at 14 : 36 PM
Boris Curatolo, sculptor – Upcoming exhibit in Madrid
Exhibit from June 18 to July 20 – Inauguration June 18, 8 p.m. Hours: from Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (in July, only from Monday to Friday). Exposición del 18 [...]
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1 June 2008 at 09 : 57 AM
The Best Tortilla in Town – Here’s a recipe
Like many other deceptively simple Spanish dishes, the traditional Spanish tortilla de patatas, the potato omelette, requires real skill to be made correctly. Other dishes that are classic to the local cuisine, but that are also rarely made to perfection are the flan (caramelized custard), gazpacho (cold tomato soup with vegetables), ajo blanco (cold garlic [...]
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28 May 2008 at 15 : 58 PM
A Classic Revisted: A Rioja Wine
Deborah Hansen Taberna de Haro tabernaboston.com CVNE was the wine you ordered at the asador (grill restaurant) when you didn’t know what else to order and you knew you’d get a reliable if unadventurous crianza. That was a decade or two ago, before Robert Parker made wealthy men and women out of vintners who figured [...]
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12 May 2008 at 12 : 53 PM
Recommended wines by Deborah Hansen
Deborah Hansen is the owner and chef at Taberna de Haro in Boston, Massachusetts. Taberna is a tapas and wine restaurant that has been around for almost a decade. Their wine list includes over 150 Spanish wines, which Deborah, a trained sumiller, personally selects from local distributors and on her yearly trips to different regions [...]
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4 May 2008 at 13 : 34 PM
Bicentennial of an Uprising
Madrid yawns awake on Monday May 5 from a long weekend…four long days of holidaying. First there was May Day or, what the Europeans see as the Socialist holiday, the day to honor the world’s workers. Then, in Madrid, there is May 2, and a bicentennial at that. On May 2nd, 1808, the madrileños rose [...]
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