ALBERTO GÓMEZ SOON TO BE PUBLISHED

Jimena photographer Alberto Gómez, whose pictures you can enjoy on TioJimeno, is soon to have a series from his work published in MIRADAS DEL SUR. The exact issue has not yet been set, but Prospero knows for sure that conversations are being held with the publishers of that Spanish/English magazine.

CASTELLAR PAINTING COMPETITION

GRAB THOSE BRUSHES, ALL YOU PAINTERS!
There’s money to be won at the Castellar Outdoor Painting Competition

Castellar Council’s Department of Culture has announced their annual competition to be held on Saturday, June 9th. Open to all ages and sizes, competitors must turn up in person at the Castellar Town Hall (in New Castellar, not at the [...]

GOOD FOR YOU, LUCÍA! - ¡BIEN POR TÍ, LUCÍA!

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Now, this is a site I am very glad to see! Lucía, apart from the fact that she’s a damn good dancer and gorgeous to boot, is an old friend. Below, I offer some of her bio, which is in Spanish [...]

AND ANOTHER THOUGHT…

It says ‘CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS’(no comment)

JUST A THOUGHT…

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Someone sent me this at just the right moment, so I’ll pass it on.

COMPRA, VENDE O INTERCAMBIA ONLINE

¿HAS VISTO EL NUEVO BLOG PARA COMPRAR, VENDER O INTERCAMBIAR,Y DE PASO ECHAR UNA MANO DONDE HACE FALTA?(PRONTO LO PONDREMOS EN ESPAÑOL TAMBIÉN)HAZ CLIC AQUÍ

ABOUT BRAGUETAS AND FLIES EnglishSpanish - EspanisInglis

According to this marvellous book ‘From Lost to the River’, a braguetazo is described in English(ish) as a ‘coup de fly’, with the added ‘note the elegance of the French’. In fact, un braguetazo means to marry someone of better means than your own, i.e. the boss’s daughter or the rich widow of your best [...]

‘LIKE THE TOWN HALL CLOCK’

When you ask someone ¿Cómo estás? and they answer ‘Como el reloj del Ayuntamiento’, what can they possibly mean? Hint: look closely at the picture (click to enlarge).

MESÓN & IBÉRICOS ARAGÓN

MESÓN ARAGÓN - IBÉRICOS ARAGÓN
Paco, known as Paco ‘Queso’ (Cheese), has two successful businesses in Estación: Mesón Aragón is where you can enjoy a glass of wine with some of the best hams and cheeses in the area, while Ibéricos Aragón is a shop nearby where you can buy to take it home. Cheeses, of [...]

MAYOR WANTS OLD JOB BACK

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This document requests that Ildefonso Gómez, the outgoing Mayor, be given his old job back at the medical centre. Before he entered politics, he was the local practicante, or ‘district nurse’, and used to be the one giving injections in the village, but was granted leave for public service.Chances are, according to [...]