Feb
23
I grew up in a family where everyone played at least two or three musical instruments. That’s not a boast. I had to listen to musical scales being played on piano every day during my childhood. For three hours. Every day. I placed my fingers in my ears while cello, violin and viola practice was taking …
Sep
22
The band had mercifully stopped massacring a ’70s Steely Dan number and were taking a break. This wasn’t technically the ‘jazz’ that was advertised at this San Miguel de Allende bar, but then not much in San Miguel met expectations, apart from the prettiness of the town itself. Still, Steely Dan’s complex tunes were always …
Mar
17
Take-Homes is a series of posts from each destination in which I recommend mementos to buy. My suggestions, and my own purchase choices, are based on sustainable travel criteria: they must be things that are authentically local, that are traditionally made by locals, or things locally produced that are used on an everyday basis by …
Mar
15
Playlist is a series of posts we’ll feature about destination soundtracks, whether they’re playlists we create ourselves inspired by the place, the soundtrack of the property we’ve stayed at (such as Rob’s Moroccan Mix), or, as in this case, music that has come recommended to us by locals. A resident of Jerez for 13 years, …
Mar
15
Jerez is fondly known as the home of flamenco – Jerez-based flamenco guitarist Sebastian Lapostol calls it “the true heartbeat of flamenco” – and while some aficionados say that flamenco here lacks the sophistication of flamenco in Seville or Madrid, it is exactly this, Jerez’s festive and fun form of flamenco called la buleria that …
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