What a time to be alive! The Catalan independence thing appears – for now – to be moving forward, but in the past week there have been some
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Catalan Independence – will Spain survive the referendum?
I spent all day wondering: should I really write about Catalan independence? Then I thought… fuck it. This whole thing is going from bad to worse, with or
All the latest news from Spain – Dalí’s corpse, Catalonian independence, and terror in Barcelona
It’s been quite a summer. And the news from Spain is looking grimmer than ever. Everyone’s favorite surrealist Salvador Dalí quite literally got rolled over in his grave,
Puerto de Santa Maria: sherry, snails and a windy apocalypse
Puerto de Santa Maria… A small city in the Cádiz province. In one word: windy. But if I get two words, I’ll take “dilapidated” also. On my first
Spain’s Controversial Fiesta – how I learned to love bullfighting
Ladies and gentlemen, I have a confession to make: I like bullfighting. I like the colors. The choreography. The ritual. The tradition. The whole wild spectacle. (Cue the
Holy Week in Spain – images of religious processions in Madrid
Holy Week in Spain… Coming soon – or recently over, if you read this a couple of weeks from now. Last year, I caught not one but two
Living in Spain – an interview with Nina from Brooklyn
What’s up, Chorizophiles? Today’s article is actually an interview I did about living in Spain with Nina – a friend from Brooklyn, New York. Nina’s been living in
Do siestas make the Spanish lazy? – Work culture in Spain
There are certain things that happen in this country that make you say, “Only in Spain.” That’s what I thought when I heard about the employee who hadn’t showed
Why you should TOTALLY go to a Real Madrid match – and how to get tickets
Want to go to a Real Madrid match? Okay, let’t talk about it… See, last week I published a guest-post article about why going to a match isn’t
The 4 big things I’ve learned about American culture while living in Spain
I’m from one of those “red states”. One of those places in the US where people go through life heavily armed, with a Bible in their front pocket
