July 2012
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Gin/Tonic
On Calle Pau Claris in Barcelona, there is a small restaurant called Bar Mut. When we arrived late on a Saturday night the kitchen had already closed. All nine of us were escorted into the vestibule of the next-door apartment building and told to wait quietly. An older man with thinning hair sat at his sentry in a tobacco stained grey flannel. He was there to make sure we kept quiet. After...
Thursday, July 12th: The Bulls of Victoriano del...
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The sixth running of the bulls of this year’s Sanfermin fiestas featured bulls from the Victoriano del Río bull-ranch in Madrid. It turned out to be a very fast running of the bulls and where the bulls proved to be very well-behaved, hardly threatening the runners. The rapid bulls quickly outpaced the bell-oxen and while there were lots of trip-ups and falls, none of the runners...
Wednesday, July 11th: The Bulls of Fuente Ymbro
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A very fast fifth running of the bulls of Sanfermin 2012 and also a very clean run. The bulls from the Fuente Ymbro bull ranch in Cadiz ran together over a large part of the course. While there were a lot of trip-ups and falls along the different stretches of the course, from both the runners and the bulls, it seems that none of the runners received any gorings from the bulls. The pack...
Tuesday, July 10th: The Bulls of EL Pilar
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A very rapid run was completed by the El Pilar bulls, from the bull-ranch in Salamanca, where the bulls quickly outpaced the bell-oxen half way up the first stretch at Santo Domingo and maintained their rapid pace to the end of the course. These six bulls proved to be very well-behaved and, despite the large number of runners on the course today, they hardly attempted any charges at...
Monday, July 9th: The Bulls of Cebada Gago
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A thrilling and dangerous running of the bulls featuring the fearful Cebada Gago bull-breed. One of the bulls named “Fugado” was the main protagonist of the running, after slipping and falling at the beginning of the first stretch in Santo Domingo. The bull was a straggler for the remainder of the run and it created the moments of greatest tension along the different...
Saturday, July 7th: The Bulls of Dolores Aguirre
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The first Running of the Bulls of Sanfermin 2012, with bulls from the Dolores Aguirre Ybarra bull-ranch, turned out to be a very dangerous and frenetic run (2 min. 53sec). The bulls ran the whole course at a very fast pace, and in a well-behaved manner, without paying much attention to the jam-packed crowd in front of them or threatening to charge at them.
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The festival of San Fermín
Today, thousands of Pamploneses and Pamplona visitors celebrated the ‘Chupinazo’, the official opening party of the San Fermín fiestas commemorating St. Fermín, Pamplona’s patron saint. The revelers, dressed head to toe in traditional white clothing and red handkerchiefs gathered in the Plaza Consistorial outside the City Hall in Pamplona to kick off the eight days of the running of the...
Pan Con Tomate: Recipe for Easy Entertaining
With the 4th of July falling on a Wednesday, a 5 day weekend will be enjoyed by many. This means plenty of opportunities for parties, barbecues, potlucks and sharing food and drink with friends. This recipe for our ‘Pan con Tomate’, recently shared on Washingtonian’s food blog “Best Bites”, is the perfect dish to bring to a soiree; easy to make and sure to be an original. Pan con...
