May 1, 2011 May 1, 2011Categories Politics/History Spain UncategorizedCivil ActionsIn an earlier post, I joked about the possibility of focusing this blog on the issue of civil wars (the subject of my novel). While I […]
April 26, 2011 April 26, 2011Categories Food+Libations Restaurants+Travel Info Spain UncategorizedRiffing on New York’s Culinary SceneIt’s a truism that traveling teaches you as much about home as it does about the destinations you visit, but sometimes you don’t even have to […]
April 17, 2011 April 17, 2011Categories Politics/History Spain UncategorizedA Film Worth Buzzing AboutI recently watched a wonderful film called El Espiritú de la Colmena (The Spirit of the Beehive). It’s set in central Spain in 1940, just after […]