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I need Spain

10 Feb

I’ve been back in the US for a little over a month, and while I’ve enjoyed placing my cookie order with a neighborhood Girl Scout, slurping noodles in Chinatown after the New Year parade, and watching the Super Bowl with a bunch of new friends, I’m really missing some things from Spain. [...]

O Little Town of Belén

24 Dec

From Playmobil figurines to video installations to 17th-century works of art, Spaniards go nuts for belenes. [...]

Loli, Loli, Loli, Get Your Alpargatas Here!

17 May

Loli, Loli, Loli, Get Your Alpargatas Here!

There’s an old madrileño saying that goes: “Hasta el cuarenta de mayo, no te quites el sallo.” Literally translated as “don’t take off your sweater until May 40th,” it means that you can’t count on good weather here until the middle of June. Interesting, then, that lines start forming outside Casa Hernanz by the end of April. [...]