editorial columns by feature writers
This large hardware and kitchen fittings store really has everything. From building materials, tiling, doors, windows, paints, garden tools, generators, compressors, water pumps, work clothes and a long et cetra.
The story behind the new Mercado Municipal in Almuñécar is a drawn out litany of botch job after botch job.
This month we have another island wine. Mallorca is an island of limestone, sea wind, and hard Mediterranean light: Manto Negro/Merlot/Syrah/Cabernet Sauvignon, Vi de la Terra Mallorca
Irony I know – an article about cold water swimming in August!
When I was a little girl, my plan was to become a famous writer and to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. That still has not happened, hahaha. But I do love books, reading, and public libraries.
The day fair – what’s that all about? I remember when it first started in Calle Pintor Manuel Rivera with a few rickety bars and some shading provided by tarpaulins.
Millions for a five-star hotel, but who will pay for the mistakes of the past?
Almuñécar has two major problems at the moment; a main artery (Paseo de La Caletilla) and the Municipal Market which relies on generators to provide electricity, as it is still not connect up the mains system.
We drive through town every day, passing all the famous revamped roundabouts. I do not recall an opening ceremony and photo opportunity by the illustrious staff of the ayuntamiento acknowledging this immense waste of public money.
Valle de la Orotava, Tenerife — Listán Negro: wines arrive carrying their landscape in a bottle, 7 Fuentes comes with a volcano under the cork.