Paco and Ceci at Restaurante Kairos, Almuñécar have a great treat for diners laid on in the form of a special Menu de Noche which will be of special interest for Seaside Gazette readers: if you take in a copy or simply tell them that you’re there after having read this, you will have your…
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New Year’s at Restaurante El Torreón
by Martin Myall •
Last chance for bookings as Almuñécar’s Restaurante Torreon on New Year’s Night, where they have a special menu lined up for the occasion, including fresh lobsters, beef sirloin and excellent red and white wines.
Placebo, (genetic) Matter Over Mind
by Wolfgang K Piller MD •
Placebo in medicine means that a drug or treatment is effective although it is not designed to be. It plays an important part in research because something ineffective is being compared to a new drug or treatment to see, whether there is a beneficial difference, thus proving that it works.
CAS Events for January
by Editor •
Nerja’s Costa Animal Society events for January and December News Letter.
Golf – A Humbling Game
by Marianne Lindahl •
Why do people play golf, when it’s so hard? One day you occasionally get a glimpse of greatness from hitting a long straight drive or sinking a long putt, only to fall into the deepest humiliation after a couple of air shots or topping the ball several times on the same fairway. Not to mention missing the hole with 1cm after three putts.
Royal British Legion News
by RBL •
Shoulder to shoulder with all who serve. Many of you will have contributed to the Poppy Appeal over the last two months of the old year, and you may be interested to know how your money will actually help our heroes. Our contribution this time was over €8500 and this along with all the money…
Underhand Undertaker
by David Darby •
It can be a very tricky moment, when you have split up with your fiancé and you want the expensive ring back. It becomes even more difficult when you want that ring back and your fiancé is dead. So, when a Nebraska man was faced with this very situation, of course, he was very mature and sensible about the whole thing. He just pretended to be an undertaker and tried to steal the ring.
Australian Apple Mapping Mahem
by David Darby •
Australian police in the southeast state of Victoria have had to rescue a number of motorists who have become stuck, for as long as 24 hours in some cases, after following directions from their Apple iPhone mapping software.
Communities of Owners – Rules & Regs
by Maria Teresa Velasco •
The Spanish constitution protects the rights of people with disabilities. (in particular section 49 of the Spanish constitution). Additionally Spain ratified in 2008 the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This international agreement was crystallized into law 26/2011 of the 1st August, modifying several previous laws that were not in complete compliance with this UN convention.
Australian PM Predicts End of Days
by David Darby •
The Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, is well known for her deadpan style when speaking to the media. Some have even said she is a little on the boring side as a public speaker. Well, in a spoof video, available on YouTube shows her in a different light, still with the straight faced delivery, but explaining how the Mayans were correct and the end of the World is nigh.