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“A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.” ~ Ansel Adams

For your daily Scos in Spain fix…a perfect partner for your morning coffee or a 3 p.m. fat-free pick-me-up.

menus on paddles? of course...

Delicious Tapas

"Dancing" at the flamenco show

Hungry? Why wait..

Landlord + Landlord friend at flamenco show

Tortiiiiila - 20 different kinds!

Artsy Shot

Beautiful Fall Day

The brother of Javier Bardem owns this bar. What good genes in this family.

Local Spot: Drinks for 2.50 euros

Maturity at its finest...

All Tapas, All the Time

At the Olympic Bid Party - Full post to come this weekend!

Delicious Spanish Delicacies

The brie with carmelized onions was simply a skydiving adventure for your mouth.

Typical Spanish Restaurant = Jamon y Vino

Who doesn't like big holes.

9.22.09 - Menu Del Dia at Toma

Little Te - My Redeye Flight Neighbor

A little indie summer hit called The Hangover was playing on my personal TV…

Pink = Girl Bed

Day #1 My side of the shared room with Jeff: Those forward thinking Spaniards and their gender coordination skills..

Boy = Blue

I promise the blog will be more exciting than a twin bed..just getting the basics out of the way

Realizing how overpriced and weak Starbucks is..

Cafe Cortado, a shot of espresso with a scotch of delicious, creamy milk for only 1,20 Euro far exceeds overpriced, watery Starbucks coffee.

Gordos: Spain's answer to Super Size Me.

A close-up of the descriptive language used..Doesn't this photo make you hungry?

Forget Morgan Spurlock’s McDonalds experiment. Spanish movies are pushing the envelope taking an aim at the whole gamut of things you can put into your body which has resulted in two-thirds of US adults being overweight, according to TIME Magazine. Obesity in the US is not a surprising trend to many, but while many adults in Spain follow a Mediterranean Diet, over 38 percent are over weight due to more and more processed foods being introduced in Spain.

Is this number high enough to be a concern? Is food in Spain really more unhealthy than it was 10 or 20 years ago? I’ll take a look at different food options at the grocery store in the weeks to come.

Just another day visiting the barber shop...

I obliged to go with my roommate for his haircut, because of his claim it was very interesting in an old-fashioned barbershop way. Imagine my surprise when rather than finding cute old Spanish men modeling their slick-backed shorn styles, I see Mr. Calvin Klein, circa 1985 on the wall. How does looking at washboard abs on another man make an hombre feel their barber is more competent to cut hair?

Jose > Archstone Apartments

My first previous post-college landlords have included Kim and Archstone Apartments. Kim, resembling a hybrid between Queen Ursula and Aretha Franklin, did not seem to mind much if her tenants spent their evenings trying to outsmart families of mice, while Archstone Apartments was a corporate machine that did not seem to mind if their tenants spent their evenings eating ramen due to their exorbitant rent costs.

Considering these past experiences, my current landlord Jose is a breath of fresh air. Not only did he read our contract line-by-line from his 3 by 3 inch computer, he sends emails reporting current pop culture events (e.g., Michael Jackson’s death), and brings over free delicious cheeseburgers that I thought could not possibly exist in this land of ham and oil.

When was the last time your landlord brought over dinner after a long,hard day and fixes a burnt out lightbulb in less than hour? Good-bye Archstone. Hello Jose.

Now all I need is a Chipotle...