Spain Magazine: Illustrated Mardi Gras,
Magazine adds facet to seasonal festivities in Port Arthur
Sports Illustrated will be in Port Arthur to celebrate Mardi Gras as part of the sports magazine's 50th anniversary state tour, said Sheryl Spain, magazine spokeswoman.Organizers will be planning the events later this week, and more information about the magazine's participation would be available then, said Spain by phone from her New York office. Floyd Marceaux, president of Mardi Gras of Southeast Texas, said that he received a signed contract for event space...
Spain Magazine: Daily Mail: Couple's GBP300,000 Spanish villa to be torn down
A BRITISH couple have been left penniless and homeless in Spain after being conned into paying GBP300,000 for a retirement home that will have to be demolished.Bruce Gauntlett and Wendy Jackson-Smith ploughed their savings into a luxury villa on the Costa Blanca, expecting to spend the rest of their lives there. They spent GBP33,000 on a plot of land and a further GBP250,000 building the striking property.But their dreams of a comfortable retirement in the sun lie in ruins after...
Spain Magazine: Independent on Sunday: Building A Library: Andalucia
Andalucia, Spain's once-grand southernmost province, is sadly now known as much for the concrete homogeneity of the Costa del Sol as the hushed beauty of the Alhambra Palace. But its cultural heritage, from colonisation by the Phoenicians, Romans and Moors to rule by the Hapsburgs and the Bourbons, has spawned writing at once formidable and eclectic. Given its affinity with England, it is unsurprising that the starting point for anybody interested in serious literature about the...
Spain Magazine: FAST CLIPS
We're obsessed with asparagus this time of year. This recipe turns the ordinary into something extraordinary.ASPARAGUS WITH TOMATO VINAIGRETTE Serves 4 1 pound large asparagus spears, trimmed 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1 small tomato, finely chopped 1/4 green bell pepper, finely chopped 1 green onion, finely chopped 1 tablespoon chopped parsley 1 hard-boiled egg, finely chopped Cook asparagus in...
