Life has gotten in the way of posting a huge CONGRATS! to La Furia Roja. There were urgent client projects and then a wedding to attend to — but I can’t neglect this historic moment for Spanish futbol. The game was a thing of beauty — and the party did the boys justice. It was [...]
I haven’t had much time to revel in Spain’s victory over Germany on Wednesday. If you haven’t heard of Paul the Octopus, you gotta check this video out. Lots of work to do — planning for the Tipsy Toro World Cup Fiesta tomorrow. Now it’s time to go buy the Cava and Beso de Vino [...]
That great plan that we had to try food from all over the world, paired with just the right wine from the same region, all in conjunction with various Worldcup matches, kinda got sidetracked a little bit by a couple of insanely crazy weeks. Getting that Executive Sommelier certification proved to be more important (and [...]
Ok, ok, I admit it. I’ve been hiding in shame. Spain made a pitiful appearance in their first World Cup match and got beat by Switzerland. Switzerland! No offense to Swiss soccer fans, but the Swiss are not exactly known as a futbol powerhouse. And Spain has been (until recently) ranked as #1 in the [...]
If you know anything about Spain, you know that many, many Spaniards are avid futbol fans. That’s soccer to us. And Barcelona’s team is one of the best in the world. With the likes of Xavi, Puyol, Iniesta, Villa, and the list goes on and on, it makes for some incredibly exciting sport. So Tio [...]