Jul 19, 2014

May 2014 joy jar

May 2014's achievements:

On the 7th I attended Margaret's book signing of her latest thriller, Houded. Then we went for a bite to eat with her husband and they introduced me to yet another faboulous restaurant: Asian Varadero in the Harbour in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote. 

On the 10th I attended the 2nd marathon of free workshops organised by Esacan. This time I chose an introduction to dog traning, which later in the year will feature as a full course  & artistic reclycling, for the sake of it (as in, no course programmed yet). I met some lovely people and look forward to whatever initiatives come out of it. 

From the 26th to the 28th I attended a free workshop on how to make preserves at the Albergue de Tegoyo, organised by ADELRLAN, the local organisation for rural development. A lot of peeling, chopping & boiling involved but we got to take home with us the jars we filled: jams, veggies, sauces & chutneys...I am sorted for the winter (well, sort of!). 

In relation to my collaboration with Lanzarote Information, here are my favourite posts I contributed with this month:


I got almost tricked into writing this one as in: a friend offered me a ticket if I was interested in going, to which I said "yes". Only aafter I accepted I was told "but you need to write something about it". Ahhhhggggrrrr, how I hate that! The pressure! And, of course, I did agonise about it but I'm quite pleased about the result. Even some friends who didn't know I had written it, being big fans of this particular show in our island, told me: "hey, we read a very good review of it on Lanzarote Information". Chuffed. There is no other word for it.




Purely by chance I came across the news of some local artists presenting their works in London. I am very pleased to see that my beloved island was having a chance to show a different side of itself to the world.



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This is the post that started my 2014  year's resolutions: Joy Jar. 

May 11, 2014

April 2014s Joy Jar

I took part in the 2nd Tinguafaya Charity race - another worst personal best and it was only 5k! But finished it with a great feeling, despite of the insufferable heat, because it was for such a good cause and the atmosphere is always great. 

I am a bit of a procrastinator and I have been putting off writing this post for Lanzarote Information for ages, who knows why. But I finally got around to it... after months of trying to do it! You can read the post here: Friends of the Wine & Cheese Association.

Finally, another thing I had wanted to do for ages, but in this case it wasn't all up to me as there were other people involved. We ended up doing as a belated surprise birthday celebration: a sushi-making workshop by Sushi Bar Minato in Puerto Calero. Great fun and you get to bring your sushi home with you! Yummy!

Ready to star 
It's starting to take shape
...and the final result!















Talk to you next month!
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This is the post that started my 2014  year's resolutions: Joy Jar.