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Friday, June 20th, 2008Living in the hills of Tenerife, the sights, sounds and smells seem amplified to epic proportions. Whether it’s the pungent smell of a dozen goats’ bottoms, the distant howling of my psycho neighbour, or the slap-in-the-face, poke-in-the-eye, boot-in-the-balls astonishment at the night sky, I LOVE LIVING HERE. I used to live down there (he says [...]
Wow! Is that REALLY Tenerife?
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008<>Stop what you’re doing and watch this video straight away. THIS is the way to market a hotel in Tenerife. Had me chops drooling, eyes popping and body swaying – and not a lot does that to me now I’ve reached the ripe old age of 43-and-a-bit. Well, except perhaps when Michelle Pfeiffer pops round [...]
Get your signed copies of More Ketchup than Salsa: Confessions of a Tenerife Barman
Thursday, May 29th, 2008In a blatant bout of self-promotion, you can now order a personally signed copy of More Ketchup than Salsa: Confessions of a Tenerife Barman (voted Best Travel Narrative 2007 by the British Guild of Travel Writers) direct from the author. Otherwise known as Me. Click here to find out more. That link will also take [...]
Taking Tenerife to task – not a hope in hell
Monday, May 26th, 2008There’s a lot to be said for the mañana attitude still so prevalent in Tenerife. Urgent tasks are re-classified as tomorrow’s duties, ‘priorities’ tossed into the same to-do-basket as everything else. Result – stress removed, but mission usually unaccomplished. Lists help, but are rarely accomplished. Yesterday morning I stared apprehensively at such a list that [...]
Casting call in Tenerife
Friday, May 16th, 2008Just a quickie… Anybody with a beautiful bod (rules me out) aged 18-30 (rules me out, again) and European-looking (non-Latin). There’s a casting for a big photo shoot at Las Teresitas soon. Don’t worry, it’s not seedy, it’s clothes-on, commercial and involves beach volleyball. It also pays well for those who pass the casting. Males and [...]
Tenerife’s first sitcom Re-writers
Tuesday, May 13th, 2008Well, he of the red pen, returned our sitcom efforts with a commendable amount of red scrawl, and the potential was deemed as neither yay, nor nay, but a solid maybe. Which is better than a slap in the face with a wet carp, but not quite as good as a letter from the Director [...]
Tenerife’s first sitcom writers?
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Life is pretty exciting at the moment. Sometimes it can be a plain bore, a never ending succession of menial features to write, facts to check, chores to avoid and kid’s toys to mend. At the moment though, it’s EXCITING. Sorry, I shouted. I’m currently awaiting the verdict on a sitcom that I’ve co-written with [...]
The Tenerife malaise
Friday, February 15th, 2008Note to self: You’re 43 years of age, a parent of two toddlers and a professional writer. It’s time you got organised. Now I know I recently had a rant about the shambolic organisation of the Elton John soiree but I’m putting myself in the stocks here. If you want to throw things at me, [...]
Elton John has now left the building
Friday, January 25th, 2008*** WARNING *** The following post contains language that may offend those of a sensitive nature. Just back from the Elton gig and contrary to the rumours flying round, I can assure you that it WAS Elton John and not a Las Americas lookalike ‘avin’ a larf. So what was the event like? Sugar and shite, [...]
Fill your stockings in Tenerife
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007Anybody looking for a last-minute stocking filler might like to pop down to the Albatross bar in Costa del Silencio, opposite Coral Mar, next Sunday (23rd). I’ll be there signing copies of THE AWARD-WINNING More Ketchup than Salsa: Confessions of a Tenerife barman (did I mention it won an award?) from 7pm. Joy (heroine of the [...]
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