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Restaurant: Bar Lobo, Barcelona

July 29, 2010 LLG Food

When I was in Madrid back in May, I ate in a fantastic re-imagining of a traditional tapas joint, Bar Tomate (which I wrote about here). In a total coincidence, the excellent Hotel Omm where Miss P & I stayed in Barcelona two weeks ago is also owned by the same restaurant & hotel group, […]

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Shopping: La Roca Village designer outlet near Barcelona

July 15, 2010 LLG Fashion

The days when designer outlet stores just stocked five season old neon parkas, flared jeans and static-inducing polycotton blends are far, far in the distant past. As I know from the UK´s designer outlet Bicester Village (where I regularly buy fabulous amounts of Marni), it´s perfectly possible to find properly stylish pieces, at discounts of […]

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Food: Pa Amb Tomaquet in Barcelona

July 15, 2010 LLG Food

This is pa amb tomàquet, often called pa amb, Catalunya´s traditional bread & tomato dish. It´s a model of simplicity: the bread is rubbed with garlic, then with a tomato (or sometimes brushed with tomato pulp), then olive oil is drizzled over, followed by salt. Served at breakfast (the W Barcelona had bowls of tomato […]

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Video Review: Hotel Omm, Barcelona

July 12, 2010 Hotels

Happily ensconced with my best friend Miss P  in a vast (Superior) room at Barcelona’s Hotel Omm, I was on-side with this hotel the moment I discovered that the Welcome box above contained a log of praline chocolate spiked with popping space dust from Spain’s master confectioner Oriol Balaguer. Not that I’m easily bribed, oh […]

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Barcelona: here I come…

July 10, 2010 LLG Plays & Stays

Tomorrow morning I fly to Barcelona for five days. I’m mixing work & pleasure, in perfect proportions. Late Sunday one of my closest friends Miss P arrives from London, having locked her baby & husband under the stairs, and we will spend two nights at the Hotel Omm, as recommended by hotel & restaurant expert […]

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