To frame or not to frame?

A respected artist friend informs me of the latest opinion on this thorny question. She quotes a VIP East European curator:

" A painting without a frame is like a dog without a nose".

Barking at Buddha

 

Ultimate Menu

May seems to have brought the emphasis on good food and where else but in Alfafara, a small village in the Sierre Mariellas in Valencia Province in South East Spain, could one find such choice as on the following menu? This is a verbatim transcription of some of the items of the day:

COLD INLETS

Wheel of Sausage of the zone
Brave
Chips (cold!)
Tomato with domestic anchovies

WARM INLETS

Moorish Thorns
Calm
Octopus to the Galician
Musilitos of crac
Loin in sauce
Shrimps to the plate
Meatballs of cod
Balls of stew

MEAT

Thorns with Garrison

FISHED

Emporer to the plate
Gilded to the plate
Gilded of the house
Lubina to the Oven

DOMESTIC DESERTS

Card game of Lemon
Card game of Chocolate

ICE CREAM

Tart to the whiskey
Ice cream of scum with nuts
Bag of honey
Senasations of creamand hazelnuts


Bon Apetit

Darling Taste Buds of The Merry Month

May 15th Birthday Breckie for the Poodles and ever watchful Perkins. The 61st Birthday of Mr Tim was concelebrated in remarkably relaxed style, kicking off with this stylish breakfast courtesy of Madame. The evening saw an even larger spread of Tapas and some old friends in to watch the best Rock 'n Roll film ever made-"The Last Waltz". Who went to bed a very blessed and happy fella?

Afternoon Banquet

Mary Pawle, Joe Thoma and Georgina Goulding shooting the breeze at the Mediterrannean lunch given by Ivan and Mary Pawle at their Kenmare residence on May 14th '06. Needless to say the food and wines were of international standards and the company suitably warm and zany. Not a dry seat in the house as they say.