Hi friends! Happy Friday! How are you? I hope that you’ve had an amazing week. I’m sorry for the crickets over here this week – I only managed to publish two posts because we were living up our last few days in Sevilla. One of the biggest gifts to myself during this long trip was that I pre-wrote 12 blog posts before we left. It gave me the chance to truly unplug and enjoy, and now we’re home and it’s back to the routine!
I’m pretty proud of myself because for almost the entire trip, I was solo parenting. The girls and I flew across the ocean to Barcelona, enjoyed some days before our cruise and after our cruise there, did the Disney cruise, flew down to Sevilla, spent 4+ weeks there, and the Pilot was able to join us for the past few days.
He was finishing up training since he headed back to the airlines, and while we were hopeful the timing would work out with the trip, I didn’t work out that way. Since he was going to be gone anyway, the girls and I went for it and I’m so so glad we did. They’re older now which makes things easier, but it was definitely a core memory girls’ trip! I still have some Spain posts on the way, including some of my tips, Airbnb recipes, how I travel with zero jet lag, Barcelona’s gluten-free food tour, and the food, so stay tuned for those!! If you have any questions for upcoming posts, please lmk!
In the meantime, I’m here in a hoodie from the copius air conditioning (bless it) and snuggling with Miasey. I’d love to hear what you’ve been up and what you have going on this weekend!
Some pics from our last week:
An incredible dinner at Petra. This spot wins for my favorite tortilla, and I tried a LOT of them while we were there 😉
Pollo Asado aka Chicken Man. We had pollo asado SO many times while we were in Sevilla, since it was right down the street from our Airbnb. They had chickens roasting and you just had to tell the guy how many you’d like, he’d get your chicken, cut it up and put it into a container, and drizzle with juice from the roasting dish. It was $11 and the BEST chicken. I’m going to miss it!
The Pilot made it! He finished up training and hopped on a jumpseat out to meet us. He got there just in time for the Father’s Day celebration at Isla Mágica, which is a water park and theme park. We were with four other families and all of the kids (and adults) loved it.
That night, we walked to La Cabonería, which is a bar with live flamenco. We got there just in time for the show; it was perfect! We enjoyed some tinto de verano and amaaazing flamenco.
Bullfighting ring and museum. While I would never attend a bullfight, I was interested to see the museum and such an important part of Sevillano culture and history.
(dress is here // shoes are here)
Cañabota. Enjoyed a lil Michelin star double date night with Sam and Tony. This meal was EPIC. Everything was so fresh and beautifully prepared. 10/10 recommend.
(the liquid in the glass to the far right was “water gazpacho.” It was clear but tasted exactly like gazpacho!)
My beautiful friend Sam! I’m so glad that our babies decided that they were best friends forever when they were barely 3 years old.
It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves party. This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love to hear about your faves, too, so please shout out something you’re loving in the comments section below.
6.20 Friday Faves
Fashion + beauty + random:
New dress find! I grabbed this at Corte Inglés (my favorite multi-level department store in Spain) before we left. The brand is Maksu.
Giving a round of applause to my pre-Spain manicure. I was determined for them to be zero maintenance while we were gone, so I asked for flowers + a shade that matched my natural nails so they could grow out. The tech nailed it. This is 7 weeks of growth and you can only see it if you look closely. From a distance, they still look fine.
Read, watch, listen:
Don’t forget to check out this week’s podcast episode here about why you’re not losing weight, even if you’re doing all the things.
I watched four movies on the flight home! West Side Story (the new version is really above and beyond from the acting, costumes, choreography, casting), new Father of the Bride (super cute and fun), new Snow White (I feel like despite the bad press/reviews, it was fine) and Pearl Harbor (can you believe I’ve never seen the entire thing???). My eyes were BURNING afterwards, but it was a once every 10 years kind of thing lol.
Fitness, health, and good eats:
Back home to my red light. It felt so good to use this again and I felt an instant energy boost. (FITNESSISTA saves you $260)
Making Uncle E’s famous pasta salad for family dinner tomorrow.
Ordered this grill brush since it doesn’t have any metal bristles.
Making this ice cream cake asap.
Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! Have an amazing weekend and I’ll see ya soon!
xoxo
Gina
