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And then there are days where nothing is right. Everything blows up in your face, your loved ones (human and furry) are sick, are in pain and you can do nothing but keep the love flowing. Keep them in your prayers, hold their hand (or paw), give them some medicine to swallow in hopes of alleviating the pain, in hopes of adding more days, more months to their life. Because you want them in your life for as long as you live. You will be so heartbroken when they are gone. But you know that in the natural order of things, they will go before you. And you will grieve for them. And sometimes it isn’t even a death but maybe a fight, an argument, a place you have come to in your life that you feel lost, you feel like there is nothing you can do, nothing you can say that will change things. Sometimes things don’t work out the way you wanted them to, and sometimes those dreams don’t come true.

Death, sadness, your dreams trampled are a part of life. What you do when that happens is important. You cry, you scream, you throw punches in the air.

And then, you pick yourself up, dust yourself off and go again. Until you just can’t go anymore. And if you ever get to that place where you feel you are lost and need help, don’t give up. There is always someone who loves you. Life is good. Life is great. Don’t give up, fight, until you just can’t fight anymore.

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Eat ~ Mallorca. Cappuccino.

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I can’t believe I haven’t posted about the restaurant chain Cappuccino! When I go into Palma I usually end up at one of the Cappuccino restaurants (or Bar Bosch if it isn’t packed) for a cerveza or vino tinto and pa amb oli.

They just keep expanding, every month there is a new restaurant somewhere on the island – please open one in Sa Ràpita!! The food is delicious, the service is impeccable (impressive even for Mallorca), the drinks are cold and the cocktail list is not too shabby indeed. To be honest, I have never had a cocktail here but the pictures look yummy. They also have a really good Japanese restaurant, Tahini, in Puerto Portals. I think I still favor Wasabi for sushi but Tahini would be my second choice. Plus I love going to Puerto Portals to look at all the expensive yachts and the rich people dining out at Tristan.

But at the Cappuccino restaurants I always order the Pa amb Oli. What is that you ask? The most fantastic thing to order for lunch EVER. Pa amb oli means bread with oil in Mallorquin. The bread is rubbed with a tomato and seasoned with olive oil and salt.  It can be served with ham, sausages, cheese, anchovies, vegetables or marinated fish. But I typically see it with jamón serrano (similar to prosciutto) and Mahon cheese, my absolute favorite.

And lookee there, you can order it at all of the Capuccino restaurants.

Pa amb Oli at Cappuccino Borne, Plza. Juan Carlos I, 9.

 

Who knew tomato rubbed bread could be so delicious?
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What a weekend! The Oscars (my favorite) and a crazy few days hearing from Charlie Sheen. What a difference these two make. Let’s compare a few quotes, shall we?

Natalie:

  • (In lieu of John Galliano’s anti-Semitic comments)  “I hope at the very least, these terrible comments remind us to reflect and act upon combating these still-existing prejudices that are the opposite of all that is beautiful.”
  • “Where I live, nobody who’s fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it’s so important to preserve your innocence. “
  • “They tell me: ‘OK, this is where we’re going to push up your cleavage,’ and I’m like, ‘What cleavage?’ “
  • “I’m afraid of everything. But maybe when you’re afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you’re scared of nothing. “
  • “Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.
  • “Breast implants gross me out. I don’t think they’re attractive at all. “

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And on the completely opposite side of the spectrum, the Charlie Sheenster.

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  • “I am on a drug, it’s called Charlie Sheen. It’s not available, because if you try it once, you will die – your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body.”
  • “I’m sorry, man, but I’ve got magic. I’ve got poetry in my fingertips. Most of the time — and this includes naps — I’m an F-18, bro. And I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground.”
  • “I am battle-tested bayonets, bro.”
  • “It’s just strafing runs in my underwear before my first cup of coffee because I don’t have time for these clowns.”
  • “I’m tired of pretending like I’m not special. I’m tired of pretending like I’m not bitchin’, a total frickin’ rock star from Mars.”

And my personal favorite:

  • “Clearly I have defeated this earthworm with my words — Imagine what I would have done with my fire-breathing fists”

And while I love Natalie Portman and think she is the cow’s shibazz. I can’t help waiting to hear the latest C. Sheen quote of the day. He is a human train wreck. And has been drinking a whole lotta crazy.