holiday music is my jam.

to save money, paper, and time, i chose not to do my customary holiday cd. postage on square items has gotten out of control. and honestly, who really listens to actual cds anymore? i, myself, am anchored to my itunes library, or on the occasion, will try out new tunes on spotify. streaming is the way of the world, me thinks.

sharing a playlist on spotify was a complete experiment, but it seems that some individuals from my list of recipients were able to listen to it at least.

for the rest of you, here's another way:

marrakech, morocco

marrakech - where we wandered and continuously got lost in the medina, snapped hundreds of pics in the jardin marjorelle (and paid our respect to yves saint laurent), and took a moroccan cooking class.

fez, morocco

color me azure - chefchaouen, morocco

alhambra

the moorish architecture of the alhambra and its surroundings of manicured gardens and topiary were one of the highlights of our trip through andulusia.

we acted like bulls in ronda, spain

the gorgeous town of ronda gave us the best picture op of all - the chance to walk around (act ridiculously) inside an actual bullfighting ring.

pics from cordoba

pics from madrid

for our 40th birthday present to selves, dabney and i (along with our regular travel cohorts) decided that a nice trip to spain and morocco would suit us just fine.


dabney was excited that the wine in spain flowed freely and cheaply.


la bola taberna - the site of dabney's birthday dinner








hands down the best ham i've ever had was in spain