The Yank & The Limey

Gobsmacked at the gorgeousness of this amazing agro-tourism hotel built in 1652, 10 minutes from Manacor. Debra Rissmann and Nick Gomez Duran introduce us to their wine cellar,  chat about tattooists, 4 poster beds, community collaboration, and more. Do you watch the shows we are obsessed with? A time travelling novel called Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor is a real page turner. And if that isn't enough, we've solved the worlds gun problem and Mallorca´s economical crisis- or at least we are working on it.....you´re welcome! check out https://www.sonsantandreu.com

Meet LOVE ISLAND owners, David & Bianca who also produce tonights wine - the very quaffable Vi Dáuba Picot B and we hear about Bianca´s favourite author PG ´Plum´ Wodehouse, who is a must read for light relief in these dark times. Is Mallorca the new Hollywood? with great tax breaks here fir filming and stunning locations it seems so. Our own film A Little Less Conversation starts shooting at the end of the month and we are very excited!

Sarcasm US V UK, is it still funny? Lets not mention Dominic Cummings. Ever. Trump has his tweets fact checked - about time, surely? Hit us up with some gardening tips, we'd love to hear from you. Raimat wine - and a great question from a listener for the wine guru Kristy... Lunch With Elizabeth David by Roger Williams is the faction book to read... and bring on the 4 day week, you know it makes sense... Contact us on Facebook under The Yank & The Limey.

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So happy to be face to face rather than on Zoom... Loving phase 1 of the new whatever is it is.. who knows anymore?  Are you with Black Lives Matter? How do we stand by our black or ethnic friends?  How do you call out racist/sexist/ageist jokes - easy! Notes on a Mallorca rose wine and Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor a classic for our times - a must read.

Mental health awareness during the CV-19 crisis, advertising becomes "disastertising", The Favourite by S.V. Berlin, Cosigna Chardonnay, and a lovely interview with photographer, journalist, and networking maven Vicki Mcleod. 

40 days of Lockdown in Mallorca, who do you call? Or better yet, whose calls do you answer?  Sant Jordi tradition of books and roses, the booming tinfoil hat market, a book called Stuffed by Patrica Volk and a tasting of a Mallorcan beer.  Participation in life online in various forms, including a group of over 2000 members getting creative called Majorca Mallorca, At Home Together. Oh, and yes, T.P.ing (Tr: loo-rolling?) is a real American thing.

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Day 32 of Lockdown, using Zoom to record remotely, we podcast about our experiences during this time, our rants and our hopes, a book recommendation from Laura suitable for those staring at the floor, The Care of Wooden Floors by Will Wiles, and a  Spanish Verdejo made from a night harvest. 

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Meet a vulgar American comedy artist Michelle Woolf - totes hilaire. What to do during your lockdown and isolation - read, eat, drink and relax...loo rolls, why the panic buying? Finding a laughter in troubled times - can we? YES! Tattoos, Troy Wear wears his heart on his sleeve (not) but his tattoo does. What about the monkeys in Thailand? (clue: they've gone feral) and lots of monkey stories by The Limey.  Books - good reads on lockdown - The Wives by Lauren Weisberger, The Alexandra Quartet by Laurence Durrell, The Plague and I, by Betty MacDonald, and Before and After by Laura Lockington. A great wine - Marques de Cáceres- and CONGRATULATIONS to The Yank on her exam results. Message us with your comments and Flash Fiction.

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Cough into the crook of your elbows you muthafuckers! How classy are YOU? Can you pronounce Featherstonehaugh? (you're probably wrong!) MacQueen on Netflix for a fascinating fashionista documentary and Godfather 1, 2 and 3, for a binge fest. Who inherited the most valuable land in Mallorca? Let's find out. Wild Olives by William Graves son of the famous Robert Graves for the most intimate look at life in Mallorca in the 1940's and a glimpse of what to was like to be the son of a famous parent. Valeta Cuvee Especial - a smooth albariño from Rias Baixas. Enjoy! And don't forget the Flash Fiction competition.

Foraging for fun...let's make hierbas! Let's go foraging and pick the wild asparagus and wild garlic, and don't forget the fennel (yum)... What's a mean person? In the US it's just nasty. In the UK it just means stingy, ungenerous... Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons - a work of genius - a MUST read and a fabulous wine - SITRA 3.10 Celler, Mallorca. Flash Fiction competition, 50 words or less, send it to us, we want to hear it!