tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757820.post8833105672928919458..comments2023-12-21T04:27:47.914-05:00Comments on Gerry Dawes's Spain: An Insider's Guide to Spanish Food, Wine, Culture and Travel: A Morning's Pleasure: Running the Bulls at Pamplona (An Excerpt from Sunset in a Glass: Adventures of a Food and Wine Road Warrior in Spain by Gerry Dawes)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757820.post-67231424651933463672010-07-27T13:03:29.300-04:002010-07-27T13:03:29.300-04:00Hey Gerry, Love the book (Homage to Iberia). I am ...Hey Gerry, Love the book (Homage to Iberia). I am living in Texas next to the only bullring in the US where they fight bulls(bloodless) like they do in spain. John Fulton was here with Matt and CP Scanlon. They hunted here. Fred Renk owns the place and his so...n , David Renk, El Texano, is a Matador de Toros. Thanks for posting the fine pics of Matt, again. They are great. Keep them coming.<br /Chris Dwyer - Matt Carney Lives in Pamplonahttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=535454190#!/group.php?gid=39964926579&ref=tsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757820.post-30560631278680409642010-07-12T18:09:36.267-04:002010-07-12T18:09:36.267-04:00Oh, I wish I could have been there in the '70s...Oh, I wish I could have been there in the '70s or even earlier, Gerry. I'm glad you have such superb memories to relate. I think I would have been a good fit back then. <br /><br />As much as I loved my time in Pamplona, it seemed a more crass and commercial event than how I imagine it was a few decades earlier. I made a few friends among the locals, but not enough. Unfortunately, I do Gerry Monigannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757820.post-17041844980402518782010-07-09T15:18:03.884-04:002010-07-09T15:18:03.884-04:00Running with the bulls is on my bucket list. I won...Running with the bulls is on my bucket list. I wonder how possible it is today to get into the streets considering the media hype around it. That’s a good read.<br /><br />And it reminds me of one of my favorite quotes. “ bad decisions make for good stories”.Chris Balunhttp://www.snowbird.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757820.post-82282892860763511762010-07-09T15:15:14.012-04:002010-07-09T15:15:14.012-04:00For a long time now my own backroads (and work) ha...For a long time now my own backroads (and work) have been in Italy, which I adore. But it has been at the cost of neglecting Spain, my first love, and a country that spoke to a different part of me, now too much neglected. <br /><br />Amazing how those words of yours made me yearn. I raise a glass of tinto in your direction, dear Gerry.Cara da Silvanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757820.post-65093205102281560192010-07-09T14:23:54.845-04:002010-07-09T14:23:54.845-04:00Dear Gerry,
Many thanks for you kind comments a...Dear Gerry, <br /> <br />Many thanks for you kind comments and for the correction. You are absolutely right and I know that, since I have stopped there to see that bridge, which I think is wonderful (it is great to photograph, with the reflections of the buildings in the water and catching a pilgrim crossing), on more than a score of occasions. <br /> <br />Joe Distler is one of my dearest Gerry Dawes's Spainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650398499991198249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757820.post-5444306130693906342010-07-09T14:20:15.199-04:002010-07-09T14:20:15.199-04:00Thanks for a wonderful story of the encierro. I ne...Thanks for a wonderful story of the encierro. I never had the pleasure of knowing Matt Carney, but for a while I was an acolyte of Joe Distler, his heir, and Joe taught me to honor the traditions of the Sanfermines. I had many memorable runs, and, thankfully, I never encountered a monton.<br /> <br />If I may be so bold, I offer the possibility of one minor correction. I believe it was in Gerry Monigan (New Hope, Pa.)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7757820.post-69819619429478014372010-07-09T07:23:22.396-04:002010-07-09T07:23:22.396-04:00"I can't tell you how much pleasure readi..."I can't tell you how much pleasure reading this excerpt gave me, Gerry. I have never been to Pamplona, yet your vibrant account, the names of people I only met once or twice, but who are legends, seeing Rolf with whom I spent a little time in Sevilla, the memories of corridas at the Maestranza, all made my love for Spain (and especially Andalucia) whoosh over me like a typhoon. My heartCara da Silva, Editor of In Memory's Kitchen (Jason Aronson, 1996).noreply@blogger.com