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Urban Oasis: Medina Mayrit

April 16, 2010

The ultimate escape in Madrid is underground. More precisely, at Medina Mayrit. At these fantasy baths inspired by Madrid’s brief Arab influence, warm, hot, and cold pools are housed in underground caverns illuminated by flickering candles and ambient music. Even the carefully decorated changing rooms get into the act, and in the relaxation room there [...]

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Holy Week Processions from Years Past

April 4, 2010
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Bollywood Moves: Centro Club Masala

March 31, 2010

Forget pole dancing. The most recent phenomenon in dance comes from India’s movie industry of over-the-top musicals. As seen on the big screen, Bollywood dance is a mix of classical Indian styles like Bharatanatyam and Kathak with hip hop and modern dance. The result is a fun combination taught in dance studios like Madrid’s Centro [...]

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Timeless Pastry: La Mallorquina

March 3, 2010

There’s nothing secret about La Mallorquina. It’s stood in the Puerta del Sol – the dead center of the city and Madrid’s busiest confluence of streets – since the late 1800’s. It isn’t fancy and you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for a 1950’s time warp, but damn do they have good chocolate croissants.
Any day [...]

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Zombies Are Coming to Madrid!
Madrid Zombie March 2010

February 20, 2010

It’s that time of year again and Marcha Zombi Madrid 2010 (MZM’10) is just around the corner.
What: A horde of hungry zombies will take to the streets of downtown Madrid before ending the ferocious, yet orderly, parade for some old-fashioned Goth clubbing.
When: Febuary 27, 2010.
Where: The march will start at 19:00 at the Zombie Tree [...]

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Take That, Amor: Pillow Fight Club in Madrid

February 17, 2010

There’s something undeniably attractive about gathering with a bunch of strangers who are in on the same secret as you in order to pummel each other with bed pillows in a highly public place until you’re too tired to go on swinging or you’ve simply taken one too many shots to the face. Nothing says [...]

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Classic Tapas Meet Hip Urban Bar: Olé Lola

February 12, 2010

Who said classic had to be outdated? At Olé Lola the sophistication of a chic chillout bar is firmly wedded to time-honored Spanish fare and symbolism.
Portraits inspired by traditional Spanish iconography line the walls but sport a decidedly modern turn: bullfighters with tattoos, picaresque female mourners in black lace mantillas, and other inhabitants of [...]

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Time Out, Or a Weekend Getaway in Buitrago del Lozoya

February 7, 2010

I find that no matter how much of a city person you are, an occasional weekend getaway for nothing but rest and relaxation can be just what the doctor ordered.
With the old town enclosed by medieval stone walls, surrounded by a small river and a forested valley, Buitrago del Lozoya is less than a couple [...]

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Foodie Central: Mercado de San Miguel

February 3, 2010

A short stroll around the Mercado de San Miguel is a veritable buffet of ‘food porn’ – in an historic 1916 market with ironwork in the style of Les Halles in Paris. After the market got a facelift and reopened in 2009 with a new lease on life as a foodie destination in central Madrid, [...]

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