The llonguet’s pride: Can Trispol
**** Sadly, Can Trispol on Travessa d’en Ballesterjust closed for good, again. **** We have all been there: you passed a street ever so often and suddenly discover something which you had not noticed before. This happened to me with Can…
Felices Pascuas: Happy Easter!
We can easily imagine how the sequence of religious festivals borrowed experience from the natural circle. Be it the winter solstice, or the revival of the great outdoors in spring. Now it is Easter and we celebrate the reawakening of flora, of…
A culinary symphony: Joan Marc
What looks like a music sheet on your plate is actually part of a whole culinary symphony. The composer, Joan Marc, is one of Mallorcan most favoured chefs. I have always loved his creative style and was very happy when his effort was rewarded…
Street Art #22
Mónica and Ignasi love to travel, so the menu at Plaer Natural is like a journey. Now they have the whole world right on the doorstep of their restaurant on Pl. Quartera. A new SOMA in Sa…
First Class Second Hand: DE TU a MI
Vintage stores have always had their own magic for me. Simply because each of them is unique – unlike all those globalised brand stores that look the same in every city around the world. DE TU a MI in Santa Catalina I only discovered recently…
Aim high: Galilea
It takes a bit of an effort to get to Galilea but it’s sure worth a visit. The small town with the biblical name is the highest on the island, not Deià or Valldemossa as you might expect. Southwest Mallorca is the perfect region to start the…
Crossover: TOC
**** Sadly, TOC closed its doors for good. **** The small restaurant on the corner of Carrer Rubi and Carrer d’Estade looks like it’s been there forever. The random vintage-chic, a wonderful cast-iron column, a couple of regulars at the bar…
Looking for adventure: Refugi de Muntanya
**** Martí Dols Suau moved his store to Bunyola, recently. You find it on C/ del Pare Bartomeu, Caputxí, now. **** Ropa y material de aventura, says the sign above the door, and I have always liked the term „adventure clothing“. For me Refugi…