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Pinning Down Place

Pinning Down Place

“Pinning Down Place” is Part II of my series on place and locality. For Part I, “A Reflection of Place, But Dimly,” click here. For Part III, “Romancing the Local,” click here.   Turning Urban Space into Concrete Place Just as we had begun the short 

A Reflection of Place, But Dimly (Part I)

A Reflection of Place, But Dimly (Part I)

  In Sanlúcar One of my favourite food and beverage combinations is a glass of Manzanilla accompanied by shrimp sautéed in olive oil and garlic, dusted with Pimentón de la Vera, and finished with a shot of Oloroso. The bracingly dry sea-breeze crispness is the