Archives for the month of: June, 2008

\When you move to a new country you miss unexpected things from the place you left. But soon enough you will adopt new consumption habits that you just can’t live without. You move on, the nostalgia list fattens up.

Import/export entrepreneurs in Spain, you would have a definite customer if you brought here:

  • Sainsbury’s fresh ready made curries (all 50 varieties ) from the UK
  • Sausages from Simply Sausages (UK)
  • Marks & Spencer deli/convenience food
  • Selfridges – the whole shop (UK)
  • BBC and Channel 4 (it sucks that you can’t access the online service from a foreign IP)
  • Treacle tart (UK)
  • Rio juice bars: 100 varieties in strange personalised combinations (Brazil)
  • Sonho de Valsa bombons (Brazil)
  • Havaianas flip-flops at 4 euros (Brazil)
  • Live samba bars (Brazil)
  • Brooklyn Industries stuff (haven’t really lived there, but who cares…)
  • Decent bandwidth internet access for a decent price.

“What does Smupf stand for?” – I ask Mamuso, who just gave birth to Spain’s coolest online shop for vinyl and designer toys. “It’s the noise cuddly toys make when you squeeze them, according to my nice…” – he answers.

That says it all – these are toys you will want to squeeze and bite (but won’t). These are for staring at, rearranging and showing off. Getting one won’t do. You will crave for more.

There, my first post had to be a heartfelt praise.