Claddagh Last Night

It's Monday and I will sing at Lewinski's tonight.
I really look forward to it.

I visited Claddagh with 'Mr X' last night.
Please, click on the little arrow if you like to watch a
short gleam from the night.
The entertainer on the video is called Gerry.
He is also the owner of the bar.

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Single Again

I will blog a post while my nail polish is drying...

I'm off for three days now and last night I was out to the
Claddagh Irish bar seeing my boyfriend.
We have fallen out a little bit now and like it seams we both
need time to sort out our lives.
I like him very much but also understand that this will probably not work.
A radical change could maybe put us back on track but we'll see.

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Lewinski 13.05.2010

Last night was a lovely night again.
It was as many people as the night before and about 7 'new' line dancers showed up which was a real nice surprise.
I've met some of them before when I sang with Clas at Lewinski's.

I thought there are not many dancers on the island right now but already after two nights on the stage I've met about 17 different dancers!
Some of them + some of the audience last night will be back on Monday night when I'm back on stage. I really look forward to it!

Here is a short gleam from the night.
Sorry I forget the camera and I didn't get all the dancers immortalized.
To watch the video clip , please, click on the little arrow.

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Back at restaurant Lewinski

My first night back at Lewinski was a nice surprise.
I thought maybe it will not be any guests, when the town is so quiet,
but we had about 45 people in.
About 10 line dancers showed up and I sang
line dance songs the whole night through.

This is now my agenda at Lewinski's :

During the month of May:
Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
8.30 - 11.30

During the month of June:
Every night except Fridays and Saturdays.
8.30 - 11.30

Restaurant Lewinski is located at the corner next to
the bus stop in Los Cristianos.
It's between the bus stop and hotel Princesa Dacil.
Welcome

I made a short video clip in the beginning of the night.
Please, click on the little arrow to watch it.

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Claddagh 09.05.2010

Last night we had dinner at Players Lounge.
Guess what I had...? Ribs, of course!
They were so delicious!!!

After the meal we went up to Claddagh Irish Bar for a while.
It was quite early in the night but Graham Gold was entertaining
there and it was a good atmosphere and some of the guests were dancing.

Please, click on the little arrow if you like to watch the video.

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A Busy Day

I have got a lot to do today.
First of all I will blog which I'm doing now and then have a shower.
Then I will go to the poster company and order one more poster for Lewinski.
After that I will bring both posters and the stands to Lewinski.
Then I will go by taxi to Las Americas to get some stuff out of the sound system we have over there and bring it to Lewinski.
When all this is done I must go out and buy some groceries.
Finally I ought to do some rehearsal of the new songs I've got...but that's not really a must do so I'll see later...

Lewinski

I will start singing on my own at Lewinski on Wednesday night.
Welcome!
I'll tell you more later...


Clas has made a new poster with only me on.

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Tan From The Sun

I got a surprise when I looked in the mirror tonight and
thought I must take a photo and show you how I look.
I've got a lot of tan!

I was laying in the sun out on the balcony in the afternoon and
like it seams it was not in vain.
It's very seldom I look like this.

The question is despite everything, "How healthy is it"?

It will for sure not last for a long time and
probably cause me some wrinkles too, so
maybe I should not be too happy about it.
I also think it's a little bit out of fashion to fry yourself in the sun.
It's like being silly and conceited in the same time.
For me enough is as good as a feast!

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Our night out

Last night we made a restaurant/bar stroll.
First we went to restaurant Sunshine Feast in Fañabe.
This restaurant has got real nice food and we had the dinner there.

As a starter I had garlic mushrooms and he had deep fried mushrooms.
I tasted a small piece of his mushrooms and they were as good as mine.

Like many times before I forgot the camera when we got the main course in.
It was anyhow very delicious as you can see when the plates are empty.
He had steak and I had chicken.
We were so stuffed that we couldn't fit any deserts in.

After the meal we went to one of the neighbor restaurants called First and Last.
My boyfriend knows the compare who is working there.
I even sang a song there; Any man of mine with Shania Twain.

After that we went over to The Moonlight bar to listen to the act of IS.

Later we went over to restaurant Soul Divide that is downstairs at La Karina to see the manager.

After that we went over to Los Cristianos and spent the rest of the night at The O'Jangles Irish bar.
I also sang a song there; Poker Face with Lady Gaga.

We visited five different places in the same night and got home about 2.30 in the morning.
What a pub crawl!!! A great night!!!

I have made a short video clip from the 'party' at O'Jangles bar.
It was such a good atmosphere and many were dancing.
The most of the people in the audience are living and working here on Tenerife.

The artist is called Mikey Mike. He is a real good singer and have even won awards here on Tenerife for his entertainment. He sometimes entertain together with IS and right now they are nominated for the best duo in the Tenerife entertainment awards.
If you like to listen or vote for them or any other artists on the island you can visit the website of Oasisfm.com

Please, click on the arrow if you like to watch the video.

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Sound Technician

Yesterday Clas taught me how to run one of our sound systems if I like to go out and sing alone.
It's very easy and it will not be any problem for me to take care of the sound myself.
Today I will do some rehearsal here in the apartment. I use headphones when i do it which means the neighbors are not gonna hear me.
I get echo and everything in the headphones and it sounds so good.
From now on I really would like to always use this system when I do rehearsal of new songs.

Yesterday I sang for about an hour in the afternoon and it was so fun.
I really start missing to be out singing now so if you have a restaurant in Los Cristianos or Las Americas and need a musician please, call me on 672 947 181.
I sing Country and some of the latest pop hits from the UK radio top list + some older hits from the 70's and up.

Have a nice day.

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The Claddagh Bar, Los Cristianos

We are going out to the Irish bar Claddagh after the footboll match is finished tonight.
Yehaaa! That's my favorite bar right now! Guess if I'm lucky!
Have a nice evening,

Montaña de Guasa

Today I walked up to the top of the
Guasa mountain here in Los Cristianos.
There's like a donkey track leading up there
which makes it very easy.
When I came down from the mountain I visited, for
the first time in my life, the English Iceland shop where
you can buy English groceries.

Before the mountain climbing I sat a while down at
the beach watching some fishermen.
The sky was cloudy in the morning but in the afternoon
we got some sun.


There's a lot of crabs on the rocks at the beach of
the Guasa mountain.


These photos are from the top of the mountain
looking down over Los Cristianos.


Helen and Adrian, the staff at the Iceland shop.

In A Relationship

I haven't been so active on my facebook and because of that I haven't really learned properly how it works.
Yesterday I anyhow discovered that I still had the statement on there that I'm married.
(We, Clas and me, applied for divorce already in December 2008.)
I went in and changed it to that I'm 'in a relationship'.
When you do that the massage is sent to all your friends in the community, which I didn't know, and I started getting comments like 'Good Luck' etc.
Thank you, by the way , for the nice comments and congratulations.

Oh, this really scared me when I haven't been together with my boyfriend for a long time and I started thinking "imagine if we figure out that we don't like to be together".
I told him what had happened but he just smiled and seamed more confused about that I haven't put up that I'm a single in between. Now it looks like I went from the marriage straight into an other relation which is not true.

It would maybe have 'looked better' if I would have said that I'm a single first and then maybe changed it to 'in a relationship' later.
But I have anyhow already told everybody who visit my blog that I have a new relationship and to put up on Facebook that I'm a single would then maybe have made somebody confused...?

It's sometimes difficult to be on public with your private life. You just don't know how much to tell and after you have published something you maybe become a little bit scared thinking you have said too much.
Is it only me having this problem?

Anyhow, I am in a relationship, but it's only in the beginning!!!!
We'll see if we work when we get to know each other better.
Right now it feels very nice.

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The Tenerife Movie

I am so lucky now because I get so much done.
This morning I woke up at 8.50 which is not bad.
Today I have been cleaning the whole apartment + washed some windows + been doing the ironing . The 'not ironed clothes pile' is now gone and I will soon have a shower and then go out and buy some groceries.

Last night when we went to bed we started watching the DVD, Clash of the Titans,
that was made here on Tenerife 2009, but we both lost the concentration and I can't
really tell you if it's good or not.
The most of the sequences looked very dark though and
I don't think it's a movie in my style.
I will probably watch it again later and tell you what I really think about it.

If you like to get the DVD you can buy it from the 'lucky-lucky men' on the
streets here, but it will be an illegal business.
I got the DVD from a man here in town and from where he has got it I don't know.
It seams like the whole south of the island, right now, is invaded by these DVD;s.
Everybody who lives here would for sure like to watch it and it's a good business for the 'lucky-lucky men'.
The DVD is not for sale in the stores yet.

Some parts of the DVD was filmed in the
National park of Teide here on Tenerife.

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A Long Lasting Hairdo

I will give you a 5-step program about how to
get more volume into your hair and get a hairdo that
will last for days til your hair gets dirty again.

1. When you have washed the hair you put
volume mousse into it.
Use the strength number 2 or 3.
I use Gliss.

2. Then you blow it dry with the hair-drier trying
to get as much volume and lift as possible.

3. After that you use the hair straightener and
give it a curl lift at the roots on the top of the head
before drawing the straightener straight down.

4. After that you tease the hair down at the roots on
the top of the head to give it even more volume and
brush it slightly to hide the tease.

5. Then spray it with strong long lasting hairspray.

Every time I do like this my hairdo lasts nice from
one wash til the next one.

Good luck!

.Last night before I went out for dinner.
The hair on the photo above is not prepared in
the way I describe in this post.

New Blog Layout

Like you see my blog now has got a new layout.
I thought it was too much Christmas over the other one and
decided to redo it.
First I tried to make it in a spring/summer style but then it turned
out to be too green.
Maybe some of you saw it before i got it changed...?
This is anyhow the final look of it for the summer.
It's simple and light without any heavy colored sidebars.

Thanx to all you visitors,
Without you there would be no reason for me to
continue blogging.

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Off Again

Me and the 'Elvis doll' outside American Dream.

The owner of American Dream has decided to not
have any music at the moment.
This is because it's no tourists on the street
outside the restaurant.

We were busy Sunday night when we played there and
last night the Elvis singer also was quite busy, but the other
nights it has been no tourists in the area.

We don't know when we will be back on the stage but
I will tell you as soon as I know.

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Old Photos

I found two old photos that
I haven't showed you.

Me singing karaoke at the Chicagos in Los Cristianos.
The photo was taken by Elle 27.02.2010.

We had rain and strong winds for a few days in February and this is how Christinas' ambrella looked when she got to the Scandibar in the night.
The photo was taken by me 17.02.2010.


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Early Mornings Now

I'm so tired! When I got home from work last night my boyfriend came to see me and we stayed up til about 4 o'clock in the morning.
He had to be at work already at 9.30 which means I woke up already 8.30.

I haven't been sleeping much lately and I think I'll have to have a siesta nap in the afternoon.
But it's good he now some days gets me up earlier. I get a lot more done and the laundry has been out on the line for three hours already.
Nobody would be more glad than me if I just could get into more normal sleep routines.
Go to bed around 2 and up around 8.30 or 9 would be perfect!

Today it's sunny again and I will now spend an hour out on the balcony, then have a shower and go out shopping some groceries and then have a nap.
Have a nice day and evening.

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American Dream

Last night we started playing at restaurant American dream which is the restaurant next door to La Karina.
We had a real good night and about 100 people visited us.

I have made a short video clip to show you what it looks like at American Dream.
It's a very nice restaurant and the interior is in American style.
Please, click on the arrow if you like to watch it.

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The Players Lounge

I have got a new favorite restaurant here on Tenerife now.
It's called 'The Players Lounge' and they have got the absolutely most lovely meals here in the south.
If you like to pay a visit there I recommend you to try their ribs.
Some other restaurants are doing advertising here in the south of Tenerife, telling they have got the best ribs, but 'Players Lounge' have for sure got the best ones. I have never had so lovely ribs before.
The restaurant serve a lot of different English meals and yesterday my boyfriend had a lovely steak pie there which is one of his favorites. He also likes the ribs.

My plate with the ribs in the front and he had pie steak with
mashed potatoes and vegetables.
All the meals at The Players Lounge are homemade.

The Players Lounge is located at the beach walk of
San Telmo in Los Cristianos.
This is the view from the terrace.

After the meal we went upstairs to the
Claddagh Irish bar with some of the staff and customers from
The Players Lounge.
I am sorry that I only show you one leg of my boyfriend. *smile*

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Update

I will give you a short update before I start dressing for the night.
We, Clas and me, are going to sing at restaurant 'American dream' tonight.
That's the restaurant next door to La Karina.

It's very quiet on the island right now and it will probably not be so crowded when we play tonight but it's anyhow gonna be fun.
We have been off for two weeks now and I really start missing it.
We know some linedancers will show up and that means it will be a
linedance night.

Two nights ago I had dinner with my boyfriend at 'Greek Corner' which is in the neighborhood of American Dream and La Karina.
It was very quiet on the street. Almost no tourists and many restaurants closed earlier than normal.

Some tourists are still stranded here on the island and can't get home because of the ash clouds.
It must be very frustrating for them to not get home.
Since the volcano problem started the tourism has been like paralysed.
Many waiters and musicians have been put on hold and it feels like the whole south is standing still.

After the meal at Greek Corner we went to the 'Claddagh bar'.
This bar is right now my favorite place where to spend a night out and
here it's always crowded.


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Fondue

Last night I had fondue with a friend.
It was the first time he had fondue and he really enjoyed it.
It was so windy out on the balcony that we had to eat inside.
Fondue is one of my favorite dinners and I haven't had it since the end of last year.

After the meal we went out on town and we visited 'The Players Lounge bar' and 'The Claddagh Irish bar'. The musician at Claddagh is very good and I recommend everybody to pay a visit at this bar while you are on Tenerife. Specially if you like Irish music.
The bar is at the beach walk at Vista Sur where the big fountain is down at the shore.


Gerry sings *Galway Girl' at the 'Claddagh Irish bar'.

Lazy Day

It's nice and sunny today again and I have plans to just relax and lay in the sun on the balcony listening to the new songs that I keep learning.
I have got a big pile of clothes that must be ironed but they can continue waiting for some more days if it's needed. Now it's 'manana'! No work and no 'must dos', it can't be better.

The photo above is taken by my friends Frances and Mick from England.
I'm not sure if it's from Tenerife or La Gomera but I use it as a desktop background on my computer when I think it's so beautiful.

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No more La Karina!

Things change quickly on Tenerife!
Yesterday the owner of La Karina, the restaurant where we play, sent an e-mail to Clas telling us he want us to stop singing.
He will instead try to have only one musician employed to save money during the summer months.
This means we will not play at La Karina any more for this summer. We are off already tonight!!!

I'm not so surprised and felt about a week ago that this is maybe what's going to happen.
But to be honest with you I am quite confused about the future of Clas and me singing together.
Would it be better for Clas and me to split our duo, or is it better to continue together?
If we can find a nice place we'll for sure continue together but it's easier to find job for only one musician in the summer time.
I promise to tell you how it's gonna be as soon as I know.

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Two New Linedances and Odd Outfits

I am doing rehearsal of two new linedance songs right now.
They are called; 'It happens' and 'Broken heels'.
It happens is a country song and the dance for it is called 'Rhyme or Reason',
Broken heels is a pop song with Alexandra Burke and the dance is now the number one on the top list of the linedancers magazine in England.

I think 'Broken heels' will be a big hit among the youths this coming summer and we will probably play it every night. The same with 'Bad Boys' which is an other linedance song with the same artist that I already sing in the nights.

By the way... I like to warn you about how we will look on stage from the beginning of next week.
I have been taken care of Clas' stage clothes until now and he has come to my apartment every night before work to be dressed in the same color as me.
Now he has, however, decided to start taking care of his stage clothes himself, and I just tell you to not be shocked if we show up on stage in clothes that don't match!
Imagine if he comes dressed in a pink shirt and me in a red one!
To be honest with you I am a little bit nervous about it and I'm brainstorming about how we can solve the problem to avoid a catastrophe.

I am sure some of our guests will start commenting how terrible we look if we don't match. People don't like changes and about two months ago when I for the first time went to La Karina without wearing my cowboy hat we had to explain why to the audience every now and then during the night.
People just kept walking up to the stage all the time looking shocked pointing out I haven't got any hat on.
Some thought I looked older without the hat and some said I looked younger which made me a little bit confused.
If everybody just would have told me I look younger with the hat on I for sure would continue wearing it. *smile*

The reason why I now sometimes leave the hat at home is because it's very warm to wear the hat when you do a lot of linedancing and specially during the nights when it's calima (the heat from the Sahara desert) with temperatures over +25.

Maybe I will stop using the hat soon. It sometimes feel stupid to stand on the stage singing pop songs wearing a cowboy hat and like it seams the time for the 'outfit show' is going to an end.
It will not look nice anyhow if I show up in a black hat and Clas in a brown one.
Yes, it feels like we slowly are breaking down some of what we have built up but that's life! The time changes.
Our plan is however to continue playing together for at least one more year if not something accidentally happens.

With the hat and without the hat.

Which one is better?

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Back on the internet

Ye-haa!! My internet is working again.
I hope you all had a lovely Easter.
I spent the holiday working every night except on Friday when I went out for dinner with a friend.
We were eating at Toro Tapas and Grill in Los Cristianos and later we visited a couple of English pubs.

The days become warmer on Tenerife now and it's a real shame that I don't get out of bed early enough to get some tan out on the balcony.
I am still living my life in the style of the night owls which means I seldom fall to sleep before the early morning and wake up in the noon. But....I will do something about it soon!
If I just could get up around 10 o'clock I would be satisfied.

I had plans to go out for a meal tonight when it's the night off, but I am still sitting here at the computer. It's just so exciting to have internet again and there's a lot to catch up after being off for more than a week.
It's already after nine which means I have to hurry to get a dinner somewhere before the restaurant kitchens close.
Have a nice night.

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Clas 50 Years

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My New Businesscards

Today I have been working by writing the information that will be published on the new website that I am making for the apartment business.

I am already getting mails and calls from people who are interesting in letting the apartments and I am so excited.
I would be very lucky if I could rent out 5 apartments for long term and keep the rest available for short term rentals.

Today many tourists look for cheap flight tickets on the internet and I am so happy to be able to offer them accommodation to a nice price in a real good location.
All apartments are close to the sea which means there's no necessary walking uphills which can be quite tough.
People who are able to get to Tenerife by low budget airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet etc can now save a lot of money buy arranging the travel themselves!

My new business cards.

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Nice Summers on Tenerife

I was so happy and thought Tenerife is the best place to be; Sun, sun and sun...
But suddenly the sky was covered with clouds and now the sun is gone again. *sigh*
We also have like a 'winter' on Tenerife even when we are lucky to have one of the best weather in the world.

Today I have started contacting some of the private tour operators in Scandinavia giving them information about the apartments.
I don't think it will give any hits anymore this season but it's important to spread the word everywhere when you like to start building up a clientele.
The Scandinavian tourist season here on Tenerife is going to an end already after Easter and then it's mostly Britain, German, Dutch and Spanish tourists here in the summertime.

It's really a shame the Scandinavians never get to visit Tenerife in summertime when the weather here is just perfect.
From May-September we have a temperature of 25-30 degrees and the sky is blue every day.
It's seldom the temperature goes over 30 degrees when we get a smooth calm breeze from the Atlantic ocean.

I wish everyone would get the possibility, at least ones in a lifetime, to visit Tenerife during a summer.
Many go to the mainland of Spain, Greece and Turkey where the temperature can reach up to over 40 degrees and they have to stay inside the hotel during daytime to not become burned by the sun.
Here in Los Cristianos - Las Americas we never get that problem even when it can be very hot up in the mountains.

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