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The name of our main train station in Málaga is María Zambrano, named for a Spanish essayist and philosopher who lived from 1904-1991. I always have to think twice about the name before I say it because San Geraldo and Tynan both have their own versions that have planted in my head. Kind of like San Geraldo’s “descanafinado” instead of “descafinado” for decaffeinated and “sacanacarina” instead of “sacarina” for saccharine.
Descanafinado was a slip of the tongue that he liked the sound of. Sacanacarina started because he thought it went well with descanafinado.
San Geraldo makes the train station Slavic and says María Zambránova (accent on the second “a”). Tynan says María Zeebrugge, which refers to the site of a tragic 1987 ferry accident in Belgium at the port of Zeebrugge. As Tynan would say, “Bless their little cotton socks.” The photo at top is the station in 1904 (I did not take the picture) and the first one below is from 2023 (I took the picture).
Each of our rental seating areas on the beach has a storage shed (usually painted the same shade of blue). For a while the city didn’t allow the owners to separately identify their sections of the beach, but they’ve eased up on that again. So many of the owners have added their names to the blue sheds. One is called “Maxi Playa” (Maxi Beach) and even the lettering reminds me of Maxi pads. Speaking of which, am I the only one surprised to learn that you can buy reusable (washable) maxi pads in all sorts of designs?
El nombre de nuestra estación principal de trenes en Málaga es María Zambrano, en honor a una ensayista y filósofa española que vivió entre 1904 y 1991. Siempre tengo que pensar dos veces el nombre antes de decirlo porque tanto San Geraldo como Tynan tienen sus propias versiones que se han instalado en mi cabeza. (Algo así como el “descanafinado” de San Geraldo en lugar de “descafinado” para descafeinado y “sacanacarina” en lugar de “sacarina” para sacarina. Descanafinado fue un desliz lingüístico que le gustó el sonido. Sacanacarina comenzó porque pensó que iba bien con descanafinado.
San Geraldo hace que la estación de tren sea eslava y dice María Zambranova (acento en la segunda “a”). Tynan dice María Zeebrugge, que se refiere al lugar de un trágico accidente de ferry en 1987 en Bélgica en el puerto de Zeebrugge. Como diría Tynan, “Benditos sean sus pequeños calcetines de algodón”. La foto de arriba es de la estación en 1904 y la primera de abajo es de 2023.
Cada una de nuestras zonas de alquiler de asientos en la playa tiene un cobertizo de almacenamiento (normalmente pintado del mismo tono de azul). Durante un tiempo, la ciudad no permitió a los propietarios identificar por separado sus secciones de la playa, pero han vuelto a ser más flexibles con ese tema. Muchos de los propietarios han añadido sus nombres a los cobertizos azules. Uno se llama “Maxi Playa” e incluso las letras me recuerdan a las toallas higiénicas Maxi. Hablando de eso, ¿soy la única sorprendida de saber que se pueden comprar toallas higiénicas Maxi reutilizables (lavables) en todo tipo de diseños?
• ¿Las 3 fotos anteriores te hacen preguntarte qué hay debajo?
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Ok I brushed over the clothing combos, but at least the one was all the same pattern just a lot of it!!!
AND , I’m not even a woman, but why would one want to use a reuseable maxi pad?!?!?!? Just the thought of that makes me ill.
Mistress Borghese:
I just thought it was funny to have pre-decorated maxi pads. Trick or treat?!?
I am seeing more and more of the matching shirt and shorts in bright prints, I don’t know where they are buying them, but I am seeing them. I don’t recall seeing that train station, the local station near you, is . . . modern.
David:
Those “cabana sets” have become very popular again. I remember them from my early childhood. But mine were lined with terry cloth.
Boud sez. The shorts set looks like pajamas. What interesting prints people wear, never see them in my world. Well, beach wear at all really. I do like sg’s take on words. Interesting to have a train station named for a writer, progressive.
Boud:
The set also reminds of the cabana sets I wore in the 1950s, except those were lined with terry cloth. Maria Zambrano was also a political activist who was banned from Spain during the Franco years. A fascinating and admirable woman.
You are very good with the PhotoShop of the MaxiPad!!!
That guy in the matchy-matchy outfit looks to have a nice tuchus but I fear the underwear matches the outerwear.
Bob:
I have such a good time with Photoshop. I did wonder what kind of underwear he wore.
Her sandals are a broken ankle waiting to happen. Reusable is environmentally friendly and much cheaper
JSSW:
I understand the reusable part. I was a bit shaken by Trick or Treat. So many broken ankles waiting to happen.
Maxi Playa does look like maxi pads, and I didn’t know washable maxi pads are available. I had a hysterectomy when I was 30 so I haven’t kept up with such things. X always got names wrong. The kids and I would tease him about it and then adopt the mispronounciation so we could laugh about it. I love the singer Alanis Morrisette. X called her Atlantis, so Atlantis she is.
Love,
Janie
janiejunebug:
I love Atlantis Morrisette… and her sister Alanis, too.
Washable, reusable maxi pads! What will they think of next? Washable, reusable diapers?
Seriously, I think it’s a great idea. So much more environmentally friendly.
You are so right about Maxi Playa.
And I’m going to just admit that I sort of like the matching shorts and shirt. Yes, they do look a lot like shorty pajamas but going out in sleepwear has been a thing for awhile so why not? The camo and whatever-that-pattern-is combo makes my eyes hurt.
Ms. Moon
Ms. Moon:
This matchy set is, I admit, very tasteful. It’s just not my style. It’s very “in” again. I stopped wearing cabana sets when I was around 5.
The summer before I started 7th grade I took a summer school class and met an adorable boy, Bobby Zambrano, who would be at my junior high with me. I thought we were flirting until the last day of class when I told him “See you when school starts!” and he said “You’re 12?! I thought you were 9!” Ay, yi, yi.
TexasTrailerParkTrash:
Not nice to hear when your 12, especially from you crush. But you STILL look so much younger than your age!
Uhhh…. washable, re-usable diapers and menstrual pads were what everyone used, until they invented the disposable ones 🙂 I guess you probably knew that, and were just joking 🙂 The Victoria & Albert Museum has this informative page about the history of menstrual products… many young women I know now use a silicone (I think?) cup that they empty and re-insert. V & A menstrual history
On another topic… I’m glad you reminded me about Fellow Travelers. I had recorded some of the episodes (it was on Showtime), but never watched them. But, I went ahead and bought the season on Prime Video and have binged all of the episodes on my iPad… I’ve got 20 minutes left of the final episode. What an incredible story. So well done. So much of a humbling reminder to those of us who have not had to hide our true selves.
Judy C:
Check this out: https://movingwithmitchell.com/2018/06/03/diva-cups-copas-de-divas/
Ha!! And, I’m sure that I must have read that post!
J Chabot:
I can’t believe you don’t immediately remember every one of my posts. (I will sometimes start writing and then wonder. So I do search in my blog and discover it’s already been written.)
Thanks! Olivia
People should think a bit before calling something a certain way lest there are eyebrows raised.
Urspo:
It’s often entertaining and sometimes embarrassing. Pollo is chicken. Polla is cock. It’s a common mistake.
Is it now? oh oh
I am eternally grateful that the “powers-that-be” didn’t demolish the old frontage of the station in its entirely when that great behemoth of the modern “María Zambrano” was built in 2007. We remember it still in operation from when we first came to Benalmadena in 2004 [NB we’d been to the Costa del Sol twice before, but on both occasions to Nerja, which has never had a train station]!
The fashions in Fuengirola don’t improve, year-on-year, it seems… Jx
Jon:
Those two original buildings are so stately. The modern construction is functional, but not much to look at.
I am catching up on my blog reading. Fellow Travelers was a great show. I enjoyed it from start to finish. And from your last post….I just LOVE your fashion photos. You are an expert at getting them.
Michael:
We were having lunch at a cafe the other day and I missed two opportunities to snap a young guy walking back and forth in the oddest, flashiest get-up I’ve seen for a while.
Oh, I wish I could have seen that. But I am sure you will catch other fashionistas!
A matching outfit! Finally.
And yup, washable pads, diapers, cups much more environmentally friendly (and old fashioned). Everything old is new again. Olivia
Olivia:
Those matching outfits have become very popular in recent years. Not my style. As for the washables, imagine using one that says Trick or Treat! I don’t think that the intention of wearing clean underwear in case you’re hit by a bus.
I’ll hang my head and admit that I too was ignorant on the reusability of maxi pads.
Love that the old picture of the train station and am glad that, despite being surrounded by newer buildings, it’s still intact.
Kirk:
Honestly, that didn’t really surprise me. But decorated reusable maxi pads? The first time we exited the train station, I was impressed by the two stately old buildings and wondered if they were from the original station. So glad they kept them.
Those matching shirt-shorts combos were all over the place when I was in Palm Springs in February. I guess they’re a thing in resort areas. I did not buy one!
I’ve heard of reusable pads. I guess, like reusable diapers, they’re supposed to be better for the environment.
Steve:
The cabana sets are all over here, too. Straight and gay. It’s not so much the reusable pads that surprised me, it’s the adornments.