Molara live at Casa Henrietta

JIMENA Time and date: TOMORROW NIGHT, 10pm. Venue: CASA HENRIETTA (C/Sevilla 44). Voice, guitars and good music. See you there!

Art exhibition opens at Casa Henrietta on Saturday

JIMENA Artist Raquel Macías is opening an exhibition of her work at Casa Henrietta, this coming Saturday, May 18 at 1pm. This great poster makes us want to be there. See you there?

Photography exhibition opens on Friday

JIMENA Casa Henrietta is holding the opening of an exhibition by Belgian photographer Chris Klees this Friday, April 5, at 7 pm. Titled Una Visión de Asia ('A Vision of Asia) the exhibition will remain at Henrietta's until the 27th.

Melissa also tells us that the new Tapas Bar is open from Thursday to Sunday, at midday and evenings.

Casa Henrietta

JIMENA Casa Henrietta will be closed until February 10. Happy holiday, Melissa! (Shhhh! Don't tell anyone, but she's making plans for next season and has a head full of ideas. Watch this space.)

Yes, it's Henrietta's Christmas Fair on Sunday

JIMENA Henrietta, that peculiar girl with the big eyes, is having her annual Christmas Fair this coming Sunday, December 2, from 12 noon onwards. Needless to say it is to be held at Casa Henrietta, that lovely hostelry on the main street, Calle Sevilla, 44, just up from the village's main square and convenient parking. All kinds of stalls have booked their space and will be setting up - just the right things to be getting on with your Christmas shopping. Of particular interest to CampoPulse, are the several stalls taken by contributors and backers of J.A.W.S., whose sales will be going to the Jimena Animal Welfare Society, as we announced here.

Book now for Christmas and New Year

JIMENA Henrietta and her alter ego Melissa (not sure which one it is in the picture), are getting ready for Christmas and New Year. So they are now taking bookings for Christmas Lunch and New Year's Eve Dinner Party. Both events are sure to be great fun and good food, so book early in case you miss out later. Call Melissa or Henrietta on 956 648 130 or email either of them at info@casahenrietta.com to book and find out more.

JAWS prez says, 'No clothes, please!'

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JIMENA In an email we received this morning from Val Jubb, President of the Jimena Animal Welfare Society (J.A.W.S.), one item caught our eye at the very end (yes, we read our e-mails backwards, don't you?) it says in screaming capital letters 'NO CLOTHES, PLEASE!' On calming down and finding our brain again, we read the whole thing fully, to find that Val was announcing the J.A.W.S. Christmas Fayre to be held in conjunction with Casa Henrietta on Sunday, December 2 - well, see for yourself:

Hi to everyone!!

JAWS are holding our Xmas Fayre in Henrietta's on 2nd December from 12 noon.

We are sharing the venue  with Melissa from Henrietta's as she is organising a Xmas Fayre for the same day.

PLEASE COME ALONG AND SUPPORT US. There's more:>>>

'Dotty and Rocky take on Jimena'

JIMENA (by e-mail) Marta Fuster and Nick Marshall are holding a joint exhibition of their work at Casa Henrietta. The opening is on Friday November 2 at 8pm and will continue during the following two weeks, so there's no excuse not to see it. (Which one's Dotty and which one's Rocky? We need to know, though we could probably guess...)

Paper marbling and a jam session coming up, Quiz Night is back

JIMENA (From Facebook) "There will be a demonstration of Paper Marbling by a profesional artist Francisco José Mañoso It will start at 8:00 pm to enable to do it in the light of day so we can appreciate the colours. Following this we will have a jam session with Feti Rodríguez and Feliz Krause. (From e-mail) And, with the Oba closed, Quiz Night is returning, but to Casa Henrietta. At the usual time, 8pm, and, we hear, quiz masters will be rotating. (Prospero note: the spectacle of rotating quiz masters must be worth seeing!)

Madam Darina meets Henrietta

New show called ImpulS.O.S.

JIMENA Madam Darina is cabaret, theatre, humour, circus, performance, improvisation - and a whole lotta fun! She, it, whatever, is coming to Jimena, to Casa Henrietta this Friday, starting at 10pm, for a great evening's entertainment with her ImpulS.O.S. show. Entrance is free but you have to buy your own drinkie-poohs. We may be there, but we'd love to hear your comments about it anyway!

Casa Henrietta reopens restaurant

JIMENA Casa Henrietta (Calle Sevilla 44) is re-opening the restaurant, about which we are invited next Friday, July 13, from 8pm. There will be live music by Mendrugo, who describe themselves as 'psychedelic folk' (is it the group that's psychedelic, or the folk who play the music? Better find out), as well as aperitifs and an art exhibition titled 'Your Perfect Menu'.

Change of plan at Casa Henrietta

JIMENA We just got an e-mail from Melissa to say that Monique is unable to come to Jimena for her concert tonight. Marcus Myers will be playing instead. We know Marcus from the last time he was here - and everyone who was there witll remember him, too. So, this evening's music event stands with someone different onstage and starting at 10pm.

Good news, and fun, from Henrietta's

JIMENA We are pleased to announce that, starting today, Henrietta's Café & Bar will be opening from Tuesday to Saturday from 7pm. And t Melissa's events for Easter Week include Chicago Jim & Mandolin Mick (Soul, Funk, Blues, Celtic) on Friday, April 6, from 9.30 pm (See poster, left); and on Saturday, April 7, Raúl Cárdenas offers his concert Canciones de Siempre (Sontgs from Always) from 10.30. 

Book a stall now

Casa Henrietta is planning a Christmas Market on two consecutive Sundays: December 11 and 18. If you would like to have a stall, please book now by calling Melissa on 956 648 130.

Ruta de la Plata, Blues and Food - a different route at Henrietta's

JIMENA We can no longer be surprised by Melissa's sense of enterprise. She and her team at Casa Henrietta just don't stop. For the last several months we have witnessed and tasted all kinds of dishes from the Silk Route. This new one is closer to home, though. The Ruta de la Plata translates to The Silver Route, an old Roman road that runs along the Western side of Spain that is also one of several roads of the Camino de Santiago (image). Casa Henrietta will be offering a weekly  selection of dishes from places along this route - every Saturday evening from 8.30 pm, at only €17. However, to start things off, this first Saturday -TOMORROW- is special: Dinner & Blues, featuring Álvaro Fernández Gaviría plus his students taking part in the course on Blues he has been holding all this week at Casa Henrietta.

Picture stolen from Henrietta's

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This picture is one of a series painted by Marta Fuster, similar to the one stolen from Casa Henrietta on Saturday, October 29. If you know anything about it, or see it around, or get an attack of bad conscience, please contact Casa Henrietta, C/Sevilla 44, Jimena de la Fra. Or call them on 956 648 130.

The last of the Silk Trail on Saturday

JIMENA Melissa at Casa Henrietta tells us that this Saturday, October 22, will mark the end of the establishment's long trip along the Silk Road, so book your table to say 再见 (zài jiàn ... er, that's good-bye, we believe). But don't despair, she has more plans afoot but don't tell her we told you: next Saturday she is doing a sample menu of all the places her kitchen has visited since it started out on the Road back in May, including Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Persia, Thailand and China. Watch this space.

Blues and Painting at Casa Henrietta

JIMENA Casa Henrietta is offering a couple of very attractive courses on October 29 to November 3 - that's Halloween weekend and a good time to get away from it all. Blues course: Guitar and/or harmonica. Hours: 30 hours. Price: €200 (or €45 daily). Full course + accommodation: 500 euros. Recordings and gig during the course. Imparted by professional musician: Álvaro Fernández Gaviría.
Painting course: Landscape using egg tempera. Hours: 30 hours. Price: €250 (or  €50 daily). Full course + accommodation €550. Includes materials and final exhibition. Imparted by professional artist: Fernando Martínez Romero. For more information please call +0034 956 648 130, or email info@casahenrietta.com.

On the Silk Road at the weekend

Prospero has only just recovered from the magnificent meal he was kindly invited to on Saturday evening at Casa Henrietta. The place was full: extra tables had to be set up, the kitchen was bustling with familiar faces almost unable to lift heads from chopping boards, the friendly 'waitresses' remained friendly despite the rush - and absolutely everyone said how good the meal was. It was what in Spain is called a menú degustación, taken directly from the French, which means a try-it-and-see kind of thing. Try it we all did, and liked it - well, there was nothing left on the plates that we saw returning to the kitchen. Best of all, there was a very good turnout of local Spanish guests, mostly the younger, more adventurous generation. Keep it up, Melissa and great team! (The Chinese Silk Road menu is on Saturdays from 8pm for the whole of this month.)