Marbella parties: Hard-rock hotel galas and BBQ fun

Welcome to this week’s episode of Marbella with Him & Her, a weekly Marbella related podcast presented by husband and wife expats in San Pedro de Alcantara, Marbella, PJ Lopez (@pjlopez1marbella) and Hannah Murray (@radiohannah). Each week they bring updates about living in Marbella mixed with some of Hannah's interview highlights from her radio show on Talk Radio Europe and some general marital banter.

They started with an update on Hannah's exercise regime which included two reformer Pilates classes at Studio 34 in San Pedro, as well as body pump and body combat at the Supera gym!

On Monday they went to their friends Ross and Amy's house so that Amy and Hannah could watch the final of Love Island together. Listen to hear what delicious food Amy made while they were there and a surprise birthday cake that their daughter made for PJ.

This week's interview highlights from Hannah's radio show included a re-run of an interview she did previously with Ronnie Le Drew who was the voice of Zippy from the children's tv show Rainbow. She also spoke about her entrepreneur of the week Eric Yaverbaum and how he started his PR company in a very creative way. He also mentioned how he launched a Domino’s pizza campaign in the USA that went viral. A pre-recorded interview Hannah did for airing at a later date was with another entrepreneur of the week Simon Woodroffe who was the founder of Yo! Sushi and more recently the Yotel chain. She also interviewed former X Factor winner Sam Bailey who is now in the immersive Abba dinner show called Mamma Mia the Party. Another highlight was an interview with the tv and radio legend 'Diddy' David Hamilton who is still doing a daily radio show at the ripe old age of 87.

PJ has an update on his visit to the Carvery in Torremolinos for work. Manifesto are doing the marketing for the restaurant so they went to get some more photos and video footage for social media and they also ate the food they used for the content. Listen to find out what they had and what they thought. PJ was also out on Friday night with his colleagues and friends Joshua and Ysa. They went to Remy in San Pedro and enjoyed some amazing food before heading to Havana 65 for cocktails on the roof terrace.

Meanwhile Hannah was out with her friends and TV colleagues from Good Morning Spain at a gala evening in the Hard Rock Hotel Marbella celebrating the 70's and 80's era of Marbella. There was a Julio Iglesias tribute as well as dancers, fire dancers and more. She explains what they had to eat, her outfit and the drinks she had that matched her outfit.

At the weekend they went to a BBQ at friends Evelyn and Craig's apartment where they enjoyed an epic five course meal and wine pairing. Hannah has a tip on avoiding hangovers too which meant she was able to get up early and meet her friend Nikki for a coffee at Kalima Beach on the paseo in San Pedro.

There is news of a new venue opening in San Pedro called Bald Brothers, the Burger Cup that is happening from 3rd to 9th August on the boulevard, and the new Pandora menu del dia launch.

Articles from their collaborators the Euro Weekly News this week include frizzy hair and finding parking, an article about what expats find hard during the summer in Marbella. They also discuss traffic, insects, a Spanish village for sale, and the recent situation in Cueta.