by Eileen | Mar 1, 2012 | feria, food and drink, santiago, shopping
I know, bla bla, we have awesome produce in Chile bla. But a recent possible facebook throwdown from some friends means I have to keep my game on. Though since there are two of them, and only one of me, their haul and story has to be twice as good as mine. And I...
by Eileen | Feb 24, 2012 | chile, photography, valparaíso
I have blogged before about people’s views, and in fact have thought of doing a series on nothing more than the views from my friend’s houses. I love seeing the city (any city) from above, and I believe that what you see on a daily basis affects how you...
by Eileen | Feb 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
The first time I said I was planning on going to the Persa Bio Bio (Santiago’s giant, sprawling fleamarket and surrounding stalls near the Franklin metro stop, follow the signs that say “salida a placer” and try not to laugh), the guy I told narrowed...
by Eileen | Feb 14, 2012 | chile, food, santiago, shopping
I have begun to think that perhaps fruitflies have the most sensitive sense of smell (or whatever it is they have) of the whole animal kingdom. They come in droves the second you get fruit into the house, which means you have to put said fruit in fridge, which makes a...
by Eileen | Feb 6, 2012 | Uncategorized
There’s this moment between when you see the car door start to open and when you actually finally make impact that you think, shit, what’s going to happen here? Then there’s the sprawling, slow-motion fall onto the asphalt and the gasp of the...
