by Eileen | May 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Toilet paper, tp, papel higiénico, confort, we all use it. And when the tp runs out, or starts to run low, we think to ourselves “I must go down to the shops and pick up some more.” What? you don’t? Maybe you say, “Uh-oh, supermarket run a...
by Eileen | May 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
What is it about rainy days that brings back every rainy day I’ve ever heard? The pattapattapatta on the flashing on my building sounds like rainy days at college where under the metal roof I sat bundled on my futon (convincing myself that this was comfortable,...
by Eileen | Apr 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
I have mentioned before that I feel like the dictatorship makes people do this: It is not mine to make people talk about, but in places where there’s talking going on, you can be sure I’m giving it a listen. So yesterday I tasked myself with going up to...
by Eileen | Apr 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s me again. With the language thing.The other night, I was at a friend’s apartment in Ñuñoa, a pretty residential neighborhood with probably the swankiest and most pleasant plaza in all of Santiago with a giant fountain and benches and places where you...
by Eileen | Apr 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
(photo explained below) No es muy Católico (it’s not very Catholic) is what you say in Chile (or what they say, I haven’t quite gotten my brain around this one), when you’re talking about something that’s not quite right. The last time I heard...
