by Eileen | Nov 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’ve talked before about how I love how Spanish does a great job of having consistent suffixes (yeah, suffices) to change one word into another. I believe I’ve talked about -azo, which means to hit something with the aforementioned item. A cabezazo is a...
by Eileen | Nov 6, 2008 | Uncategorized
When I was young(er) and (more) foolish I backpacked around Central America with a friend. This was right after college, and during not just one civil war in the region. I was woefully unprepared, not nearly conversant in Spanish, easily sunburned, heavily-laden and...
by Eileen | Nov 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
One of the most surprising things I’ve discovered since installing sitemeter on the page is exactly how many of you are searching for torta chilena. In this post I talk about things named for places that have nothing to do with the thing in common. Like french...
by Eileen | Oct 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
One day, when I had just moved into my then-new-to-me apartment, I noticed that the kitchen sink was kind of sluggish. I thought perhaps the problem lay in a little tangle of happy wee leaves and sticks right below the drain, and so I judiciously used a screwdriver to...
by Eileen | Oct 29, 2008 | Uncategorized
While you in that big, slightly pig-shaped (at least when I draw it) country in the north are spending precious time and energy on a very long and drawn out campaigning process in which one candidate will triumph over the opponent’s ticket leading to great hilarity...
