by Eileen | Aug 31, 2017 | chile, coffee, feria, food, food and drink, health, santiago, shopping
Oh, the feria. If there’s a constant in my life, and you are also in my life, you know I live by the feria. Cheaper fruit and veg, no long lines, and truthfully, it’s just one of the joys for me of living in Chile. I am still mid-snafu re: stomach, so most...
by Eileen | Jul 13, 2017 | chile, feria, food, food and drink, health, santiago, shopping
What’s in a coconut? Several things conspired to make this event happen. First, a friend recently was complaining that you can’t get fresh coconut in Santiago. Not true, I cried! And then set out to find them, and find them I did, in the Vega, in my case,...
by Eileen | May 30, 2016 | chile, feria, haha, santiago, shopping, Uncategorized
Today I am going to teach you how to parse a sign you see in Spanglish, and by parse, I mean consider how it came to be written how it is written, as opposed to in actual English, based on a previous knowledge of Spanish. Before I begin, I should mention that I...
by Eileen | Nov 10, 2015 | chile, feria, shopping
I was on my way home from the doctor today, for the long-fought asthmapalooza extravaganza, and decided to pop into the Vega. Bought a bunch of stuff, as I am wont to do, and rejoiced at the price of overripe tomatoes, because I am constitutionally incapable of...
by Eileen | Sep 3, 2015 | chile, feria, food and drink, santiago, shopping
Midweek feria visit! The weekends have been busy or I’ve had stuff to do early, and haven’t got a chance to head down to the Vega of late, so my fridge was really hurting. However, spring has sprung, and so everyone and their brother is planning meals out...
by Eileen | Aug 27, 2015 | chile, food, food and drink, shopping, supermarket
In addition to the where do I buy hazelnuts/brown sugar/dried ginger questions of yore, many of which I have answered here, in this post about tostadurias, is the ongoing question of where to buy Asian food products. Maybe you’re looking for rice noodles,...
