by Eileen | Feb 7, 2013 | food, food and drink, shopping, travel
This has happened to me once before, this purchasing of an unwieldy object while on the road, as if I forget that this thing, this cumbersome thing, will accompany me through my travels for the next few weeks. The first time it happened was with a large, unwieldy hat....
by Eileen | Jan 27, 2013 | chile, feria, health, santiago, shopping
Comingback from vacation brings me back immediately to two important things. Laundry and the feria. Today’s feria foray smelled like basil and melón calameño (cantaloupe) and ripe peaches and sometimes tomatoes. And occasionally, fish, but I speed past that part...
by Eileen | Sep 23, 2012 | chile, food, photography, santiago, shopping
I went to the feria chanting (in my mind), cucumbers, tomatoes, parsley, lemons. Because these were what I needed to buy for birthday (not mine) tabbouleh. The swiss chard, mandarines, avocado, eggplant, scallions, radishes, broccoli, penca (more on this in a sec) and...
by Eileen | Aug 30, 2012 | coffee, food, health, santiago, shopping
For a long, long time, I have been meaning to go up to the Eco Feria in La Reina. It’s mostly organic veggies, and is giant on Saturdays, and much smaller on Wednesdays, or so I’m told. There’s babywearing devices and organic, free-range eggs and...
by Eileen | Jul 6, 2012 | art, chile, shopping, travel
Pomaire is a town nearby Santiago, that most long-term Santiaguinos have either been to willingly, or dragged to by some tchotchke-loving aunt, or in-search-of-a-giant-empanada nephew. Even I’ve been several times already. It’s a town that makes its living...
by Eileen | May 18, 2012 | chile, food, shopping, supermarket
Been a while since I took you to the feria with me, and I know you’re thinking over there in the northern hemisphere, mwahahaha, now who’s got the cherries and berries and stuff? And true enough, I am jealous, and definitely switch it up from more fruit to...