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 | Nov 12, 2012 | chile, feria, food, food and drink
The story of how I changed ferias. By Eileen Smith In the merciless joy of making fun of how idiosyncratic New Yorkers are, I had a great time when my sister and brother in law moved in together on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. You see, they each moved about two...
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 | 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 | Oct 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Seasonal produce at excellent prices brings me to the feria most weekends. I’ve been missing it since being back from first Argentina, and then Peru. But the stars aligned just right, and after a solid 48 hours of social time, beer, wine, whiskey (?!, just a...