by Eileen | Jan 30, 2016 | feria, food, food and drink, santiago
There are times when you go to the feria obligado, you go because you have to, because when you open the fridge there is more space than stuff, and when dinnertime comes, you think, “I could eat rice and yogurt and lemon pickle.” (Just me?) Then there are...
by Eileen | Sep 27, 2014 | chile, food, home, language, santiago, shopping, spanish
As you may know, I grew up in New York. And my parents were adventurous eaters. I have fond memories of walking through neighborhoods far from home where my father would hold up different food items in a store and ask simple questions. “Soak first?” or...
by Eileen | Jun 30, 2014 | santiago, shopping
I recently stepped on a sweater of mine. And by me telling you this, you now know two things about me. 1. sometimes my clothes are on the floor and 2. I don’t even pretend that that’s not the case, and then proceed to step on them. There’s a specific...
by Eileen | Nov 10, 2013 | photography, santiago, Uncategorized
This morning I woke up thinking many things. Maybe I would finish a blog post on language, or give you a feria report, now that the asparagus, cherries, blueberries and nisperos/loquats are in. I opened the curtain in the living room and saw white. It’s...
by Eileen | May 18, 2013 | chile, feria, food, food and drink, photography, santiago, shopping
For reasons that are perhaps only clear to the gods of Reddit themselves, I got some 2500 extra hits on my blog over the course of a couple of days, due to (I guess) someone in Ecuador getting fleeced in the food purchasing department, and someone else holding out my...