by Eileen | Dec 20, 2012 | photography, santiago
Here in Santiago, where we plan on celebrating the apocalypse with tacos and chocolate (and tequila for the drinkers), we’d been expecting a very unseasonable rain. Basically, it doesn’t rain from November to April. We occasionally get a heavy rainstorm in...
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 | 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 2, 2012 | chile, photography, santiago, Uncategorized
Recent field trips with friends and photography classes have taken me to Santiago’s Recoleta cemetery quite a few times lately. It’s a lovely place, varied and bright, with sections for the well-to-do and regular folk, streaming with flowers and mementos...
by Eileen | May 28, 2012 | bicycle, chile, haha
Some time, ago, I’m guessing about five years, they redid the “bandejón central” (kind of like a long traffic island) that goes down the length of the Alameda, or the main street in Santiago from about the Moneda Palace down to Pajaritos, a distance...