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We’ve got that. Or maybe we don’t. Adventures in linguistic and culinary Chile

By Eileen On August 3, 2011 · 22 Comments

Where our protagonist goes to the supermarket with one idea for birthday cupcake decoration and comes out surprisingly Chilenized.

I had my first Chilean linguistic/cultural confusion in a long time a few weeks ago. In keeping with what a fabulous time my niece and I had had making and decorating cupcakes for the family when [...]

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On Supermarkets and My Cachito de Poder

By Eileen On April 10, 2011 · 9 Comments

Of all the things to be concerned about concerning changing apartments (will my stuff arrive? will it fit? will the internet ever be hooked up, is there a secret infestation of curly-antennae’d bugs? yes, yes, yes no), my mother was concerned about whether or not there would be a supermarket nearby. This is understandable, I [...]

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