by Eileen | Apr 17, 2012 | chile, santiago, Uncategorized
Earthquakes. We got ’em. The very first earthquake I felt in Chile was in the first apartment I lived in (briefly), up in Providencia, on a tiny street called Los Maitenes. I was laying in bed in a beige apartment that was wrong for me in every way (carpet! not...
by Eileen | Jul 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
If you are from Concepción, you are a penquista. Which makes it sound like you’re from Penco, which you’re not, but you used to be. At least you’re not from penca, which means (roughly) lame, though it is also a kind of thistle which makes a nice,...