by Eileen | Nov 28, 2012 | chile, language
One of the things you can imagine about living on an island, or in a small community, is that you’d better watch what you say and do, because if you don’t, someone’s going to tell your momma. Or if not tell your momma, they’ll gossip about it...
by Eileen | Nov 22, 2012 | chile, train, travel
Sorry about the lack of posts, I went to Chile for a few days. What? Don’t I live in Chile? Well, kind of. I mean, I live in the largest city, within 100 miles of more half the population of the country. When I think of Chile, I think of Santiago. But it’s...
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 | Nov 8, 2012 | chile, photography
We have two norths here, which is funny, because to say you have a north, or that something is your north in Chile means, it is what you are oriented to, what helps you find your way. Tú eres mi norte is a way of saying “I am never lost when I am with...
by Eileen | Oct 28, 2012 | chile, march, santiago
So this year, for the first year since the dictatorship two important things happened. One, is that compulsory voting was eradicated. It used to be that if you were registered to vote (which many people were not, and you’ll see why in a second), and you were...
by Eileen | Oct 8, 2012 | chile, photography, santiago
It is fall in the northern hemisphere. I get it. I see your gorgeous placid lakes and gurgling streams, lined with trees painted in vibrant oils in a palette of red-redder-reddest and the yellows and oranges as well. This is the one time of year when I get truly...
