by Eileen | Feb 28, 2014 | bicycle, chile, photography, valparaíso
Before even leaving for Valparaíso this past Sunday to take pics at this thoroughly, completely insane downhill race, I did a little research. Okay, research might be putting it strongly. I read the press communique. Which in Spanish is called a comunicado de prensa....
by Eileen | Feb 6, 2014 | chile, travel
One of the things that I find so hard to capture about what I love about Chile is this. Also, forgive me, but I have been in recipe development land, and old habits die hard. You’re lucky I didn’t take all the photos with a shallow depth of field, heavy...
by Eileen | Dec 14, 2013 | chile, feria, food and drink
On a recent trip down to Temuco, where I finally met someone I’ve known online for years, over a lunch that was too big for anyone to eat, we got to talking about my feria reports. Prices are much higher in Santiago, my friend-in-the-computer said. I have heard...
by Eileen | Nov 13, 2013 | chile, language, spanish, Uncategorized
I was sitting at the dining room table of a friend’s beach house a few years ago in Maitencillo, when someone offered me a bite of something they were eating, holding out the fork to me. It was some kind of cake. And since I don’t like Chilean cake,...
by Eileen | Oct 28, 2013 | chile, haha, spanish
One day, you may be asked to play Cranium in a language/culture that is not your own. You should heed this tale, and consider yourself mas que advertido (strongly warned). So one day, I was at a party at a friend-of-a-friend’s house. The host is a hilarious,...
by Eileen | Oct 21, 2013 | chile, language, spanish
Must write about language. Again. When first learning a language, you start to notice the expressions or words that you use all the time in your native language that you can’t find in the second one. In Chile, I struggled with “afford,” as in...
