by Eileen | Sep 21, 2009 | Uncategorized
I believe that it is safe to say that the 18th of September and all of the associated brouhaha (with tip of the hat to the Beastie Boys and bonus points to you if you know what song I’m talking about) is finally over. Which makes sense given that it’s the...
by Eileen | Aug 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
So the end of August means many things to you. Perhaps it’s the end of the blackberry season, time to dust off your pencils and books, looking forward to Labor day. I have been somewhat remiss in not educating you on the finer points of August here in Santiago,...
by Eileen | Aug 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Even I, amateur linguist, translator and pun maker extraordinaire can have a joke fall flat. Apropos of nothing, except I was baby wrangling for the sweetest mama and baby pair today, and so I had some time to think when I wasn’t swirling from side to side or...
by Eileen | Aug 19, 2009 | Uncategorized
It all started last night when I came home around midnight, and noticed the lobby suspiciously dark and the elevator out of order. The elevator is frequently out of order, so I dutifully trudged up the ten flights of stairs to my apartment, secretly thanking the gods...
by Eileen | Aug 17, 2009 | Uncategorized
Caution: You may spit out whatever you are eating somewhere around photo four. You have been warned. Four countries and seventeen hours later, I arrived to Santiago’s spiffy airport and followed the usual hamster wheel to International Police, through the duty...
by Eileen | Aug 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
When people ask me what languages I speak, I try to be fair, and say, just two, English and Spanish. But I can’t help sometimes throwing in that I also speak Chilean. Chilean bears a striking resemblance to Spanish, but there is a point of departure after which...
