by Eileen | Jun 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
When I had been in Chile barely a month in May, 2004, the students were out in full force, protesting the lack of availability of student bus passes, which meant that the bus drivers were not allowing them on the bus for a reduced fare, leaving students no choice but...
by Eileen | Jun 26, 2008 | Uncategorized
So one day, not long after I moved into this building, I got a note, telling me I had something at the post office, and that I should come get it. Visions of sugarplums or at least a care package danced in my head, and off I went. Not to the post office, per se, but...
by Eileen | Jun 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
Every now and then I run around waxing ecstatic about a product or an object that has somehow improved my life. Most of my consumer tendencies run towards photography, communication or outdoorsy whatnot. Today I’m putting Smartwool under the microscope.Smartwool...
by Eileen | Jun 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
It’s been years now that I would be considered fluent in Spanish by most people. Certainly, I’ve got my weak spots, but for the most part, there’s little barrier between me and the people around me. But there are ways in which Spanish is still a...
by Eileen | Jun 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
Ever since they moved my customary post in front of the Santa Isabel grocery store on Huerfanos, I’ve been looking for the perfect place to lock my bike while at the grocery store. While in Chile most bike thefts are a wholesale affair, I prefer to at least lock...
by Eileen | Jun 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
Chile has gotten just a dose of US-based paranoia. Everything is a security risk, it would seem. I have tried on numerous occasions to take pictures in supermarkets, and have been told repeatedly “no se puede sacar fotos aca” (you can’t take pictures...
