All work and no play makes you a hard worker. However, after six long months of chasing the elusive maqui opportunity, it is time for a break. A good friend from high school is coming to visit and we will take the next two weeks to tavel about the Chile and Argentina countryside in search of [...]
2010 Earthquake in Chile! It is not everyday that you find yourself waking up at 3:30 a.m. in the morning to a 8.0 earthquake. Well that is exactly what happened to me a few nights ago as I lay in bed dreaming about maqui berries here in Santiago, Chile. On February 27, 2010, the country [...]
Slowly but surely the city of Santiago has been getting less congested as Chileans begin to head out to their beach homes and mountain retreats for summer vacation. As the folks in the USA get battered by unprecendented snowfall and winter weather, those south of the equator are busy getting sunburns and hangovers from their [...]
Today is the runoff election between Sebastián Piñera and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle in Chile. Once again the city has shutdown as the people come out in masses to vote for their favorite candidate. This has been a very tight election. I will post the results later as the votes are counted. And the winner is…………….. Sebastián [...]
Christmas is upon us here in Santiago, Chile. Although there is not alot of Christmas lights up around town, people have been out and about in masses for the last few weeks. The weather has been getting warmer and warmer all month as we head into summer here in Santiago, Chile. While most citizens from the USA [...]
Today was voting day in Chile for the election of a new president. The two candidates are Sebastián Piñera and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. As the city was busy voting at the election poles, I was having a real hard time finding any place open to grab a bite to eat as EVERYTHING in the city [...]
Thanksgiving is a relatively new tradition in Chile and I have been told that only about half the population here in the capitol city of Santiago celebrates the holiday. I am headed over to have thanksgiving with one of my new colleagues here in the city. They were kind enough to invite me over for [...]
I have now been living in Santiago, Chile for more than six weeks and this is the lowdown on the food scene in my neighborhood. Dining out has really been my modus operandi since moving out of the La Ambassade petit hotel earlier this month. There are a few Northamerican places down here that I [...]
I am really liking my new digs here at the apartment in Providencia, Santiago. There is a nice deck and pool on the roof of the building and the Starbucks downstairs is a big bonus. I see them most every morning for my routine cafe americano. It has been business as ususal selling maqui berry and [...]
Today is both a sad and exciting day for me. After one awesome month in the Ambassade Hotel, I am moving into my own furnished apartment here in Santiago. The place is brand new, albeit small and there is a lap pool on the roof of the 21 story building that has amazing views. I [...]