Veinticuatro Horas

As with any place, Santiago has its good points, and its not so good points. One of the biggest downers of this cool city is the ever present smog. Rain isn’t common here, but Wednesday night we were treated to a shower which yielded something I hadn’t seen since arriving here about two months ago.

La Piojera

la piojera

terremotto

La Piojera is a local bar located a stones throw from the exit of the Puente Cal y Canto station of the L2 (yellow) line of the Santiago Metro. Not a fancy bar or restaurant by any means, you can come here and down a couple terremoto’s which basically consist of pipeño [...]

el Apartamento

my unit circled in yellow

So after about three weeks of shuffling from room to room, living out of a suitcase, I finally got to move into a place I can call home. Sure its in the same building I’ve been in from day one here. And sure it makes my apartment in new york [...]

Graffiti de Valparaíso

The city of Valparaíso is an old city located near the shores of eastern Chile. Being an old city, built along steep hills, there are a number of things that make it special, and a great place to walk around, with personal property kept close and secure (theft is common around here).  One of my [...]