Saint Peter and Saint Paul
The 29th of June is celebrated in many different countries as the Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Here in Peru, it’s a work holiday for most, and is celebrated with various masses and devotionals. If you’re like me and spent your childhood going to Sunday School, then you probably remember that Saint Peter [...]
World Cup Fever in Lima
My sister, Suzi, is a huge soccer fan. And since she’s been here, it’s pretty much been World Cup Crazy in my house. I’m not a person who likes to get out of bed early, but I’ve been up in time to watch these 9am games all week! My husband, of course, is a futbol [...]
More Visitors from ‘the North’
This week, I said goodbye to my mother and my nephew, Nick – at least until October when they’ll be coming back down for another extended stay. But the next day, I said ‘Hello!’ to my sister, Suzanne and my niece, Gibson. We’ve had a lot of fun so far, just doing regular things like [...]
Lurin for Fathers Day
Thursday was my birthday, and we had decided that we would go out this weekend to celebrate – completely forgetting that today was Father’s Day too! Although we’d originally talked about going to either Chili’s or to La Terraza in Callao, in the end we decided on something more low-key, fun and family friendly – [...]
Gourmet Hamburgers? Yum.
I love a good hamburger, and I just ran across some AMAZING gourmet hamburger ideas. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, which is a restaurant chain I’ve never heard of, has a annual gourmet burger recipe competition. The recipes are said to be created by kids, but with recipes like the Pina Colada Fish Burger and The [...]
Shopping at Plaza Vea
Image via Wikipedia Plaza Vea is my favorite Peruvian supermarket (or ‘hipermercado’ as they long to call themselves – I guess ‘hyper’ is better than ‘super’). If I’m comparing them to the other major chains, I’d say they’re cleaner than Metro, which is their main price point competition, and they’re less expensive than the rest [...]
No Cream Soups? Make a Roux!
Image via Wikipedia When I lived in the US – you know.. for most of my life – I was a lazy cook. I liked to use a lot of packaged foods, like instant rice, noodle or rice mixes, and a lot of stuff out of cans. Now, I’m not gonna judge y’all and say [...]
Joren van der Sloot Confesses
Image by jarvic7 via Flickr It’s all over the news today – Joren van der Sloot has confessed. (and yes, I’m not usually a news blog, but dang folks, this happened three blocks from my house, so I’m slightly freaked out and affected by it. ) Peruvians are angry, and rightly so. With his previous [...]
Fresh Bread and Making Bread Pudding
Image via Wikipedia For many of us living in Peru, buying bread is a daily task. I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t have a bodega or bakery selling fresh bread within walking distance of their house. Peruvians aren’t big on sliced white bread, though – my love of white bread and Kraft mayo is [...]
New Office for My Life in Peru
When I first moved to Peru, I bought a really cheap little computer desk and the cheapest chair we could find. They pretty much fell apart really fast, but I kept them together with duct tape or whatever was necessary. This is a picture to show you what it has looked like for the last [...]
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