gusta el gusto

On Saturday Philly and i attended one of his workmates birthday bbq on the Cerro.
Turning up an hour late (i am so friggin Chillean)after a 45 minute walk up the hill, i was MORE THAN ready for some Guacemole. And boy oh boy was there Guacemole!


I really have to say this was probably THE best bbq i have ever been to.
Normally im so disapointed by the 'chargrilled' (aka. burnt) food wrapped in bread buns (aka. my stomach's arch enemy) and the 'atmosphere' (aka. smelly hair and watering eyes).


BUT 


The Guacemole was awesome, the sausages amazing and that was seriously the best chicken i have ever ever ever ever ever ever tasted.


After a few drinks (piscola ofcourse) and after having my bag stolen and then rescued by some of the Chillean boys who chased after the thief, Philly and i were understandably feeling a tad sleepy from the ordeal and so began the long journey home.


First a stop halfway down the hill to enjoy the view, then a stop in Patio Bellavista for a Fro-yo, the  a taxi to the cinema to watch whatever film was still playing.
This happened to be 'El Rito'. The Anthony Hopkins film about exorcism which we had both previously sworn not to see.


That was probbaly initially a wise move.


Despite the 2 hour show of devil talk, pregnant girls being exorcised and killing themselves and eery music and perfectly placed gusts of wind, i somehow managed to fall asleep three times.


On our walk home we noticed the appartment oposite mine was in full swing- most likely the after party from the bbq.
Quite embrassing that we left to eat fro-yo and popcorn at the cinema.


Whatever.
Im totally cool with my life choices, OK!?

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Jack Hanna- Trois Llets (Martinique)- February 2011

NEWS OF THE WEEK

Ugandan president may release rap album

President Yoweri Museveni says he might release an album after a rap he performed became a smash hit on Uganda's radio stations and  nightclubs.

The leader, nicknamed "M7", performed two children's folk chants at several election rallies over the last few months; 

- "Naatema akati" (I cut a stick) and "Mp'enkoni" (Give me the stick).

Record producers then mixed the performances with hip-hop beats and audio of Museveni talking to the crowd about a genre of music that he said was new to him.

"Today these young people taught me about this 'rap'. I was not following what they were saying. Well, I can even give you some rap myself,".

- The song was titled, "You want another rap?".

Ruling party officials were pleased with the popularity of the song but issued warnings to some newspapers after they published doctored photographs of a topless Museveni with a muscled and heavily tattooed torso.

m.gawker.com

reuters.com

Peanut Choccie Scrum Scrum

This lil fella is of my own invention.
He's yummy.
Alas no photo.
Enjoy.




Peanut Choccie Scrum Scrum


Preset your oven to 180 C and grease up a bread mold.


Mapley/Biscuitty base
In a large bowl mix soft butter and brown sugar.
Add an egg, a good ol blob of Maple Syrup and some Vanilla essence.
Mix in some flour, baking powder and a teensy smidge of salt.
Squidge this on the bottom on your bread pan.


Nutty Butty bit.
Ontop sprinkle dessicated coconut, then peanuts and chopped up milk or dark chocolate.
Drizzle condensed milk ontop so that it coveres all the nutterrific concoction.


Pop in the oven for around 15 minutes.
Take out and sprinkle more dessicated coconut ontop and then pop that baby right back in!


Take out when it looks done and set aside to cool.
Later cut into bars and MUNCH MUNCH MUNCH.

Good for movie nights or making desserts without wanting to actually bake anything that has the possibility of going wrong.

Should vaguely resemble this.

SCREW YOU NASTY GAL!

That's right.
I said it.
Screw YOU Nasty Gal.
Screw you and your constant adverts on EVERY website i go on.
The Guardian, Word reference, Facebook, The Huffington post...


Normally i could handle it, but this has gone too far.




I CAN NOT purchase anything from you as i currently live in CHILE and have NO money.
So unless you're advertising a job for a 20 year old stylist with very little styling experience who speaks French Spanish and English (free clothes included) please REFRAIN from rubbing your beautiful, overpriced clothing ranges in my visage! 


And as for YOU ASOS....
I expected better from you.

chocolate drops, sprinkles or both?

PANCAKE DAY. 
It just happened.
I feel sick.
Urgh.
So sick.


Many of you may now be thinking, "who is this chick?? Pancake day is in March!"
Well, you would be right. But i had my reasons.
Shnugglepuff (Isabelle) will be off traveling with her parents for the month of March, so we decided to stick together and ride the pancake wave together before she leaves next weekend. Plus i thought an obscene surge of gluten, chocolate drops, maple syrup and butter was a good way to kick start my early bird lent.

Blueberry and Vanilla pancake with Dulce de leche ice cream and chocolate drops.

Vanilla pancake with maple syrup, butter and chocolate drops.

Vanilla pancake chocolate drops, Maple syrup and Sprinkles.

Vanilla pancake with butter and sprinkles.

We had 3 each.
Ouch.
Obviosuly after that we felt repulsive and ill and sick (especially those of us who are allergic to the main ingredients involved).
So, 2 hours later, after 2 more episodes of The Bachelor we made fajitas. OBVIOUSLY.
They.were.good.


Can't wait to never look at food again.
How handy that my Lent starts tomorrow!
Good one, Dais!

SACA UNA FOTO

Ceyda Ela Ozkan- Bodrum- August 2011

Camina por Bandera

Oh lovely lovely is Orange and Blue.


Two streets away from my road if one of the longest vintage shop streets in Santiago- Bandera. Many of these shops are of course creme de la creme-full of dodgy, though there is one that just keeps on-a-givin'.


Oh my!
It's Orange and Blue.


A few weeks ago i made these few purchases (not all at the same time) and thought the world should know.

  

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

McDonalds serves up McWeddings.

'I McDO'

On Valentine's Day at a downtown McDonald's close to the financial district, the fast food joint was decked out with pink balloons, a "cake" stacked from apple pies, as well as a pair of tiny souvenir crystal M rings, for a surprise engagement bash thrown by Kelvin, a young model, for his girlfriend, Ashley.

The party is the first formal wedding event since the service was launched in January.

McDonald's says the concept isn't tacky and fills a niche in Hong Kong, where its restaurants are popular dating venues and the prices for more typical weddings run high.

"They date here, they grew their love here, so when they have this important day they want to come over here," said Shirley Chang, the managing director of Hong Kong's McDonald's outlets.

The McDonald's "Warm and sweet wedding package," at HK$9999 ($1282) a pop, includes wedding gifts, pink invitation cards emblazoned with golden arches, decor featuring the likes of Ronald McDonald and the Hamburglar, and classic golden arches fare worth up to $385.

Additional items will cost extra, including a "white balloon" gown rental ($165), balloon corsage ($11), balloon wedding cake ($88), and a large pink McDonalds backdrop ($321).


www.reuters.com

Fan del Flan.

I love frittata's.
Here they do not have frittata's.
They have 'flan'.
It's the same but better.
Why? ...i wondered as i munched on my flan with salad at lunch time.
The answer: Because there's gluten in it. Obviously.


Farewell Flanny.
It's just not gunna work out.

Oscar, i think so.

On Friday Philly had the wonderful treat of getting to watch the wonders of Christina Aguilera strutting about on the big screen with me.
After having received raving reviews from Laura and Jules, i was desperate to see it.


The first line i think is a clear indicator for the rest of the film;

"(sigh) uh...i just gotta geta outta this town"

...I was in hysterics from then onwards.


Never before has shoddy acting been put together with nudity and sequined costumes as it has been here. 
Not only does Christina Aguilera deliver line after line of the most predictable load of bollocks ive ever witnessed, she also manages to do it without the slightest shred to believability. 


The recipe was one for success- naked girls prancing around in feathers and eye lash extensions, the classic gay best friend, the standard "no we're just friends, but will obviously fall in love later" plot line, the struggling small town girl  following a dream (parentless of course), the threat of the nightclub closing to fuel 'Ali´s' desire to be loyal to her 'new family' (aka the other naked girls at the club).


Funniest film this year.


One word: Brilliant.


No, two words: SEE IT.  

oops, im naked.

Never before has the feeling of repulsion and immense adoration ever united in such a way.
I give you; Kyrah.

I.S.A.B.E.L.L.E

Pury the fury.

A guide to my housemate.

likes

Pretending to be gluten free

cheese with red bits in it

skin protection with spf 2

niu sushi

my future pancakes

el cerro

the bachelor

emporio la rose ice cream

gross chillean butter

full length mirrors

being mentioned in my blog

dislikes

photos

using shower gel

when the bachelor is not on

coffee

the smell of coffee

people making coffee

new girl making coffee

new girl

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Blaise Coley- Barcelona- 11th February 2011

the dogs of santiago

Rodolfo

Alexis

Brian

Pancho

Bo

 Panqueque

Garbanzo

Jonathan McGubbins

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Anais Calzadilla - Paris - Janvier 2011

Praise for the camera-less phone.

In a previous post i declared;

"One thing i have found the chilleans have mastered above all things is the chat up."

I would like to retract that statement.

On the metro today i was forced to stand next to a guy sitting on the floor. He very quickly got his phone out of his pocket and turned it upside down.

Strange behaviour i thought and looked away.

And strange it was.

A quick glance back clarified that he was indeed taking 'secret' and 'subtle' photos of me which he then checked, deleted as and when was necessary and then resumed snapping.

Ensuring i held my skirt extremely tight for fear of a 'panties shot' i pushed my way to another spot of the train where i would be out of paparazzi danger.

And i was.

Though this did not prevent a rather woeful glance from said man, nor the avid stare from my new neighbour which, for the next 15 minutes, did not leave my legs. 

Who knows how to say "Fuck off you disgusting pervert" in spanish?

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Anna Nicole Smith: The Opera

"It is not going to be a horrible, sleazy evening," Elaine Padmore, Covent Garden's director of opera told the Guardian. "It is not going to be tawdry; it is going to be witty, clever, thoughtful and sad.

Clearly the story is about a woman who met an ancient gentleman in a wheelchair

There will be no shortage of dramatic material. Smith, born Vickie Lynn Hogan in 1967, dropped out of her Texan high school, married a fellow worker at Jim's Krispy Fried Chicken - and then transformed herself, via a breast enhancement, into a glamour model and pole dancer.

She married J Howard Marshall when he was 89, and she 26. After his death she pursued what she argued was her share of her inheritance through the courts, fought by her late husband's son. She briefly became the (anti)heroine of her own reality TV show; her weight ballooned and she received liposuction. Three days after the birth of her daughter, of no certain father, her 20-year-old son by her first marriage died; five months later, in 2007, she was dead herself.

Nova

The Weekend

So this weekend, Lulo came to town.


Only a week after i went to Viña to visit her she was back in my arms and ready to roll.


After hearing SO much about the brilliance of Santiago's sushi, i met the girls and boys at Niu Sushi in Providencia for lunch after work on Friday.
Alas i experienced an XTREME case of toomuchriceandavacadoandsalmon-itis and yet still managed to join Philly in showing Lulo the sights.
AKA. My favourite Vintage shops.


But all that walking and sushi eating is hot, hard work.


Queue, Amanda's roof top pool.

9am. WAKE UP.
9.15am GET IN TAXI
10.30am GET ON HORSE


A whole day of riding in the Andes with Philly, Lulo and the gang lead to one extremely sore ass.
We rode up the mountain and back down to have lunch and swim in the river and then dawdle our back to camp.
Easy Peasy.


After feeling somewhat hungover on the Sunday due to the copious amounts of Champagne, Pisco Sours and red wine from the night before at dinner the following piece of genius WAS. BORN.


Welcome one and all to LoDaCrap.


http://www.youtube.com/user/LoDaCrap 



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