Posted by Lisa on September 5th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
Today is my friend/sister’s birthday. I’ve known Cara since she was born, and she is one of my most favorite people on Earth. She always makes me laugh and smile, and is always there for me. One of my favorite things about Cara is her laugh/giggle. It reminds me of being kids and eating ice cream cake at her parents house. Basically it reminds \of our wonderful childhood together. In a perfect world, I would love to live next door to her and hang out with her every day. I’m so excited to see her soon, just a couple more days!!! Happy birthday Cara, I love you!!!
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Posted by Lisa on August 31st, 2005 — Posted in Misc
I didn’t post yesterday, I apologize. I went hiking in the morning, then went grocery shopping in the afternoon, and then went here…
Sorry, I didn’t get a picture of the store, but yes, you are correct. I went to blockbuster. As far as I can tell, it’s the only one in town unlike in the states where they’re around every corner next to the omnipresent CVS’s. Now my card back from the states didn’t work, so I joined and am now a member here in Chile. My friend Joanna was with me, thankfully. She was able to do all the spanish speaking for me. Well really, she did everything, and I just stood there looking pretty. But I digress. We can now rent movies whenever we want. How cool. And FYI, if you’re getting homesick, this is where to go to get the good stuff. They have american candy there, plus small bags of marshmallows. hmmm. So I rented my first movie, Diarios De Motocicleta- Motorcycle Diaries. It’s in spanish, but has english subtitles. We haven’t watched it yet, but will probably tonight. It’s supposed to be great. At Blockbuster they had all the american movies plus chilean, british and other movies too. I can’t wait to watch them all…
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Posted by Lisa on August 31st, 2005 — Posted in Misc
I don’t only want to blog about my daily happenings. I want to be able to share with you other things that we continually find in Chile. So today, I decided to tell you about Steve and I’s favorite breakfast bread. It’s called Queque Trenza Rusa. You can buy it at almost all of the local supermarkets, or at least some form of it. I’m not really sure what it is. Sometimes it reminds me of a marble cake, vanilla and chocolate, but it’s not chocolate, in other ways it reminds me of cinnamon buns, but it’s not cinnamon. And then occasionally you get a surprise in a bite, sometimes a piece of candied fruit, sometimes chocolate, but only occasionally. So it’s weird, but wonderful. Steve and I like to warm it up in the oven, and then melt some butter on top. Not very nutritious, but very very yummy. Steve usually eats some every morning with his yerba matte tea. Yes, tea. He’s stopped drinking coffee, though that may be due to the fact that we can’t get any good coffee here. No beans, no nothing. You can buy nescafe though 🙂 I prefer to have my yummy cakey thing as dessert. I was complaining that though i’ve started exercising, I haven’t really lost any weight yet. Well, this would be why. I’m an addict of some unknown type of cake/bread with an indescribable flavor. When you come to visit, you’ll become addicted too!!
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Posted by Lisa on August 28th, 2005 — Posted in Misc
This week was the best mail week EVER! Not only did I get my People magazine, my Yankee magazine, and our Entertainment magazine, I got 2 packages. My awesome Aunt Pat sent me some much needed books, and my super cool mom and our super awesome cool friend Pat Tapper sent me a package. Well actually they sent their packages separately but they got combined in Tucson, anyways I digress. My mom sent me my favorite mac and cheese ever ( I already chowed down on a box), some chocolate chips (weird that you can’t buy these here), Bell’s seasoning (which helps me make a magnificent roast), some awesome looking tortellini, 2 books, and a puzzle type book that Steve and I really enjoy! Pat made these amazing chili pepper napkins (I can’t wait to have a dinner party and use!), and sent me 2 tortilla holders, very cool as well. So thank you everyone. I love you guys, and I definitely love my presents! yay for me!!!!!!
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