mountains
Saturday, March 27, 2010
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happy birthday xtine-y !
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Happy Birthday my lovebug! I can't believe you are 23! I remember when we first met in our first art history course in college..immediately I knew we'd be besties and I'm soo soo lucky to have such a charming, intelligent, and beautiful friend! I love that you are always down for an adventure and that you always have insightful advice for me. I don't know what I'd do without you and I can't wait to see your lovely face in person!
I love you soo much!!
happy spring
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Spring a ling! Doesn't this photo make you wish you were riding your bike along this path?
I'm actually looking forward to spring cleaning and the fruits/vegetables (for the second time this year)..Wishing for happy and exciting changes!
Photo credit: Lonely Planet, New Zealand. heheh. Read more...
shake, rattle and roll
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Grandmama's 84th birthday--babies. cake. & drinks. =happy campers! I love going to the south to see my family. We celebrated Grandmama's 48th* birthday with a carrot cake, double chocolate cake and a lemon cheesecake. There was Elvis, dancing, and plenty of food. I wish we lived closer so I could see my wonderful family more but I'm happy that we get to visit often.
*Grandmama requested this be her 48th birthday :) Read more...
chao chile
Monday, March 15, 2010
Dear Chile,
I will miss you and everything you taught me.
Gracias for all your warmth, love, nature, gratitude, family and vida.
Fuerza Chile--regrow and rebuild to be the great country you are.
Love to all my friends who made my time in Chile so special and fun.
Love,
Tara
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kiwis
Sunday, March 14, 2010
I miss my kiwis! As some of you know I love to practice my New Zealand accent on the regular (ahem cousin twins). I was lucky enough to meet some wonderful kiwi friends to chat with and they didn't mind (too much) when I tried to speak kiwi!
Cort, Hilary and Tim
Anyway, I found this poster I thought was very cute and thought I'd share with all my New Zilund enthusiasts:
Besos !
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pomaire
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Pomaire is a small town an hour outside of Santiago. It has really beautiful pottery and is quite charming. Cortney, Dana, Carlos and I spent the day perusing the shops and listening to some classic Chilean music during lunch.
terremoto
Friday, March 5, 2010
As most of you know, Chile suffered a 8.8 magnitude early Saturday morning. The epicenter was located in Concepcion (about 5 hours southwest of Santiago) and there have been 1.5 million rendered homeless thus far. The death toll is currently at roughly 800 people and it is expected to rise. This earthquake was the 7th most powerful in history. Although Chile is no stranger to earthquakes Bachelet expects the road to recovery to be at least three to four years. The biggest damages were in rural areas of Chile--most of the infrastructures have been totally destroyed. It has been a very sobering experience..I was lucky enough to be at home in bed with my housemates and none of us were hurt. We had some damage to the plaster on the ceiling and I have pretty big cracks in my wall but our house is made from adobe which is generally pretty strong.
the chunk of dry wall from our roof post-quake
my wall in my bedroom
Chile has been adamant about being strong and working together to recover. The slogan Chile Ayuda a Chile (Chile helps Chile) is significant because it indicates the strength of the people. It's been a crazy experience to see the aftermath of everything. It's been a difficult road but I feel so thankful for everything.
Here's some more photos of the damages around Santiago:
a church on Providencia
Museum Bellas Artes
A map of the quake via BBC
Besos a todas as usual. Love Love Love!
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