Santiago Centro.
Just outside the borehole, a reporter asked Marcela Zúñiga, a nurse, when the miners would receive their first empanadas, a popular Chilean pastry usually stuffed with meat. “Those are being prepared by a special team in Santiago,” Ms. Zúñiga said.
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Facing Long Mine Rescue, Chile Spares No Expense (via NYT) Special emergency empanada-making teams at the ready in the capital? How could you not love Chile? |
Vivimos un infierno, fue una noche de horror.
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| — | Veronica, my Chilean host mother, describing the experience of last weekend’s earthquake from Santiago (200 miles north of the epicenter). |
ruta de evacuación tsunami. (via matt.hintsa)
Taken in Penco, Chile in September 2008. Penco is about 70 miles south of the epicenter of last night’s earthquake.
2010_02_27-24-Edit (via Sergio Recabarren)
The aftermath of the Chilean earthquake as seen in a Santiago kitchen, 200 miles away from the epicenter.
Pensando en mis amigos chilenos…
Very few tourists die on the road,’’ its owner, Tamara Ullrich, told us. “Of course, there was that family of four who went over the edge last year …’’
Sunset (via cluster fotos)
Check out this guy’s photos; he does an impressive job capturing Chile’s beauty. This one brings back memories of looking out of my bedroom window at the cordillera lit up by the setting sun.
Remember when Anthony Bourdain went to Chile and ate a giant hot dog topped with mayo, avocado, sauerkraut, relish, and tomato?
Starting today, you can get one in Midtown.
Try as I may, I just can’t get excited about Chilean food. Hintsa, though, will probably be making a special trip to NYC for this.
Ehh…maybe I’ll swing by if I’m in the area, but I’m with you, Paul; I never really got that excited about Chilean food. I don’t know how anyone can feel good about themselves after gorging on a completo or any sort of vienesa. I never managed to find a decent churrasco, either. That said, I could go for an empanada and some pebre.
