Fact: People eat more ice cream in winter. Even when it’s snowing. It sounds weird but many people are more likely to curl up on the couch with a pint in cold weather. Why you…
Year: 2015
Blog posts
El Barista: Best Place to Drink Café in the Coffee Axis
Glossy clear glass forms, the slow and steady pour, and a rich full flavored coffee is guaranteed to please even the most exigente (or high standards) customer has arrived in Pereira. Some of…
Life in The Coffee Axis: Pereira
Like the steamy fragrance and happy bubbly sound of a good cup of coffee being made in the morning, this story has been brewing in my imagination for a while. What is life REALLY like, in…
The Expat Mom: Daniel’s 1st Birthday Party
About a year ago I wrote the story about my experience giving birth at a public hospital in Colombia. If not you can read about my terrifying but miraculous experience here. Yesterday we celebrated…
The Expat Kitchen: Brazilian Fried Plantains
Plantains are under appreciated in most of North America. However once you go south a ways you discover entire cultural diets which revolve around certain staples, the plantain is one of them. From Brazil…
The Expat Kitchen: All Natural Chocolate Vanilla Milkshake
A few notes about my recipe. This is the first in what I hope will become a series of posts sharing my favorite recipes here in Colombia. Some will be Colombian foods, I might…
Eco-Restaurant Destination: Bakuru
We have all heard of the eco-park, eco-hostel, eco-hotel, eco-lodge, eco-anything, but one segment of ecologically sound choices should include what we eat as well. Around the world people are becoming more open minded…
Pereira, Colombia: Fiestas de la Cosecha
My favorite time of year has always been the month of August. My birthday, some of my best friends have birthdays and best of all Harvest Festival in Pereira, my city of residence. Orchids,…
Pereira Jeep Parade
This separate post is a part of the Harvest Festival post which you can read HERE. The jeep culture is a very unique and important part of life in Colombia. These are the faithful…
Restaurant Montmartre Cartagena, Colombia
In the narrow streets of the old walled city in Cartagena is a slice of old world variety for the cultured palate. With a short list of authentic dishes and carefully selected wine pairings Restaurant Montmartre…
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