Lemon or lime? Powdered sugar or simple syrup? For such a simple cocktail, the pisco sour has endless variations.
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Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus: the spines are all mine
Michael Cera searches for a hallucinogenic plant in Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus.
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Drinking elsewhere: A visit to a small winery in Chile’s Maipo Valley
A Chilean motorcycle-racing champion sends me to Huelquen, an organic winery near Santiago.
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New releases capture Chilean rock from the present and the past
Recent new releases by Follakzoid and Holydrug Couple and a reissue of Los Vidrios Quebrados spotlight Chilean rock.
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How watching the presidential debates made me famous*
A group of “exotic gringos” watches the debates in a land far away
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Protesting in Chile
APEC protests in Santiago, George W. Bush’s exploits, and students facing down tear gas and water cannons.
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It’s so hot right now
It seems Mother Nature is making up for lost time. Chicago will see its hottest weather in five years over the next few days. Says Tom Skilling, “The 95-degree high forecast at O’Hare International Airport today and Wednesday is 18 degrees above the normals for June 7 and 8, and far higher than the 70- […]
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Eating Elsewhere: Chile, Part 1
Asados, choripan, jote, pisco sours, piscola, and ice cream–photos and narrative from a trip to Chile.