Sunday, October 24, 2010

Watch M Jak Miłość

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Friday evening in the Plaza Sotomayor. Full moon. Wind stirred. Thousands of locals exploding in the stands. The police ordered traffic. The company reviewed security credentials. From Tuesday, the locals had observed with surprise the luxurious assembly stage with his back to the former Regional Municipality, with two screens 6 by 4 meters and a 7-story giant crane. Now the time has come. Our authorities arrive by trolley from the Congress. In addition, the directive Forum Foundation. Sitting on the floor, a sea of \u200b\u200breporters. Behind the scenes, expect more than twenty-five musicians and actors, along with Artistic Director Constancio Aliki. The two sides, stretched the thirty dancers and acrobats, the other actors, the troupe, singers. Are the stagehands. The lighting designers and sound engineers hone their knobs. Only

missing dog.

came the dog. Just when the first dancers came on stage, when the singer Lorna Guzman made his triumphal entry with Pablo Neruda's prose referring to Neptune, flanked on his throne of sea and wind, a dog appeared in the first row of the Plaza Sotomayor.

4 years ago when it ruled that the Jewel of the Pacific happen to Barcelona and Monterrey to host the Universal Forum of Cultures, uncorked the champagne at the Palace of La Moneda. In Valparaiso, said: Chile ride a real "Olympics of the arts." The Port would receive the world with new cultural venues, such as the turntable and the Cultural Center of the former prison. For the opening, there was talk of a parade of presidents and prime ministers, all gathered to witness a spectacle of world export Chilean artists like Beto Cuevas, Veronica Villarroel, and Cristina Gallardo Domas.

already know the story: the Coalition lost the mayoralty and washed his hands of the Forum. The new president pledged his support, but the earthquake ... Same

contributions were small: the Subdere and FNDR. In total, the budget of the third Forum would be approximately 1.5% of the former and less than 2.5% in the second. Chile, again, had left Valparaiso alone. But do not say this to the mayor. Do not say that the hundreds of locals artists who left his soul in the Plaza Sotomayor on Friday night.

We return the dog. When he came I felt a slight panic among the audience. But my wife and I had a smile from ear to ear. "Valparaiso is present," he said. Moreover, Where were the highest authorities of the country? The president had delayed his trip to Europe by the miners. Forgive him. But the ministers? And the four parliamentarians to Valparaiso? Pancho was Chahuán. Grande Chahuán. What about the others? For 45 days

Valparaiso receive the world. And it will do alone. Whatever. We will stick together and will provide a worthy spectacle. Viva Valparaiso. And the critics?

I'll take the dog.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Mozarella Curds In Ma

Between Valparaiso and loquat

"Have you noticed that the street is cobblestone Denmark? It is of stone. We did it as part of the agreement that would, at last, acquisition of this land in 1825. "Words are Stephen Collins, Director of Dissenters Cemetery, to start our journey to heaven, including hydrangeas and loquat.


is not the first time here, obviously. But never had entered Denmark 14, the gate heritage, with its marble staircase in a spiral, guarded by mysterious carved stone owls. "For more than a century," continued Stephen, "our coexistence was difficult. A few years of opening the door, there was an earthquake. The church blamed us, 'heretics' and most of the people believed them. "

A Chileans bother them cemeteries. To me, fascinate me. I think, immediately, in one of my favorite poems, "Children" by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963):



Occasionally we found a clear violet
yellowfin


but not many large blue
and large

cemetery in the forest we collected
several


was a family called Foltette

a large family with many children's graves and we collected


bouquets of violets and we left one on each headstone

What

what color are the violets after all? "Yellow, purple, or blue? I have no idea. And what are the children referred to in the title? Do Foltette? Or do they play innocently in the woods? Nobody knows. We enjoy the circle of life. There is no reason to explain it. Cemeteries naked

our ambitions. We emptied of internal noise. We clean inside and out.

But Dissenters Cemetery is different. It is a monument to the struggle for freedom, a testament to tolerance and diversity. Here lie our martyrs and those who were born in territories such as unpronounceable, chose to die here in the last corner of the world.
Still, it's hard to explain the mysterious power of narcotics here. Perhaps, just like in "Children" is not necessary. Just wandering between surnames Mackay, Garland, Sutherland, Hucke, Porter, Trumbull, etc. Every time I come, flying. Feel like I've entered a 19-century apothecary, with its oak shelves packed with bottles of yellow labels written in English and German, tell great tales of yesteryear. And suddenly, I feel I've come to the fragrance aisle, barely perceptible after centuries of neglect, but stick equally strong, with his tee shot taken from the silent melancholy.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Chicken Tarna Calories

Climbing hydrangea

Last Sunday, at 23:00, while watching "Zero Tolerance", I sent a message via twitter: "I seek the longest straight Valpo. Please nominate your favorite with lots of steps. "


In seconds, the networks lit. A couple of nominations came for "Cienfuegos", linking the Plaza Serrano Eleuterio Ramírez. Replied: "I know there's a myth that is longer, but I do not. How many steps, please? Let's see. "

Nobody knew. It did not matter. The thing had been entertaining. Outside, rain poured. In cyberspace, locals from Sweden, Temuco, Antofagasta nominating your stairs and spoiled: The Rise Pasteur, the Santa Margarita, San José del Cerro Larraín, the Pantheon Harrington. On the latter replied: "Do you remember a scene from 'Amnesia' Jung Julio Justiniano up there? Memorable. What a wonderful place. "

Maria Fernanda lives in Santiago but studied design at the Port. Offered: "As a student rose and Carampangue lot Cienfuegos. Carampangue is longer. " Another nominated Cabritería. But still there was no official figures. At 1:15 am I fell asleep.
woke
Monday and checked. He had a lot of messages on a platter. "Cienfuegos is 166, Carampangue 194." A group of students from the UFSTM wanted to know: Is it worth the stairs of our university? After an exchange, for and against, I replied, "UFSTM Valpo is important assets. Vale. "Students, happy, reported:" So we have 210 steps. We are winning. "

But their joy did not last long. Half an hour later, the Pasteur was confirmed in 212.

On Tuesday there was a message from a reporter from The Third and two messages from a couple of electronic journals. "Todd, we knew we are organizing a contest of stairs, can we do a story? "Amazing this twitter.

Wednesday dawned with new leader: "El Teniente Bello." Party in the street and up Lastra Butterflies. It's fantastic. And, moreover, has 230 steps confirmed.

Estivales Victor, a graduate in literature from the PUCV who are studying a Degree in Santiago, I said: "The staircase that joins George Washington with Ibsen has more than 300." Does your problem? "The only person who can confirm is my sister, but is about to become a man."

burned another controversy Thursday. Do the steps have to be continuous? The decision encouraged to take breaks ex - resident of Cerro Las Cañas. "Staircase of Death"-which the locals call that which is adjacent to the elevator dropped. "I'm sure it has at least 400 steps," he wrote. "I need you to confirm me, friend," I replied. "I can not. I am studying in the South. "He sent a picture from Google Earth. "Trap" said another.

occurs to me that those who pontificate the death of the Port, one and over again, unaware of an important detail: the passion of its people. The challenge? Know judicial examination. Critics say to me, "Uphill, gringo." It does not same. The living force of Valpo lives climbing.