Meet your second mother: Bogotá’s image makeover campaign continues
The Mayor's office down here rolled out the second phase of its "Te Amo Bogotá" image makeover campaign recently and I have to say, it's ambitious. The first phase (at least I think it was the first) saw the city acknowledging its role as home for people from throughout the country – a big step, given Bogotános' somewhat ...
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Perros porque por que no?
It was more than a year ago that I attended a dog photography workshop. I learned a lot. Mostly, that it's harder than it looks. These are some of the ones that turned out. None of the dogs are mine. I can't even remember the names of them, except the little guy, who was named "Bullet." I don't know ...
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Musical interlude
Last Saturday, after woodworking class, waiting for the
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You ain’t no friend of mine
Our latest writing exercise was to write 400-ish words based on a standard fortune cookie fortune. Mine was "Beware of an offer that seems to good to be true." He sighed. "Well, this isn't helpful." "What?" she asked, sipping distractedly at the dregs of her Diet Coke. He held up the thin strip of paper between his ...
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Alone Together: Powerful stories of sisterhood and solitude in Latin America
Last Friday saw the official launch of Alone Together: Tales of Sisterhood and Solitude in Latin America from the Red Bull Rooftop and I was fortunate enough to attend. The latest English-language book to come out of Bogota from Bogotá International Press, Alone Together features the incredible true stories of 36 ...
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Bogotá builders
I'm back at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios Santo Domingo, this time for a woodworking/joinery course. As the school is smack dab in the middle of La Candelaria, part of my new plan is to go early and capture the neighborhood before it ramps up to receive its usual throng of tourists, hawkers, workers, pigeons, pickpockets, ...
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On beyond Juan, Part Dos
Consider it a trend. One week after enjoying a Flavors of Bogota Speciality Coffee tour, the CBC features a piece by Camila Pena on why Colombians are discovering the awesomeness grown in their own backyards. Transcript ...
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