Archive for October, 2008

Global Healing Circle

Friday, October 10th, 2008 Posted in day to day, healing | 7 Comments »

Written by Jamie As we posted last week, our dog Suerte has been really sick. If took us quite a while to figure out what his ailment was. We now believe he ingested some type of toxin or poison, which affected ...

Catedral Avalanche Video Footage

Thursday, October 9th, 2008 Posted in sports | 27 Comments »

Written by Jamie As we reported  earlier this winter, on Sunday, August 3, there was a snowboard triggered avalanche at the ski resort. Here is the link to the footage. The avalanche starts at about 2 minutes, 30 seconds. Be warned, the ...

Catedral to Stay Open Another Week

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Posted in sports, travel | 3 Comments »

Written by Jamie Fresh of the press, Cerro Catedral has decided to keep a few lifts on the south side of the mountain open for another week. The new closing date will be October 19. This is especially good news for our ...

Mass Exodus or Simple Curiousity?

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008 Posted in day to day | 1 Comment »

Written by Jamie As Shanie and I watch tonight's presidential debate, I thought it might be interesting to report a trend that has been happening. In the last few weeks, since the financial meltdown began, we have received a lot more ...

My Parents Are Becoming Their Own Kind of Expat

Monday, October 6th, 2008 Posted in sports, travel | 7 Comments »

Written by Shanie My parents have begun a journey this week into living the life of a gypsy expat. My mom and dad have left their jobs, sorted through belongings and put important items into storage, sold everything that was clutter and rented ...

Picture of the Week

Saturday, October 4th, 2008 Posted in picture of the week | 4 Comments »

Laguna Callvu. Callvu means blue in Mapuche, the natives to this area of Patagonia.

Battle Royale

Friday, October 3rd, 2008 Posted in lifestyle | 1 Comment »

Written by Jamie Due to the recent doggie events in these parts, I thought it would be appropriate to post some never-seen-before footage. Have a great weekend!

Phrase of the Week

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 Posted in phrase of the week | 4 Comments »

la sacaste barata:you got it cheap. You would use this to say you got away with murder, it could have been worse.

Three Points for Humankind

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 Posted in culture | 7 Comments »

Written by Shanie It has been a bewildering and sad last few days...but in some ways it has been a time of renewed faith in humanity. Suerte, our three year old German Shepard, has become ill and we can't figure out why. ...