Hello Folks,
I know it has been a long time since I last blogged but with a completely loaded memory card on my cheap Iphone, I decided to download and edit the images I have been gathering. Low res imagery is not really my 'thing' but since Dennis and Maxine both inquired when I would start taking images again I decided to show these photos. I have really not been into 'cityscape' photography these days but I think I captured the essence of Santiago, Chile where I live. I went from residing in the middle of nowhere in a tiny studio shack along the Merced River in El Portal, CA just outside of Yosemite National Park to living on the 11th floor of this big red building on the left side of this image. What a swing to say the least.
Enjoy!
The glorious day that the wall was going to fall down at the construction site and so they closed our street to all the traffic. Such quiet is to be adored here in this very loud town.
This is our dog Chiquita who is always and I mean always underfoot. This images was taken next to my bed. She lies there just in case I might go to the kitchen where she is on the never ending prowl for anything that hits the ground.
What's that the keys rattling at the door?
There is the ancient hill across the main boulevard called the Santa Lucia where the native held off the Spanish in pitch battles with warriors like this guy with the sling shot.
Alas, the Spanish eventually won the war and turned the hill into a fortress.
One of the many small tunnels in the city near our place.
My wife Lidice posing over the city in the fort.
On holidays or birthdays the family all get together at the family house with the large backyard in a barrio called Quinta Normal for big asados(barbques) We usually fit in like 50 people for these events and new babies are showing up each month it seems.
Little Pascale munching down...
My little nephew Rafael sporting his traditional costume for the national celebration for their equivalent of our forth of July, which they call
"Dieciocho " on September 18th.
My wife's prima Macarena with Isabella.
The food is a mix of seafood and meats of different types.
My wife Lidice with her best life long friends Carolina and Anita chilling in some cafe in the city somewhere.
My buddy Jonathan with his wife Toty's shadows one night.
My Father in law Hernan Tobar watching the national parade on the television.
My buddy Fred as we were looking for an apartment for my wife and I.
My father in law Hernan Tobar
My mother in law Coralia 'Mamita' Tobar
My student Paula got married to a photographer from New Jersey a few months ago.
The happy couple.
My ultimate frisbee team after the tournament sunburnt but still happy.
Me messing around with Andres hat.
Some of the players at the second tournament at the beach.
My buddy Jonathan's dog's memorial built by his daughter at the spot where he was killed by a car.
Some shots of the biggest phallic symbol in all of Latin America.
Some more city images.
My favorite thing....a new bike lane going in.
Inner city bike delivery woman with her cool bike.
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