Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Dec 1, 2009, 3:25 pm
A heads-up to viewers in the United States: My sources at NBC Nightly News tell me that an investigative report on Peru’s pending water crisis will air on the show next Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 6:30...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Nov 29, 2009, 2:49 pm
November 29’s corrida marked the penultimate bullfight of the Señor de los Milagros festival, held in Lima’s historic Plaza de Acho bullring. The last day to see bullfighting in Peru&...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Nov 23, 2009, 8:26 pm
Last month a Weimaraner named La Bruja gave birth to six puppies including Arena (”sand”), above. La Bruja belongs to one of El Fotógrafo’s cousins who lives in Jesus María. We h...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Nov 21, 2009, 7:53 pm
Frank Zappa once warned: Don’t eat the yellow snow. The same might be said about the vizcacha, a reclusive member of the South American bunny family that some food experts have recommended...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Nov 17, 2009, 9:47 am
It’s been more than a year since I had pizza at El Italiano, a classic pizzeria/trattoria in Lima’s rough-and-tumble La Victoria neighborhood. In that time I had forgotten that El Italian...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 30, 2009, 4:43 pm
I was raving the other day about the chocolates and other treats made by nuns and sold at the church of the Nazarenes, in downtown Lima, where El Señor de los Milagros lives. I made myself so hungry...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 24, 2009, 1:36 pm
El Híjo and I accompanied El Fotógrafo to last night’s opening of Noche de Arte, in San Isidro.  The art show was held in an enormous gallery owned by a Peruvian bank, and one of the amusing...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 23, 2009, 4:00 pm
El Fotografo’s photographs will be among the artworks for sale at Noche de Arte 2009, which opens tonight in San Isidro (BBVA – Banco Continental, Ave. Republica de Panama 3055), from 6:30...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 18, 2009, 7:46 pm
A recent poll by the University of Lima indicated that more than three-quarters of devotees of El Señor de los Milagros say the Peruvian Christ figure has answered their prayers. Nearly 76 percent &...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 17, 2009, 1:50 pm
My bandmates The Three Jacks will be rocking downtown Miami’s Gusman Center tonight to raise funds for Jackson Memorial Hospital. Remaining tickets are on sale for $15 each, $10 for students. ...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 15, 2009, 6:42 pm
Mamainé will be cooking in La Molina this Sunday. If that news doesn’t make your mouth water, then you don’t know Chincha and you don’t know El Carmen and you certainly don̵...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 14, 2009, 10:50 pm
 Once upon a time, the easiest way for a visitor to touch ice  in Peru was to climb the tourist trail to Pastoruri Glacier, a flat-topped glacier 70 km south of Huaraz. Roads from the highway made t...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 7, 2009, 9:58 pm
It’s mes morado(purple month) again in Lima, and the faithful are dressed head-to-toe in purple clothing, a sign of their devotion to El Señor de los Milagros. This miracle-working Christ figu...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Oct 3, 2009, 9:53 pm
Tomorrow morning I fly to Huaraz to help out with a U.S. network shoot about melting glaciers in Peru. I’ll be taking the group to Pastoruri, which I didn’t get to visit the last time I wa...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Sep 29, 2009, 10:58 pm
A perk to living in Lima is that you can have your hair cut and styled for ridiculously low prices. A salon down the street from us charges S/.20 to do a full blowout, for any length hair. That’...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Sep 26, 2009, 12:01 pm
  BBC Online published an insightful overview yesterday of Peru’s booming food industries (”Food business taking off in Peru,” 9/25/09), to coincide with this weekend’s seco...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Sep 22, 2009, 9:08 am
Last week I dropped in on a very cool Finnish design exhibit being hosted at Lima’s ICPNA center. “Northern Stars” showcases more than 100 years of innovative design from Finnish des...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Sep 20, 2009, 10:35 am
Peruvian culture will get a major public-awareness boost tonight when New York PBS stations broadcast the awarding-winning documentary Soy Andina. (Sept. 10, 10 p.m.; check local listings. The film a...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Sep 15, 2009, 10:42 pm
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking this week about obesity in the United States vs. weight and nutrition in Peru.  We’re currently exploring these topics in the conversation class I tea...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Sep 6, 2009, 5:24 pm
At last count (mid August), 514 Peruvians had died of pneumonia brought on by extreme cold this year, most of them children under five. Most reasonable people would call that an emergency. Not Peru...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Aug 8, 2009, 5:23 pm
Great timing, criminals in southern Peru. First a Peruvian trucking company diverts 100 tons of UN rice for cold-spell victims to the black market in July. SUNAT seizes three truckloads (32 tons) of ...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Aug 7, 2009, 10:27 am
Peru is finally acknowledging that the humanitarian crisis caused by extreme cold in the Andes isn’t going away; the problem is getting worse. A state of emergency declared by the Peruvian gov...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Aug 6, 2009, 12:31 pm
Got a minor thrill yesterday when I learned that An American in Lima is mentioned in the latest edition of National Geographic Traveler. Writing for the Sept. ‘09 Lima destination guide (”...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Aug 4, 2009, 11:45 am
I haven’t seen much of my brother-in-law El Filósofo and his wife La Orgánica lately. That’s because they are busy until 1 in the morning every day with their new vegetarian restaurant A...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Aug 2, 2009, 2:08 pm
Juan Arellano recently posted an excellent update on the continuing deaths of children due to extreme cold in the Andes and how reporters, bloggers and citizen journalists are responding to the hu...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Aug 1, 2009, 11:57 am
Many thanks to the concerned people who’ve sent their good wishes to our dog Lola, who was poisoned last week in Parque Leoncio Prad0, in Miraflores. Lola recovered thanks to the efforts of her ...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Jul 29, 2009, 5:28 pm
The never-ending promotional hooplah that is Las Siete Maravillas Gastronómicas del Peru has been extended an additional month, from July 25 to August 23, announced the contest’s organizers la...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Jul 28, 2009, 12:56 pm
July 28 marks Peru’s declaration of independence from Spain in 1820, and today Peruvians are celebrating Fiestas Patrias with almuerzos, parties and plenty of booze. More than 1300 litres of pi...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Jul 26, 2009, 1:12 pm
I wish I never had to write this post, but since my Labrador nearly died from ingesting poison in a Lima park this week, I must share what I’ve learned to alert other pet owners. A surprising ...
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Barbara D. posted an article on An American in Lima / An American writer blogging from Lima, Peru - Jul 24, 2009, 4:21 pm
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