My dad emailed me today to make sure I was okay because I haven't blogged since Tuesday. Life got kind of crazy this week. It was the first time since last December that I've been so busy, which I guess is a good thing money-wise. However, it left me with precious little time to blog, or do anything domestic. My apartment was pretty darn messy before I spent 5 hours cleaning and doing laundry this afternoon.
One of the reasons I was busier than normal this week is because I started a new private class. My student lives in Vitacura. I can count on one hand the number of times I've been to Vitacura. I think, counting Thursday, I've been there three times. Anyway, I had heard of the fabled street Alonso de Cordova where they sell all the designer stuff. When I realized my student lived on this street, I was curious to see what I think is probably one of the most cuico streets in Santiago.
Sure enough, as I walked from the micro stop, I came upon Hermes, Louis Vuitton, BCBG Max Azaria and many other designer stores that I don't remember because I didn't recognize their names.
I'm sure there are some people in Chile who see me on the street and automatically assume that I belong somewhere up there among the designer names. However, it couldn't be farther from the truth. The only designer anything I've ever owned came from TJ Maxx and I didn't even know it was designer until a friend told me. I can't even remember what designer it was!
Anyway, as I exited my student's apartment, a girl walking by asked me for directions to the Municipality of Vitacura.
"Sorry," I told her, "I'm not from around here."
"Ahh, that's okay," she said, "That makes two of us!"
Then we both laughed and continued on our way.
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Yeah, and English-teaching season begins. I've already gotten a request for a referral and another request for a English classes from a guy who didn't know I'm back in the States. Let me know if you need a couple more students, for real.
We used to live on Alonso de Ovalle, and occasionally people would mix up the two streets, like when signing up for driver's training, and think we lived in Vitacura/Las Condes and not in Santiago Centro. Must be the "blonde" hair.
I was on that street walking to a session at Parque Bicentenario (at the end of Alonso de Cordova to the North, that's also where the municipality is for the next time!) the day after the earthquake. There was one crack in the sidewalk that I saw and that was it. Oh, and a home decor store had a bunch of broken vases in the window. My client said that the day before the mannequins in the fancy store had fallen down too but by the time I got there, 24 hours later, they were all fixed. Amazing at how different the neighborhoods are!
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