Month: May 2012

Is it still technically stealing if I steal The People’s Dog?

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMay 28, 2012February 5, 2017

Mud, ponies and very fresh coffee: Why you could easily get addicted to Salento

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMay 27, 2012March 9, 2017

Handbags, new shoes and Monserrate: Navigating a nation’s superstitions

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMay 20, 2012March 26, 2017

Rice, salsa and a fake size zero: Why I secretly love Colombian food

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMay 16, 2012February 5, 2017

Please don’t feed the animals… or the homeless people…

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMay 7, 2012February 5, 2017

Colombia by bananaskinflipflopsMay 4, 2012January 27, 2017

Jonathan Safran Foer and the not-so-magical reality of books in Bogotá

“I mean, if you think about it, the New Testament is basically just magical realism. Unless you, er, take the whole thing literally…” That was my favourite quote – a few words that made me glad I’d braved the afternoon rains to see the American author, Jonathan Safran Foer, speak at the famous Bogotá book […]